Nandu News Reporter Li Chunhua Chu-style mythology, Chu-style aesthetics, Chu-style romance and Chu people’s feelings about home and country slowly unfolded. The romantic and magnificent Chu cultural elements were “resurrected” one by one by rich imagination and stage sound and l

Nandu News Reporter Li Chunhua Chu-style mythology, Chu-style aesthetics, Chu-style romance and Chu people’s feelings about home and country are slowly unfolding. The romantic and magnificent Chu cultural elements are “resurrected” one by one by rich imagination and stage sound and light design... Directed by the famous dancer Yang Liping, with the internationally renowned composer and conductor Tan Dun serving as the music director, the original large-scale epic stage play "Image of Jingchu" will debut on the Shenzhen stage on October 6. "In the past, the splendid Chu culture was rarely shown on the stage and on a smaller scale. "Image of Jingchu" fills this gap in cultural expression and is the first stage work to present Jingchu culture on a large scale in the form of song and dance. "Yang Liping said. This brand-new work took three years to create and arrange, and it has assembled an all-star creative lineup and will bring a refreshing visual feast to the audience.

's original epic stage play "Image of Jingchu" is based on Qu Yuan's classic masterpieces "Heavenly Questions", "Nine Songs", "Li Sao" and "Ode to Orange" as four chapters. In the first half, the characters of Hou Yi, Mountain Ghost, Phoenix, Zhu Rong and others are embodied. Cultural expression, fully displaying the romanticism and idealism spirit in Chu culture. The second half is set against the background of the Warring States Period, with Qu Yuan, King Huai of Chu, Zhang Yi and other historical figures appearing one after another, presenting the epic of generous elegies and intertwined love and hate more than 2,000 years ago.

"Image of Jingchu" took three years to create. The crew gathered top domestic and foreign art teams: including music director Tan Dun, stage director Zhang Qingshan, literary director Liang Geluo, costume designer Cui Xiaodong, lighting designer Qu Ming, stage designer Li Yang, video designer Feng Lei, Bao Erwen, style designer Sun Xiaohong. The performance also features outstanding domestic young dancers such as Zhu Fengwei, Cheng Peiying, and Gong Zhonghui. They reintegrate ancient body elements with modern and contemporary choreographic thinking, and use Eastern body culture to carry and tell body stories that are understood by the whole world today.

Chu culture is the ultimate expression of the imagination of Chinese civilization. "Image of Jingchu" will present this gorgeous imagination to the audience intuitively on the stage this time, whether it is the giant bronze door that towers over the sky, or the giant chime bell that is 6.5 meters high; whether it is the exquisite jade cover, the smart car and horse figures traveling , or the towering gods in the world of Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs", will all be presented one by one in a unique way on the stage of the theater.

In "Image of Jingchu", Yang Liping used a variety of traditional art forms such as opera, shadow puppets, puppets, martial arts, etc., combined with the most advanced modern stage technology, to bring those once obscure ancient texts, ancient sentiments, and ancient meanings to It is presented one by one in a way that contemporary audiences, especially contemporary young audiences, can understand and like to watch. It is worth mentioning that Tan Dun, who serves as the music director this time, composed music works with Chu Yun style such as "Li Sao" and "Nine Songs" from the late 1970s to the 1980s. In 1997, he used the original chime of Marquis Yi of Zeng as an instrument to create the symphony work "1997: Heaven, Earth and Man" to welcome the return of Hong Kong. And this time in "Image of Jingchu", what the audience hears is music adapted from the original sound of chimes more than 2,000 years ago.

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