Shenzhen News Network, August 31, 2024 (Shenzhen Evening News reporter Zhao Weijun) On the evening of August 30, Shenzhen’s original dance drama "Wing Chun" kicked off its UK premiere at the Sadler's Wells Theater in London. The tickets were sold out that day and the auditorium was full. In addition to ordinary citizens, there were also celebrities from the British cultural and art circles, political and business dignitaries, and local British media reporters who came with great expectations. At the end of the performance, the audience applauded, cheered, and screamed continuously. The usually reserved British audience enthusiastically released their emotions and praised "Wing Chun" with thumbs up and praised it as "wonderful"!
British audiences wore Xiang Yunsha to check in "Wing Chun"
The performance officially started at 7:30 pm local time, and audiences began to arrive at the theater at around 5 pm. In the specially designed "Wing Chun" background board and Xiangyunsha exhibition area on the second floor, the audience took photos and checked in. The British audience Sai also specially put on a black gauze robe to watch the show, and made Wing Chun gestures in front of the "Wing Chun" background board, attracting many viewers to imitate and join in. Sai said: "I have watched Wing Chun-themed movies and I like Chinese martial arts culture very much. I look forward to traveling to China in the future."
Farooq Choudary, the producer of the British Akul Ham Dance Company, also came to the theater early, Choudary has deep feelings for China. In 2000, he co-founded the dance company with choreographer Akram Khan as a producer and became an international creative producer of Yang Liping Studio. Yang Liping's works "House of Flying Daggers" and "The Rite of Spring" "He is behind the international version. He praised the rapid development of Chinese dance drama in recent years and the emergence of a large number of outstanding talents. He also said that the integration of martial arts and dance is "very difficult" and "Wing Chun is extraordinary!" He hopes to have the opportunity to cooperate with the Chinese dance industry and the dance drama "Wing Chun" .
The reserved British people couldn't help but scream.
Not long after the performance started, when the cheerful and lively group dance of the seventy-two tenants was performed, the fresh audience was already excited. When "Master Ye" made his debut and defeated the bullies, the audience burst into warm applause again. There was also the interaction between "Master Ye" and "Dachun" and a wonderful pas de deux that shocked the audience, and the applause became louder every time.
The second half begins with a climax. When the "highlight moment" of the whole drama came, "Master Ye" competed with the four major schools of Mantis Boxing, Bagua Zhang, Bajiquan, and Tai Chi. Seeing the flowing moves, the audience was no longer satisfied with applauding, and the British, who had always been reserved, also I couldn't help but scream at it. The successful premiere of
strengthened the confidence of the creative team. The great success of the first performance of
's London premiere further strengthened the confidence of the creative team of "Wing Chun". Since Sadler's Wells Theater is very different in depth and width from the "big stages" of domestic theaters, the performance that night was also a "special version" prepared by the creative team of "Wing Chun" for this British premiere. "In terms of performance content, we have highlighted and strengthened the fusion of dance and martial arts based on the preferences of the British audience." "Wing Chun" chief editors and directors Han Zhen and Zhou Liya told reporters.
As the screenwriter of the dance drama "Wing Chun", Feng Shuangbai, chairman of the Chinese Dancers Association, lamented that the Sadler's Wells tour of "Wing Chun" is of great significance, "This theater is the palace in the hearts of dancers around the world. "Wing Chun" It is rare and rare to have a sold-out first performance at the Sadler's Well Theater with more than 70 people and 12 performances. We will welcome feedback from the London audience with an open and inclusive attitude, and listen to all voices. I think this is one of the meanings of cultural exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.”
(Shenzhen Evening News)
.