RUSSIAN State Ballet will present “Swan Lake” at Shenzhen Children’s Palace on

June 15 and 16.Composed by Pyotr Ilyich

Tchaikovsky in 1875-1876, “Swan Lake” is one of the most popular ballets in the world. The story, originally broken into two acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess who is turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse.

Although it has been presented in many different versions, most ballet companies base their stag-ings both choreographically and musically on the 1895 revival by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, fi rst staged by the Imperial Ballet in 1895, at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. For this revival, Tchaikovsky’s score was revised by the St. Petersburg Imperial Theater’s chief conductor and composer Riccardo Drigo.

Russian State Ballet is a fi rst-class troupe that is affi liated to the Russian Ministry of Culture. It has performed in over 80 coun-tries and regions and maintains a reputation for outstanding performance quality.

Dedicated to reviving excellent Russian ballets, Russian State Ballet preserves the important tradition of ballet history, and embraces high expressive art and ballet techniques.

Time: 8 p.m., June 15-16Tickets: 180-880 yuanReservations: 400-610-3721Venue: Shenzhen Children’s Palace, intersection of Hongli Road and Jintian Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路和金田路交汇处深圳少年宫)

Metro: Line 3 or 4, Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit B (A Ding)

Ballet ‘Swan Lake’ in town

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BEIJING classical guitarist Yang Xuefei will perform a night of classical guitar in June.

Yang has won numerous prizes in music competitions including the Stotsenberg International Classical Guitar Competition, the San Francisco International Guitar Competition, the Young Concert Artist International competition in the United States and the Darwin International Guitar Com-petition in Australia. She was awarded as the winner of the Ivor Mairants

Guitar Award by the City of London’s Worshipful Company of Musicians, and won the Dorothy Grinstead Prize for a recital at Fairfi eld Hall, Croydon in Britain.

Yang obtained her BA from the pres-tigious Central Conservatory of Music and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She established her international career with many solo recitals and concert performances in Europe.

Her concert appearances have

included playing Rodrigo’s “Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre” with the BBC Concert Orchestra and “Con-cierto de Aranjuez” with the Royal Academy of Music’s Symphony Orchestra at Duke’s Hall. She has featured on radio as part of the “BBC Proms London Composer Portrait” series, and performed at 54 concerts for the “Night of the Proms

Tour” in 2003 and 2004.Time: 8 p.m., June 25

Tickets: 80-480 yuanBooking: 400-185-8666

Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall, intersection of Hongli

Road and Yitian Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路和益田路交汇处深圳音乐厅)Metro: Line 3 or 4, Chil-

dren’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit D (SD News)

Romantic sounds of classical guitar

Intl’ Auto Show to kick off in Shenzhen

THE 21st Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Interna-tional Auto Show at Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibi-

tion Center from will run from June 3 to June 11.

As the only international auto show in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao, the nine-day event will employ all nine halls at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center and outdoor exhibition areas. The total exhi-bition area will reach 120,000 square meters with over 1000 new car models representing more than 100 brands. It expects to draw over 800,000 visitors, exceeding that of Beijing.

Mid- and high-end cars from vari-ous joint venture companies will be a highlight of the car show.

BMW’s chief product designer will elaborate on their design concepts, performance improvements and other

optimized parameter confi gurations while Audi will release the A5 and the S5 Cabriolet, as well an updated A3 and the RS3 three-box car.

As always, Mercedes-Benz won’t be missing the party. This time it will pres-ent a whole series of products includ-ing the AMG, Maybach and SMART at Hall 5.

Lexus Japan will make the world’s debut of one of their latest concept cars. The Stelvio, the fi rst Alfa Romeo SUV to come to China, will be exhibited at the show.

Of the three major auto shows in China including the Shanghai and Beijing shows, Shenzhen is the only one that is allowed to have models presenting cars.

Like last year when many big-name models such as He Chengxi, Wang Rui’er and Li Ruru dazzled audiences at the auto show, this year you can expect top models and more.

The night carnival, a signature activ-ity of the show, is set to be a feast for audiences with both cars and models taken to the stage.Time: June 3-11Tickets: 60 yuanVenue: Shenzhen International Con-vention and Exhibition Center, Fuhua Road 3, Futian District (深圳市福田中心区福华三路深圳会展中心)Metro: Line 1 or 4, Shenzhen Conven-tion and Exhibition Center Station (会展中心站), Exit D (Chen Xiaochun)

The show attracts crowds of visitors every year.

Audi A5 Cabriolet.

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Alfa Romeo Stelvio. File photos