The reason why the "Chinese Festival" party went out of the circle was because "dance vocabulary has changed."
The graceful dances in the long history of China have become the main protagonists who astound the younger generation of audiences.
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What kind of story can a dance carry?
In the eyes of the people of the Han Dynasty, the pan is the Beidou and the drum is the sun and the moon. Since people can't go up to the sky, they simply step on the sun, the moon and the stars to dance and compose songs, which gives them a pan-inspiration.
There are mostly seven pan drums, symbolizing the Big Dipper.
A few days ago, in the "Millennium of Dance" launched by Station B and Henan Satellite TV, students from the Classical Dance Department of Beijing Dance Academy of 2018 brought the dance dance "Xiang He Ge".
The girl in the light leno dress sang and danced with drums and music with the joy of welcoming the Spring God.
This dance has been viewed more than 100 million times on Weibo topics.
In CCTV's "National Treasure·Exhibition Season", the dancers of the China Oriental Performing Arts Group used the dance poetry "Only Green" to beautifully interpret the 18-year-old Wang Ximeng's "A sigh in a thousand years, a great dynasty". A Thousand Miles of Countryside Map.
In 2021, we were screened by the Chinese dance in the variety show.
The graceful dances in the long history of China are not the "background color" of pop culture, but the protagonist that amazes the younger generation of audiences.
Chinese dance walks out of the palace and walks into the story
In 2021, because of the "Chinese Festival" series of programs such as "Tang Palace Night Banquet", "A Wonderful Tour of the Qixi Festival" and "A Wonderful Tour of the Double Ninth Festival", Henan Satellite TV set up a golden sign of "traditional culture + trendy expression".
In an interview with China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily, the director of "Chongyang Wonderful Tour" Qian Linlin said that the reason why the "Chinese Festival" party went out of the circle was that "dance vocabulary changed. Contemporary young people like to show traditional dance in a way that young audiences will accept and like".
"A Thousand Years of Dance" continues the "big movie" temperament of the "Chinese Festival" gala, and creates a story background: According to legend, there is a sacred book "The Twelve Winds and Dances", which records the most beautiful dance in the long history of China.
It is a pity that as people become obsessed with material, greed and war, they increasingly ignore those beautiful things, and the words in "Twelve Winds of Dance" gradually disappear.
When the time comes to 2021, the five dancers are called to gather and become the recommended dancers to rediscover the most beautiful dances in the long river of history. The story of "dancing up and down for a thousand years" begins.
"Xia Bone Umbrella Shadow", a red umbrella of the knights danced out of the rivers and lakes of chivalry, and "Tagge" depicts the pictures of girls outing in spring during the Shangsi Festival and the Year of Huan.
All dances are carried out in an antique real scene.
With a light step, Luoshen began to paint.
Hua Xiaoyi, the chief female of the Youth Dance Troupe of Beijing Dance Academy, played the role of "Zhen Mi" and performed "Lingbo Weibu" as the recommended dancer of "Dancing Millennium".
Hua Xiaoyi believes that compared to traditional stage presentations, the "contextualized" interpretation of variety shows can give everyone an immersive experience, allowing the audience to see the dancer’s eyes in more detail and perceive the dancer’s breath. Miss every beautiful moment.
"I personally always feel that the art of dance must be infectious and immersive live art." She mentioned that the charm of dancing on-site is unparalleled, but the regret of this beauty is that it is "ephemeral." The program helped to record and spread the beauty of dance, by magnifying some moments that touched the audience's resonance point.
Feng Zheng, deputy director of Henan Satellite TV Innovation Program Center and one of the directors of "Dancing Millennium", pointed out that now everyone knows that ballet and street dance are beautiful, but they don't know much about Chinese classical dance.
"This is a dance unique to China. Our program is to use dance to tell Chinese stories up and down five thousand years. We want to present Chinese classical dance to everyone, and let the dance come out of the palace."
Every dance affects a piece of history
In the comment area of every issue of "Dancing Millennium" broadcast at station B, there are netizens with active science background knowledge.
For example, there is a popular science "Xianghe Song"-"Han Dynasty Pan drum, dancers stepping on drums and dancing. It was re-engraved from the portraits and bricks of Han Dynasty by the teacher of Beiwu Sun Ying. I really feel that the teacher is amazing." Netizens recommend books that can understand the music knowledge of "Phase and Song".
Every dance on the screen affects a long historical timeline.
In CCTV's "National Treasures·Exhibition Season", dancers from the China Oriental Performing Arts Group performed "Into the Painting", an excerpt from the dance poetry drama "Only Green", to interpret the 18-year-old Wang Ximeng's finished painting in one go.
