China Youth Daily Client News (Yu Tingting, China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Jiang Xiaobin) On February 11, the dance drama "Five Stars Out of the East" created with the theme of the national first-class cultural relics "Five Stars Out of the East and Benefiting China" was staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Toshio "bath dance", monk "square dance", mass "melon dance", Bollywood dance... Rich and interesting dance segments, fascinating plot, let the audience directly call "enjoyable", did not expect that the cultural relics theme can also be so performed.
The dance drama begins from the archaeological site of Nya, where archaeologists discovered the "Five Stars Out of the East and Li China" brocade armband, entered the time and space tunnel in the wind and sand, and unfolded the story behind this brocade for the audience: As a han Dynasty soldier, he received the "five stars out of the East" armband given by the Emperor Tianzi of the Great Han Dynasty in front of Shubian. During the storm, Jiante, the son of the leader of the Bonghe Northerners, and his assistants were rescued by the Jingzhi people. From hostility to opponents, to friends and comrades-in-arms, Their friendship has come to fruition, and Feng has also harvested the love of Chunjun, the daughter of the jingjie chief...
In the dance drama "Five Stars out of the East", a variety of dance sections are unforgettable. Graceful and feminine "light dance", dignified and atmospheric "splendid dance", fiery and dynamic "market dance", passionate "bungee dance"... Audiences can not only find the shadow of folk dance and classical dance, but also seem to be able to see the fusion of street dance and tap dance.
In 2022, "Splendid Dance" and "Lamp Dance" (also known as "Ancient Call") made a stunning appearance on many Spring Festival Galas. "Splendid Dance" is the Court Dance of the Han Dynasty, the dancers look out, the steps are powerful and slow, the sleeve dance is flying and not chaotic, and the beautiful Chinese rhyme is depicted between a smile; the "Lantern Dance" is a reference to the posture and movement of the "Trick Lotte Man" in the "Guizi Mural" in the Kyzyl Grottoes on the Silk Road, based on the Guizi Music Dance, combined with the "Ringing Fingers", "Moving the Head", "Moving the Neck", "Moving the Neck", "Moving the Eyes", "Moving eyebrows" and other actions in the murals, the dancers are like mural fairies, holding lotus lanterns dancing, charming and moving.
In October 1995, members of the Sino-Japanese Niya Site Academic Expedition found a piece of brocade in an ancient tomb at the Niya Ruins in Minfeng County, Hotan District, with a length of 18.5 cm and a width of 12.5 cm, with 8 seal Chinese characters on it, "Five Stars Out of the East and Li China", after thousands of years, the colors are still as bright as ever. The brocade is now a national first-class cultural relic.
The dance drama "Five Stars out of the East" lasted two years from the preparation of the rehearsal to the stage. In order to tell this story well, the main creative team personally went to Hetian in Xinjiang to collect wind, stood in the hinterland of the desert, felt the most authentic emotional link brought by this arm guard, and at the same time refined the artistic vocabulary from the archaeological history, folk customs, costumes and music in the Hotan area, and the script alone revised 12 drafts.
Wang Ye, chief choreographer and director, said: "Many people will feel that such a grand historical theme dance drama will definitely be held high and singed high, but in fact, the characteristics of this drama are not heavy, and it is eloquent, using humor, humor, and relaxed performance methods, and suddenly entering another rhythm in a very smooth narrative, such a performance method makes the audience have a novel feeling." ”
The dance drama "Five Stars Out of the East" is jointly produced by the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal CPC Committee and the Propaganda Department of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party Committee of the CPC, jointly produced by the Beijing Performing Arts Group, the Beijing Municipal Aid xinjiang Hotan Headquarters, and the Propaganda Department of the Hetian Committee, and performed by the Beijing Opera and Dance Theater and the Xinjiang Xinyu Song and Dance Troupe.
A beijing four-sea cultural communication co., LTD. operates a nationwide tour, which will be performed on February 26-27 at the Shandong Provincial Capital Grand Theater in Jinan, at the Foshan Grand Theatre on March 5-6, at the Quanzhou Grand Theatre on March 12-13, and at the Shenzhen Binhai Art Center on March 19-20.
Source: China Youth Daily client