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Su Dongpo, a name incomparably familiar to Chinese, is a flowing poem, but also an eternal painting, a bright star of history, and a majestic mountain of culture. "Poetry Memories of Dongpo" uses modern dance vocabulary to dance the spirit of Dongpo, and uses body language to communicate with the ancients, transforming the magnificence of mountains and rivers in the poems into abstract lines, and infiltrating the body rhyme and dance posture with the flowing spirit of poetry. Recently, "Poetry Memories of Dongpo" was performed in Beijing and Chengdu, and the audience watched an artistic feast that touched their hearts.
The modern dance poetry drama "Poetry Memories of Dongpo" is a 2023 National Art Funding Project jointly produced by China Oriental Performing Arts Group *** Propaganda Department of the Meishan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and jointly produced by Meishan Song and Dance Theater Co., Ltd. After the successful world premiere of the show at Shanghai Culture Square in July, the play will be staged at the 2023 Dragon TV Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, passing through Hangzhou, which has a deep connection with Dongpo, and will be staged at the Beijing Poly Theater from December 1 to 3.
Poetry Memories of Dongpo is directed by Shen Wei, an internationally renowned choreographer, dancer, painter and visual artist. Shen Wei amazed everyone with "Picture Scroll" at the opening ceremony in Beijing in 2008, and joined Hunan Satellite TV's dance variety show "Dance Storm" in 2019 and became well-known to the public. The exhibition "Poetry of Dongpo" presents the core of the Chinese spirit nurtured in Dongpo's poetry with art, and integrates modern dance with traditional Chinese cultural elements such as poetry, Chinese painting, calligraphy, seal carving, guqin, opera, and martial arts, and deeply refines the essence of classical Chinese philosophy and aesthetics with a comprehensive audio-visual experience of music, dance, poetry, and painting. In Shen Wei's view, dance is an artistic feeling. "If "Dance Storm" allows more audiences to understand the categories of dance and brings the audience a new understanding of dance. Then "Poetry Memories of Dongpo" hopes that the innovation of dance will bring the audience an artistic feeling of beauty. ”
How to tap the contemporary value of Su Dongpo and let the Chinese people and even the world accept Su Dongpo presented in the form of dance drama? Shen Wei has put a lot of thought into this area, and since receiving the invitation, he has spent nearly one year studying Su Shi's poetry, understanding the art and culture of the Song Dynasty, and then expanding to the entire traditional Chinese culture. In Shen Wei's view, Su Dongpo's contemporary value comes from the excellent traditional Chinese culture and Chinese aesthetics behind his poems. Su Dongpo's poems not only contain his views on life, but also contain strong emotions.
The story begins with reminiscence, and "Poetry Memories of Dongpo" is expressed through the synthesis of various art forms. On the stage, the smart body language and deep expression set off the artistic conception of poetry and Dongpo philosophy, creating a unique artistic atmosphere and visual effects. Drinking alone under the moon, listening to the piano, a book of poems, a few dances, and the dance drama "Poetry Memories of Dongpo" invites the audience to talk to Dongpo, a talented man thousands of years ago. Through the collision of modern dance drama and ancient Chinese poetry, the audience can enjoy the flowing water of art, the free and open-minded taste of transcendence, the unswerving belief in life, and the human emotions of sorrow and joy.
Poetry plays an extremely important role in Su Dongpo's life, and all the poems in the play are presented in the form of calligraphy and seal carving, which not only vaguely shows the style of Dongpo, but also folds the overall interest of calligraphy in the Song Dynasty, stimulates the Chinese people's yearning for traditional culture, and allows the audience to feel the unique aesthetic and spiritual experience brought by calligraphy. **It is also an indispensable spiritual message in Su Dongpo's life, the guqin** runs through the whole play, and is performed live by performers, seeking to convey the spirit of the millennium of culture through modern art.
Shen Wei wanted to borrow poetry, guqin, visuals, etc., to show the aesthetics and taste of Chinese culture. "I hope that through "Poetry Memories of Dongpo", the essence of Chinese culture and art will be refined and carried forward, so that the world can resonate today, and let the audience understand the multiple possibilities of connecting the excellent traditional Chinese culture with the contemporary and the world. Shen Wei said. He suggested that during the performance, the audience could throw away the original cognition of Su Dongpo and fully mobilize the charm of art with their senses.
For "Poetry Memories of Dongpo", Shen Wei frankly admitted that he has a mission and responsibility for Chinese dance. "What is Chinese Dance? This is a very important problem for Chinese dance to solve. Shen Wei said. In "Poems Remembering Dongpo", he deliberately explores the language of Chinese dance. Shen Wei designed a series of activities in the play, including breathing, weight, inertia, dance movements, etc., hoping to present the Chinese dance language system. For example, the image of the circle is presented in the play, and this "circle" transcends the "circle" in opera and classical dance, and rises to a greater meaning, which is an eternal value that transcends time and space. Shen Wei said.
On December 2, envoys from more than 30 countries in China brought their families to this modern dance poetry drama. After the performance, the envoys in China were full of praise for this dance drama that highlights the strong traditional Chinese culture, "I can't describe its beauty in words!" Counselor of the Azerbaijani Embassy in China, Ibrahim Ibrahimov, said.
Su Dongpo's poems and Su Dongpo's life have surpassed the individual Su Dongpo and can resonate with people. Our dance drama also jumps out of the individual Su Dongpo and tells the common emotions of human beings. Shen Wei said that because of this, "Poetry Memories of Dongpo" can transcend language and borders, and is loved by foreign audiences.
It is reported that "Poetry Memories of Dongpo" will be staged in Chengdu and Shaanxi in December, and next year "Poetry Memories of Dongpo" plans to go abroad to premiere in the United States. (Wang Jue, Hao Ziwei).
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