Chongqing, March 17 news of the Central Broadcasting Network " No one knows about the return, and the body is full of mountain flowers." On the evening of March 16, Chongqing Song and Dance Troupe's original red-themed dance drama "Absolute Test" was successfully premiered. This top dance drama full of countless flashes and tears is produced by the Propaganda Department of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Chongqing Municipal Culture and Tourism Development Committee, and produced and performed by the Chongqing Song and Dance Troupe. After the performance, the applause resounded throughout the star-studded Chongqing Grand Theatre.
Dance drama "Absolute Test" performance scene (CCTV, photo by Liu Haidong)
Excellent repertoire of the centenary of the founding of the Party
The dance drama "Absolute Test" is composed of Chongqing Song and Dance Troupe and the domestic top creative team, with Zhang Luping as the character archetype, with dance narrative, scenery into love, blending modern, ethnic, street dance, national standard and other art forms, absorbing contemporary stage technology in many ways, creating a three-dimensional urban landscape of Chongqing at multiple levels and angles, vividly shaping a stage art image that shines with the brilliance of humanity and the power of faith in a lonely and desperate situation, and creating a new viewing experience for the audience. Zhang Luping, a heroic martyr of Hongyan, entered the military in 1939 and was only 24 years old when he died in 1945.
Stills of the dance drama "Absolute Test" (photo by Liu Haidong, issued by the Central Broadcasting Network)
The dance drama has not yet been officially premiered, it has been selected into the National Arts Fund's 2022 large-scale stage drama and work creation funding project, "Brilliant Centennial Road, Strides in a New Journey" Chongqing City celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the party history study and education excellent stage repertoire exhibition tour recommended repertoire, widely praised by experts. Zhou Jinjing, vice chairman and researcher of the Chongqing Literary and Art Critics Association, commented: "Under the guidance of gradual improvement and clear theatrical theme, the whole story is clean and neat, but simple and not monotonous, full of lingering and bloody entanglements, full of emotional content, vividly shaping a typical female revolutionary." When the choreographer perfectly shaped this 'small self', there was a full interpretation of the 'big self' in the revolution. ”
Dance drama "Absolute Test" performance scene (CCTV, photo by Liu Haidong)
Bayu culture is perfectly integrated with contemporary craftsmanship
The dance drama "Absolute Test" adheres to the concept of "multi-dimensional space, metallic texture and abstract expression", absorbs the characteristics of Chongqing's geomorphology "peak circuit turn", integrates landmarks such as Chaotianmen Wharf, Guanyin Bridge, Shapingba and so on, and puts the old hot pot and old teahouse with the most customs and folk feelings in Chongqing on the stage.
Director Ding Wei introduced: "We used 6 ice screen combination projections to show the sense of urban staggering with Chongqing characteristics, and also used some advanced stage installations, as well as stairs with different heights and shapes to combine into new shapes to enrich the performance space. "The perfect integration and flexible use of traditional Bayu culture and contemporary stage technology not only effectively matches the plot and sets off the environment, but also makes it an endorsement of Chongqing culture." Among them, the dance section "Hotpot Sonata" was invited to participate in the 2022 CCTV Tiger Spring Festival Gala, allowing more audiences and friends to understand the unique cultural characteristics of Chongqing's art and culture. Feng Shuangbai, chairman of the China Dancers Association, commented: "The dance "Hotpot Sonata", adapted from the dance drama "Absolute Test", eats warmly, shouts high-pitched, laughs happily, and spreads the warm, bold and simple style of Chongqing hot pot culture in front of the face, which is interesting and vivid. ”
Human nature is tortured to the heart
Rather than saying that the dance drama "Absolute Test" is a dance drama with red themes, it is better to say that it is a soul dance drama that explores human nature and faith. Dance drama is not good at expressing ideas and narratives, but this drama takes a different path, starting from "human nature" and "faith", using delicate emotional output and dance presentation, combined with dance beauty and sound and light, bringing the audience into the story step by step, following "Ping" together in a desperate situation, facing loneliness and testing, interpreting the mental journey of the next communist in an absolutely lonely situation, highlighting the power of faith, and answering the original mission of the communist. Although it is separated from "Ping" in time and space, it does not prevent the audience from breathing and sharing a common destiny with the people in the play. Audience member Miss Li told reporters: "The scene of the arrest made me scratch my thighs hard, and the scene where Ping repeatedly applied lipstick made my eyes wet." Even now that the curtain has fallen, I am still wondering, what is the support for Ping to persist to the end, and what is her faith? ”
According to reports, "Absolute Test" will be performed for 15 consecutive performances at the Chongqing Grand Theatre, setting a precedent for the performance of original plays in Chongqing.
Shi Shaoping, deputy secretary of the general party branch and deputy general manager of the Chongqing Song and Dance Troupe, said that after 15 performances of the dance drama "Absolute Test", he also plans to go to schools, districts and counties and all over the country to continue to interpret this moving story for everyone, and also hopes to inject more light of faith into this era.