For subscribers
Combining Western ballet and Chinese acrobatics for Swan Lake
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
Swan Lake – Acrobatic Ballet Drama by the Xi’an Acrobatic Troupe combines acrobatics, ballet and drama.
PHOTO: XI'AN ACROBATIC TROUPE
Follow topic:
SINGAPORE – It took up to five years of arduous training for dancer Sun Yina to perfect the art of performing ballet on another’s shoulders – for just one minute.
Sun plays the title role of the princess in a new rendition of Swan Lake, one of the world’s best loved ballets, in Singapore at the Esplanade Theatre from July 27 to 30.
