Spanish National Ballet to Perform 'Dualia & La Leyenda' at Beijing's Opera House, May 18 & 19

Founded by the Theatre and Entertainment General Direction of the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 1978, the Spanish National Ballet invited Antonio Gades as its first Artistic Director.

Among the projects of the National Institute for the Performing and Scenic Arts, the Ballet is one of the most well-known in the world, as an ambassador of the Spanish culture. The Ballet has evolved in accordance with the new times and has known how to preserve its interest in all styles of Spanish dance. In addition, it has combined tradition and modernity, not forgetting main aspects as training and performing new projects.

During its 30 years, it has performed in the most renowned theatres in the world, emblematic works as Jose Granero's Medea, Mariema's Danza y Tronio, Alberto Lorca's Ritmos, Jose Antonio's Fandango de Soler, Antonio and Jose Antonio's versions of El Sombrero de Tres Picos, Piar Lopez's El Concierto de Aranjuez, and Antonio Gades' Bodas de Sangre and Fuenteovejuna.

The Spanish National Ballet has been internationally acclaimed by audience and critics, obtaining various awards, such as Critics' Prize for the Best Foreign Show during the 1988 season at the New York Metropolitan, the Japanese Critics' Prize in 1991, the Critics' Prize for the Best Spectacle at the Bellas Artes Theatre in Mexico City in 1994, a prize awarded by the Spanish newspaper El Pais for Poeta in 1999, and the Critics' Prize as well as the Prize awarded by the audience at the Vl Festival de Flamenco de Jerez de la Frontera in Spain. In 2002, the Ballet was titled for the choreography of Fuenteovejuna by Antonio Gades.

Nowadays, the Spanish National Ballet is facing a new creative period, with various projects under the direction of Jose Antonio, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture in 2004, being his second time as Director of the Ballet.

Dance: Dualia & La Leyenda
Presenter: Spanish National Ballet
Venue: Opera House
Dates: May 18-19, 2010?19:30

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Source: National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China.