To make "Tiangong Kaiwu", an encyclopedia that records ancient science and technology and craftsmanship, "come alive", director Lu Chuan cross-borders to direct the dance drama "Tiangong Kaiwu", which will appear at the Shanghai Cultural Plaza from October 25th to 27th. "Song Yin

makes "Tiangong Kaiwu", an encyclopedia that records ancient science and technology and crafts, "come alive". Director Lu Chuan crosses over to direct the dance drama "Tiangong Kaiwu", which will appear at the Shanghai Cultural Plaza from October 25th to 27th. "Song Yingxing, as a rebel of the times, shoulders the important cultural responsibility." Lu Chuan said, "We hope to use images to set off his magnificent inner world, and we also hope that parents will bring their children to see how scholars decided their own life path more than 300 years ago. ." The show will go on sale on August 22.

From the field of film to stage art, there are essential differences between the two in terms of expression and narrative techniques. "How to activate the various agricultural techniques recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu" into a vivid dance language and use dance dramas to present it A scientific masterpiece and a scientific craftsman? "Lu Chuan and his creative team have worked hard.

"Tiangong Kaiwu" is known as the "Encyclopedia of Chinese Craftsmanship in the 17th Century". The author Song Yingxing took the imperial examination six times, traveling long distances on land and water six times to take the exam, which allowed him to visit the paddy fields in the south and the dry land in the north for on-the-spot investigation. Production site, handicraft workshop. In the 100,000-word "Tiangong Kaiwu", he presents the practical skills of China's agriculture, handicrafts, and manufacturing industries through 123 illustrations, more than 130 production technologies and tools, and more than 30 industry scientific data.

"Tiangong Kaiwu"

The dance drama "Tiangong Kaiwu" takes exams, writing books, mountains and rivers as clues, and combines dance, video and modern technology to show Song Yingxing's dedication to studying ancient Chinese science and technology after failing the scientific examination six times. experience. As a film director, Lu Chuan used unique lighting and tones in "Tiangong Kaiwu". After halftime, the tone turned from bright to dark, and six losses lingered like a nightmare. The double-layer gauze curtains at the front and back of the stage symbolize Song Yingxing's retrograde space in the world, integrating the real scene of the stage with the illusion and sense of substitution of the movie. The "scattered pages" are constantly moving, rotating, and combining, creating a surreal stage space.

"Tiangong Kaiwu"

"Tiangong Kaiwu"

Lu Kedi, the young Song Yingxing actor, dances vigorously and with great flexibility. Ma Jiaolong, who plays the elderly Song Yingxing, won the Lotus Gold Award. Lu Chuan hopes to define "Ming system aesthetics" through the beauty of the stage, the beauty of uniforms, the beauty of music, the beauty of images, the beauty of installations, the beauty of craftsmen, the beauty of science and technology, and the beauty of the earth. The illustrations of 123 white-drawn embroidered portraits in the original book have become aesthetic elements that run through the entire book.

The clothing design refers to the clothing characteristics of the middle and late Ming Dynasty. The clothing design of farmers and craftsmen is inspired by the patterns of pottery unearthed in Jiangxi Wannian. The music takes into account Ming Dynasty elegant music and folk music, mainly silk and string instruments, supplemented by sheng, Xiao, bells and so on. A large number of original sound materials of labor, such as blacksmithing, bellows pulling, rice waves, pouring, farming, and labor chants, are applied to the music melody to highlight that this is a dance of working people and a dance of craftsmen.

"Tiangong Kaiwu" Shanghai station is co-sponsored by Jiangxi Theater Company and Shanghai Jingying Culture Media Group.