"Shanghai is my hometown, and here my art road has unlimited possibilities!" Tan Yuanyuan, a small man in Shanghai, set off from the coast of the East China Sea and walked to the world ballet stage. San Francisco fell for the "queen of ballet," and the mayor designated April 9 of each year as the city's "Tan Yuan Yuan Day." From July 19th to 21st, Tan Yuanyuan and his friends came to the Shanghai Oriental Art Center to present the delightful dance theater "Fantastic Night of the Art Museum" to the Shanghai audience. With the theme of "Art Museum", the performance uses dance and music to reinterpret and give new artistic life to the famous paintings. "Thank you for the love of the Shanghai audience! On July 19th, the additional performance was held until more than 10 p.m., and many children and the elderly still accompanied us, inspiring the actors with enthusiastic applause, which was so touching! ”
"Starry Sky", "Lovers", "Splash ink landscape", "Girl with Pearl Earrings"... Famous paintings bloomed on the stage, and the 7 dancers led by Tan Yuanyuan were like "art spirits", using dance to expand the imagination space of the paintings. Music, painting, drama and other art forms are integrated to create an immersive experience of "human painting in one" for the audience. "The appreciation level of Shanghai audiences is getting higher and higher, and there are higher requirements and expectations from the artistry, audience and professionalism of the project." Tan Yuanyuan served as the artistic director and co-choreographer of this performance, determined to break through tradition and cross-border innovation.
"Queen of Ballet" serves as artistic director and immerses herself in the charm of artistic innovation
On the stage, Tan Yuanyuan danced the wonderful dance sections of "Carmen", "Swan Lake" and "I Am Crazy for Margaret", and the lively interpretation made the Shanghai audience addicted! Interpreted by the beautiful body language, "Carmen" is full of feminine charm; "Swan Lake" brings out the delicate love between the prince and the swan to the extreme; the duo dance "I am crazy for Margaret" shows the dancers' secret state of each other's concerns and holding each other back.
Tan Yuanyuan, a famous international ballet artist known as the "Queen of Ballet", is the first Chinese principal dancer of the San Francisco Ballet. She has starred in many classic works such as "Swan Lake" and "Giselle", and has performed a variety of contemporary ballet works with different styles and themes, and has appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Because of her outstanding achievements in the field of ballet, the mayor of San Francisco designated April 9 of each year as the city's "Tan Yuan Yuan Day."
In the past two years, Tan Yuanyuan has often returned to Shanghai, and in addition to performing, he has also participated in many public lectures and aesthetic education classes. "Sharing art and guiding young people is something I love to do." This time in "The Fantastic Night of the Art Museum", Tan Yuanyuan's identity is not only a dancer, but also an artistic director and co-choreographer.
In the art museum at midnight, every painting is "alive"... Director Zhou Ke proposed the concept of "art museum", which was unanimously agreed by the main creative team including Tan Yuanyuan. Zhou Ke said: "The dance theater "Art Museum Fantasy Night" has a main line running through, it is a complete work that integrates different dances and different art forms. The creators chose works with absolute influence in the history of Eastern and Western art: surrealist painter René Margaret's "Lover", post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Sky", Zhang Daqian's "Splashed Ink Landscape" and other classic paintings, reinterpreting these scrolls with limbs and music.
In order to create an immersive atmosphere in the museum, the creative team even set up a security guard similar to the museum and a quiet field broadcast in the theater. "It's going to be a whole new experience for the audience walking into the theatre. Since this project is called 'Dance Music Theater', it is also a new attempt to have not only dancers and dancers, but also musicians and live music performances. Tan Yuanyuan hopes that every audience member can become part of the performance and feel the charm of dance and music in the "art museum".
Dance breaks the circle at the right time, young artists' innovation "a wave is higher than a wave"
From the theme creativity of "Art Museum", to the eye-catching stage design, to the integration and innovation of different dance genres, the main creative team of "Art Museum Fantasy Night" presents the famous paintings with a new art form. Tan Yuanyuan believes that in recent years, the market environment and audience base of dance in China have been continuously improved, which is an opportunity for dance practitioners. "Every dancer should actively take advantage of such a good development environment to push the art of dance to a 'new development.'"
It is reported that "Magic Night of the Art Museum" has been fully sold out in just a few days after the ticket was issued at the Shanghai station. The organizer added the show on July 19 and included the performance in the 11th Pudong Culture and Art Festival, launched at a price of 80 yuan for the benefit of the people. In addition to "Fantastic Night at the Art Museum", Dongyi's dance performances in the past two months, such as Yang Liping's "Ten Faces Ambush" and Hu Shenyuan's "Wandering", have been well received. Why is dance so popular?
"The audience needs to be cultivated, so that more 'fans' who enter the field of dance appreciation know what dance is and where the beauty of art lies." Lei Wen, general manager of Shanghai Oriental Art Center, believes that the way to let more audiences walk into the door of dance is not limited to live performances. In recent years, Dongyi has launched public art promotion activities around the themes of dance and contemporary art. On the evening of June 8, at the invitation of the Ministry of Education of Dongyi Arts, Hu Shenyuan was a guest on the "LuTalk • Young China Talk" art talk show to share his resonance and fit with modern dance; on the evening of July 14, Yang Liping and the dancers of "Ten Faces Ambush" held a meeting at Dongyi "Dialogue Soul Dancer - Yang Liping and Her Dancers" to share the creative experience of "Ten Faces Ambush" with the Shanghai audience.
In August, Shanghai Oriental Art Center will also launch the first summer camp of ballet masters, with Shi Zhongqin, the first generation of "white-haired women" actors, as the artistic consultant, and a number of young dance artists from Suzhou Ballet and Shanghai Theater Academy as teachers. "These practices are more non-entertaining and anti-traffic." Lei Wen said that in the internet era where traffic is changing in waves, a good art ecology needs to be jointly maintained by artists, audiences and theaters. The theater should continue to provide a platform for new works by newcomers and insist on bringing art works that can trigger thinking to the audience, "so that more audiences will enter the theater and the innovation of young artists can be 'higher than a wave'." ”
Author: Xuanjing
Editor: Wang Xiaoli