Suzhou Ballet Theatre (SBT) left Suzhou on Nov 22 (Beijing time) for the State of Qatar to give four performances of its modern ballet Cinderella from Nov 29 to Dec 1 (local time). Before this, SBT visited the country once in 2016 with another ballet The Nutcracker.

According to SBT Art Director Li Ying, the ballet Cinderella, debuted in 2016, is an adaptation from French author Charles Perrault's widely known fairy tale "Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper". Following the same story line about the girl Cinderella who eventually enjoyed good fortune after a succession of tribulations from her stepmother and stepsisters, the performance embeds innovative adaptations and stage techniques, such as modern costumes, humorous language and, the most surprising, the wicked and ugly stepsisters acted by two men. It is one of SBT's best-loved works.