China News Agency, Kunming, February 13 (Reporter Hu Yuanhang) Yang Liping, a Chinese dance artist known as the "Peacock Princess", appeared in Kunming on the 13th to share the story behind her latest creation, the Zodiac Dance series of art films.
She said, "The twelve zodiac signs show the profound connotation of traditional Chinese culture and are worth sharing with the world."
Since 2021, Yang Liping has successively launched three zodiac dance series art films, "Spring Ox", "Tiger Roaring", and "Jade Rabbit and Chang'e", dedicated to combining dance and video and other arts to promote traditional Chinese zodiac culture.
In "The Picture of Spring Cow", Yang Liping and the dancers, with the blue sky and white clouds as the curtain, and the earth with yellow flowers as the stage, the book is a wild and powerful "Spring Cow Picture"; Artists integrate dance, folk music, martial arts, installations and other arts to present a beautiful picture of a hundred tigers giving auspiciousness; "Jade Rabbit and Chang'e" reinterprets the ancient myth of the jade rabbit and Chang'e through the fusion of ancient and future, virtual and stage.
Once these three zodiac dance art films were released, audiences at home and abroad have continued to discuss the zodiac culture and dance videos.
In this context, Yang Liping decided to launch a corresponding zodiac dance series art film every year.
"The concept of dance is very broad and should not be limited to the stage." Yang Liping said that in recent years, she has been thinking about how to use the Internet and film and television technology to expand the viewing mode of dance and dance dramas. try.
"Our zodiac signs contain rich traditional culture, and also represent China's going to the world." Yang Liping said that it is particularly meaningful to be able to tell the Chinese culture represented by the zodiac culture in a new way of dance and video.
This exploration allows audiences and industry insiders to see a "brand new Yang Liping".
Industry insiders commented that Yang Liping is no longer exploring the national culture horizontally, but is going back in the direction of history in depth.
The Zodiac Dance series of art films is not only a work, but will also become a huge Chinese cultural IP.
Wang Yanwu, the producer of Yang Liping's zodiac dance series of art films, revealed that currently, a "dragon"-themed zodiac dance art film is under planning.
In the future, this series of works is expected to be assembled into a drama and appear on the stage.
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