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Silk & Steel
J. Henry Fair's Eye on Destruction
Text & Photos Katharina Hesse
 

These pictures are of teachers from Teatro alla Scala coaching Chinese ballet students before the final rehearsals with the renowned Teatro alla Scala ballet troupe in Beijing, November 2006. The Teatro alla Scala toured China for the first time and performed A Midsummer Night's Dream.

The Italian troupe was supposed to come to Beijing in 2003 but had to post-pone their trip due to the outbreak of SARS. For the Chinese dancers, it was very "special" to have an opportunity to perform together with the dancers from Italy. These images were originally photographed for a story commissioned by Vanity Fair Italia.
The Beijing punks spend their afternoons smoking and drinking in the alley before they get ready to perform at the Scream Bar. In the spring of 1998, a handful of youngsters teamed up to unofficially rebel against conformist Chinese life. They shaved their heads and founded bands with names like ìBrain Failureî and "Anarchy Boys". Although majority of the punks came from wealthy families, they preferred to live in self-imposed poverty. The Scream Bar and its surrounding dusty alleyways became the centre of youthful rebellion until it was finally closed in 2000.
 
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