The group of dancers "painted" the green mountains and waters with their bodies. Zhang Han, the dancer who played Wang Ximeng, set off a blue-green frenzy, entered the painting, signed the painting, and finally waved his hand, the seal disappeared, indicating that "this painting is painted with the world and everyone. Those who come and go, but see. Green is enough".
Zhang Han said in an interview with a reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily that Ximeng must have been to many places to collect styles in order to draw such a magnificent picture.
Therefore, every time I go to a new place to tour, I must also visit the nearby scenery with my colleagues, visit local museums, and learn about history and culture.
Zhang Han studied ethnic folk dance at Beijing Dance Academy. During his studies, he would go out to collect styles, conduct fieldwork, observe and learn the original dances performed by local old artists, and after his own absorption and processing, he moved to the stage. superior.
"I have learned dance for so many years, and I feel that China has a lot of good culture, which is very precious. If our generation does not like it, protect it, and develop it, it will be gone in 20 to 30 years. ."
Zhang Han clearly remembers that he once skipped a folk dance that originated in Anhui.
Many local young people left their hometowns after graduation and did not go to learn these dances with the older generation. In a few decades, these great folk dance cultures may gradually disappear.
Hua Xiaoyi, a young classical dancer born in the 1990s who became famous, won the first prize of the most authoritative dance competition in China, "Peach and Li Cup" twice with his "Rofu Walk" and "Crimson Lips". These two solo dancers also became later A "textbook-level template" for classical dance candidates.
She believes that Guofeng dance meets the aesthetic and emotional needs of the current audience.
"Now, more people and more angles use dance to tell Chinese stories, dance to interpret Chinese culture, and dance to express Chinese people's sentiments and aesthetic images." Hua Xiaoyi said that she hopes to be more on the road of Chinese dance. Absorb, look more, read more, let the mind and body become more tolerant, so that you can go deeper and farther.
Hua Xiaoyi believes that dancers must truly achieve "dance with feelings and creation with feelings".
Dancers want to "hidden" to express in culture
This year, before the post-95 audience Xue Chuanchuan watched the dance reality show "Dancing Life", he thought that this kind of show was a competitive competition, and the professional threshold of dance was daunting.
"One day I accidentally saw the stage of "A Dream of Red Mansions". The classical Chinese dance is closely integrated with the situation and story. The poetic sentiment from the cultural heritage instantly brings people into the situation. It can be passed by young dancers such as Luo Yizhou. Feeling the timeless story with his body language, I can't help being deeply attracted."
Xue Chuanchuan said that when the audience is getting tired of singing and dancing, Chinese dance has gradually become a soothing and beautiful existence, "I prefer not to win or lose but only for the ultimate pure expression."
Zheng Lu, a well-known young dancer and deputy director of the Classical Dance Department of Beijing Dance Academy, has led students to participate in the recording of "National Treasure" and "The Millennium of Dance".
She pointed out that Chinese culture has a timeless and peaceful atmosphere, "it is not about immediately distinguishing high and low, but sometimes it is a feeling of mutual appreciation and light appreciation."
The classical dance students taught by Zheng Lu are relatively introverted.
"In a traditional cultural atmosphere, these students are not willing to show too much individuality, and will not only express themselves like Western modern dancers. I told the students, you must'dive' in the culture to express."
Being unassuming does not mean that you have no ideas.
Zheng Lu sighed that if students were given space for creativity and imagination, they would give you something unexpected.
For example, participating in "National Treasure·Exhibition Season" is a creative process with students as the main body.
10 students from the Classical Dance Department of Beijing Dance Academy were embodied in the bronze decorations on the faces of the Shizhu beasts of Shang and Zhou Dynasties. They expressed their understanding and inheritance of "rituals" through the interpretation of the process of rampant beasts being disciplined and returned to the temple.
"Every year when freshmen enter school, I tell them that you are not here just to learn a skill and go out to eat. You are to contribute to the cause of Chinese classical dance." Zheng Lu said.
Chinese dance went from offline to online and became a hot spot in the world.
Zheng Lu feels that the current lens language of variety shows has magnified the beautiful side of dancers that were not noticed in the past, but there are more aesthetic points in Chinese dance that deserve to be further explored.
"Not only the body and expressions, but also the beauty and texture of some power, if it can be expressed by the lens, it will look more beautiful." Zheng Lu said that she is conducting research on the subject, hoping to achieve a better dance aesthetics and lens language. Good combination.
China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Shen Jiequn Source: China Youth Daily