In the painting, qingfeng peaks are stacked and green water looms; dancers have sharp eyebrows and high lips; and there is a "green waist" that sets off a new round of inner rolling in the dance circle... As expected, the dance poetry drama "Only This Green" (excerpt) landed on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala last night, attracting more stunning eyes for this dance drama that has "broken the circle". Just half an hour after the end of the Spring Festival Gala, the less than 6-minute dance excerpt replay rate reached 630,000 times, second only to the star-studded opening show "Happy and Auspicious Year", which was far ahead of the song and dance programs.
Pictured: Dance poetry drama "Only this green" (the same below)
Aesthetic refinement The soul of green
This New Year's Eve chose the dance section of the "green and green women's skirt" in the dance drama to show the imagery depicting the mountain stone. The opening background restores the texture of the silk color painting, with the dancers' different shades of turquoise dance skirts slowly colored, with the sense of rhythm gradually clear, the power of "quiet" is highlighted, the outline of the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains emerges, when the dance is in full swing, the green picture scroll is surrounded by a curtain, the dancers loom in the green mountains, so that the whole "Thousand Mile Rivers and Mountains Map" is like a living, no wonder many netizens sighed "After watching this dance, let my culture swell!" ”
Meng Qingyang, who plays "green" in the dance section, is also the "finishing touch" of the whole play, her hair is high, a green long skirt, a fusion of simple, delicate, elegant temperament, in the breath of Tuna, the classical beauty of oriental women is fully revealed. This freehand role is a great test of the actor's temperament and the control of the sense of atmosphere, she highlights the color charm of the Thousand Mile River and Mountain Map, as Meng Qingyang understands - "green" is a symbol, but also a soul in the play. She is dignified, calm and cold that has been quenched for thousands of years, and is also the basis for "having hills and valleys in the heart and mountains and rivers in the pen".
The reason for choosing this dance segment to appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Wang Zhongxu, the cultural consultant of the play and the research librarian of the Calligraphy and Painting Department of the Palace Museum, said that as early as when taking photos of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", he was surprised to find that the green pigment emitted a jewel-like light under the dim light, "This color is so beautiful, we want to set up the character of green and green, let her bloom with jewel-like light, and lead the exhibition volume into the spiritual world of Xi Meng." In the view of choreographer Han Zhen, "'green' is also the aesthetic refinement of this drama." She has completed the connection between time and space with a brilliant body, representing a philosophy of a more vast and grand space-time dimension. ”
Three years in a row The same aesthetic
Almost at the moment when "Only This Green" (excerpt) was performed, the brush screen of the circle of friends began, and the words of praise were endless, and some comments said that the Spring Festival Gala sketch and the dance program switched seamlessly, allowing people to see the gap between the two arts in contemporary creation. What makes people curious is how can "green and green" unify the aesthetics of the Spring Festival Gala with their own strength? What is more worth thinking about is that last year and the year before, the two dance sections that carried the "word-of-mouth responsibility" of the Spring Festival Gala also came from two explosive dance dramas - "The Eternal Electric Wave", which was also directed by Zhou Liya and Han Zhen and just completed 400 commemorative performances, and the "evergreen tree" "Crested Ibis" in the dance world.
Pictured: The year before, the "Morning Light Song" in "The Eternal Wave" appeared at the Spring Festival Gala
"The dance sections are a showcase of the essence of dance drama, they originally had a unique stage appeal, but the energy of the early dance was underestimated." Veteran dance critic Fang Jiajun said bluntly. Indeed, in the past, dances appeared in supporting roles or dragon sets at variety shows, including the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and although their faces were frequent, they were mostly fragmented, like the huge GIFs behind the protagonists. In recent years, with the transformation of tv choreographers' thinking, the beauty of dance dramas and the appeal of dance segments have been recognized and seen, and there has been an overall display of five or six minutes or even eight or nine minutes, so that people can see the power of dance.
Pictured: Last year, the dance drama "Crested Ibis" debuted at the Spring Festival Gala
Of course, the stage is always reserved only for those who are prepared, and this criterion also applies to the variety of arts. In recent years, dance dramas have made qualitative leaps in narrative ability, visual presentation and aesthetic contemporary. Dance drama choreographers break through the door view, get rid of ideological baggage, absorb the strengths of all, and draw nutrients from traditional famous paintings, masterpieces, and intangible cultural heritage, such as "Only This Green", "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Awakening lion"; get inspiration from the perspective of the movie, such as "The Eternal Wave"; inject dance narratives with a sense of truth, such as "Crested Ibis" and "Shawan Past". The frequent appearance of excellent works and repeated "out of the circle" not only makes dance fans lament the rapid development of dance dramas, but also "circle fans" many new audiences in one session and one meeting. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Yuan)
Reporter's note 丨 how to break the game
It must be said that the beautiful turnaround battle of dance drama relies not on the efforts of a drama, a troupe, one or two choreographers, but on the ideological transformation of the entire industry, the brainstorming of the theme selection, the eclecticism of the creative methods, and the original intention of truly exploring and creating from the perspective of the audience.
Once upon a time, dance dramas were also labeled as "bad narratives" because they could not find a good way to tell stories; once upon a time, dance dramas were also difficult to dance out of routine expressions, and they did not know how to face contemporary audiences. However, it turns out that the clever use of lighting and dance and the strengthening of the actor's ability to shape the character can also be "silent than sound"; taking the pulse of the audience and finding their emotional resonance, dance drama can also win the voice in the moment, and even cover all ages.
The path that dance theatre practitioners have worked together to break through may also inspire other artistic disciplines that are struggling to find contemporary audiences. Lowering the posture, opening the mind, comparing the heart to the heart, and stepping out of the shackles is the survival of traditional art in the present! (Zhu Yuan)