Shanghai gave birth to Haipai ballet; Shanghai nourished Haipai ballet. Based on Shencheng, the "2022 Haipai Ballet Season" selected 11 classical, modern, contemporary and red masterpieces from the drama library for the first time to form a "five series", which will be staged in 7 major theaters in the city since February, with a total of more than 80 performances, an increase of nearly 1 times over previous years. These plays include the revolutionary theme of the Original Haipai "White Haired Girl", "Shining Red Star", "Pagoda Mountain", the World Language telling the story of China's Haipai innovation "Fancy Years" and "Marco Polo", the world literature classics of the Haipai interpretation of "La Traviata", "Romeo and Juliet", the famous ballet of the Haipai interpretation of "Swan Lake", "Giselle", "Nutcracker", and the current new force of Haipai ballet creation "Journey Without Borders".
"Ballet is full of elegance and romance, but also full of life. Haipai ballet grows in the cultural soil of Shanghai and blooms in the youth of generations of Shangba people. Xin Lili, director of Shanghai Ballet, said: "We hope that through such a large-scale performance season, we can show the pursuit of Art and the exploration of Creation of Shanghai Ballet, and also let the industry see the new state and emergence of Shanghai Ballet performing talents and creative forces." It is reported that Shanghai Ballet will also participate in important projects such as the "Shanghai Spring" International Music Festival and the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, actively participate in the brand construction of the "Performing Arts World" with unremitting efforts, further promote the prosperity of the "Five New Cities" cultural performances, and let the general public enjoy the ultimate charm of Haipai Ballet at their doorstep.
Dancing colorful city colors, the flower of Haipai art blooms on the tip of the toe
Since its establishment in 1979, Shanghai Ballet has always been committed to the inheritance and innovation of ballet art, established an elegant, extreme and fashionable Haipai ballet style, and accumulated more than 170 Haipai ballet masterpieces. The 11 plays of the 2022 "Haipai Ballet Performance Season" are a demonstration of the creative achievements of Shanghai Ballet in different periods, and it is also the embodiment of The strong strength of Shanghai Ballet as an international, professional and market-oriented group.
"The White-Haired Girl", "The Crown of Ballet", "Giselle", which is loved by audiences at home and abroad, "Swan Lake", which expresses red feelings, "Pagoda Hill", which pays tribute to red faith, "La Traviata", "La Traviata", which shows the style of old Shanghai, "Marco Polo", which is full of exotic characteristics, Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet", "The Nutcracker", each of which is composed of people from China, Britain, France, Spain's renowned choreographer and creative team tailor-made for Shanghai. These ballets have won many awards, and have won the Chinese National 20th Century Dance Classic Award, the Chinese Dance "Lotus Award", the National Opera, Dance Drama, Musical Theater Excellent Repertoire Outstanding Repertoire, the Shanghai Stage Art Works Selection and Performance Award, the National Dance Exhibition Outstanding Repertoire Award and other major awards, which are highly sought after in the domestic and foreign performance markets, and have been unanimously recognized by the audience, media and dance critics.
Since February, more than 80 performances in the five series of "New Year Series - Favorite China Festival", "Inheritance Series - Memory of the Times", "Modern Series - Burning Youth", "Haipai Series - Romance" and "Classic Series - Century Remembrance" will be staged in turn at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai International Dance Center Coliseum, Shanghai Cultural Square, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Poly Shanghai City Theatre, Shanghai Poly Grand Theatre, and Fengxian Jiukeshu Future Art Center.
It is worth mentioning that "Journey without Borders", "Shining Red Star" and "Pagoda Mountain" will be performed as the 38th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival, which will be performed from May 4 to 7, May 10 to 15, and May 20 to 22 at the Shanghai International Dance Center Coliseum, Poly Shanghai City Theatre and Shanghai Oriental Art Center. In 2022, Shanghai Ballet will also disseminate and deliver excellent ballet repertoire to the Yangtze River Delta region, the old revolutionary area of Nanchang, Jiangxi, Beijing, Tianjin and other cities, presenting the inclusiveness, diversity and creativity of Shanghai culture to audiences everywhere.
A tribute to the musical magnate, the new work is inspired by Debussy's artistic experience
Life is like a journey, although there is an end, but the width is boundless. 2022 marks the 160th anniversary of the birth of the famous French composer Debussy, and will premiere from May 4 to 7 during the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival, Shanghai Babar's original modern ballet "Journey Without Borders" is inspired by Debussy's artistic experience and is a tribute to the artistic innovators of each era who dare to rebel and dare to propose new ideas.
With Xin Lili, the head of Shanghai Ballet, as the general director, and Wu Husheng, chief actor of Shanghai Ballet and director of the Artistic Creation Department, as the choreographer, the work portrays a young artist full of "rebellious" and "innovative" personalities with a poetic structure, a dance vocabulary that integrates neoclassical ballet and contemporary ballet, and a stage vision full of impression colors, telling the story of his critical inheritance of his predecessors in his dream-chasing journey, constantly seeking, exploring, and finally achieving himself.
This story is about art, about life, about you and me – if we can all be brave enough to explore the unknown, if we can all embark on a journey without borders... It is expected that the audience can see that the reason why the great artists are remembered by the times is that in addition to their immortal works, they also have their courage and perseverance beyond ordinary people, which is the source of their strength to achieve extraordinary achievements, and it is also the light that illuminates the faith of the forerunners behind them.
Show off the style of the big group, the star actors and the new forces join hands
Over the past 40 years since the establishment of the Shanghai Ballet, young actors have won 54 medals in the International Ballet Competition, achieving a breakthrough in the international ballet world of Chinese ballet - the first medal, the first double dance award, the first ballet "Olympic" gold medal are all from the Shanghai Ballet.
The new generation of actors also stood out from the international ballet competition, Wu Husheng won the 9th New York International Ballet Competition Igo Yuskovich Jury Special Award and the first place in the men's group, the 4th China Shanghai International Ballet Competition Men's Youth Gold Medal; Fan Xiaofeng won the 19th Bulgarian Varna International Ballet Competition Youth Group Women's Gold Medal; Qi Bingxue, Tu Hanbin, Gong Liwei, Yuan Anpu, Zhang Wenjun, Meng Fanyu, Xu Jingkun, Zhao Meici, Guo Wenjun, Feng Zichun are all in Helsinki, Finland. South Africa, Japan, Shanghai, Beijing and other major international ballet competitions won gold and silver.
Shanghai Ballet not only cultivates ballet performers independently, but also attracts rising stars from Australia, the Netherlands and other places to return to China. Year after year, through more than 100 performances of more than 100 ballets with different styles every year, adhering to the principle of "bringing the old to the new" and "leading people with drama", the young actors have grown step by step into outstanding ballet strength.
Wu Husheng, who starred in 9 major plays in the "2022 Haipai Ballet Performance Season", is already a top force in contemporary Chinese ballet, and he has won the Gold Award for Chinese Dance "Lotus Award" performance several times, and is also the winner of the Protagonist Award of the Magnolia Theatre Performing Arts Award. The main actors of the performance season, Fan Xiaofeng and Qi Bingxue, are also the winners of the Gold Award for Chinese dance "Lotus Award" performance, and the two have also won the Supporting Role Award of the Magnolia Drama Performing Arts Award and the Newcomer Protagonist Award respectively. Qi Bingxue will star in a number of big plays, and the outstanding dancers of Shangba will play the main roles in the big plays and show their own style on the stage.
Author: Xuanjing
Editor: Guo Chaohao
Editor-in-Charge: Fan Xin
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