The dance drama Mulan is based on the well-known Chinese folk story "Mulan Joins in Her Father's Place in the Army", taking as the plot Mulan's pretending to be a male soldier and fighting in the battlefield, expressing Mulan's complexity deep inside for the gender crossover. Mulan combines the elements of traditional Chinese and Japanese culture and contemporary dance, shedding new lights on this classical story. In the drama dance, music and poems are all applied to express the ideas and atmosphere. Young Chinese dancer Huang Doudou acts Mulan with many highlights in acts like "Join in the Army".

The artistic cooperation in Mulan attracts many first-class artists and producers of the two countries. Famous Japanese actress Makoto Tsubasa of Takarazuka Revue acts the General in the dance drama; the well-known Japanese first contemporary dancer Kaiji Moriyama will act the foe General. Haruka Ueda, who has great fame in Japanese musical drama and opera, takes the position of director and choreographer of Mulan. Hideki Togi, known as the Prince of Gagaku, will be the music director of Mulan. Hidano Shuichi, who plays Taiko second to none in Japan will also be invited to show in this drama.

Mulan will have its world premiere in September this year in Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijo, and its show in the CSIAF will be its premiere in China.

Presented by K&Q Co. Ltd, Japan (featured by Doudou Huang, Makoto Tsubasa, etc.)

Date: 2010-10-09 / 2010-10-10

Source: www.artsbird.com

Editor: Zhang Min