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"In my more than 50 years of stage career, it is a very difficult point to use artistic means to present such a vast theme of Chu culture this time." July 11 On the afternoon of the same day, the media meeting for the Wuhan premiere of the original epic stage play "Image of Jingchu" was held at Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater. At the scene, Yang Liping, the chief director of the play, shared her creative feelings on the spot. She also looked forward to "presenting the best to the audience on the premiere day of "Image of Jingchu" on July 12."
Actors shared
"Image of Jingchu" The famous dance artist Yang Liping serves as the artistic director and chief director. The internationally renowned artist Tan Dun is invited to serve as the music director. The famous screenwriter Liang Geluo serves as the literary director. Professor Zhang Qingshan, vice chairman of the International Stage Art Association, serves as the stage director. The famous costume designer Cui Xiaodong serves as the stage director. For costume design, Professor Sun Xiaohong from the Central Academy of Drama served as the stylist, and famous lighting designer Qu Ming, video designer Feng Lei and others participated.
The play takes "tracing back the idealistic and romantic spiritual traditions of the Chinese nation and reshaping the idealistic values and romantic feelings of contemporary Chinese people" as its creative core, and uses the legends, history, cultural relics, literature, etc. of Jingchu culture as elements , using Qu Yuan's four classic works "Heavenly Questions", "Nine Songs", "Li Sao" and "Ode to Orange" as chapters, using rich and colorful stage art forms to re-stimulate people's pursuit of ideals and pursuit of romance.
"Teacher Yang Liping's consistent approach is to 'translate' the oldest and most traditional things into the present through modern and contemporary stage language, so that young audiences, including young audiences, can understand and like to watch it, and are willing to spread the stage image "At the media meeting, Liang Geluo, literary director of "Jingchu Image" and famous screenwriter, said, "Teacher Yang has always said that stage art is an art of dreaming, and the theater is a dreaming space in the face of the vast sea of Chu cultural elements. , we were stunned at first, and then we calmed down, slowly felt it, and then refined it... This is a masterpiece that uses song and dance and modern and contemporary stage art language to express Jingchu culture. It is very worth looking forward to. "
The creator shared.
According to reports, the first half of "Image of Jingchu" will create for the audience an unprecedented "Jingchu World" described by Qu Yuan's Chu Ci, a mysterious, gorgeous and highly imaginative mythical world. The second half will take the Warring States Period as the historical background and Qu Yuan’s experience as a clue to present the generous elegies and love-hate history of more than 2,000 years ago. Yang Liping lamented: "Qu Yuan is my idol. How to present his spirit and his true essence is really difficult. The stage performance is just stitch by stitch, picture by picture, changed again and again. As small as From a tailor to a designer, composer, and literary director, everyone is working hard, and this drama condenses everyone's wisdom."
Yang Liping believes that she is just a "gatherer", "What I care about is not. How old am I? What I care about is how can I be worthy of the efforts of so many people, how can I fight with them, how can I overcome many difficulties and break down the hard bones." Yang Liping couldn't bear to recall every bit of the creative process. She choked up, "Everyone's goal is to present the best to the audience." She hopes to show the richness and diversity of Chinese national culture and Chinese humanistic spirit through "Image of Jingchu", and express the spirit of romanticism.
Yang Liping (second from left), Da Zhu (third from left)
It is worth mentioning that the starring role of "Image of Jingchu" is led by young dancer Da Zhu (Zhu Fengwei), and brings together Gong Zhonghui, Dong Chonghan, Cheng Peiying, Luo Zhijie, Zhang Yuming, Ze Dan and a group of outstanding dancers, on the stage, they will reintegrate ancient body elements with modern and contemporary choreographic thinking, and use Eastern body culture to carry and tell body stories that everyone can "hear" and understand.
As the actor of "Qu Yuan" in the play, Da Zhu said frankly: "My plasticity is quite strong. I am very honored to cooperate with Teacher Yang again to play Qu Yuan in "Image of Jingchu". In the process of playing Qu Yuan, I also I learned some guqin, opera and understanding of Chu culture. During the rehearsal process, I seemed to have touched a little bit of Qu Yuan, hoping to live up to expectations and present it to the audience. "
It is reported that this film has experienced creation, overthrow, breakthrough, deconstruction, etc. "Image of Jingchu", which is full of difficulties, will also intuitively present the mystery and magnificence of Jingchu culture on the stage, whether it is the towering bronze gate or the 6.5-meter-high giant chime; whether it is the exquisite jade cover, the smart car The travel map of the horse character, or the towering gods in the world of Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs" will all be presented on the stage. In addition, the play will also show wonderful scenes such as Hou Yi shooting the sun, a mountain ghost riding a leopard, and a phoenix rising from the ashes, so stay tuned.
