The Shanghai Ballet (SHB) will stage a modern adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," the Shanghai Grand Theater Art Center announced Thursday.

The production, scheduled for November 18 and 19 during this year's Shanghai International Arts Festival, will feature choreography by Patrick de Bana from Germany and costumes and set design by notable French designer Jerome Kaplan, according to Xin Lili, SHB's artistic director.

"The ballet will focus on the love triangle between Rochester, Jane Eyre and Bertha, with a lot of conflict and tension," said Yu Rongjun, who wrote the script for the production.

Yu previously adapted the novel for a stage play produced by the Beijing-based National Center for the Performing Arts.

Yu revealed that the story will be transposed from 19th-century England to Shanghai in the 1940s and 1950s.

Xin said de Bana is currently working on selecting the music, with several pieces by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler in the running.

Kaplan previously designed costumes for the National Ballet of China for its 2003 production "Raise the Red Lantern."

"It's a bold move for us to do what has never been done in Western ballet, and we hope to see some innovation in this modern ballet," said Zhang Zhe, director of the Shanghai Grand Theater.

Overseas tours are being planned after the ballet's domestic run is over, Zhang added.