The 2024 CCTV Spring Festival Gala program list was released, and the dance "Goose Goose Goose" attracted the audience's attention. This program, which is less than 4 minutes long, will use a "dream" to tell the story of how the ugly duckling turned into a white swan, and also let the children who trekked on the arduous road of ballet see the light of their dreams coming true on the other side.
On the stage, it was the "swan" from the Shanghai Ballet that made people instantly enter the "dream". Qi Bingxue, the principal principal dancer of the company, will lead the "Four Little Swans", surrounded by 24 swans, to form the "Swan Ocean", with the well-known Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" ** changing formation, sometimes turning into a heart, sometimes spreading its wings, leading people to enjoy the beauty of Shanghai ballet.
Caption: Shangba actors backstage at the Spring Festival Gala Courtesy of the interviewee.
Full of Shanghainese charm.
Although this is the first time that Shanghai Ballet has appeared in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the charm of Shanghai-style ballet has long been world-famous with this "sea of swans". The classic version of Swan Lake was tailor-made by world-renowned ballet choreographer Derek Dean for the ballet of Shangba. Under his artistic conception, the number of "white swans" has increased from 24 to 48, and the original "sea of swans" has been created, which has a beautiful and stunning visual effect. Tonight's "Swan Ocean" is only half of the lineup of the classic version.
Since its inception in 2015, the production has toured Europe every year, starting in the Netherlands, with its footprints in Germany, Belgium, Austria, and the United States.
Last year, the show toured Europe in 45 days and 36 performances, which caused a strong response. It was precisely when he saw the Chinese interpretation of classical ballet in Shanghai Ballet's "Swan Lake" that the director of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala threw an olive branch. According to the troupe director Xin Lili, the troupe received a notice to go to Beijing in mid-January, and the 31 performers who participated in the performance were stationed in Beijing for a month to participate in the Spring Festival Gala rehearsals, and they did not slack off for a day.
Caption: Shangba classic version of "Swan Lake" Photo by Xinmin Evening News reporter Wang Kai (the same below).
Debuted on CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
Qi Bingxue, who will appear on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the first time, is full of emotion: "I feel very honored to have this opportunity to bring Shanghai-style ballet to the Spring Festival Gala with my partners and let the people of the whole country see it." ”
Ballet is a theater art, and standing on the stage facing the audience is of course different from facing the camera in the studio. Qi Bingxue said: "The stage will have a more environmental sense and be more familiar to me, but I have to face a lot of cameras in the studio, what I have to do is to overcome strangeness, fear and anxiety, let myself be fully engaged, and at the same time, I must be very careful, not only to follow the rhythm, but also to take into account the ups and downs of the lifting platform, especially when standing on tiptoe on the lifting platform, I must pay full attention." ”
Under the spotlight of the theater's big stage, people see more dancing, and with the tracking of the camera, the subtle facial expressions will also be magnified. When asked if she would practice expression management, she smiled: "There are so many cameras in the studio, I can't ** which camera will be on me, so just be calm and be yourself, ballet dancers dance beautifully is much more important than the beauty of expressions." I still focus on dancing, and as for the expressions, it is the most beautiful to blend into the emotions of the characters and show the most real emotions. ”
Love beats everything.
Swan Lake is the mountain that all girls who dance classical ballet must climb to their careers, and it is also the beginning of countless girls' ballet dreams. Qi Bingxue has lost count of how many times she has danced "Swan Lake", "Although this is the ballet I have danced the most, I still feel very challenging every time I go on the stage." The whipping of the black swan and the role interpretation of the white swan are very testing of the actors. To perform the different personalities of the black and white swans, it is necessary to interpret different dance textures, and each one is not easy. ”
Therefore, "Swan Lake" is both a touchstone and an alchemystone, which can temper the rapid growth of actors. Whether it is the skill of classical ballet or the ability to interpret the role, Qi Bingxue said: "Dancing "Swan Lake" itself is also a transformation process of an ugly duckling turning into a swan. ”
The stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala has attracted much attention, and almost every Spring Festival Gala will give birth to new artistic trends and role model stars. Qi Bingxue is also the dream of countless girls who love to dance. In the face of those who have the same dreams as her, practice hard every day, and spin and jump countless times, she has only one sentence: "The most important thing is to persevere." And what underpins this persistence is your love for ballet and your pursuit of art. "Because of love, so willing; Because of love, the mountains and seas are exhausted.
It is reported that the Shanghai Ballet is creating a new play "Lilies". Next month, HKB will present the Shanghai Ballet In the Mood for Love at the Hong Kong Arts Festival. In addition, at the end of the year, the original ballet "La Traviata" will also be unveiled in Brisbane, Australia. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Yuan).