Beijing News Express (reporter Wu Wei) On June 8, the dance drama "Five Stars Out of the East" created by the Han Dynasty brocade arm guard based on the theme of the national first-class cultural relics "Five Stars Out of the East and Benefiting China" held a press conference at the Tianqiao Art Center. The play has been created and rehearsed, entered the stage of theater synthesis, and will be performed for the first round from June 19 to 21 at the Beijing Tianqiao Art Center Coliseum.
Beijing Performing Arts Group's annual 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 Headquarters for Aiding Xinjiang And tian 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, which is an excellent stage art exhibition and performance play celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
The drama takes the five-star Oriental Li Chinese brocade arm guard excavated from the hetianiya site in Xinjiang as the theme, telling the moving story of the Han Dynasty Shubian generals who were enshrined in the ancient city of Jingjie and Jiante, the son of the northern leader, and Chunjun, the daughter of the Jingjie leader, from sword fighting to hand-in-hand, from unknown to deep recognition, and formed a deep friendship, interpreting the theme of the people of all ethnic groups "hugging together like pomegranate seeds" and forming a Chinese national community.
It is understood that the dance drama "Five Stars out of the East" premiered at the Tianqiao Art Center on June 19, and from late July to early August, as the closing performance of the 6th China Xinjiang International Ethnic Dance Festival, it toured Urumqi City and Hotan District of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The dance drama "Five Stars out of the East" premiered on June 19 at the Tianqiao Art Center. Beijing News reporter Pu Feng photographed
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A dance drama to understand a national treasure The millennium tapestry blooms with infinite charm
The concept and theme of the dance drama "Five Stars Out of the East" comes from the National First Class Cultural Relics "Five Stars Out of the East and Benefiting China" han Dynasty brocade armband excavated at the hetianniya site in Xinjiang on the ancient Silk Road.
In October 1995, members of the Sino-Japanese Niya Site Academic Expedition found a piece of brocade in an ancient tomb at the Niya Site in Minfeng County, Hotan Region, with a length of 18.5 cm and a width of 12.5 cm, with eight Chinese characters in seal body: "Five Stars Out of the East and China". The tapestry is now a national first-class cultural relic, and the excavation of "Five Stars Out of the East and Benefiting China" is also hailed as one of the greatest discoveries of Chinese archaeology in the 20th century.
Based on this precious creative resource, the dance drama "Five Stars Out of the East" tells a legend of western civilization and world unity through artistic creation, so that the beautiful meaning of the stars and the profound cultural connotation carried by precious cultural relics are vividly displayed on the stage.
The Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Cpc Committee participated in and gave strong support throughout the process of creating the repertoire. Wang Jiequn, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal CPC Committee, said: "The dance drama "Five Stars Out of the East" is a work with lofty intentions and unique themes, presenting to the audience in the form of a dance drama a touching story of the integration of people and nationalities, vividly interpreting the theme of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang 'hugging together like pomegranate seeds' and forming a Chinese national community. ”
Wang Jiequn said that this work is the first large-scale stage work creation carried out in Beijing with local themes in Xinjiang, and it is a concrete measure for Beijing to carry out the work of deepening cultural enrichment in Xinjiang. The drama deeply links the two places in Beijing and Singapore, integrates superior resources, and fully promotes extensive exchanges, comprehensive exchanges and deep integration in the cultural aspects of Beijing and Singapore. In the process of creation in the past two years, the team has dug deep into the connotation, created with heart, continued to improve, and constantly polished, and strived to present a masterpiece that shows multicultural exchange and identity, and builds a solid sense of the Chinese national community.
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Let the cultural relics "live" "Five Stars out of the East" use dance to "tell" stories
In order to better highlight the profound cultural connotation behind the cultural relics, the main creative team of "Five Stars out of the East" went deep into the Hotan area to collect style, fully studied archaeological historical facts, local folk feelings, national costumes, national music, etc., refined the artistic vocabulary, multi-dimensional deep excavation of history, serious and rigorous, excellence, screenwriting twelve drafts, multi-expert advice, and finally clarified the direction and characteristics of creative art.
