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Workers clean the floor outside the National Grand Theater (also known as The Egg) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 24, 2007. The National Grand Theater, an egg-shaped structure and a landmark building of China, will have its first trial show on Sept. 25.

The National Grand Theater contains a 2,416-seat opera house, a 2,017-seat concert hall and a 1,040-seat theater. It is scheduled to formally open at the end of the year.

Crowds of Beijing citizens walked through the theater’s landscaped surroundings Tuesday, enjoying the full moon coinciding with a popular mid-Autumn festival. The show, China’s classic of ballet “The Red Detachment of Women,” was only open to the builders of the theater, including migrant workers, journalists and local residents who were relocated to make way for the egg-shaped “bubble” structure.

And here’s a video clip of the show:

References:
[National Grand Theater Official website], [People’s Daily], [XinHua Net], [ChinaNews], [Guardian.UK]

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