Tickets sell fast as venues welcome return of audiences
China DailyTo attract audiences back to performing arts venues, local authorities are also offering about 100,000 low-priced tickets to shows during the Guangzhou Art Season. On May 28, Zhejiang Wuju Opera Troupe staged the classic production Legend of the White Snake, featuring award-winning performers Yang Xiayun and Lou Sheng. Li Ying, a former ballerina who cofounded the company in 2007 with her husband Pan Jiabin, also a former ballet dancer, said, "We planned to go touring immediately after the Spring Festival holiday in February, but had to postpone these plans until now." During Duanwu, the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the company gave outdoor performances near Jinji Lake, a scenic spot in Suzhou-the first time it had performed to audiences after new outbreaks of COVID-19 were reported in February.