The Chinese charm is evident between the dances

Author: Ray Bo

How to better combine the Chinese aesthetic spirit with the contemporary aesthetic pursuit? Recently, the dance program "Dance Millennium", jointly produced by Bilibili (referred to as Station B) and Henan Satellite TV, combines history, ancient style, traditional music and dance and science fiction imagination in a way that combines immersive drama and dance competition, and has produced great repercussions inside and outside the industry after broadcasting. The stories of "Guan Yu defeated Maicheng" and "The Orphan of Zhao" produced a strong emotional impact under the background of classical music and dance, which deeply touched the audience.

The picture shows the works presented in "Dancing Millennium". Courtesy of the producer

Chinese music and dance has a long history and a long history, not only showing "perfection", but also containing and guiding "perfection". This aesthetic tradition of "perfection" has left a deep imprint on the spiritual world of Chinese, and once there is a suitable catalyst, it will be stimulated to produce a strong spiritual resonance. The music and dances such as "Thousand Hands Guanyin" and "Feitian", which once shined at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, are like this. "Dance Millennium" is also an aesthetic return to classical music and dance, with the help of continuous, immersive stories, allowing audiences living in modern times to travel through time and space, and immersively feel the music and dance of different dynasties and characteristics.

Traditional Chinese costumes have a broad meteorological atmosphere and a far-reaching artistic conception, including the leisurely mood of coming out of the water and the wind, and also containing the gentleman's moral exercises like pine and jade. After experiencing historical changes and the impact of modernization, traditional costumes were once operad and museumized. In recent years, with the revitalization of traditional culture, traditional costumes have been welcomed by the younger generation and entered people's daily lives. "Dance Millennium" continues this craze, according to the different eras of exquisitely designed traditional costumes, so that more young people can feel the beauty of traditional Chinese costumes.

Showing the meaning of traditional Chinese culture through the music and dance of different dynasties is the most fundamental creative core of "Dance Millennium". Inspired by the Zi Zhen in the Book of Poetry and Zheng Feng, Xianghe Song is integrated into the pan encouragement and recreates the beautiful life in the prosperous world. "Confucius" takes Confucius famous sayings such as "Threesomes, there will be my teacher" and integrates them into the dance, showing the wisdom and philosophy of Confucianism. "Ta Ge" integrates Cao Zhi's "Luoshenfu" and "Seven Steps Poem" with many cultural symbols such as Shangwei Festival Xiu zen, Zen Li, Lefu poetry, "You Chun Tu" and many other cultural symbols, creating a fresh, simple and colorful dance picture, highlighting the elegant and free Chinese charm of flowing clouds and flowing water. (LeBo)

Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition