Ten classic repertoires of classical dance

1 China's first national dance drama "Lotus Lantern"

Premiere time: 1957

Performing group: china opera

"Lotus Lantern" is based on China's traditional fairy tale "Save Mother by Splitting the Mountain", in which the three virgin's long sleeves, Liu Yanchang's sleeves, the sword of agarwood, the dust of the big fairy from the thunderbolt, Erlang and.

"Lotus Lantern" is a graduation internship of advanced students in the first choreographer class of Beijing Dance School under the guidance of Chaplin teacher and famous Peking Opera artist Li Shaochun. In 1959,

2 ballet "Red women soldiers"

premiered in 1964

The performance group: Central Ballet "Lotus Lantern" was made into a color art film, which was widely praised.

This drama is adapted from the movie of the same name. The story of Red women soldiers takes place in Hainan Island in the 193s. Based on the revolutionary history of China, the dance drama tells the story of Qionghua, a servant girl who escaped from the bully Nanba Tianfu, and with the help of Hong Changqing, the representative of the Red Army, she gradually changed from a bitter rural girl to a women soldiers soldier with firm belief in * * *.

The Red women soldiers is the first attempt to reform Chinese ballet according to the principle of "revolutionization, nationalization and popularization". The drama has created a heroic image of women soldiers, China, who wears pointe shoes. It combines the techniques of western ballet with the expressive techniques of China national dance, creating a century-old national ballet, which is a proud milestone in the history of China ballet and a world miracle of the perfect integration of Chinese and western cultures in the field of ballet art. In music creation, women soldiers Liange, Wanquan River is clear and clear, and other music has been enduring for decades and is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

3 ballet White-Haired Girl

Premiere time: 1965

Performing group: Shanghai Ballet

White-Haired Girl is the result of the collective creation of the opera of the same name by the teachers and students of Shanghai Dance School in 1964. It retains the basic characters' relationship and drama conflict in the original, such as Xi 'er, Yang Bailao, Huang Shiren and Wang Dachun, and successfully condenses the plot, and uses a large number of movements of Chinese folk dance and classical dance to combine it with ballet art, which is deeply loved by the audience.

The White-haired Girl premiered in the 6th "Shanghai Spring" in 1965, and caused a nationwide sensation. The brilliance of White-haired Girl has created ballet performers such as Shi Zhongqin, Mao Huifang and Ling Guiming, and it is a model of the combination of ballet and folk dance. Now it is a classic repertoire of Shanghai Ballet.

4 Dance Drama Rain on Silk Road

Premiere time: 1979

Performing group: Gansu Song and Dance Theatre

Rain on Silk Road is based on the Silk Road and Dunhuang murals, drawing on the strengths of folk songs and dances from all over the world, describing the joys and sorrows of the old painter Bi Zhang and the geisha ying niang, and praising the long-standing friendship between China and the people in the western regions. It was once praised as "the best dance drama in China", "the model of national dance drama in China" and "Swan Lake in the East". He has won praises such as "this dance should only exist in the sky, and it is rare to see it on earth" and "living Dunhuang murals and beautiful artistic enjoyment".

In recent years, Rain on Silk Road has once again proved the infinite charm of classics with its high attendance rate, showing its strong artistic vitality.

5 original ecological song and dance collection "Yunnan Image"

Premiere time: 23

Performing group: Yunnan Yang li Ping Culture Communication Co., Ltd.

Yunnan Image is the first large-scale original ecological song and dance collection in China, which shows a brand-new stage art creation style with original, quaint national songs and dances and cutting-edge artistic ideas. The dance arrangement integrates and reconstructs the essence of Yunnan original rural songs and dances with national dance vocabulary. There are seven songs and dances in the whole drama, including "Chaos Begins", "Sun", "Land", "Fire Sacrifice", "Pilgrimage" and "The Spirit of Sparrows". The prelude begins with the beating of 6 drums, and 6 peacocks dance together as the end, which is full of worship of nature and love for life.

Yunnan Image won the titles of "Top Ten Excellent Dramas of National Stage Art Works" and "Lotus Award".

6 dance drama house of flying daggers

Premiere time: 215

House of flying daggers is an experimental stage work created by the famous dance artist Yang li Ping in 215.

Yang li Ping said that House of Flying Daggers not only lies in the traditional revival, but also has more "modern significance". "Ambush is not only the fear of the ancients, but also that of modern people. Everyone of us is being ambushed-outside, inside, all the time. This is a very modern and common human thing. " She wants to use this modern dance drama to tell everyone how to avoid the fear of being ambushed.

7 national dance drama "Confucius"

Premiere time: 213

Performing group: china opera

Directed by Kong Dexin, the 77th descendant of Confucius, it has won the world stage (Lincoln Art Center in new york, Kennedy Art Center in Washington, etc.), and audiences are fascinated by it wherever it goes. Douban scored as high as 9.6 points, and bilibili's promotional film received 5w+ hits, which attracted countless post-9s audiences to enter the theater as an "explosive" dance drama. (Do you remember the popularity of the Qing Academy last summer?)

There are six acts in the whole audience of Confucius, which tells the story of Confucius' journey around the world. During this journey, Confucius' disappointment over the collapse of ceremonies, his listening to the public voice, his harping on the plight, his struggle against tyranny and his friendship with his disciples are all presented, which constitutes a spiritual dance. This is a journey that keeps hitting the wall, a road of no return that can't fulfill your dreams, and a bumpy road that you can't get.

8 dance drama The Past in Shawan

Premiere time: 214

Performing group: Guangdong Song and Dance Theatre

The Past in Shawan is based on the ancient town of Shawan in the 193s, with many Guangdong musicians such as "He's Three Masters" as the creative prototype, with the story of Guangdong musicians' creation of the famous song "Sailong Won the Golden Medal" as the main line, using contemporary

The Past in Shawan shows the unremitting efforts and persistent pursuit of Guangdong musicians in inheriting and developing national music, and eulogizes the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation. Won the 15th Wenhua Award.

9 china opera's "Li Bai"

Premiere time: 217

Performing group: china opera

Based on Li Bai's feelings about home and country and his wanton feelings of embracing mountains and rivers, "Li Bai" created Li Bai on the stage of dance drama while exploring his mental journey.

The two environments of "reality" and "dream" in the whole drama are intertwined and combined with reality and reality, adopting flashback structure, starting from the fact that Li Bai was sent to Yelang after his defeat in his later years, and selecting several main nodes in Li Bai's life to pave the way with the topics of "Moonlight Thinking", "Sword Dream", "Golden Farewell" and "Peng Catch the Moon". As well as his balance and choice in the life contradiction of "joining the WTO" and "being born", to reveal Li Bai's inner world, so that the audience can not only appreciate the splendor of the Tang court, but also experience the tension of galloping on the battlefield, and also feel the loneliness and vastness of his inner world in Li Bai's feelings of sending feelings to the mountains and rivers.

1 national dance drama "Dream of Dunhuang"

Premiere time: 2

Performing group: Lanzhou Song and Dance Theatre

"Dream of Dunhuang" is a legendary four-act dance drama, which is based on the thousands of years of creation history of Dunhuang art treasure house, and takes the emotional course of young painter Mogao and crescent moon, the daughter of the general, as a clue, as an epic.