Art beat in October

Innovative dance theater

Nederlands Dans Theater, one of Europe's most accomplished contemporary dance companies, will tour China by performing in Beijing, Suzhou and Shanghai. Hello Earth and Stop Motion are the latest works by the company, which premiered in early 2014. Founded in 1959 by Benjamin Harkarvy, Aart Verstegen and Carel Birnie together with a group of 18 members of the Dutch National Ballet, this theater company is known for experimental and pioneering dance forms and techniques.

7:30 pm, Nov 7 and 8. National Center for the Performing Arts. West of Tian'anmen Square, Beijing.010-6655-0000

A classic en pointe

Ballet du Capitole, Toulouse will present Le Corsaire, a romantic love story based on a poem of the same name by British poet Lord Byron and adapted by composer Adolphe Charles Adam. The stage settings and the difficult movements of the dancers make it a classic, combining ballet with Asian art.

7:30 pm, Nov 8-9. Shanghai Culture Square, 597 Fuxing Zhonglu (Middle Road), Xuhui district, Shanghai. 021-6472-6000

Breaking the code

British theater group Idle Motion will present That Is All You Need to Know, a play telling the story of Bletchley Park, England's secret code-breaking center during World War II. Through the narrative of Gordon Welchman, audiences will revisit Bletchley Park where he worked closely with Alan Turing to crack the seemingly unbreakable German Nazi machine code. The show also touches on how both men were treated after the war.

7:30 pm, Nov 7-9. Lyceum Theater, 57 Maoning Nanlu (South Road), Huangpu district, Shanghai. 021-6217-3055