Chronology Entry
Year
1927
Text
Aufführung des sovietischen Ballets Krasnyi mak [The red poppy] unter der Choreographie von Lev Lashchilin, mit dem Tänzer Vasiliy Tikhomirov und nach der Musik von Reinhold Glière, im Bolshoi Bellet Moskau.
The ballet is set in China, to Chinese music and with Chinese decorations. It tells the story of Chinese struggle against imperialism : coolies in the Shanghai port, assisted by the crew of a Soviet ship, beat up promiscuous Anglo-Saxon sailors who had assaulted an innocent Chinese bridge.
The ballet is set in China, to Chinese music and with Chinese decorations. It tells the story of Chinese struggle against imperialism : coolies in the Shanghai port, assisted by the crew of a Soviet ship, beat up promiscuous Anglo-Saxon sailors who had assaulted an innocent Chinese bridge.
Mentioned People (3)
Glière, Rinhold
(Kiev 1874-1956 Moskau) : Komponist
Lashchilin, Lev
(1888-1955) : Russischer Choreograph
Tikhomirov, Vasiliy
(1876-1956) : Russischer Tänzer, Choreograph
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Russia : Theatre
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 2010 | Gamsa, Mark. The reading of Russian literature of China : a moral example and manual of practice. (New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). (Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history). S. 74. | Publication / Gam2 |
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