The nation's first large-scale original song and dance collection "Yunnan Reflections" (Dynamic Yunnan), by China's renowned dance artist Yang Liping as artistic director and chief choreographer and lead actor to create the art of fine art, following the "Five Golden Flowers", After "Five Golden Flowers" and "Asima", "Images of Yunnan" is another classic masterpiece born in Yunnan. Reflections of Yunnan" is a new stage work integrating tradition and modernity, integrating and reconstructing the essence of original native songs and dances and the classics of folk dances, and showing the rich ethnic flavor of Yunnan. The song and dance set of 70% of the actors from all over the states of Yunnan and even the fields of the local ethnic minority actors, performance costumes restored in Yunnan various ethnic groups dressed in life prototype.
"Reflections of Yunnan" won five out of the ten awards in the Fourth China Dance "Lotus Award", the highest award for professional dance in China in 2004:
-Gold Medal for Dance Poetry
-Best Choreography Award
-Best Actress Award
-Best Costume Design Award
-Best Costume Design Award
-The Best Choreography Award
-The Best Costume Design Award
-The Best Costume Design Award
-Best Costume Design Award
-Outstanding Performance (Drumming Design) Award
I. Characteristics:
As the first collection of original folk songs and dances in the history of Chinese dance that was marketed, packaged, and promoted on its own, Reflections of Yunnan has gone from the plateau villages to the world, and has explored a brand new mode of operation for the market of China's stage art, and Reflections of Yunnan itself has also Yunnan Reflections" itself has become a Chinese dance industry **** brand, a widely acclaimed "Chinese business card".
-Reflections from Yunnan
In an interview with the media, Yang Liping emphasized, "I'm very glad I was born in Yunnan, the land of song and dance."
Yunnan is a multi-ethnic province in the southwest border of the motherland, where there is a deep cultural heritage, one of the birthplaces of mankind, leaving valuable world cultural heritage for human civilization, the world's natural heritage, is an important treasure trove of human heritage ****sheng; here there is a colorful ethnic cultures, the 26 hereditary nationalities in unity and harmony, and unceasingly, the formation of a multi-ethnic groups, multi-cultural forms ****sheng The unique type of culture, glittering in the treasure trove of Chinese culture; here are beautiful natural scenery, topography, animal and plant life is rich and varied, the mountains and rivers, beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, people and nature in harmony, everywhere is the scenery, every day can be traveled. This is a piece of ancient magic, rich and beautiful, vibrant land, this is a hundred gardens of culture and art, this is a treasure mine of literature and art, this is a gem of national culture.
The primitive, rugged and colorful lives of more than 10 ethnic groups, including Yi, Tibet, Wa and Hani, are vividly displayed on the stage as a result of "Reflections of Yunnan". The unrestrained body movements, abstract picture composition, ethereal music, and bright and penetrating mountain songs express to the fullest the emotional longing of human beings for the return of the heart, the passion of life, and the ascension of the soul. Has been a great success of the "reflection of yunnan", is the rich mine of literature and art in yunnan some of the drops and fragments, yang li ping and the "reflection of yunnan" *** with the dust on this piece of gem gently flicked away, so that the world to see its luster.
"Reflections of Yunnan" is not a sudden appearance, but the inheritance of the national soul and national roots. Yang Liping and "Reflections of Yunnan" the artistic tension shown by the actors, originating from the red land in the south of the colored clouds, is a profound expression of the folk culture of the South and a deep tribute, and has the characteristics of the era of the new century. This is also the deep reason why "Reflections of Yunnan" has exploded in the domestic performance market and has a strong staying power.
-Embellishments for the whole country
Since its first performance on August 8, 2003 at the Kunming Hall, "Embellishments of Yunnan" has been officially performed for more than 500 times in China.
On August 4, 2003, Yunnan Reflections held its first rehearsal before its official performance at the Kunming Hall. At the symposium after the end, Tenzin, deputy secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, said excitedly, "This is the real dance, the real national culture, the real art!" He immediately instructed to "Yunnan image" as the province's key art projects to grasp, to operate according to the laws of the market, the government to give support to help. It is after watching this rehearsal, he put forward for the "reflection of Yunnan" "based in Yunnan, towards the country, into the world" development ideas.
