The schedule, announced this week by OCPAC, also includes an appearance in September by the National Ballet of China, which will perform the U.S. premiere of Raise the Red Lantern, a ballet based on the film and created by the film's director Zhang Yimou.
Ballet Flamenco Jos_ Porcel makes its OCPAC debut in October; the Kiev Ballet of the National Opera of Ukraine, also making its OCPAC debut, performs The Nutcracker in December; and ABT comes to the center in May with both Frederick Ashton's Sylvia and a mixed-repertory program.