The modern dance "Integral" presented by the dance company Sun&Friends in Gwangju, South Korea
Southeast Network December 12** Road (Fujian** reporter Huang Qiongfen text).
On the evening of the 9th, the Quanzhou Song and Dance Theater was full of seats and applause. As one of the 12 activities in the five theme sections of the 5th Maritime Silk Road International Arts Festival, the 2023 Quanzhou-Yokohama-Gwangju Art Show was staged here, and the dance teams of the three cities joined hands to present a unique cultural performance for the audience. This is an important microcosm of the in-depth cooperation and friendship between the people of Quanzhou, Yokohama and Gwangju in the past ten years since they won the title of the first "Cultural Capital of East Asia".
The highlights of the art show are numerous.
At about 8:20 p.m. that night, the modern dance "Integral" brought by the South Korean Gwangju Dance Company Sun&Friends Dance Company kicked off the show. The work won the first prize at last year's Korean Dance Competition, and the dance uses modern dance body language to express the colorless and transparent "water" reflecting all things in the world, and its speculation and motivation for generating fluctuating phenomena, expressing the philosophical relationship between the true and the world. The dynamic and rhythmic modern dance movements attracted continuous applause from the audience.
This was followed by the Organworks Dance Company in Yokohama, Japan, which presented the modern dance work "Dissolution". In the dance, the petals of the balloon are scattered and float in the air with the help of the air, which is the "tolerance" and "integration" of natural phenomena, and thus conveys the theme of the work - "mutual tolerance, mutual integration, and harmony".
After the performances of the Korean and Japanese dance troupes, four song and dance programs carefully prepared by Quanzhou were staged in turn. The dance "Puppet Love" brought by Quanzhou Song and Dance Theater uses an old puppet artist and a group of female dancers who play puppets to interweave and beat in several degrees of space of reality imitation, virtual interpretation, and materialization of people, and finally merge into a symbiosis of destiny, composing the ingenuity of intangible cultural heritage culture and the hymn of the soul, which won warm applause from the audience.
The girls' group singing "Love Brings Us Together" brought by the students of Quanzhou Art School connected the friendship and cultural identity of teachers and students in the three cities of Wendu. Last year, after more than three months of online interactive exchanges, young people from China, Japan and South Korea jointly created songs such as "Love Connects Let's Be Together" in Quanzhou, "Important Time" in Gwangju, and "Chopsticks" in Yokohama, and strung together to form the ** work "Together, Don't Say Goodbye" that "crosses borders and is unique in the world".
Subsequently, the two programs brought by the Quanzhou Song and Dance Theater have strong characteristics in southern Fujian. The "Wangchun Breeze" sung by the Water Girls group is adapted and interpreted from the classic songs widely circulated in Fujian and Taiwan, and the tactful and melodious lyrics and songs are full of girlish lovesickness;In the dance "Tea Fragrance", a group of young girls use graceful dancing to integrate Fujian's characteristic tea picking dance into contemporary performance techniques, so that tea has a thousand tastes.
It's so exciting, the dance troupes of the three cities perform their own programs, and you can feel the different charms of art in different countries through one performance, which is very enjoyable. At the end of the performance, Ms. Chen, a citizen who came with her child, praised her.
The Cultural Capital of East Asia aims to promote mutual understanding and a sense of connectedness through culture and art, mutual recognition of each other's differences, and mutual enhancement of each other's hearts. In tonight's art show, while feeling the commonality of the cultures of the three countries, the charm and power of the culture and art cultivated by each city will be conveyed to each other. Satoko Yoshida, director of the Cultural Promotion Division of the Yokohama City Sports and Culture Bureau, Japan, said.
Mutual learning among civilizations has been deepened.
In September 2013, Quanzhou, China, Yokohama, Japan, and Gwangju, South Korea, were jointly elected as the "Cultural Capital of East Asia", opening a new chapter in cultural exchanges between China, Japan and South Korea. Over the past 10 years, Quanzhou, Yokohama and Gwangju have adhered to the tenet of "East Asian consciousness, cultural integration, and mutual appreciation", continuously practiced the concept of "symbiosis, innovation, and harmony", continued to polish the city's cultural business card, deepened cultural exchanges between cities, promoted mutual learning among civilizations, and promoted people-to-people bonds.
In October this year, the "Gwangju-Quan-Yokohama Friendship 10th Anniversary" exchange event was held in South KoreaIn January this year, in order to commemorate the successful inclusion of "Quanzhou: World Marine Commerce and Trade Center of Song and Yuan Dynasty China" on the "World Heritage List", Yokohama, Japan, which is the first batch of East Asian cultural capitals with Quanzhou, held the "Quanzhou World Heritage Commemorative Exhibition" in ** Town;In January 2022, the China, Japan and South Korea "Passing on the Future, Building Dreams of Youth" Youth Traditional Dance Exhibition was staged at the Quanzhou Art Museum for ......Over the past 10 years, Quanzhou, Yokohama and Gwangju have continuously carried out mutual learning and exchanges in different forms of art, including **, dance, calligraphy, painting, etc., to unite the people and enhance understanding.
Over the past 10 years, Quanzhou has continued to carry out cultural exchanges and cooperation with Japanese and Korean cities, which has enhanced mutual understanding and friendship, enhanced the city's popularity and reputation, and achieved fruitful results. It is hoped that the cultural capital cities of the three countries can further consolidate and expand the consensus on cultural cooperation, highlight the international influence of East Asian culture, and jointly paint a picture of civilization with beauty and beauty. Lin Shaoqing, deputy director of the Quanzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, said.
In order to enhance the understanding between the three cities of Wendu, this year's Maritime Silk Road International Art Festival, in addition to holding the three cities youth art exhibition and art performances, also organized representatives of Japan and South Korea to go to Jinjiang and Hui'an to visit Jinjiang Anping Bridge, Wulin Traditional Village, Wudian City Traditional Block, Hui'an Chongwu Ancient City, Huinu Customs Garden, etc., to enjoy the beautiful scenery, taste the ancient rhyme, feel the strong southern Fujian style, and appreciate the beautiful natural scenery of Quanzhou.
I visited Wulin Traditional Village, Wudian City and other places, and found that there are many traditional cultures in Quanzhou that are worth savoring. It is hoped that Quanzhou can make good use of these resources in the future to attract more guests to Quanzhou. Satoko Yoshida said that Quanzhou, as the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, has received a lot of different cultures, and these cultures have produced a lot of new things after being inclusive, and Yokohama has something in common with Quanzhou as one of the earliest cities in Japan, and then hopes that Quanzhou and Yokohama can have some new cultural collisions.
Regarding the future of the three cities of Wendu, Ji Hyungwon, chairman of the Urban Development Support Forum of the Asian Cultural Center in Gwangju, South Korea, also has his own expectations. "I hope that in the next ten years, the three cities will be able to build on the friendship and trust accumulated over the years, and become more closely integrated with each other, and jointly create a new and beautiful cultural flower. Chi Jiongyuan said.
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Japan's Yokohama organworks dance company presents the modern dance work "Dissolution".
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Quanzhou Song and Dance Theater brought the dance "Puppet Love".