Although the cold and wet "spring cold" chill hits people, it means that the footsteps of spring are approaching. From tomorrow onwards, Shanghai Ballet's "Art Up And Forward Online Performance Week" will successively launch three major plays of "City Colors 2022", "Blooming" and "Shining Red Star". At the same time, the "Ballet Cloud Classroom" will also be opened, and the leader of the troupe, Xin Lili, and the actors who attend the ballet will bring you a full of vitality ballet basic training class.
The picture says: "Ballet Cloud Classroom" is about to open
The newly created "City Colors 2022" includes the second movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the third movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and the classic "Swan Lake" in two acts. The young choreographer Chen Qi, based on the second movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, presents it in the form of a modern ballet group dance, depicting the lofty faith and indomitable will of mankind in the face of disaster, and interpreting the tenacious spirit of constantly fighting against fate.
The creation of the third movement of "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" was directed by Wu Husheng, the chief principal actor of Shanghai Ba, which interprets soothing and tense music with a unique vocabulary of toes, conveys the theme of daring to fight against fate, yearning for freedom and harmony, and realizing dialogue across time and space.
Pictured: Poster of "City Colors 2022"
The classic version of "Swan Lake", which has amazed Europe and even the world with the "Swan Legion", has performed more than 160 times at home and abroad. This version of the "Swan Ocean" composed of as many as 48 swans is still invincible and captures the hearts of the audience. The reason why the second act of the classic version of "Swan Lake" was chosen to present it was because in addition to the "Swan Ocean", there was also the most eye-catching "White Swan Double Dance" in the second act, and Wu Husheng partnered Qi Bingxue to reproduce the love fairy tale of the prince and the swan princess.
The modern ballet "Bloom" features the one-act ballet "Blue and Purple", "Smile in a Dream", "Who's a Cat", and a new attempt at ballet and Kunqu opera, "Floating Life and a Dream". "Bloom" was born at the height of the epidemic in 2020, and the main creative team and actors completed the rehearsal under the leadership of general director Xin Lili. The name of the program is "Bloom", which not only symbolizes the "bloom" of Shangba after the epidemic, but also the "bloom" of Acura's life.
Pictured: "Bloom" poster
The creation of "Blue, Blue and Purple" is inspired by the series of musicals "The Story of River Valley No. 3", "Looking for Amber" and "Exchange Student" by the well-known architect Guohua. This architect, who loves stage art, uses his spatial design to give dance a unique texture, and also outlines the life course of an architect from infancy to maturity.
The "Purple" part of the dance is choreographed by Wu Husheng, who tries to use different combinations of four actors to explain the interrelated and independent living conditions between people. What touched his mind was the subtle shift in relationships between people during the period of home isolation. In his view: "Perhaps, people are lonely after all, and it is precisely because of this loneliness that we are more conscious of cherishing every encounter, and cherishing will have love and hope." ”
"Floating Life and a Dream" is played live by cello and piano, with the style of ballet as the main body, and the Kunqu opera performance as a cross-border work of "eye-catching", which is refreshing. Xin Lili said: "Through this live broadcast, we hope to convey the power of love and hope to the audience in Shanghai, China and even the world. ”
Xinmin Evening News "Shanghai Moment" WeChat video number and Xinmin client will broadcast two performances of "City Color 2022" and "Bloom" at 14:00 on March 22 and 24, respectively. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Yuan)