Dream of Red Chamber

Dream of Red Chamber
Originally uploaded by tqhh

I uploaded the photos I took this September when we were watching the "Dream of Red Chamber" dance in The Center in Vancouver.
The dance was based on the traditional classic Chinese Novel, written by an author in Qing Dynasty. The novel was claimed the best four classic in China. Almost everyone in China knows the basic storyline of the novel.

The show was performed by Beijing Dance Group. It's a good show with fantastic stage design, fabulous light effect and music. However, I was expecting the music would be familiar to us, but it wasn't. Maybe because of the copyright issue, they didn't use the the music from the popular TV drama of the same story.

The show was great. It is divided into several scenarios, from DaiYu entering the House of Jia, Grandma Liu and her grandson, the complex relationship among BaoYu, DaiYu, and BaoCai, till the poem party, flower funeral, marriage of BaoYu and DaiYu, ended with the death of DaiYu and BaoYu went to temple. It's a complete story and will be most enjoyable if you are familiar with the original novel.

Most of the audience there were Chinese. That's totally understandable. For oversea Chinese, the dance is like a cultural feast.