It’s known as the Chinese “Romeo and Juliet” — though it predates Shakespeare by centuries. “The Butterfly Lovers” is a traditional Chinese folk tale, dating back more than a thousand years. In it, a ...

China Arts and Entertainment Group and Hong Kong Ballet present the New York Premiere of The Butterfly Lovers from August 22- 24, 2025 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing ...

Joshua Bell has been an international violin soloist since he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Riccardo Muti at the age of 14. He signed his first recording contract four years ...

The famous Chinese ballet performing group, Shanghai Ballet, gave their performance of “Butterfly Lovers,” a Chinese ancient love story, at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Jan. 28 and 29.

A woman disguised as a boy falls in love with a man she can never have - it's the stuff of romantic tragedies from Shakespeare to "Yentl" and beyond. In ancient China, a similar legend took on fame as ...

Whatever the confluences of culture, tradition, and 20th-century upheaval that have contributed to Chinese dance, as presented by Beijing Dance Academy members on their current West Coast tour, the ...

The Cagliari Opera House is focusing on internationalization and is bringing together Sardinian talents in an Italian-Chinese cultural exchange project. With these words, Superintendent Andrea Cigni ...

HONG KONG, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Adapted by Hong Kong Ballet, "The Butterfly Lovers," a large-scale ballet, premiered at the Grand Theater of Hong Kong Cultural Center on the evening of Oct. 18 to a ...

Tears fall down Yingtai Zhu’s cheeks as she leans toward the grave of her beloved Liang. Played by second-year business economics student Xiaoyi Chen, Zhu is a young Chinese girl fighting for her love ...

Last Saturday, the Chinese Undergraduate Student Association (CUSA) presented a modern retelling of “The Butterfly Lovers,” a ancient Chinese legend set in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Written and ...