In the darkness, the dancers pursue beams of light, using their bodies as brushes to depict traces of wandering... Tonight, the work "Wandering" by young dancer Hu Chenyuan was performed in Shanghai The finale of the Oriental Art Center was unforgettable for many viewers.
After Hu Chen, a group of works and dance artists with considerable artistic standards and reflecting the creative strength of today's Chinese dance scene will come to Shanghai in July. Yang Liping's "House of Flying Daggers", Tan Yuanyuan and Friends, and many outstanding dancers who broke through the circle with "Dance Storm" will all bring experimental works to the stage of Shanghai Oriental Art Center, and complete their work from " The identity transition from dancer” to “creator”.
From two dimensions to three dimensions, Tan Yuanyuan's "Fantasy Night at the Museum" creates an immersive experience
"Starry Sky", "Girl with a Pearl Earring", "Lovers" and "Image without Image" "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains"... famous paintings "jump" out of the frame under the interpretation of seven dancers represented by Tan Yuanyuan. With the sound, color, light and shadow, the audience seems to be in the painting. On July 20th and 21st, the dance music theater "Tan Yuanyuan and Her Friends - Fantasy Night in the Art Museum" will come to Dongyi, presenting a "Fantasy Adventure in the Art Museum" to Shanghai audiences.
"In recent years, I have been working hard to try modern ballet works. This project is also a new attempt, hoping to combine dance with other art forms." Tan Yuanyuan said. The fusion of dance and painting art is already very common, but director Zhou Ke proposed the concept of "art museum": imagine that in an art museum at midnight, each painting "comes" to life. This idea was unanimously agreed by the creative team including Tan Yuanyuan. In addition to combining ballet, modern dance and classical dance, the fusion of music, painting, drama and other art forms also creates an immersive experience for the audience that "humans and paintings are integrated".
This is the first performance project that Tan Yuanyuan has fully participated in after "Dance Storm". She is not only a dancer, but also an artistic director and co-choreographer. "The domestic audience's appreciation level is getting higher and higher, and they have higher requirements and expectations in terms of the artistry, audience, and professionalism of the project, so there is a certain pressure on being an artistic director." Tan Yuanyuan believes that in recent years, dance The domestic market environment and audience base have been greatly improved, which is an opportunity for dance practitioners. "We must break through tradition and innovate across borders. Every dancer should actively take advantage of such a good development environment and work together to cultivate a 'new development' of dance art."
"Dharma "The Sword of Chris" hangs above the head, Yang Liping's "House of Flying Daggers" explores avant-garde stage vision
From July 15th to 17th, Yang Liping Dance Theater "Ambush from Flying Daggers" will be performed at Dongyi. Since its release in 2015, "House of Flying Daggers" has gone through many rounds of tours and still impacts the audience with its unique avant-garde concept and strong experimental atmosphere. Dance, folk music, traditional drama and installation art are integrated into one. This dance drama with the Chu-Han War as its background has made extremely bold attempts in stage design and dance movements.
Scissors, paper cutting, shadow puppets, and red feathers are important elements of "House of Flying Daggers". Twenty thousand scissors were densely covered above the stage. Historical figures from thousands of years ago, such as Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, walked out of the jungle of scissors one by one. The metallic sound of their bodies colliding with the scissors pierced the quiet theater. "In ancient times, scissors were a witchcraft. People believed that they had the function of warding off evil spirits and eradicating demons and ghosts. Therefore, the device of scissors implied the meaning of fate. In foreign countries, there is also the saying of the 'Sword of Damocles', which means that everyone has a head. There is a knife on it." Yang Liping wanted to express a "feeling of fear" that she often faces in life. Red feathers, symbolizing the unbearable "lightness" of life, were also put on the stage, forming a unique aesthetic image of violence. Behind the dazzling stage design is a creative team of masters - internationally renowned visual artist and Academy Award winner Tim Yip serves as art and costume designer, and American artist Liu Beili serves as the scissors installation artist and creative consultant of the show.
