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Shen Yun - Experience China before Communism
Guest performance / ensemble and production from the USA
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes, incl. 1 interval
Moderation in German und Chinese
Shen Yun takes you on an extraordinary journey through China's 5000-year-old divinely inspired culture. Exquisite celestial fairies, profound wisdom of past dynasties, timeless legends and ethnic traditions are brought to life through classical Chinese dance, a rousing live orchestra, authentic costumes and patented interactive sets. Experience a time when scholars and artists sought harmony with the Dao, the way of the cosmos, and walked the earth as divine beings to inspire humanity. Join us for an evening of courage and wisdom, light and hope ... Experience Shen Yun!
Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world's premier classical Chinese dance and music company. Shen Yun was established in New York in 2006 by elite Chinese artists. They came together with a shared vision and passion—to revive the lost world of traditional Chinese culture and share it with audiences worldwide.
Chinese dance is at the heart of what Shen Yun does. Known for its incredible flips and spins, and its gentle elegance, it is one of the most rigorous and expressive art forms in the world. China’s deep cultural traditions are contained in classical Chinese dance, allowing its movements to be richly expressive, such that the personalities and feelings of characters can be portrayed with unparalleled clarity.
While folk and ethnic dance might whisk you away to the plains of Tibet or the shores of a Dai village, story-based dances give dramatic portrayal to the cherished dramas and legends of past and present. Figures from 5,000 years of Chinese culture embody the most exalted virtues of Chinese civilization, and convey a message that is still relevant today—such as in the tales of heroine Mulan or general Yue Fei.
The Shen Yun Orchestra combines the spirit, beauty, and distinctiveness of Chinese music with the precision, power and grandeur of the Western symphony orchestra. The result—two great traditions producing one refreshing sound. Shen Yun takes musical storytelling to a whole new level. Written exclusively for the performance, the music features historic melodies as well as dramatic narratives.
With state-of-the-art graphics technology, Shen Yun’s digital-backdrop team creates vividly animated settings, extending the stage and transporting the audience to a world where heaven and earth are one. Shen Yun’s stunning costumes are inspired by the designs of traditional attire, with brilliant colors used to tailor hundreds of new pieces each season.
Based in New York, Shen Yun is completely independent from mainland China, and is a must-see cultural experience across Europe, North America and Asia.
Program and cast
Dancing: Solisten und Corps der Shen Yun Performing Arts
Orchestra: Shen Yun Orchester
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Deutsche Oper Berlin
The Deutsche Oper Berlin is an opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, Germany. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house and also home to the Berlin State Ballet.
The company's history goes back to the Deutsches Opernhaus built by the then independent city of Charlottenburg—the "richest town of Prussia"—according to plans designed by Heinrich Seeling from 1911. It opened on November 7, 1912 with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio, conducted by Ignatz Waghalter. After the incorporation of Charlottenburg by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act, the name of the resident building was changed to Städtische Oper (Municipal Opera) in 1925.
Deutsches Opernhaus, 1912
With the Nazi Machtergreifung in 1933, the opera was under control of the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Minister Joseph Goebbels had the name changed back to Deutsches Opernhaus, competing with the Berlin State Opera in Mitte controlled by his rival, the Prussian minister-president Hermann Göring. In 1935, the building was remodeled by Paul Baumgarten and the seating reduced from 2300 to 2098. Carl Ebert, the pre-World War II general manager, chose to emigrate from Germany rather than endorse the Nazi view of music, and went on to co-found the Glyndebourne opera festival in England. He was replaced by Max von Schillings, who acceded to enact works of "unalloyed German character". Several artists, like the conductor Fritz Stiedry or the singer Alexander Kipnis followed Ebert into emigration. The opera house was destroyed by a RAF air raid on 23 November 1943. Performances continued at the Admiralspalast in Mitte until 1945. Ebert returned as general manager after the war.
After the war, the company in what was now West Berlin used the nearby building of the Theater des Westens until the opera house was rebuilt. The sober design by Fritz Bornemann was completed on 24 September 1961. The opening production was Mozart's Don Giovanni. The new building opened with the current name.
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