The stage of the Tianqiao Theater seems to have become a chessboard, and the young dancers interpret the theme of "life is like a chess piece, and there is no regret in falling" with a graceful dance posture. This work "Yi" by Sun Haifeng, a young choreographer of the National Ballet of China, brings the audience profound thinking: the limited pieces on the chessboard create an infinite chess game, and although people's lives are limited, their imagination and creativity are unlimited. On the evening of April 12th, the 12th "Ballet Creative Workshop" of the National Ballet of China once again took the stage of Beijing Tianqiao Theater, bringing 10 new and sharp works with different characteristics to the audience.
Founded in 2010, the "Ballet Creative Workshop" is a public welfare brand project created by China Ballet to cultivate young artistic talents. This year's "Ballet Creative Workshop" is titled "1/12", "12" represents the 12 years that the workshop has experienced since its inception, and also represents the 12 choreographers who participated in the workshop this year; "1" represents everyone involved in the workshop and their first creation, and also represents the unchanged original intention of each participant. Feng Ying, head of the troupe and artistic director of China Ballet, introduced: "In the past 12 years, many young actors have become excellent choreographers through this platform, and this workshop has set a record in terms of the volume of works and the number of participants, showing the vigorous and upward spirit of China Ballet and the creative power that can be expected in the future. ”
How to use ballet, a Western art vocabulary, to serve China's culture and aesthetics has always been an important topic that Chinese balleters continue to explore. In this workshop, the audience saw the active efforts of the younger generation of choreographers in this field. In addition to Sun Haifeng's "Yi" and the choreographer Su Yang's "Looking for the Zhong Zi Period", which reunites the modern "I" and the ancient Yu Boya in the same space, Boya Fuqin tells the thoughts of the sub-period, and also shows the good wishes of thirsting for knowledge, adhering to the original intention, and persistently seeking. Choreographer Li Jun's "Where Spring Returns" is based on the most legendary woman in the TV series "The Gate of the Great Mansion", Bai Yuting, focusing on her love story, and also integrates the two forms of ballet and Peking opera into a new exploration.
In the "Ballet Creative Workshop", a platform that always encourages innovation, young choreographers are also constantly expanding their boundaries with their creations. Choreographers Xu Yan and Wang Jiyu jointly created a novel theme "LIVE SHOW", a fictional 24-hour entertainment program that records a created space, "Giselle" grew up here as the only protagonist, and never left, living in a carefully woven lie. The youngest participant in the workshop was Yan Mengxuan, a student from the China Ballet School, who recorded his mental journey during his post-operative recovery from ankle free bone removal in a general dance style, and expressed his sincere feelings of looking forward to recovering from injuries and continuing to dance with a childish choreography.
The "Ballet Creative Workshop", which lasts for nearly 2 hours, is more like a big party, and the creators on stage and the audience on the stage are immersed in it. Wang Sizheng, a young choreographer of China Bazhou who is the general director of the workshop, said: "In the workshop, I pay more attention to the 'people' behind the dance than to the creation and performance. In the past 12 years, although every new person has a different style of work, they are facing the same problems and confusions, and they are also tasting the same joy and sense of accomplishment, and everyone has continued to experience and grow in the process. ”