Twilight is coming and the moonlight is shining brightly. On the evening of December 31, 2023, thousands of houses were lit up to welcome the New Year. More than a thousand audiences gathered in the opera hall of the Shandong Provincial Capital Grand Theater to enjoy the special dance performance of the 2024 Shandong New Year Gala.
's passionate group dance "Dancing Spring Tide" kicked off the performance. The dance was filled with flowers and vitality, bringing the breath of spring to the audience in the cold winter.
The performance of "Dancing Spring Tide"
is divided into three chapters. The first chapter borrows the name of Mr. Lao She's "Winter in Jinan", and the group dance "Winter in Jinan" of the same name is performed first. It integrates Mr. Lao She's literary expression into the dance, highlights the "warm and sunny" characteristics of Jinan, and conveys it in a pure and simple way. Show people's optimistic attitude towards life and pursuit of a happy life. The group dance "Suona" focuses on traditional folk art, vividly portraying the image of veteran artists who adhere to suona art and inherit Chinese culture, and presents a profound and touching stage temperament. Well-known dancer, film and television actor Wang Yabin presented the classical dance "Flying to the Moon", which told the story of the twists and turns of "Tsing Yi" actor Xiao Yanqiu's dream life. The wonderful dance blended with the fate of the characters, and the audience was deeply moved by it. The classical dance "Green, Fat, Red and Thin" uses the vocabulary of Chinese classical dance as a carrier to present the cultural imagery of Li Qingzhao's "Like a Dream". The colors are bright, graceful and implicit, and it vividly embodies the "feminine" and "masculine" aesthetics of traditional Chinese dance. Characteristics, full of artistic beauty.
"Winter in Jinan"
"Suona"
"Flying to the Moon"
"Green Fat, Red and Thin"
The second chapter "Fiery Qilu" shows the beauty of fireworks in the world. The group dance "Hua Wu Liu Guang" adopts elements of modern dance and Latin dance in national standard dance, and dances in tango, bullfighting, rumba, cha cha and samba styles, showing the colorful, powerful and passionate exotic style of national standard dance. Children's dance "Into the Streets!" 》 and the group dance "Memory of Youth" by elderly men complement each other. The former leads the audience to appreciate Qingdao's classic landmarks and characteristic intangible cultural heritage through the unique perspective of children "shopping" in the street, which is full of children's happiness and beauty; the latter is composed by an average age of 65 years old Starring 15 actors, it tells the story of veterans’ reminiscences of youth and love for their motherland, and is also full of happiness. The square dance "Beautiful Shandong My Home" has been shortlisted for the results display of the 2023 National Square Dance Conference. The style is pure, warm and cheerful, and fully reflects the heroic aspirations of the people of Shandong in pursuing their dreams in the new era. The hip-hop dance "triple f" uses locking as the main dance type, and combines hiphop (free dance), waacking (hand shaking dance), house (house dance), stomp (body percussion) and other styles to present an original flavor The hip-hop dance has created a positive and passionate image of contemporary young people.
《华武流光》
《Going to the streets! 》
《Memory of Youth》
《Beautiful Shandong, My Home》
《triple f》
The third chapter "Hospitable Shandong" shows the great people of the country, helping each other, caring about the world, and stimulating the future. The folk dance "Guardian of the Great Country" uses the traditional elements of Shandong drum yangko as its language, pursues the inheritance and promotion of national culture, eulogizes the Chinese spirit and national justice, and inspires people's fighting spirit and passion. The folk dance "The River in My Heart" integrates and transforms the dynamic image of "river" and the spiritual image of "people" to create a group of heroes that flow endlessly, expressing the 100-year history of the founding of the Party and the 5,000-year history of the national spirit. The theme of the times is to run endlessly and carry forward the past and open up the future towards the great rejuvenation of the nation. The contemporary dance "Yellow River Enters the Sea" uses symphonic choreography to vividly depict the natural landscape of the Yellow River's siltation extension - turbulent swing - and return to tranquility as it enters the sea. It celebrates the majesty of the mother river with spiritual awareness, and at the same time reflects the relationship between China and China in today's international perspective. A prosperous scene of diverse and symbiotic worlds. Well-known young dancer Hu Chenyuan and others presented "Swan Lake", wonderfully interpreting the transformation process of an unknown little person stumbling towards the future and becoming a swan, which was heartily loved by the audience.Wang Yun and Jiao Yang, known as the "Pointe Couple", presented the world famous classical ballet "The Nutcracker" pas de deux of the Candy Fairy and the Prince. The music melody and dance were soft and warm, rising and falling like ocean waves, full of infinite emotions and outstanding performance. The performance pushed the party to a climax.
"Guardian of the Great Power"
"The River in My Heart"
"The Yellow River Enters the Sea"
"Swan Lake"
"The Nutcracker" The Candy Fairy and the Prince Pas de Deux
In the passionate melody, three generations of old, middle and young actors and the entire cast of Shandong dance circles Appearing as a group, the actors devoted themselves fully, releasing their sincerity and love, and interacted with the audience on the spot, and jointly presented a song "Dancing in Thousands of Houses". With the enthusiastic response of the audience, the party came to a successful conclusion.
This evening party is hosted by the Shandong Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Working Committee of Provincial Organs of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and hosted by the Shandong Provincial Dancers Association. The evening party is hosted by Shandong Art Network, CCTV Mobile Network, Xinhua News Agency Live Cloud, and Dazhong Daily Customer It was broadcast live simultaneously on 29 media platforms including Duan, with more than 2.76 million online viewers.
Source: Jinan Times
