China News Service, Ordos, June 14, title: Interview with Sun Qiuyue, the gold medal winner of the "Lotus Award": "When I get on the stage, I am Cai Wenji"
China News Service reporter Li Aiping
After repeated modifications, polishing and rehearsals of the script, Sun Qiuyue finally felt satisfied with her role as Cai Wenji.
"As long as I step on the stage now, I will be Cai Wenji." On the evening of June 13, this dance artist, who has won the Chinese Dance "Lotus Award" performance gold medal and other honors, said this in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Network.
Her strong sympathy for Cai Wenji received an enthusiastic response from the audience in the dance drama "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" performed at the Ordos Grand Theater in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on the evening of the 12th.
The picture shows the performance scene of the dance drama "Eighteen Beats of Hujia". Photo by China News Network reporter Li Aiping
"At the curtain call, the audience refused to leave. We took 4 curtain calls before we saw the audience reluctantly walking out of the theater." Sun Qiuyue said that at that moment, she felt that she had chosen Cai Wenji. role, "Even if every second counts in the 100-minute performance, I still feel excited and happy."
"From the beginning to the curtain call, I have a performance in every performance." Sun Qiuyue revealed, "Especially when When changing clothes, I need the help of 6 staff members to seamlessly connect to the next stage. I can’t neglect it at all. "The time I have to take a breath is only about 10 seconds."
. Dance artist, Sun Qiuyue left many people with the following memories: the graceful Chinese dancer at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Doha Asian Games; the graceful "flying" goddess in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2008; the classic The graceful singer Ying Niang in the dance drama " Silk Road Flower Rain "... This time, she made the audience remember Cai Wenji, a famous talented woman and writer in Chinese history.
The picture shows Sun Qiuyue in life. Picture provided by Sun Qiuyue.
Sun Qiuyue and Cai Wenji got married a year ago. At that time, she received a warm invitation from Ordos Ulan Muqi, who wanted her to play Cai Wenji in the dance drama "Eighteen Beats of Hujia".
"Before this, I only had a superficial understanding of Cai Wenji and this period of history." Sun Qiuyue told reporters that through communication with the person in charge of Ordos Ulan Muqi and the screenwriter and chief editor-director of "Eighteen Pats of Hujia", she gradually understood Learn Cai Wenji’s story and achievements. "According to expert research, Cai Wenji lived in Meiji City of the Southern Huns (today's Ordos region) for 12 years, and had two sons with King Zuoxian." "She (Cai Wenji) used the wind instrument created by the ancient northern nomads - Hu Jia, It is very shocking to transform the music of ethnic minorities into the story of Yayin from the Central Plains. "Cai Wenji's story deeply attracted Sun Qiuyue, and she decided to invest more energy in completing the creation of this dance drama, so she started to dance again and again. Beijing flew to Ordos for rehearsal.
The dance drama team strives for excellence and has repeatedly revised the script. Sun Qiuyue said, "Sometimes a move that has just been successfully rehearsed has to be re-arranged the next day."
In the winter of 2023, in order to make the dance drama "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" even better, Ordos Ulan Muqi teamed up with Beijing The Poly Theater held a preview in Beijing. "Originally, we were anxious about whether the dance drama could be recognized, but we did not expect that it would be highly recognized by the industry."
Industry expert Liu Yuee said that the dance drama "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" is not only profound in connotation, but also artistic. Also very impressive.
Under this premise, the dance drama "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" ushered in its first official performance at the Ordos Grand Theater. As the female lead, Sun Qiuyue once again received applause for her superb performance.
In the fourth scene of the play, Sun Qiuyue used dance to express Cai Wenji's unique mood when she was continuing to write "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty", which made many audiences applaud. Some viewers said, "I saw the emotions brought by two different styles of classical dance and folk dance in the theater, which made people sigh."
Some viewers also said that Cai Wenji's marriage is full of emotions. For such a great person, Women, besides respect, seem to be unable to find a better word.
In three days, Sun Qiuyue will go on tour in Shenyang. She hopes that Cai Wenji, who has traveled through thousands of years, can play "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" on the stage again. She likes that kind of sound, "That kind of sound makes my dance more exciting. sense of happiness,” (End)
(Source: China News Network)
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