CHINA
hot.But lotusseedsneedtobepickedoutof
thepodoneatatime,andthatinandofitself
calmsmymindandbody.Thetra cpecksat
mybrain less,andIstarttonoticethetrees
and thepoeticnames of the roads (we are
standing on a boulevard calledCrawling
Dragon). Either I have been transformed
byaplant, ormymindhasfinallyadjusted
of being an inland river city can be over-
whelming (thinkSt. Louis inAugust). And
even thoughNanjingwas pleasant, rainy
and slightly coolwhile Iwas there, the lo-
tus seedswere still oddly refreshing, like
jicama or celery.More importantly, it’s a
quasi-meditativeact.Dumplingsareeaten
whole, soupsareslurpedquicklywhilestill
T
HEYCALL ITTHEMINGRING,CHINA’S
equivalent toWagner’s epic four-opera
Ringof theNibelung
. In itsoriginal form,
The Peony Pavilion
could certainly con-
tend in length: The traditional Kunqu opera ran
20hours long to theRing’s 15. But the themesof
the twoworksof art couldnot bemoredi
erent.
InsteadofWagner’sbombastic sagaofgodsand
theirdominionover theearth,
ThePeonyPavilion
,
even in its longest form, is simplyabout love.
The love story is at theheart of theChina Jin-
lingDanceCompany’sversionof
ThePeonyPavil-
ion
(alsoknownby itsChinesename,
MudanTing
).
Theperformanceboils
Peony
down to90minutes
of pure dance, distilled from its traditional long
mix of song, dance and poetry. Less verbal and
Love,
Actually
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