Ningbo dance drama to debut at Cervantes International Festival

Hua Mulan, a dance production by the Ningbo Song and Dance Theater, will be shown at the 50th Cervantes International Festival, which is scheduled to be held from Oct 12 to 30 in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the drama will be screened at the festival.

More than 2,500 artists from 33 countries across the world will participate in the event, which includes 159 stage shows and 90 multidisciplinary and visual arts activities. 

Hua Mulan has been performed nearly 100 times after it premiere at the National Grand Theater in 2017.

The two-hour drama tells the tale of Hua Mulan, who disguises herself as a man to protect her father from being drafted into the war. She then spends 12 years at war, becoming a skilled and esteemed warrior of the Chinese army. 

In December 2018, the drama was conferred the Lotus Award, the highest honor in China's dance circle.