With pop singers with strong personal touches on the one hand and modern dancers who run counter to pop on the other, how do they coexist in the same picture? The cover story of this April issue shows that when Li Yuchun meets "Tao Body", they have an unbounded communication with their bodies and language.
Li Yuchun:
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"It's always risky to try, but I'm willing to try."
Li Yuchun's music is difficult to be labeled with a fixed label, because it is not limited by style, does not stick to a certain form, and is authentic and self-contained.
From a singer who was made and packaged by others for himself in the early days to a gradually mature singer-songwriter, Li Yuchun has been actively seeking cooperation with a variety of different musicians and directors, breaking the limitations of musical genres and creating together.
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2019 music album "Wow", she found the French electronic group Club Cheval to participate in the composition, "The first time I listened to Club Cheval, QQ music only about five people paid attention to them, and then once went to a fashion store in Tokyo to buy clothes, there were some records on the payment desk, I saw a cover design is very interesting, and then I found out that it was the group I listened to before, and I felt quite lucky." ”
In terms of finding a partner, Li Yuchun's standard is very simple and risky - all by his own liking. In the "Pop" album, "Privacy" was completed in collaboration with the Chinese-American electronic musician ZHU, the MV was to find a young Korean photography artist to direct, using the computer pop-up window to collage a "steam wave" style desktop MV; "One Trip" MV director Marco Prestini was also accidentally discovered by her, the young Italian director is not well known to the public, but Li Yuchun just likes his tone, feel that in the visual, Aesthetically and artistically consistent with his musical expression, he let him shoot part of it in Milan and flew to Beijing to continue filming. A reckless cooperation, and finally a film Li Yuchun was quite satisfied.
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The public mentions Li Yuchun, in addition to music, but also often talks about her fashion style - her personal beauty is more three-dimensional display through those unique or gorgeous fashions. Along the way, she has worked with many well-known, even legendary fashion designers, and has surprised people visually again and again.
"Whether it was when I was shooting Karl Lagerfeld on a little black coat, or talking to Riccardo Tisci about whether to wear high heels, a few centimeters of high heels, or talking to Mr. Jean-Paul Gaultier about the theme of the whole concert, these creative and communication processes were the most nutritious for me." The personality and aesthetics of designers are not only reflected in the clothing, but also in the music, "the music of the runway is also part of their aesthetics", so the two expressions of clothing and music, sight and listening, can inspire each other in their communication.
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Li Yuchun's "tentacles" also extend to the field of art. She spent four or five years conceiving the art project "Wet Market", hoping that the public could be interested in art, feel and contact. She and the ten participating artists communicated with the theme of creation, the presentation of works, and the choice of space. After that, she also did the "Yellow House" aesthetic enlightenment public welfare project, hoping to let children also get in touch with and understand art and aesthetics as soon as possible. "People think I'm a pop singer, and there seems to be a natural contradiction with art, but there's a lot to play with and explore between pop and art. I'm inspired a lot by being with those interesting and creative artists, so why not? ”
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This time in the cover shoot, Li Yuchun met a group of artists full of vitality and using their bodies to explore and express themselves - the dancers of "Tao Body".
"During the shooting, we did an action called 'mirror', that is, what posture the other party did, I also followed suit, when many people are doing this 'mirror' action, it will form a very special composition, that picture is very magical." I understand it as an observation and connection between adults, like entering a powerful field. Originally worried about whether I was going to do something difficult and tense modern dance posture, but the actual shooting made Li Yuchun fascinated, "I will be especially willing to hand myself over to such an exchange." ”
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Tao Body: Dancer's private property
As early as 2015, Li Yuchun knew about the "Tao Body", watched their modern dance performances, and later discussed artistic ideas with Duan Ni and Tao Ye. They seem to be in different fields, but they all come out of their unique selves in their own ways.
"Teacher Duan, they have reached a very thorough realm, creation and training, art and life, control and freedom are all one, but my age and creative stage have not yet reached that realm, there will still be times to compete and screw with themselves." But the struggle and screwing are not negative, because pain and sadness are a growth value, "This feeling, I cherish it." ”
During the filming, Li Yuchun had a dialogue with the founders of "Tao Body", Duan Ni and Tao Ye, showing all aspects of their creations in front of and behind the scenes, frank, unreserved, and more inspiring-
Li Yuchun: I would like to ask the two of you in the process of dancing, will they be affected by their physical condition or, for example, some of their age? What happens in the face of injuries?
