Treading on Grass was specially created for the opening performance of the Beijing 

Dance Festival 2013. The work is inspired by the piano version of STRAVINSKY’s Fire 

Bird premiered in 1910. As a sequel to the masterpiece, All River Red, by the same 

choreographers, Treading on Grass continues the dialogue between the traditional and 

the innovative, and permeates a sense of tranquility as the artists becomes more seasoned.

Choreography

LI Hanzhong, MA Bo

Music

The Firebird by Igor STRAVINSKY

Sound

MAO Liang

Lighting

Godzilla TAN

Costume

WANG Yan

Program duration

30 mins

Premiere

2013.07

Choreographer Introduction

LI Han-zhong

A native of Yunnan (China), Li Han-zhong graduated with a bachelor ‘s degree from the 

Division of Chinese Ethnic Dance at the Beijing Dance Academy in 1991. Upon graduation, 

he joined the Guangdong Modern Dance Company where he performed as a dancer, and 

served as an artistic assistant and choreographer. He toured with the company to the United 

States, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines.  In 

1996, he received the Asian Cultural Council Scholarship to study at the American Dance 

Festival for three months.  

MA Bo

Born in Mizhi, Shanxi Province, Ma joined Shanxi Provincial Song and Dance Theatre in 1985. 

She received a bachelor’s degree from the Beijing Dance Academy in 1991, and soon after 

joined the Academy as a faculty member. Ma has performed with Guangdong Modern Dance

Company and went on to perform with Beijing Modern Dance Company in 1999. She has 

collaborated with choreographer Li Han-zhong on previous modern dance works. Her works 

includes, Variation of Red, Helpless, Gone with it in Multi-Color, Garden of Memory, and The 

Cold Dagger and others.