On the evening of March 3, the first performance of the second national tour of the dance poetry drama "Only This Green" - dance painting "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" was opened at the Hainan Provincial Song and Dance Theater. Photo by reporter Li Hao
New Hainan Client, Nanhai Net, Nanguo Metropolis Daily March 4 news (reporter Su Liang) March 3 at about 8 p.m., the dance poetry drama "Only This Green" - dance painting "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" The second round of national tour kicked off at the Hainan Provincial Song and Dance Theater, and the cast and crew used dance to lead the audience into the world of Xi Meng in the interlacing of time and space, and felt the aesthetic mood of the Song Dynasty.
At 7:30 p.m., backstage at the Song and Dance Theater, the actors methodically put on makeup and practiced, while the audience outside the venue had begun to queue up. The counters of the peripheral products of "Only This Green" in the audience hall are lined up, and people flock to buy cultural and creative derivatives such as thermos cups, scented postcards, multi-layer folders, notebooks, silk scarf headbands, and velvet bags.
"It's so hot! We prepared about 500 pieces of each product and it was quickly sold out. The staff in charge of the sales of cultural and creative peripherals said that after a short time of sale, there were few cultural and creative products left. Among them, scented postcards, stickers, and canvas bags printed with "Only This Green" character anime are the most popular.
The popularity of "Only This Green" not only attracted local audiences, but also many audiences came from other places to watch the tour. After watching the 2022 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Mr. Wang came to Haikou from Kunming, Yunnan Province to watch the first performance of "Only This Green", and he was particularly conspicuous in the crowd wearing Hanfu. "In addition to Haikou Station, I also bought tickets for Hangzhou Station, and 'Only This Green' vividly restores the elegance of the Song Dynasty, which can make me feel the traditional Chinese aesthetic interest." Mr. Wang told reporters.
Majestic green mountains, layers of mountains, dancers look down, gaze, the demeanor is permeated with the charm of "the heart has hills and valleys, the eyes are stored in the mountains and rivers", when the "sky is spinning", the picture of history slowly unfolds. In the interlacing of time and space, the forbidden city researcher and the genius painter Xi Meng looked at each other, and the audience's thoughts were dragged to the other side of the world. The moving dance postures, the ups and downs of the plot, and the magnificent music all stimulate the audience's senses, followers show the perspective of the volume, and the audience feels the elegant rhyme of Song Feng in a visual feast.
After the performance, the scene resounded with thunderous applause, which lasted for a long time, and even many spectators stood up and raised their hands to cheer, shouting the names of the actors and cheering for their wonderful performances. "It was shocking! When the exhibitor and Xi Meng looked at each other, my goosebumps all rose, and this show was too addictive to watch! Chen Mei, a citizen of Haikou, said excitedly that the performance aroused her interest in the history of the Song Dynasty, and she would take her children to relive the song dynasty style after returning.
Despite the end of the performance, the enthusiasm of the audience continued unabated, and some spectators rushed to the exit after the show, expecting to get the autographs of the actors. "The performance was unforgettable, and when the actors closed the curtain, the whole audience boiled over!" Ms. Zhang, an audience member from Hangzhou, told reporters that she had studied dance and usually liked to watch dance dramas, and was deeply impressed after seeing "Only This Green" at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and specially came to Haikou to watch the premiere, hoping to see the lead dancer Meng Qingyang, "She seems to be the embodiment of 'green'." ”
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On the morning of March 3, the dance poetry drama "Only This Green" - Dance Painting "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" troupe held a media meeting. Zhou Liya and Han Zhen, chief editors and directors of "Only This Green", Executive Director Liu Xin, Xi Meng played by Zhang Han, Green Actor Meng Qingyang, and Exhibition Volume Actor Xie Suhao shared the creation story and insights of "Only This Green" to the media.
Han Zhen, chief choreographer of the dance poetry drama "Only This Green". Photo by reporter Li Hao
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"The choreography of 'Only This Green' is inspired by the Kuangshi painting 'A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains', and the 'Jiangshan' here is our heart's praise for the magnificence of the mountains and rivers of the motherland." Han Zhen said that in the creative process, all the main creators poured out their deep love for the motherland in the dance, and the beauty presented on the stage came from the nourishment of traditional Chinese culture. 【Details】
"Only This Green" is about to be staged in Joan The stage highlights are a sneak peek
The stage of "Only This Green" changes the concept of the square platform in the past, and presents the concept of traditional Chinese "scrolls" with the ingenious design of concentric circles. The stage design adopts the ground turntable and the mechanical action of the aerial arc to create a stage effect of "3 circles of heavenly rotation, 4 circles of ground rotation, and movement of up and down and left and right", presenting the aesthetic interest of opening and unfolding.
The actors rehearse on stage. Photo by reporter Liu Yang
"On the aluminum truss with three concentric circles, three 'scroll' arc plates driven by 18 motors can slide freely, rise and fall. At the same time, 55 computer lights were installed on the aerial installation, plus the installation weighed 3480 kilograms, requiring 12 electric hoists to be hoisted on top of the theater building. Li Xiaobin, stage supervisor of "Only This Green", said. 【Details】
The premiere of the second round of the national tour of "Only This Green" will start in Haikou
Promotional poster for the dance poetry drama "Only This Green". (Courtesy of China Oriental Performing Arts Group Co., Ltd.)
Stage, Qingfeng stacked, green water looming; Dancers, high-buns, neat sleeves... At the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Tiger, the dance poetry drama "Only This Green" recreates the aesthetics of the Song Dynasty with a strong cultural atmosphere, attracting attention from all walks of life. The premiere of the second round of the national tour of "Only This Green" will start in Haikou on March 3. 【Details】
Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Tiger "Only This Green" brushed the screen! Uncover the creative details behind it
"Only This Green" premiered in August 2021, with Chinese dance "Gemini Stars" Zhou Liya and Han Zhen as the chief choreographers. At that time, the choreographer Han Zhen introduced that the creative inspiration for "Only This Green" came from "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains".
"A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is one of the top ten famous paintings in China, painted by the Northern Song Dynasty painter Wang Ximeng in half a year at the age of 18. Unlike the ink painting in black and white tones, the painting is named after the mineral pigment painted with litholite green, and the brilliant turquoise tones are intertwined to depict the splendid splendor of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. This is also the source of the "green" in "Only This Green". Zhou Liya and Han Zhen introduced that the entire dance poetry drama takes the chapters of "exhibition volume, asking seals, singing silk, searching for stones, learning pens, quenching ink, and entering paintings" as the outline, telling the story of a young researcher of the Forbidden City who "crossed" back to the Northern Song Dynasty and "peeked" at the painter Wang Ximeng's creation of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" from the perspective of "exhibition volume people".
Source: South China Sea Network