Jimu News reporter Zhang Cong
Correspondent Huang Ying
On the screen, the "White Snake" series of light-chasing animation has been staged for the third time; in station b, the short film of the Cantonese opera movie "White Snake: Love" is still widely circulated, attracting attention It has a lot of followers; on social platforms, "The Legend of White Snake", which has been popular for 32 years, can still arouse everyone's interest in discussion... All of this shows that Chinese audiences have always loved the story of "White Snake". There is no fading.
Now, "The Legend of White Snake" is on the stage. Jimu News reporter learned from Hubei Theater that the original ballet "The Legend of White Snake" performed by Guangzhou Ballet Theater will be performed beautifully in Jiangcheng on August 23 and 24 - in Jingzhe, Lake Tour, Qin Se, Delusion, Duanyang and Duan Yang. Under the layout of important plots such as soul, choice, and understanding, the familiar story of the White Snake is supplemented by a ballet form and a light comedy temperament, and is brought to the stage.
The original ballet "The Legend of White Snake" brings together many big names in the industry to form a "golden creative team" - it is reported that Zou Gang, the artistic director of Guangzhou Ballet Theater, personally serves as the producer and artistic director of the play. It is composed of "Five Stars from the East" and " Directed by Wang Ge, the chief director of "Wenhua Award-winning plays" such as "Heavenly Road", Zhang Ping, executive deputy director of the Dance Art Center of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, is the screenwriter, and the first Chinese Oscar winner "Best Art Direction Award" Ye Jintian is the costume design .
Music production is also familiar to young audiences - Guo Hao, the music producer of popular films such as "White Snake: The Origin" and "White Snake 2: The Rise of the Green Snake", serves as the composer for the ballet. In addition, he has created many "Wenhua Award-winning" "The award-winning national first-class stage designer Qin Liyun, national first-class stage designer Ren Dongsheng, young sound designer Liu Yi and other domestic first-line stage creation artists all participated in the creation.
As a top team gathers, how do you interpret the ballet "The Legend of White Snake", one of the most widely circulated mythical classics in China and with the highest national base?
It is reported that the ballet "The Legend of White Snake" integrates Chinese classical aesthetics in the art form of ballet. While retaining the main line of the original story, it breaks through the "gratitude" color of the original love scene and "reverses" the classic plot to make it unique. Richer connotations, more saturated tones and new opening methods strive to give the audience a sense of freshness in addition to the "memory-filled" drama viewing experience.
The misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the ink cave in the sky. The ballet "The Legend of White Snake" also strives to present the unique temperament of its story in the setting of the story scene - it is reported that the play refers to the historical pictures shown in the aesthetics of the Song Dynasty, from the layout of the market appearance to the various props and signs, all trying to embody the characteristics of our country. The Song Dynasty was the pinnacle of tranquility and timeless aesthetics, and detailed expressions such as music arrangement and costumes also tried to follow the ancient ideas but not stick to them.
In the concept of "tragedy and comedy", the ballet "White Snake" will try to draw on the artistic techniques of sketch comedy and puppet theater to explore new stage expressions of ballet in the creation of light comedy. When it was previously performed in Guangzhou, some media commented that the first half of the dance drama was brisk, beautiful and refreshing. Its innovative exploration and fresh vitality were worthy of the audience to go to the theater to find out.
(Picture provided by Hubei Theater Official)
(Source: Jimu News)
