When the ballet meets Chinese traditional stories
Magic will happen
I have watched “Dance Smash” about 11 episodes. These talented dancers have contributed dozens of classic pieces to our repertoire, but to pick one of my favorite dancer, my answer is Wang Zhanfeng and Ao Dingwen who are ballet dancers.
Dancing “Jiu Er” is performed by these two ballet dancers who are the principal dancers of the Liaoning Ballet Troupe. Most people’s impression of ballet, mostly “Swan Lake” like grace, the circle of domestic ballet can be said to know nothing.
But it is this pure national flavor and chinoiserie completely renews my knowledge of Ballet. Using ballet to explain a rustic Chinese love story is a risky and bold innovation and experimentation.
For more than a minute, I wanted to cry. Their dance moves were not only difficult, but also story-telling. From the beginning of the hand close-up to the final close-up, is from the sweet love to life and death after the separation of grief, really make people weep.
The last hug is in fact a hug twice. Personal understanding of the first time is the woman character before dying and hugging with the man character. The second time is woman character’s soul and her love embrace.
They did not only just try using ballet to represent Chinese story for once and also did experiment of combining Chinese dancing and ballet.
When I watched “waiting” which is a dancing performed by them as well, I can just said a single word : beautiful!
This is the feeling after watching this video so many times, tapping into the soul of the aesthetic.
Originally, I thought that Chinese folk dance had the greatest communication with Chinese people. After all, it originated from China. Many friends around me also practiced it as children. We could vaguely feel the stories conveyed.
I did not expect that ballet could also interpret traditional culture in the context of Chinese style, and so excellent and perfect.
It is not easy ah!
Ballet is kind of dance from foreign, and plenty of ballet works are foreign. It is difficult to understand the meaning of the dance expression, similar to the quintessence of Peking Opera, from foreign audience’s view.
How ballet come to be popular and How to promote ballet in China?
These two dancers gave the perfect answer: ballet skills with Chinese story and style.
This may be a spring of ballet in China.
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