Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) From January 13th to 14th, the 2023 Beijing Dance Academy Performance Season "Beijing Dance Performance Series" work, "Dancing for the People" - "Dancing Classics" opened at the Tianqiao Theater in Beijing . This performance brings together many classic works of the Beijing Dance Academy and outstanding young dancers. More than 20 "Lotus Award" and "Peach and Plum Cup" Grand Slam dancers, including Wang Yabin, Ma Jiaolong, Hu Yuting, He Linqian, Peng Yibo, Su Hailu, etc., take turns Go into battle and feast your eyes on the audience. The Tianqiao Theater was packed with nearly 2,000 spectators entering the theater to watch the performance.
Stills from the show.
The drum-dancing "Xianghege", the sonorous and powerful "The King of Qin Orders the Soldiers", the sincere and romantic "Red Love", the far-reaching artistic conception of "Qingshan Yuandai", the passionate and unrestrained "Sawulden·Praise" and other two works Ten classics and new creations in different styles were included in the performance. The whole performance ended with the group dance "Yellow River". Along with the classic melody, Beijing Dance students danced out their love for the motherland.
Batu, Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Dance Academy, said that in the 70-year history of the academy, it has cultivated generations of Beijing Dancers and left many classic works full of artistic value. As a new era of Beijing Dancers, we must be grateful We sincerely respect the predecessors who have nurtured us. We must study, understand, refine and disseminate classic works with the artistic spirit of excellence. At the same time, we must adhere to the artistic pursuit of integrity and innovation, use contemporary aesthetics to interpret in the inheritance, and bring more exquisite masterpieces to the world. Presented to the public, consciously shouldering the cultural mission of the new era, interpreting profound cultural connotations with high-quality artistic standards, and dancing out the spirit of the Chinese people.
"Dancing for the People" - "Dancing Classics" is jointly produced by Beijing Dance Academy Youth Dance Troupe and Beijing Sihai Yiyi Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. "Beijing Dance Academy Youth Dance Troupe is composed of the most representative outstanding dancers in China. An all-star professional dance troupe, they repay the vast audience in the capital with their superb skills and excellent works, and also kick off the 70th anniversary of the academy." said Zhang Haijun, director of the Youth Dance Troupe of Beijing Dance Academy. Almost all of these works are "textbook-level" works in the minds of many dance students, and they are even more dazzling when performed by many well-known dancers. "The actors in "Dancing Classics" themselves are "classics". We want to create classics and display classics together. This is also our original intention of launching this work." said Yu Tingting, general manager of Beijing Sihaiyi Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.
Stills from the show.
In this "Dancing Classics" performance, the one that everyone is looking forward to the most is Ma, a young dancer from the Beijing Dance Academy whose video of "Chinese Red Fans Flying on Tower Bridge in London" has received more than 100 million views and 3.8 million likes. Jiaolong's appearance, "Ink and Ink Lone Crane" is also his first complete dance performance since returning to China. Ma Jiaolong perfectly depicted the scene of "Lone Crane" with his ups and downs dance movements. After the performance, the audience burst into applause. "I have been following Ma Jiaolong on the short video platform. Being able to see him dance live is the best thing I have ever received." A good New Year gift, thank you "Dancing Classics" for giving me this opportunity to make my dream come true." Ms. Duan from the audience said excitedly after the performance.
As an "old friend" of "Dancing Classics", Hu Yang, an alumnus of the Beijing Dance Academy and chief dancer of the China Opera and Dance Theater, also performed his representative work "The Wine" as a special guest this time, which was a bit wild and a bit wild. Partly handsome and partly romantic, Hu Yang vividly expresses the charm of the poetic immortal.
editor, Xu Meilin
proofreader, Li Lijun
