20 years ago, a 9-year-old girl insisted on going from Henan to Beijing to learn dance. At that time, she didn't know what dance could bring her, but it came from the love and dreams in her heart. At the age of 20, she entered the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, and the pace of life became very fast, constantly dancing, and constantly improving. Later, she met "Green", and her dreams became clearer and clearer...
Meng Qingyang, the actor of "Green" in the dance poetry drama "Only This Green"- the actor of "Green Green" in the dance painting "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains". Since the premiere of this work in August 2021, she and her "green green" have performed more than 50 times in 16 cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities, and it is difficult to find a ticket, and it has also appeared on the 2022 CCTV Spring Festival Gala and CCTV Lantern Party.
Recently, there was a question on Zhihu, "What are the same moments as the dance "Only This Green", which makes you feel 'this is very Chinese'"
The lead dancer Meng Qingyang personally replied in Zhihu: "At the beginning, when the 'green' looked at the moon, he turned around and brought the audience into the picture scroll of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" to make the painting come alive; finally, when the hills turned into dangerous and steep peaks, it was like 'will be at the top of the mountain, overlooking the mountains', through the eyes of the painter Wang Ximeng, looking at the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, as if asking the audience: "Have you seen the great rivers and mountains of China written by the ancients?" See the gifts of the ancients to future generations? I think at that moment, everyone can feel, 'This is very Chinese'. ”
As a knowledge-based, question-and-answer Internet content platform, the expectations of young people on the "question" are not only answers, but also professional answers. Just like the previous answer to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, no one can have more say than Zhang Yimou himself.
Netizens "never think of cats" commented under this answer: "Although the little sisters have shaved shoulders and narrow waists, they really feel very thin and immortal just looking at it." But once they dance, they can see the grandeur of China, the atmosphere of a big country. ”
A thousand years ago, the painter created "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", and today, a group of literary and art workers, including Meng Qingyang, just like the original author, contemplated and meditated, and recreated "Only This Green".
In March last year, Meng Qingyang first came into contact with the script of "Only This Green"; more than a year before that, the main creative team had already begun to create, and a big lesson was to deeply understand the culture of the Song Dynasty. When he first received the role of "Green Green", whether he could use the language of dance to express the static picture, Meng Qingyang was not sure. "Interpreting this kind of traditional cultural work requires knowledge and foundation. If you don't have these things in your heart, you can't convey them by looking at your eyes and form alone. In particular, that freehand state must be truly restored from the culture. ”
Meng Qingyang recalled that for 5 months, almost every day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., in addition to training in the dance studio, she was learning and understanding Song Dynasty literature and painting, and also went to the Palace Museum to observe related exhibitions, completely gave up all other work, and only concentrated on the shaping and learning of the role.
Meng Qingyang said: "One day I thought, I gave a lot to 'Green', what does 'Green' give me? I think the answer is this slowing down power. This wisdom from Chinese culture, she makes me calmly and seriously face the present, can face anything that is coming. There is no end to this road, and I will continue to walk. ”
In recent years, the "national style" and "national tide" have frequently come out of the circle, and these cultures flowing in the blood of each Chinese have the strength to reach the heart as long as there are good works. At the end of "Only This Green", when today's exhibition volume people and a thousand years ago Xi Meng looked at each other, some viewers said, "At that glance, my heart trembled."
Every time the curtain opens, Meng Qingyang will show his best self on the stage. She said that it is her mission to be a dancer for ten years and spread and promote Chinese culture, "especially when I see that many foreign audiences will also come to understand Chinese culture through these dance works, and I will feel that I have undertaken this mission."
