Edinburgh Festival theatreThe world's ballet companies may seem increasingly interchangeable in repertory and style, but National Ballet of China's Peony Pavilion stands out as a captivating original. Even though Fei Bo's choreography is grounded in western dance and Guo Wenjing's eclectic score quotes large chunks of Debussy and Ravel, this ballet could still have come from nowhere but Beijing.Its story is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15PM on August 15, 2011