Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) From November 15th to 16th, Hong Kong Ballet's "Alice in Wonderland" will be performed at the 2024 National Center for the Performing Arts Dance Festival. This work, choreographed by Hong Kong Ballet's artistic director Cheng Tian and specially invited by Canadian Cirque du Soleil costume designer Liz Vandal and Broadway stage choreographer James Cronze, is not only full of imagination, but It also combines dance with theater and puppetry to add a touch of cuteness and childlike fun on stage to Beijing in the golden autumn.
Hong Kong Ballet's "Alice in Wonderland" will be performed at the 2024 National Center for the Performing Arts Dance Festival.
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", a children's literature work created by the 19th-century British writer Lewis Carroll, is one of the most famous fairy tales in the world. It has become popular all over the world since its publication in 1865, and its influence continues to this day. Unlike many prince and princess-style fairy tales, "Alice in Wonderland" focuses the story from a child's perspective, using a little girl's dream to lay out wild imagination, and ultimately the theme of the story falls on self-understanding and personal growth in life. Above, it is known as the foundation work of modern fantasy literature.
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" choreographed by Hong Kong Ballet Artistic Director Cheng Tian, premiered in 2012 by the Washington Ballet, and was staged by Hong Kong Ballet for the first time in 2018. It won widespread attention and praise as soon as it appeared on the stage. .
On the stage, classic characters from fairy tales such as the childlike Alice, Mr. White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter are reproduced with difficult ballet steps. It combines traditional ballet with contemporary dance, and through the perfection of the dancers The interpretation presents the dreamlike magical charm of Wonderland and shows the strange people and strange things Alice encounters during her adventures. The mysterious rabbit hole, the potion that makes people suddenly grow taller or shrink, the pond formed by tears, the baby turning into a piglet, the croquet game in the poker garden and other "famous scenes" will all be "magic" on the unpredictable stage. ” presented to the audience.
Many images in the play are full of the creator’s whims.
The visual concept and costume design of the show were created by French-Canadian costume designer Liz Vandal. Her costume design in "Alice in Wonderland" continues the unconstrained and eye-catching design style. Alice's classic blue and white skirt image is matched with detailed fabrics and tailoring, which further highlights the dynamic dance and performance of ballet. The girlish image of the character. Characters such as the fluffy Mr. White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter who seems to wear colorful mosaic tiles on his body, the cool and stylish Queen of Hearts, etc. all echo the descriptions of the original work with full personality, while still being fashionable and avant-garde. The dodo, the Cheshire cat, the dormouse, the hookah-smoking caterpillar, the half-baked twin brothers, the playing card soldiers, and many other images in the play are full of the creator's whims.
The person who created Alice's "Dream Wonderland" was the British stage master James Cronzer who was active on Broadway. He used eye-opening artistic skills to create the stage as unpredictable as a kaleidoscope. Under the visual "magic" of the stage, the audience will follow Alice's growth and shrinkage and see the world in front of them change proportions. They will instantly switch between macro and micro perspectives, and will also follow Alice's steps up and down the mountain. Enter the sea, enter the room, use your imagination to measure every inch of the dream world, and encounter every magical fate.
The audience will follow Alice's growth and shrinkage and see the world in front of them change proportions.
It is worth mentioning that the strange characters and animals in the play are not only played by dancers, but the creative team also ingeniously added puppet elements, created by artist Eric Van Wyk for "Alice in Wonderland" 》The puppet image designed breaks away from the traditional puppet form and is integrated into this work with a more avant-garde puppet show concept, which complements the jumping visual rhythm of the whole play. The most eye-catching one is the life-and-death struggle between Alice and Alice at the end of the dance play. The "Flying Dragon" is controlled by up to six actors, and the huge stage device will bring breathtaking stage effects.
In the performance lineup, many principal dancers play the leading roles and jointly present to the audience. It is worth mentioning that the children’s roles in the play will be played by children from the Hong Kong Ballet Academy, the Middle School Affiliated to the Beijing Dance Academy, and the China Ballet Art Education Base.
Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) From November 15th to 16th, Hong Kong Ballet's "Alice in Wonderland" will be performed at the 2024 National Center for the Performing Arts Dance Festival. This work, choreographed by Hong Kong Ballet's artistic director Cheng Tian and specially invited by Canadian Cirque du Soleil costume designer Liz Vandal and Broadway stage choreographer James Cronze, is not only full of imagination, but It also combines dance with theater and puppetry to add a touch of cuteness and childlike fun on stage to Beijing in the golden autumn.
Hong Kong Ballet's "Alice in Wonderland" will be performed at the 2024 National Center for the Performing Arts Dance Festival.
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", a children's literature work created by the 19th-century British writer Lewis Carroll, is one of the most famous fairy tales in the world. It has become popular all over the world since its publication in 1865, and its influence continues to this day. Unlike many prince and princess-style fairy tales, "Alice in Wonderland" focuses the story from a child's perspective, using a little girl's dream to lay out wild imagination, and ultimately the theme of the story falls on self-understanding and personal growth in life. Above, it is known as the foundation work of modern fantasy literature.
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" choreographed by Hong Kong Ballet Artistic Director Cheng Tian, premiered in 2012 by the Washington Ballet, and was staged by Hong Kong Ballet for the first time in 2018. It won widespread attention and praise as soon as it appeared on the stage. .
On the stage, classic characters from fairy tales such as the childlike Alice, Mr. White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter are reproduced with difficult ballet steps. It combines traditional ballet with contemporary dance, and through the perfection of the dancers The interpretation presents the dreamlike magical charm of Wonderland and shows the strange people and strange things Alice encounters during her adventures. The mysterious rabbit hole, the potion that makes people suddenly grow taller or shrink, the pond formed by tears, the baby turning into a piglet, the croquet game in the poker garden and other "famous scenes" will all be "magic" on the unpredictable stage. ” presented to the audience.
Many images in the play are full of the creator’s whims.
The visual concept and costume design of the show were created by French-Canadian costume designer Liz Vandal. Her costume design in "Alice in Wonderland" continues the unconstrained and eye-catching design style. Alice's classic blue and white skirt image is matched with detailed fabrics and tailoring, which further highlights the dynamic dance and performance of ballet. The girlish image of the character. Characters such as the fluffy Mr. White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter who seems to wear colorful mosaic tiles on his body, the cool and stylish Queen of Hearts, etc. all echo the descriptions of the original work with full personality, while still being fashionable and avant-garde. The dodo, the Cheshire cat, the dormouse, the hookah-smoking caterpillar, the half-baked twin brothers, the playing card soldiers, and many other images in the play are full of the creator's whims.
The person who created Alice's "Dream Wonderland" was the British stage master James Cronzer who was active on Broadway. He used eye-opening artistic skills to create the stage as unpredictable as a kaleidoscope. Under the visual "magic" of the stage, the audience will follow Alice's growth and shrinkage and see the world in front of them change proportions. They will instantly switch between macro and micro perspectives, and will also follow Alice's steps up and down the mountain. Enter the sea, enter the room, use your imagination to measure every inch of the dream world, and encounter every magical fate.
The audience will follow Alice's growth and shrinkage and see the world in front of them change proportions.
It is worth mentioning that the strange characters and animals in the play are not only played by dancers, but the creative team also ingeniously added puppet elements, created by artist Eric Van Wyk for "Alice in Wonderland" 》The puppet image designed breaks away from the traditional puppet form and is integrated into this work with a more avant-garde puppet show concept, which complements the jumping visual rhythm of the whole play. The most eye-catching one is the life-and-death struggle between Alice and Alice at the end of the dance play. The "Flying Dragon" is controlled by up to six actors, and the huge stage device will bring breathtaking stage effects.
In the performance lineup, many principal dancers play the leading roles and jointly present to the audience. It is worth mentioning that the children’s roles in the play will be played by children from the Hong Kong Ballet Academy, the Middle School Affiliated to the Beijing Dance Academy, and the China Ballet Art Education Base.
Editor Wu Longzhen
Proofreading Zhao Lin
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