On the evening of January 12, Suzhou Song and Dance Theatre's original dance drama "Yunhe" was successfully performed at the Beijing Tianqiao Art Center As one of the performance groups of the "Meet in Beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival and the 22nd "Meet in Beijing" International Arts Festival, suzhou culture and art exhibition week was successfully performed. With the flexible brushstrokes of "Jiangnan Culture" and the rich and colorful dance vocabulary, it adds a rich and distinctive Suzhou cultural style to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Dreaming of Chang Ting Willow "Peony Pavilion on the Water"
The canal is a great miracle that is called the world together with the Great Wall that runs through the east and west, and the magnificent theme of the "Grand Canal" on the art stage is the important instruction spirit of Suzhou to deeply implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's "overall protection, inheritance and utilization" of the Grand Canal, and it is also the long-cherished wish and expectation of generations of Suzhou cultural people. From the perspective of bustling Suzhou, Ink Jiangnan and the Millennium Canal, the play uses contemporary dance vocabulary and a very wide range of expression techniques to show Suzhou's culture, customs, richness and the delicate inner feelings of the People of Suzhou for the canal. Shantang bluestone, Wu Nong soft language, garden pavilions, alley strange fireworks... A poetic Jiangnan symbol is scattered in every corner of the play, interpreting a beautiful story about people, boats and rivers intertwining.
It is worth mentioning that the dance drama "Yunhe" strives to find inspiration from traditional culture, interprets the purest Suzhou charm in a refreshing way, and jiangnan minor key runs through the whole play; the flexible and natural flowing water light and shadow special effects are embedded in the reflective cascading "Su-style garden" set to create a three-dimensional space of "naked eye 3D"; colorful and gorgeous costume design creates a water town texture... A variety of classical and beautiful Jiangnan water village elements are exquisitely combined in the dance drama, and a fusion feast of ancient style and scientific and technological sense complement each other, innovatively interpreting the unique artistic conception of Jiangnan culture.
The "light boat" sails to the vast stage of the international arts festival
The dance drama "YunHe" took more than a year to create and premiered in March 2021. Subsequently, a national tour was launched, which went through 23 performances in 10 provinces and cities, which can be described as a pioneering journey to spread the culture of the Grand Canal. The play was selected as a support play in the "2021 Jiangsu Provincial Stage Art Creation Support Project", and has appeared in the 3rd Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Expo and the 3rd China Suzhou Jiangnan Culture and Art International Tourism Festival.
Invited by the "Meet in Beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival, on the stage of the International Arts Festival, this great canal that makes Chinese extremely proud will be presented to the world, presenting the cultural charm of Suzhou throughout the ages. This year's "Meet in Beijing" is hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the State Administration of Radio and Television, the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, and jointly organized by China International Culture Group Co., Ltd. and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. Focusing on the Beijing Winter Olympics, the festival has set up five major sections: performing arts, visual arts, film screenings, urban activities and celebration activities, in the form of "online + offline", to provide audiences with 100 performances from 22 countries and regions, as well as art forums and performance promotion meetings. Create a rich cultural atmosphere and a good public opinion environment for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and present the unique cultural charm of Beijing as the world's first "city of two Olympic Games".
(Image from the "Meet in Beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival Organizing Committee)
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