Published on Sep 15, 2017

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: October 18-20, 2017

Venue: Drama Theatre of NCPA

Prices: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500

Features: The National Theatre of China will be presents drama Warrior Lanling by director WANG Xiaoying at the drama theatre from October 18-20 during the works by famous Chinese contemporary directors invitational exhibition NCPA 2017.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Warrior Lanling is a fable about “soul and mask”. This new story is developed based on the legend of the Warrior Lanling, a famous general of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The drama Warrior Lanling contains something new that is strongly symbolic, since it no longer tells a legend or historical event but a modernistic fantasy fable. The legend of the Warrior Lanling is something based on which traditional Chinese operas are created, and the traditional Chinese operas’ aesthetic characteristic that “stories are acted out in the form of singing and dancing” dates back to the Song of Warrior Lanling at War. The image of Warrior Lanling in a big mask also serves as an inspiration to Nuo opera masks and even contemporary opera masks. In addition,Warrior Lanling combines Chinese cultural tradition with the modern artistic style in stage performance, integrating traditional elements such as Nuo opera, ancient dance and stepping dance in this work.

SYNOPSIS
In this version, Warrior Lanling is a weak-minded prince that hides his true nature in a feminine way after witnessing his father being murdered. In order to awake his true nature, The Queen of Qi gives him a mask shaped like a mythical creature belonging to the former king. After wearing the mask, Warrior Lanling looks virile. He is invincible on the battlefield, but meanwhile he is becoming a relentless terror. Finally, the Queen of Qi helps him to retract from the wrong path and be what he used to be by sacrificing herself.

National Theatre of China
National Theatre of China (NTC) is a national arts group under Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. It has abundant resources and brilliant artistic theatrical cultural traditions. Represented by OUYANG Yuqian, LIAO Chengzhi, WU Xue, SHU Qiang, JIN Shan and SUN Weishi, generations of drama predecessors lay a solid foundation for birth, development, inheritance and innovation of NTC.

NTC is committed to creation and performance of high-quality and high-grade outstanding domestic and foreign dramas of all ages, and devotes to creating quality works, focusing on talent training and vigorously expanding the market. It is fertile ground for the Chinese national drama, great stage for realizing drama dream and warm home for countless painstaking drama practitioners.

NTC has three modern theatres tailored for repertoires with different styles and sizes. With Beijing as the centre, it spreads to the whole China and strengthens international exchanges and cooperation.

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