One dancer from the Kazakh dance troupe said, "Coming to Xinjiang feels like visiting relatives." Although it was her first visit to Xinjiang, she loved the environment and atmosphere there. She expressed her desire to learn Xinjiang-originated dance.Īfter watching the original Xinjiang dance drama Zhang Qian, Efremenko said that although she didn't understand the language, the music and dance, especially the part where Zhang Qian had to separate from his lover to fulfill his mission, moved her deeply. She found Xinjiang's dances to be powerful and admired the gorgeous costumes on show. Sofia Efremenko a 17-year-old actress from the Russian dance troupe told the Global Times that she was deeply touched by the warmth of the people in Xinjiang on her first visit. Like these tourists, many performing troupes were also visiting Xinjiang for the first time. After the opening ceremony, we plan to hire a travel agency and go together to enjoy the scenery of the Dushanzi-Kuqa Highway in Xinjiang," she said. "We've heard that 'Xinjiang is a great place,' and now that we're here, we truly understand the charm of this statement. She explained that this song was popular around China during her childhood and symbolized the cultural exchanges and friendship between China and Russia.ĭuring the dance festival, three young women from North China's Hebei Province, Shanghai and Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province connected online and hoped to watch the festival's opening ceremony together in Urumqi.ĭuan Yi'nan, one of the three told the Global Times that they could only manage to get tickets for the opening ceremony as many shows were sold out within seconds.ĭespite the slight disappointment, their excitement at visiting Xinjiang for the first time was not dampened.
For many of these festival-goers, who visited Xinjiang for the first time, every opportunity was taken to enjoy the performances and explore the beautiful sights with their families and friends during their summer vacation.Ī 61-year-old Chinese audience surnamed Fang, who watched a Russian performance called Dawn, told the Global Times that she was moved to tears when all the performers and audience members joined in to sing the song Katyusha. Many expressed that it was difficult to secure tickets for popular shows like the Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting, A Dream of Red Mansions and Sleeping Beauty (from Belarus). The theaters in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are bustling with crowds of people who have come from all over the country to attend the 6th China Xinjiang International Dance Festival.
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