China News Service, Beijing, December 7th (Reporter Gao Kai) On the 14th anniversary of the founding of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, from December 16th to 22nd, the National Centre for the Performing Arts and Ningbo Performing Arts Group jointly produced the original contemporary dance drama "Xian Xinghai" "It will appear in the theater of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, as a tribute to the great "people's musician" Xian Xinghai.
On the 7th, the dance drama "Xian Xinghai" held a press conference in the rehearsal hall of the National Centre for the Performing Arts.
Zhao Tiechun, Vice President of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Lin Hong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Ningbo Performing Arts Group, Chief Director Xiao Xiangrong, and screenwriter Xu Rui all appeared on the show, sharing and introducing the production highlights and original intention of the show.
Original contemporary dance drama "Xian Xinghai" will be staged by Niu Xiaobei, National Centre for the Performing Arts
From a musician to a revolutionary, Xian Xinghai spent his entire life devoted to serving the country unswervingly and sincerely. With his uniquely Chinese immortal works, he has left precious artistic wealth for the Chinese nation.
The original contemporary dance drama "Xian Xinghai" focuses on the little-known life footprints of Xian Xinghai in the second half of the life, focusing on the interpretation of the characters’ emotions and spiritual levels, through the five chapters of "preface", "sea", "torrent", "homeland" and "stars". Xian Xinghai’s important life nodes are sorted out, and Xian Xinghai’s life is reviewed from the inner perspective when his life is dying, and the audience will re-recognize an unknown Xian Xinghai.
The dance drama "Xian Xinghai" is directed by Xiao Xiangrong, screenwriter Xu Rui, composer Guo Sida, stage design, lighting, multimedia design Han Jiang, costume design Zou You, modeling design Jia Lei, executive director Chang Xiaoni, choreographer Li Chao, Wen Xiaochao, Lv Zimin, Fan Lu, Lan Mingming, stage designer Sun Yixi and other first-line artists worked together.
The creation of the play breaks through the inherent mode of traditional dance drama, starting from emotions, cutting into feelings, and recreating Xian Xinghai’s bumpy and magnificent life with an innovative and leading "musical symphonic narrative" structure, with modern and international dances Language shows its rich and powerful spiritual world.
Xiao Xiangrong said, "The dance drama "Xian Xinghai" did not adopt the traditional linear narrative, but reorganized Xian Xinghai as a symbol of nationality and cosmopolitanity, dug into Xian Xinghai's popular character, and incorporated youth passion and national mission into the play. , A high degree of imagery creates a soul-sublimated, flesh-and-blood'people's musician', making the character's destiny more contemporary."
During the creation process, screenwriter Xu Rui consulted a lot of historical materials and tried to lead the audience into Xian Xinghai's inner world with warm and profound brushwork.
Xu Rui said, “This dance drama is not to tell the story of Xian Xinghai, but to dance his inner spiritual power. When deconstructing this work, we used the imagery expression technique that fits Xian Xinghai’s life course through Music, symphony, and dance are used to portray characters-the "sea" symbolizes the process of persisting in learning and seeking in the early days; "torrent" represents the torrent of revolution that has entered the revolution for the Chinese nation; "homeland" shows the experience of being tossed overseas due to war; 'Stars' means a firm belief is as eternal as the sea of stars."
Original contemporary dance drama "Xian Xinghai" will be staged by Niu Xiaobei, National Centre for the Performing Arts
In order to encourage more young audiences to come into the theater to learn about Xian Xinghai, the dance drama will be presented in a modern style that conforms to the aesthetics of contemporary audiences, using avant-garde and highly infectious contemporary dance forms to interpret Xian Xinghai's legendary life.
In terms of music, a small number of Xian Xinghai's classic works will be the main keynote, with a certain symphonic and electronic theme to show the grand background of the era and emphasize the inner conflict of the characters.
In the presentation of the dance beauty, unique images such as "wind", "snow", "storm", "sea", "light and shadow", "travelers" and "skyline" will be used to magnificently show Xian Xinghai's life, combined with montage expression techniques, comprehensive use of dance, Music, props, images and other methods create a strong visual impact, leading the audience to truly walk into the heart of Xian Xinghai, feel the youthful blood of the prosperous years, and comprehend the passionate homeland feelings of the revolutionary ancestors.
Original contemporary dance drama "Xian Xinghai" will be staged by Niu Xiaobei, National Centre for the Performing Arts
In Xian Xinghai's life, countless close friends, comrades in arms, relatives and friends, mentors, etc. have walked with him and fought side by side.
In order to truly restore history, the dance drama not only puts on the stage the touching stories between it and the most important people in life, but also adds the "destiny" corner of the incarnation of Xian Xinghai's spiritual world, through which the inner body of Xian Xinghai can be visualized by the audience. To his powerful spiritual world.
The main roles of this round of performance will be divided by young dancers such as Wei Shenzhou, Li Yu, Wang Jinge, He Jiang, Sun Rui (invited dancer), Yan Hanyi, and the principal actors of Ningbo Song and Dance Theater Xia Tian, Wang Yu, Wang Zheng, etc. It is decorated by the Ningbo Song and Dance Theater as the dance team.
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