The dance drama "Five Stars Out of the East" deeply explores the unique cultural aesthetics of the Central Plains and the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty in its creation, places the cultural elements of the early Western Regions into different time and space and situations, and truly makes the cultural relics "live" on the stage through diversified forms of expression such as instrumental music, song and dance, and uses dance to "tell" stories.
In order not only to reproduce the original appearance of the cultural relics and archaeological site on the stage, but also to truly present the prosperity and wealth of the ancient city of Jingjing a thousand years ago, the costumes in the play combine the elements and colors in the excavated cultural relics from the design of color, style, pattern and so on; the stage design is also based on the study of historical materials, through artistic processing, to restore the real historical scene on the stage. The lighting design also focuses on the color of the arm guard, which runs through the plot development.
In the process of creating and rehearsing this play, the Propaganda Department of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party Committee of the CPC attaches great importance to it, and organizes experts in various fields to seriously examine and examine the script, dance segments, music, costumes, stage design, etc.
Ren Yanbin, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party Committee, said that this work fully respects historical facts, and the visual elements are created with reference to the cultural relics unearthed in Xinjiang, vividly restoring the historical and cultural features of the western region, that is, ancient Xinjiang, more than a thousand years ago, and accurately expressing political views, ethnic religions, regional customs, and artistic vocabulary. The whole work is deeply moving, moving and impressive after watching, and is a very prominent Xinjiang theme art work in recent years. It is believed that this work will also have a positive and far-reaching impact on the harmony and stability of Xinjiang and the promotion of exchanges, exchanges and blending of various ethnic groups in the future.
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Bringing together the top creative forces in China, it has not yet premiered and has received praise from many parties
According to Beijing Performing Arts Group, in order to create an original high-quality repertoire that meets the status of Beijing's national cultural center and represents Beijing's creative standards, the dance drama "Five Stars out of the East" has carefully selected the main creators who are outstanding in professional quality, creative ability and quality of works in the industry and are at the peak of their personal creation. Such as the director of the play, Wang Ye, the screenwriter Xu Rui, the composer Yang Fan, the stage designer Liu Kedong and the costume designer Yang Donglin.
At present, the cast of the dance drama "Five Stars Out of the East" in Beijing has been determined, with Gu Limina, associate professor of the Central University for Nationalities, playing Chunjun, the daughter of the jingjie leader, Luo Yuwen, an actor of the Beijing Opera and Dance Theater, playing the Han Dynasty Shubian general Feng, and Solang Qundan playing Jiante, the son of the northern leader. In addition, Cheng Yifan, Zhang Jianbin and Gao Derui played the assistants of Feng Hejian te respectively. According to reports, the total number of actors in the play exceeds 60 people, and the lineup is huge.
Although it has not yet premiered, the dance drama "Five Stars out of the East" has successively exposed three dance sections of the play and rehearsal photos in the early stages, which has won a lot of praise from the audience media. Some viewers said that the costumes were gorgeous and fashionable, the dance posture was elegant and moving, the momentum was magnificent, and they were full of expectations for this work.
After the first rehearsal of the play, it has also won the recognition of experts in the industry, and some experts said that this work has strong practical significance, with a mature script, a clear context, and a rich dance vocabulary. The sense of truth between people highlights the theme of the times of national unity and is an excellent representative work that allows cultural relics to "tell" stories. In terms of artistic presentation, the plot is compact, the narrative is smooth, the relationship between the characters is clear, and the dramatic structure is unique and ornamental, which is a rare and good work.
"The creative process of this play is no less difficult than an archaeology that goes deep into the desert. In the nearly two years from brewing, incubation, rehearsal to joint presentation of this work, Beijing Performing Arts Group has invited a number of experts in various fields such as history, literature and dance to hold seminars seven times to discuss the content of the script in detail, and led the main creative team to change drafts. Zhao Jiachen, secretary of the party committee and chairman of the board of directors of Beijing Performing Arts Group, said that the group will do its best to do a good job in various tasks to ensure the complete success of the premiere and tour, and strive to bring the audience a high-quality dance drama with connotation, strength and beauty.
Beijing News reporter Wu Wei photojournalist Pu Feng
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