Nandu News reporter Ding Huifeng Universal Music China recently announced the release of a large-scale musical work of the same name originally created by Chinese pianist and composer Xue Tingzhe for the dance theater "As Seen". It will be released simultaneously on physical vinyl. This is also the first time that Universal Music China has released Chinese dance drama music. album.
Dance Theater original music album "See" cover.
dance theater "Seeing" is directed by China Opera and Dance Theater chief Tang Shiyi and young director Zheng Zihao. The three chapters of "Poetic Dwelling", "Life Moving Forward" and "Looking Back in Time" innovate the form of dance expression. Using modern and fashionable dance elements and poetic dance creation techniques, the diverse lives and touching moments of the current world are presented to the audience in a contemporary way of physical expression.
Dance Theater "Seeing" uses modern dance creation techniques to show the diverse lives of people in the world today.
's dance theater original music album of the same name "As Seen" is based on the logical line of theatrical creation. Composer Xue Tingzhe said that this music creation is very different from previous album creations. Compared with the wild and unconstrained style of album creation, the music of theater works needs to be created with a limited musical theme and must conform to the director’s ideas, so as to give the dance drama a concrete sense of picture and rich imagination space as much as possible, “For example, in In the first act, the 'Three Phases of Life' depicted by the music express the three animals of Inner Mongolia," Xue Tingzhe said. "The content and form of the dance theater are abstract, but the music can convey a very concrete sense of picture to the audience. and the mobilization of emotions."
Composer Xue Tingzhe said that in music creation, he pays attention to integrating the characteristics of national music into an international listening experience.
It is reported that the album was recorded by the European Macedonian Symphony Orchestra and first-line soloists at home and abroad. In his music creation, Xue Tingzhe paid more attention to integrating the characteristics of ethnic music such as Mongolian Chang Tune into an international listening experience. He comprehensively used instruments such as symphony, percussion, and morinouqin to focus on showing the inner feelings of the characters and create melodies that reflected Eastern philosophy.
The vinyl design of "Seeing" restores many elements of dance theater with great intensity. The cover adopts a mirror design, which fits the poetic and choreographic expression expressed in "As Seen". In addition, many Easter egg designs from dance dramas were also borrowed: including the double-sided ice screen and cotton on the main stage.