Duan Ni: People often ask me why I love to dance, first of all, I think dancing is really a physical work, and then I really have to love, you love, in order to pay without complaint. Using the body to hone and train every day is, in my opinion, to fight against human nature. When I was in my twenties, I never thought that one day I would not be able to dance when I was old, but the truth is, by the age of 40, you really find that your body is hardening. At this time, the inner will and sense of faith will make you have a stronger understanding of the body, which will support you to do things beyond your imagination.
Tao Ye: I think that injury is the best wisdom, because in the process of growing up, people cannot be injured without any injury, which instead leads me to the liberation and freedom of the body, but will awaken my sensitivity when exercising. To protect the body, it is necessary to understand the body and regard it as sacred.
Duan Ni: I would like to ask Chun Chun, every time you create an album or write a song, where do your ideas come from?
Li Yuchun: I usually think of something and write it down immediately, and then there will be more and more material, but not every idea will become a song. Some may feel that after a period of time it does not have so much meaning, or it has grown into something else, there are various possibilities, and more is still in the accumulation.
Duan Ni: Do you prefer to sing, or do you prefer to create?
Li Yuchun: Now I prefer that they are integrated. For example, when I was a child, I thought it was cool to watch some stage performances, but I don't look at it now, I think it's just a way of expression. The song itself, the creator, and the interpreter are three parts, and if they can be fused together, I think it's something superior. I would also like to ask the two teachers, do they usually pay attention to pop culture or pop music?
Duan Ni: Very concerned. Like I myself am a post-70s, the earliest enlightenment is Michael Jackson, his music at that time gave me a particularly large impact, his body dynamics, the rhythm of music, let me feel a strong vitality. Although we are doing serious dance art now, we all listen to popular songs in life.
Tao Ye: I am a post-80s, I listened to a lot of classic pop songs when I was a child, although we refer to them as "pop", but they are actually individuals, carrying everyone's life and experience, and these will resonate with the public. The emotions of these works will also make us feel sad and feel joy, which is the need of human nature. Now Duan Ni and I also pay attention to various popular trends in life, whether it is music or stage performance, which contains the state and vitality of the body. I would like to ask Chun Chun, what kind of pursuit do you have for music now?
Li Yuchun: What you saw today is that I am in a dormant period, and at this stage I seem to be constantly absorbing, very slowly. I think my current energy storage process will be longer than before, before I may release a record in two years, but now two years may not be possible, because I think about more things, I want to think of some of the things in my heart to make people feel through externalization, even if it is only 30%, 50%, I think it is already very remarkable.
Tao Ye: I think you have found your own rhythm. The pace of this era is very fast, it will push everyone forward, but when you really have your own rhythm, you have your own way of creating, which is actually an independent state that we have been pursuing.
Li Yuchun: I would like to ask the two of you, like I dance by myself, I like the feeling of being at ease, even improvisation, and the state of the mood is different every time I perform, which is one of the reasons why I like the scene, and I will pay attention to modern dance for this part of the reason. But now there are also many performances or groups, for the dance requires uniformity, requires subtlety to the expression must be perfect. How do you see this difference?
Tao Ye: People and people will form a connection, will become a whole, and then will cause strong constraints on individuals, for example, we must act according to a unified standard, to learn the same thing, according to the contemporary art enlightenment, people's thinking is shackled, so the next stage will want to pursue freedom and independence. But breaking the standard is simple, how to reshape something different is difficult, so in the end it is still back to the state of people and people together. I think that's the most fascinating thing about art, it's not about setting boundaries, it's about expanding them.
Duan Ni: I think freedom is the end, but in the process of running to the end, there must be a lot of constraints. In my experience, from practicing as a child, no matter how painful and tired I am, there is no way to escape. I have been dancing from the age of 10 to now, and I have been learning modern dance for 22 years now, and in this process I have always had to dance restricted works, and I still can't be so free, but I will feel that in such a constraint, it is easier for you to lead to freedom. Because the moment you tear it apart, you feel like everything you've endured is released, you've been through it, and then you've done it.
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