On June 5th and 6th, the original fairy tale ballet "Nine Colored Deer" was performed twice at the Tianqiao Theater. This weekend just after celebrating International Children's Day, the National Ballet dance school (hereinafter referred to as "China Ballet Dance School") presented a "fairy tale gift" from ballet to the children.
Performed on the same stage by teachers and students of China Ballet Dance School, "Nine Colored Deer" is the first dance drama specially created for the students of China Ballet School, and it is also the first original fairy tale ballet created by China Ballet for teenagers. The play is a work performed by children for children, and through the interpretation of dance, it carries forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, which has profound educational significance. At the same time, the play is also a report display of the teaching results of the pioneering implementation of the student stage practice class by the China Ballet School.
Feng Ying, the head of the China Ballet Troupe and the principal of the China Ballet Dance School, once said when talking about the original intention of creating this work: "The ancients said: "The ancients are 'sincere, the way of heaven; those who think of sincerity, the way of man. 'China Ballet embraces the belief of actively inheriting and carrying forward the traditional Chinese virtues, vigorously advocates the cultivation of good qualities of honesty and trustworthiness from an early age, and hopes that the fairy tale ballet "Nine Colored Deer" presented on the stage can bring everyone a frank and pure childlike fun and a culture of advocating benevolence, righteousness, wisdom and faith, and is only willing to evoke the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty and the love and hatred of conscience in the depths of children's hearts through the image comparison between the beautiful heart of the nine-colored deer and the image of the snake man who is mercenary and ungrateful. ”
China Ballet Dance School adopts the mode of running a school with a group leading the school and the integration of the group school, forming the characteristic school running concept of "passing on the help and leading the belt" of The Chinese Ballet, and the stage practice performance opportunities provided for students every year are the characteristics and advantages of the School of China Ballet. "Nine Colored Deer" is a report of the sweat and hard work of the teachers and students of the China Ballet School, and has been carefully created and choreographed by the main creative department of the Central Ballet, and has been performed in three rounds of performances in 18 and 19 years, achieving great success and widely praised by all walks of life. It is understood that the largest professional fourth grade of the small and medium-sized actors in this performance, the smallest is only the second year of the professional, the small actors led the audience into the beautiful fantasy world together with their vivid performances, and presented the legends and profound and moving fables of the millennium in front of the audience, and the wonderful interpretation also won the affirmation of the audience, winning the applause and cheers of the scene.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Tian Wanting
Editor/Ying Qiao