Art beat in August

Bad Girl in Chinese

Beijing People's Art Theater presents The Bad Girl, adapted from a novel by Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. Playwright Chen Xiao-ling and director Tang Ye will present the story in Chinese, about a materialistic woman full of adventurous dreams and her lifelong entanglement with a man who is her exact opposite.

7:30 pm, Aug 4-6. Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center-Drama Salon, 3F, 288 Anfu Lu (Road), Xuhui district, Shanghai. 021-6473-0123.

Stuttgart Chamber Choir

The Kammerchor Stuttgart is a chamber choir with a history of 40 years. It has been praised as the ensemble with “the most perfect voice, possessing an outstanding lyrical, purity of intonation and plasticity on recitation that can hardly be surpassed”, the choir has a repertoire ranging from the 17th century to the 21st century. The concert will be conducted by Frieder Bernius, founder and director of the chamber choir.

7:30 pm, Aug 7, Shanghai Oriental Art Center-Opera Hall, 425 Dingxiang Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 021-6854-1234 ,80-380 yuan ($13-62)

Swan Lake by Moscow Ballet Theater

Aug 8: 7:30 pm

Venue: Century Theater

Swan Lake is well-known to Chinese audiences, but this year's offering is very different, and critics are betting that the Moscow Ballet Theater's Ice Ballet Swan Lake will provide a unique artistic experience.

Ticket price: RMB 180-580

Website for tickets: www.en.damai.cn/events/tickets_67482/