At 20:30 on January 5 (Sunday), the eighth issue of "A Good Lesson" produced by CCTV Variety Channel will enter the Central University for Nationalities, with Feng Shuangbai, a famous dance theorist, critic, screenwriter and chairman of the China Dancers Association, as the keynote speaker, bringing you an interesting dance lesson. In addition, "Duty Class Leader" Huang Doudou, as well as "Class Representatives" Liu Yan, Li Degejing, and Wang Ziyi, will also feel the charm of dance with the students on the spot.
"Dance is a life-changing way of life"
Feng Shuangbai led everyone into dance and into life
"Beauty and coexistence, unity of knowledge and action" is the motto of the Central University for Nationalities. The first four words are from the late honorary president of central university, Mr. Fei Xiaotong, on cultural self-consciousness, and the last four words are from the mind of Mr. Wang Yangming, a famous thinker and philosopher of the Ming Dynasty. According to Kang Hui's interpretation, the so-called "beauty and commonality" is between people and people, "the unity of knowledge and action" is the harmony of knowledge and action, "what we hope to achieve is barrier-free communication and exchange between people and between people and the world." And the most direct and accessible communication tool we have is our body. A warm smile, a warm hug, this is the language that conveys the most beautiful kindness.
The human body language has been condensed and sublimated, which constitutes one of the earliest and most beautiful forms of artistic expression of mankind - dance. Therefore, "A Good Lesson" specially invited Mr. Feng Shuangbai to lead the students and the audience into the dance and into life.
The main speaker of this class, Feng Shuangbai, who has several positions, is not only the chairman of the China Dancers Association, a dance theorist and critic, but also a screenwriter, a planner and a writer of large-scale evening parties, and has successively created many dance dramas and dance poetry works such as "Gu Limei", "Ma Le Visits the Sky", "Water Margin", "Jade Bird", "Shaolin in the Wind", "Mulan", "Water Moon Luoshen", "Dayu", etc., and has won the "Wenhua Award" of the Ministry of Culture, the "Five One Project" Award of the Spiritual Civilization Construction of the Central Propaganda Department, and the Gold Award of the "Lotus Award" of Chinese Dance. National Stage Art Excellence Project and many other national awards. He believes that dance can take on a big responsibility in conveying the essence of Chinese culture and establishing the self-confidence of Chinese culture.
In this class, Feng Shuangbai will focus on the two topics of "dance and human life experience" and "the power of dance", and tell the relationship between dance and human life experience and cultural genes by listing the different expressions of various dances at home and abroad, such as ballet, tango, flamenco, Chinese classical dance, Xinjiang dance, Mongolian dance, etc. In addition, he will also take the stories of Yumen left-behind children, street dance girl Xi Jiaqi, "class representative" Liu Yan, and little boys in wenchuan disaster area as examples to interpret the charm and power of dance art.
Talking about "dance is a way of life that changes lives", Feng Shuangbai shared his story in the Yumen area of Jiuquan City, Gansu Province. According to his account, in a left-behind school in the Yumen area, there are some mischievous boys, and the teachers of the whole school can't do anything about them. However, after the dance teachers patiently taught them to dance and gave them encouragement, the group of "problem boys" changed, "they found a reason for their own survival in the dance, that is, I can dance, I am great, I am very capable." ”
Dance can not only eliminate the loneliness and indifference in the hearts of left-behind children, but also give comfort to the people in the disaster area. After the Wenchuan earthquake, Feng Shuangbai led Huang Doudou, Wang Yabin and other members of the Chinese Dance Association to the disaster area, hoping to use the power of art to make the people in the disaster area excited. But no matter how they performed, there was a little boy who was always immersed in an unspeakable, deep sorrow. It wasn't until the dancers and the children played all kinds of games that the little boy raised his head and gradually blended in.
Finally, when Huang Doudou took a red flag and danced the red flag dance of "Shining Red Star", all the children, including the little boy, looked at him intently. Recalling the scene at that time, Feng Shuangbai said excitedly: "Dance art can become the spiritual torch that illuminates the darkness in our lives." It is like Danko described by Gorky, pulling out a heart, letting it burn in the dense forest, and leading people out of the darkness. ”
Liu Yan, Li Degejing, and Wang Ziyi staged dance teaching
Soybean bean then dances "Shining Red Star" to convey the power of dance
In order to help the students and audience better understand the art of dance, Kang Hui, the "Good Class Teacher", invited three "class representatives" who loved dance, namely Liu Yan, a young dancer, professor of Beijing Dance Academy, winner of the "Wenhua Award" and "Five One Project" awards, a dancer, the gold medal of the two-time Lotus Cup Dance Competition, the annual champion of the New Dance Forest Conference, and Wang Ziyi, a singer and actor who is good at street dance.
In the first "recess" of this class, the three "class representatives" will lead some students to directly feel how dance expresses life through the dance categories they are good at. What kind of spiritual rhyme does the hand have in classical Chinese dance? How does Mongolian dance map the connotation of Mongolian culture? What kind of attitude is hidden in hip-hop?
In addition to the three "class representatives", the class also specially invited Huang Doudou, a famous dance artist, the artistic director of the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe, and the vice chairman of the China Dancers Association, as the "duty class leader". When introducing himself, Huang Doudou said: "As a dancer, the first thing we have to do is to insist on practicing, adhering to artistic ethics, and strengthening our original intentions. In the second "class break", Huang Doudou also cooperated with the students at the scene and once again danced the dance "Shining Red Star", which once lit up the darkest moment of the people in the Wenchuan disaster area, to convey the power of dance to everyone.
In China, every ethnic group has a rich dance art, and almost all of them have the famous sayings of Wencheng Wude recorded in the form of dance. For most Chinese, dance is both life and history. So what is the close relationship between dance and people's hearts, spirits, lives, and cultures? At 20:30 on Sunday, January 5, the dance class of "A Good Lesson" will take you to understand and feel dance.
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