Performers of the National Ballet of China rehearse for the "Pink Floyd Ballet" in Beijing on Tuesday, January 29, 2008. The show hit the National Grand Theater on the same day. First staged in 1972 underscored by rock music, the ballet show was a collaboration between French choreographer Roland Petit and the prominent British rock band Pink Floyd. Petit, now an octogenarian, is in Beijing guiding the show. (photo: Xinhua)
French choreographer Roland Petit directs Chinese performers in a rehearsal for "Pink Floyd Ballet" in Beijing on Tuesday, January 29, 2008.
(CRI January 30, 2008)