A moving tribute Share CLOSE Dancers from the National Ballet of China rehearse some chapters from the new production, Century, in Beijing on April 28, including Jingwei Trying to Fill Up the Sea. Century will be premiered at Tianqiao Theater in Beijing on May 23 and will run until May 30.[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] A new dance production marks the centenary of the Communist Party of China by celebrating the spirit of the nation's people, Chen Nan reports. About a year ago, when Feng Ying, president of the National Ballet of China, envisioned a new production to mark the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, she contacted her artist friends, composer Guan Xia and scriptwriter Zhu Hai.