"Dancing for the People" and "Dancing Classics" created by the Beijing Dance Academy Youth Dance Troupe were performed at the Tianqiao Art Center from October 30 to 31. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Beijing Dance Academy, the Youth Dance Company h

"Dancing for the People" and "Dancing Classics" created by the Beijing Dance Academy Youth Dance Troupe were performed at the Tianqiao Art Center from October 30 to 31. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of Beijing Dance Academy, the Youth Dance Company has comprehensively upgraded its stage design, lighting and other aspects. Up to 50% of its works have appeared on the stage of "Dancing Classics" for the first time, especially 15 years after the dance company's version of "Yellow River" Appearing on the stage again, the inheritance and innovation of classics are amazing.

The performance is divided into two highlights: "Classic Repertoire" and "New Repertoire". "Classic Plays" brings together the classics carefully selected by the college since its establishment, such as "Mulan Returns", "Yellow River", "Chu Yao", "Ending Spring", " Feitian", " Joy" and " Waves" "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands" and "The King of Qin Calls on the Soldiers" are each classics in the history of Chinese dance and are well-known at home and abroad. As for the "New Repertoire" section, "Ink and Ink Lone Crane", "Red Love", " Flying to the Moon ", "Green Mountain Yuandai", "Missing Long Memories", "Sawulden·Praise", "Horse Picture" and "Zhenshui Divine Beast" " and so on have injected new vitality into the art of dance with a forward-looking perspective and contemporary aesthetic concepts. There are also segments of the dance drama "Sing a Folk Song for the Party" and "Shepherd Dance". The heroic and passionate Tibetan dance instantly ignited The whole audience.

"Yellow River"

What is particularly special is that the dance company version of "Yellow River" will appear on the stage again after 15 years. "Yellow River" was created by the Youth Dance Company in 1988. It won the Chinese National 20th Century Dance Classic Group Dance Gold Award in 1994 and was successfully presented in the 2024 performance season for the first time in 15 years. "The entire movement of "Yellow River" has not been publicly performed in the public for nearly 15 years. This time we specially invited the original choreographer Zhang Yujun to make key modifications, polishing and rehearsals for this work." Beijing Dance Zhang Haijun, director of the Academy’s Art Practice Center and head of the Youth Dance Troupe, said, “This year, taking advantage of the important moment of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Beijing Dance Academy, the Beijing Dance Youth Dance Troupe is the most significant achievement of the Beijing Dance Academy in cultivating high-end talents. We have the responsibility and mission to inherit, disseminate and pay tribute to classic and representative works."

Wang Yabin

As the main actor of the Beijing Dance Youth Dance Company, Wang Yabin not only took the stage to perform the dance drama "Tsing Yi" excerpt "Ben." "Month", and also plays the role of "chapter narrator" together with Ding Jie, professor of Beijing Dance Academy. "This performance presents the outstanding actors and dance works of the Youth Dance Company over the years, including many classic dance works. We grew up dancing these works at Beijing Dance Academy." Wang Yabin said.

"Dancing for the People"'s "Dancing Classics" is not only a feast of dance art, but also a display of cultural confidence. Zhang Haijun said, "Beijing Dance Youth Dance Company, as a performance brand founded in 2022, is not only a performance brand in a sense, it is also a brand of inheritance and innovation. This brand has the responsibility and obligation to bring China's history The most representative works and dance concepts are brought to everyone, so that the audience can appreciate the beauty of Chinese dance and have a deeper understanding of the spiritual world and value pursuit of the Chinese nation. "

This performance is produced by Beijing Dance Academy and Beijing Sihai. Co-produced by a cultural communication company.

text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Tian Wanting

editor/Gong Lifang