Nightingale

I lived for art
I lived for love
I never did harm to a living soul

The nightingale and the rose story.

The nightingale’ lover wants to get the most beautiful rose. However, the arrogant rose says to the nightingale that I can be picked by you, as long as you feed me with blood.

The nightingale put the rose in heart. In the meantime, the rose bloomed bright with blood and the nightingale trembled to offer her love, but never sing again.

In the Aria accompanied by the opera (Vissi d’arte vissi d’amore by Giacomo Puccini) , Liu Jia (The dancer) has already turned into a nightingale, cutting through the silence of the night.

The rose was held between the heads of his eyebrows. Leading the audiences walk across the gap between drama and dance into a dramatic world.

Whether it is from the fingertips to the soul of the tenacity and flexibility, as well as the posture of the beautiful curve and aesthetic sense of art. His movements are full of foundation and talent collision intertwined.

Liu Jia is a genius dancer in China. He does not stick to a kind of dance and not limited to a style. He renews everybody to recognize what is dance.

Like he said on his Weibo (it’s a social media platform in China) that “the Nightingale” was inspired by the fairy tale of “The Nightingale and the rose” written by Oscar Wilde. It’s a brilliant work which symbolizes the pursuit of true, faithful and beautiful! 

There was a clever choreography that the rose was white at first but turned to red in the end. After the rose sticking in the nightingale’s heart, it bloomed with the nightingale’s blood, just like in Oscar Wilde’s fairy tale!

There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes.

It doesn’t matter what the audience feels when they watch the dance. It doesn’t matter whether the dance is about art, love, or passion. A good work that brings such a strong aesthetic experience to the audiences is worthy of respect.