Tonight the National Centre for the Performing Arts is staging the ballet 'Swan Lake'.
Tips
usage
芭蕾舞 (bālěiwǔ) = ballet as an art form / dance. Add 剧 'play, drama' to mean a specific staged ballet work. So 'I love ballet' = 我喜欢芭蕾舞; '《Swan Lake》 is a ballet' = 《天鹅湖》是一部芭蕾舞剧.
culture
China's two iconic homegrown ballets are 《红色娘子军》 'The Red Detachment of Women' (1964) and 《白毛女》 'The White-Haired Girl' (1965), both rooted in revolutionary themes.
