The plot of the red poppy

The Red Poppy is divided into three acts. The plot is roughly like this. The background of the first act is a dock in the Chinese concession. Coolies were beaten, foreigners enjoyed themselves in bars, and China dancer Taihe performed in front of a group of foreigners. A young Soviet captain stepped forward to support the flogged coolie. Peach blossom admired him very much, so she gave him a bunch of red poppies, which made her boss Li Shanfu jealous. At this time, the captain gave the coolies a red poppy and made them dance happily. Sailors from all over the world also danced, including Germans, Britons, blacks, pirates from China, Indians and Soviets. They danced the famous Russian sailor dance. Russian sailor dance is the most famous music in this dance drama, and there are many videos played by foreign middle school students' bands on YOUTUBE. "Russian sailor dance" appeared at the end of the first act of the play, and was danced by Soviet sailors when they came out to celebrate after coolies and Soviets beat off foreign sailors together. There is a sentence in the introduction of English tracks: the love between husband and wife is based on the scene and variation of Daohe, followed by the victory dance of coolies and the celebration dance of Russian sailors. The first scene of the second act took place in an opium den. The captain of the Soviet Union came to Taohua, and Li Shanfu pointed out to the influential British jazz that this man represented a coolie, so they decided to kill him. But the captain was rescued by the crew, and the sad peach blossom had to anesthetize herself with opium. The next two scenes are the dream of peach blossoms. China's dragons, gods and terrible demons first appeared in her dreams. In the second dream, the Soviet captain appeared, as well as lotus flowers, poppies and butterflies. Unfortunately, the dream woke up when it was full of affection, so Peach Blossom had to still use opium to solve her worries. In the first scene of the third act, Li Shanfu and Jazz used the peach blossom dance to lure the Soviet captain to dance. At the opening ceremony, various entertainment performances are going on, including peach blossom performance and China dances, such as silk scarf dance and devil dance. At this time, Peach Blossom showed her love to the captain and advised him to leave, but the captain asked her to go with her to liberate the suffering people. Li Shanfu ordered Peach Blossom to offer the captain a cup of poisoned wine, intending to kill him. Peach blossom discovered the plot in time and threw it on the ground. Li Shanfu shot at the captain angrily, but the captain escaped in the confusion. The last scene took place at the dock. Taohua waved goodbye to the Soviet captain who left by boat. Li Shanfu was so jealous that he stabbed the peach blossom to death. Before she died, she gave a group of children a red poppy to encourage them to fight for freedom. Although Peach Blossom is dead, the ballet is over. In the melody of The Internationale, the China proletariat finally won.