was born 968 days ago and traveled to 62 cities. On the evening of April 17, the dance poetry drama "Only Green" and the dance painting "Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains" celebrated their 500th performance in Shanghai. At the same time, this work is also touring overseas. Following the Singapore stop in March, "Green Waist" will also successively visit Turkey, Canada, Russia, Japan and other countries and regions. Jing Xiaoyong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Oriental Performing Arts Group, said that "Only Green" is currently making efforts to adapt to the needs of domestic and international tours and is striving towards the goal of 1,000 tours.
In August 2021, after 18 months of careful polishing, "Only Green" premiered at the National Center for the Performing Arts, and has been making rapid progress in performance markets across the country, arousing praise from the industry and winning reputation from the audience. In 2022, "Only Green" won the first place in box office in the comprehensive category and dance drama category in the Chinese performance market. In 2023, the play ranked first in the box office in the dance drama category in the Chinese performance market.
Why can a dance drama about Northern Song Dynasty paintings enter the hearts of contemporary young people? Behind the "green craze" is a profound reflection of contemporary young people's love for China's excellent traditional culture. On the stage, a researcher from the Forbidden City and a painter from the Northern Song Dynasty traveled through time and space, looking at each other. The ambition of the ancients to "paint this painting together with the heaven and earth" and the cultural and museum workers' desire to stick to traditional culture overlap and are connected at this moment. "With the connection of hearts that spans thousands of years, "Only Green" has become a contemporary theme that is closely relevant to today's people." Chief editor-director Han Zhen said.
It is understood that "Only Green" has completed the filming of the movie version and the high-definition drama live version. The film version of "Only Green" is created and starred by the original cast of the dance drama. According to the creative team, the uniqueness of this film is that there is not a single line or dialogue in the entire film. They hope to "witness the creation of priceless treasures from scratch in the smallest details, and make dance a universal language for interpreting Chinese aesthetics." At the same time, "Only Green" will also expand into new areas such as cultural tourism, performing arts, and digital works, open up the production and marketing links of cultural and creative derivatives, and promote iterative innovation of artistic products. At present, the "Only Green" travel performance version, which integrates international cutting-edge artistic methods such as the application of digital technology, immersion performance, interactive experience, innovative stage design, etc., has also made important progress.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Tian Wanting
editor/Gong Lifang
