Shanghai ballet next week

Shanghai ballet next week

JAKARTA (JP): The Shanghai Ballet Troupe will enliven the 5th
anniversary of the restitution of Indonesian-Chinese diplomatic
relations here next week.

Chairman of the organizing committee Tadjudin Hidayat said
that the troupe will perform on July 10. The venue is still to be
decided.

Jakarta severed diplomatic ties with Beijing after Indonesia
accused China of backing a bloody coup attempt in 1965 that the
Indonesian government blamed on the Indonesian Communist Party.

The dancing group is in Indonesia under the sponsorship of the
Indonesia-China Economic, Social and Culture Institute, the
Indonesian Red Cross and PT Indojasa Pamerpromo.

Last week, the troupe staged its first performance in a hotel
in Jakarta before it went to Surabaya.

According to Antara, the group is also scheduled to entertain
8,000 members of the Indonesian Armed Forces on July 14 before it
flies back to China. (pan)