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html On August 9th and 10th, the dance drama "Tiangong Kaiwu" directed by Lu Chuan will be performed at the Sichuan Grand Theater, arousing many expectations.
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"Tiangong Kaiwu", known as the "Encyclopedia of Chinese Crafts in the 17th Century", is the world's first comprehensive work on agricultural and handicraft production, embodying the labor of ancient China before the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The Wisdom of the People contains the names, shapes, and processes of more than 130 production technologies and tools in 18 chapters including agriculture, textiles, dyeing, machinery, ceramics, paper weapons, gunpowder, salt making, coal mining, oil pressing, and wine making.
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The stage play "Tiangong Kaiwu" takes "Tiangong Kaiwu" and its author Song Yingxing as the theme. Through chapters such as "rushing for exams", "big exams", "writing books", "mountains and rivers" and "universe", it reproduces Song Yingxing's six experiences. After failing the first scientific examination, he became obsessed with the wisdom and creativity of the Chinese working people. He conducted a complete examination and sorting out the science, technology and crafts before the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and finally wrote the story of "Tiangong Kaiwu" which "has nothing to do with fame and progress". . The creative team of
intends to use contemporary art techniques to showcase the beauty of technology, installations, craftsmen, and the earth, and try to lead the audience to experience the person "Song Yingxing". In Lu Chuan's view, Song Yingxing was a 'rebel' of an era, an intellectual with an independent spirit, and the first person in China to systematically and comprehensively open up Chinese science and technology to the world and mankind. He hopes that through the dance drama "Tiangong Kaiwu", he can explore the power deep in Song Yingxing's soul and inspire more people, especially young people, to have a passion and pursuit of science.
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In addition, the play as a whole closely follows the aesthetic characteristics of traditional Chinese art, using the Ming-style aesthetics of "big", "simple" and "qiao" to pave the way to the emotional climax, and combine "Nai Li", "Nai Fu" and "Qu" Picture scrolls of "tillering" and "smelting" are slowly unfolded to the audience. The day before the performance, at the Chengdu station tour meeting held at the Sichuan Grand Theater on the afternoon of August 8, there were special actors wearing performance costumes and holding props, showing the unique stage and costume design of "Tiangong Kaiwu".
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At the meeting, the starring actors Wei Shenzhou, Ma Jiaolong, Lu Kedi, Hu Shi, and Yao Liang also shared their respective understandings of "Tiangong Kaiwu". Wei Shenzhou said bluntly, "The biggest difference between this dance drama and the dance dramas we have performed before is that the director is a film director, and he will rely more on drama in the interpretation of the characters. The two drama directors in our group will help us Understand and perform the role more reasonably, telling us what the character is like and how to express it with the body. But it needs to be adjusted, because drama and dance are different, so we have to absorb the suggestions and guidance from the directors. It is fully expressed through his own body."
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Ma Jiaolong hopes that the audience can seriously experience the charm of "Tiangong Kaiwu" in the theater, "This is a cross-border fusion drama with many multimedia presentations. It will give everyone a bright feeling, and I hope everyone will watch carefully the most exquisite performance of each of our actors."
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