"House of Flying Daggers" incorporates traditional artistic elements such as Peking Opera and Kung Fu. The whole play uses Xiao He's Peking Opera narration to connect the entire story. It also follows the tradition of "male dan" in Peking Opera, and the only major female role in the play, Yu Ji, is played by a male dancer. The person who plays Yu Ji is Hu Chen, who just gave a wonderful performance in Dongyi. Yang Liping said, “Finding a man to play a woman is not a gimmick.
"Member Hu Chen is a "gift from God" in her heart, "he has an unprecedented soft charm all over his body. "Yu Ji's emotions are extroverted, but her dance movements are "restrained." Hu Chen believes, "Our body as language cannot deceive people, and we will continue to do experimental dance works in the future. ”
Actively cultivate modern dance audiences to allow young artists to innovate “one wave after another”
At present, the two performances of "Fantasy Night at the Art Museum" at Dongyi have been fully completed Sold out. "House of Flying Daggers" will have an extra afternoon show on July 17, and there are very few tickets left. These two performances will also be included in the 11th Pudong Culture and Art Festival as Dongyi's premium plays, with a minimum of 80 tickets. Yuan’s public welfare tickets lower the threshold for audience participation and bring the work into the public eye.
As a theater art, why is the dance project so popular? The promotion of variety shows plays a big role. A dancer who participated in "Dance Storm" said, "After the show, more and more people realized that there is a group of dancers in China doing such things. "The variety show brings the audience's perspective into the daily life and personal growth of the dancers through displays on and behind the scenes. In this way, the audience can easily respond to the self-expression of these dancers, and can also respond to them in a way that To accept their "experiments" with a more tolerant attitude
In recent years, Dongyi has brought modern dance works of different styles and forms to the stage, including "White Water" and "Mote Dust" that showcase traditional Chinese culture. ", as well as "Thirteen Voices" and "Grand Hotel" that reflect multicultural and individual aesthetic concepts. Dance "IP" such as Cloud Gate Dance Theater, Venus Dance Company, and Paul Taylor Dance Company also bring their works to this film. "Experimental Field" meets the Shanghai audience. The emergence of dance variety shows in the past two years has not made them overwhelmed by traffic, but has truly reached the audience who like dance art through offline theater performances.
< p>“Audience needs to be cultivated. Lei Wen, general manager of Dongyi, believes that in addition to bringing high-quality modern dance works to Shanghai audiences and cultivating performance viewing habits, the way to get more people into the door of dance is not limited to live performances. In the past few years During the year, Dongyi continued to launch public art promotion activities around themes such as dance and contemporary art. On the evening of June 8, invited by the Dongyi Art Education Department, Hu Chen was a guest at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center's "LuTalk·Youth China". "Talk" art talk show, telling the audience his experience of finding the right path amidst twists and turns, and sharing his passion and compatibility with modern dance. Before the event, Hu Chen also went to the rehearsal hall of Dongyi Children's Ballet. , provided special guidance to the small group members and shared their valuable experience in dance learning.“The significance of audience cultivation is to let more ‘fans’ who enter the field of dance appreciation know what dance is and understand the art. Where is the beauty. "Dongyi Art Education's strategic cooperative relationship with well-known dance companies and dance institutions at home and abroad provides abundant teachers and performance opportunities for such practice. In August, Dongyi Art Education will also launch the first ballet master summer camp, which will be hosted by famous ballet masters. Shi Zhongqin, a former "White-Haired Girl" actor, serves as an artistic consultant, and many young dance artists from Suzhou Ballet and Shanghai Theater Academy serve as teachers. "These practices are more non-entertainment and anti-conformity. "Lei Wen said that in the Internet era where traffic is constantly changing, a good artistic ecology needs to be maintained jointly by artists, audiences and theaters. The theater must continue to provide a platform for new talents and new works, and insist on bringing audiences something that can trigger thinking. "Only in this way can more audiences come to the theater, and only in this way can young artists' innovations become higher and higher." ”