In this spring season, the 60th anniversary celebration performance of Shanghai Ballet's original ballet "The White-Haired Girl" will be held at the Shanghai International Dance Center on April 13 to meet the audience. Launched together with the performance, there is also a 60th anniversary themed exhibition of "The White-Haired Girl" displaying precious stills from different periods. We look forward to everyone coming to witness the journey of the dance drama since its inception. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we look back on the prosperous years together and appreciate the red classic that perfectly combines Western ballet art with Chinese national style.
60 years ago, "The White-Haired Girl" was born on the stage of "Shanghai Spring", and it is still an enduring masterpiece performed by the Shanghai Ballet to this day. This folk tale about a white-haired fairy that took place in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area during the Anti-Japanese War has infected several generations of Chinese people with real history and romantic emotions. It is a "family heirloom" and "family show" of the Shanghai Ballet. Through "The White-Haired Girl", the audience can feel the enthusiasm and efforts of early Chinese ballet artists for the nationalization of ballet. From the princess and prince in classical ballet to the first nationalization attempt in "The White-Haired Girl", how to use ballet vocabulary while absorbing the strengths of Chinese folk dance, traditional opera and martial arts to enrich expression techniques, so that ballet, a foreign art, can be more recognized Many Chinese audiences have accepted it, and the effort behind it is huge and the difficulty is unprecedented.
As the first-generation "Wang Dachun" actor, I really like this character who grew up in the wind and rain. He has the simplicity of a farmer and his tenacity and perseverance in the face of evil forces. I was only 21 years old when I first created and staged "The White-Haired Girl". In order to make the work more solid and full, we left the noisy city and went to the countryside to experience life with the farmers under the leadership of teacher Hu Rongrong, one of the choreographers of "The White-Haired Girl". Eat and work together. The undulating mountains, the stretches of land, the meandering waters... It was on this land that the older generation of revolutionaries worked hard and fought hard to achieve the wonderful life we have today. Here, for the first time, I felt the contact with the soul of the character. I gradually got closer to "Wang Dachun" and became "Wang Dachun". The main creative team went to the north more than once to collect stories, visit local folk artists, visit cadres and masses during the Anti-Japanese War, and listen to their revolutionary stories. It was everyone who went deep into life and took root in the people that made this long-lasting classic work possible.
html Over the past 60 years, "The White-Haired Girl" has been performed for more than 2,000 times. Generations of outstanding actors have devoted their youth and enthusiasm to "The White-Haired Girl". Generations of audiences have also become associated with ballet because of "The White-Haired Girl", leaving an everlasting legacy. Beautiful memories that never fade. From the 5th "Shanghai Spring" to the 39th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival, the actors of the first generation of "White-Haired Girl" are no longer young, but the image of "White-Haired Girl" on the stage has become more and more unique. vitality. The rotating dance steps stir up ripples of time, and each ripple tells the story behind it. One character, dozens of actors, spanning sixty years, "The White-Haired Girl" is not only a ballet, but also a hearty dialogue with the times. html Over the past 60 years, the inheritance of "White-Haired Girl" is not only the art work itself, but also the persistence of the original intention, the continuation of the spirit, and the assumption of responsibility. It has become the fine tradition of Shanghai Ballet to use the best actors to inherit the most classic works, and then use the most classic works to cultivate and educate each generation of actors. The young actors Xu Jingkun, Feng Zichun, and Guo Wenjin who played the main roles in the youth version of "The White-Haired Girl" are all only in their early 20s. They took over the baton from the older generation of artists and showed through their interpretation of "The White-Haired Girl" Youth and passion continue to give new vitality and creativity to classic works in the new era.
"The north wind blows, the snowflakes float..." When the snowflakes fall on the stage, the familiar and sweet melody sounds again. This classic work will lead the audience to pay tribute to the classics and express gratitude to the times.Literary and art workers have worked hard and devoted themselves. They are not afraid of hardship or tiredness. They started from the "Shanghai Spring" and went all the way to the "international stage". After hard work, they finally accumulated and became the red "family property" of the city of Shanghai. It shows the world the self-confidence and self-improvement derived from the original power of Chinese ballet, and inspires everyone to work together to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Author: Ling Guiming
Text: Ling Guiming (The author is a famous dancer and the first generation "Wang Dachun" actor) Editor: Xuan Jing Editor: Li Ting
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