After this, "Yunnan Reflections", which had experienced difficulties, embarked on the fast track of development. In Kunming, the box office revenue of "Reflections of Yunnan" exceeded ten million; in Wenzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, nine performances were sold out; in Shanghai, it won the highest award of the Chinese Dance "Lotus Prize"; in Beijing, before the release of the movie, Yang and her troupe have become an important target of the media, and "Reflections of Yunnan" is even more difficult to find a ticket. ......
Yunnan Reflections has now become a window for Yunnan Province to publicize itself to the outside world. After the performance in Beijing, Yunnan Reflections will go on a tour to Chongqing, Chengdu and Xi'an, so that more domestic audiences can enjoy the poetic flavors of Yunnan's various ethnic groups.
-Reflections of the world
While the domestic market is constantly applauded, "Reflections of Yunnan" has never forgotten its dream of going global. Yunnan Reflections" will enter the international cultural market under the name of "In Search of Shangri-La" and hold more than 160 performances in more than ten countries, including the United States. A few days ago, many celebrities and show business people gathered at the Poly Theater in Beijing, and Sun Jianjun, president of Peggy Taihe Global Media, the global promoter of "Reflections of Yunnan," joined hands with Yang Liping to offer Yunnan rice wine to the people, **** the same to wish "Reflections of Yunnan" success in its global public performance.
At present, seven countries, including the United States, Australia and France, are interested in inviting "Yunnan Reflections" to perform. Paige will follow the international performance industry practice of packaging and commercial operation of "Yunnan Images". It is understood that Australian lighting artists, choreographers and other experts are reprocessing and refining Yunnan Reflections to make it a real artistic product of the world. Yunnan Reflections will probably be the first collection of songs and dances to go to the overseas market with a successful commercial gesture and be able to form a fixed brand.
The second point of view
In addition to the two major attractions of the program, Yang Liping and the peacock dance, in the end, what are the other attractions, so as to set a record of more than a hundred consecutive undefeated performances?
-Actors: 75% from the villages
The cast of "Images of Yunnan" consists of more than 90 people, 70% of whom are ethnic minority actors from villages in Yunnan. They have the original dance gene flowing in their blood. The youngest of these actors is 7 years old, and the oldest is more than 20 years old. At that time, when Yang Liping went to find them, they were all still doing farm work. According to Yang Liping herself, the reason why a large number of amateur actors, mainly because many professional dancers do not have the taste of folk, they have been outside the circle of folk to find that feeling. And these folk actors in the life of the songs and dances, their songs and dances are full of life, which is the professional actors do not have. During rehearsals, Yang just needs to guide them to get used to the stage performance.
-Performance: Red earth original ethnic original
The whole play *** have "Chaos in the beginning", "sun", "land", "land", "land", "land", "land", "land", "land", "land", "land", "land", "land", "land", "land" and "land", "land". "Home", "Fire Ritual", "Pilgrimage", "Spirit of Sparrow" and other seven songs and dances, showing the Yunnan minority's worship of nature and love of life. The seven songs and dances, including "Home", "Fire Festival", "Pilgrimage" and "Spirit of the Bird", show the Yunnan minority's worship of nature and love of life. The choreography integrates and reconstructs the essence of Yunnan's primitive rural songs and dances and the vocabulary of ethnic dances, and expresses the diligence and simplicity of the ethnic minorities with new artistic concepts. The body language combines Yi, Miao, Tibetan, Dai, Bai, Hani and other ethnic dances. The prologue opens with the beating of 60 drums. Even when the women beat the drums, they make people feel the vigorous vitality from the red land. At the end of the show, Yang Liping leads the 60 "peacocks" in the "Spirit of the Bird" dance. All the performances are sung by real people, and all the costumes are prototypes of ethnic minorities.
- choreography: ancient modern time jump
"Images of Yunnan" a lot of use of mobile, elevation conversion device. According to reports, Yunnan's ethnic minorities like to dance collectively in the square after work, which they call "playing songs" or "jumping pots and pans". In order to reproduce the original state of such a life on the stage, Yang Liping broke through the balanced layout of the previous stage art, so that the traditional square activities and modern stage art has been a perfect combination. Music, costumes, lighting, props, will leave the audience a "primitive" specific impression. 180 sets of masks with Yunnan characteristics, cow head, mani stone, the scripture tube in the stage lighting is also real shuttle in the ancient and modern, in the time and space dislocation, visual dislocation in the construction of a kind of ecological emotion.