Ten classic pieces of classical dance

0 1 Lotus Lantern, the first national dance drama in China.

Premiere time: 1957

Performing group: Chinese opera.

"Lotus Lantern" is based on China's traditional fairy tale "Breaking the Mountain to Save Mother". In the play, the long sleeves of the Three Notre Dames, the sleeves of Liu Yanchang, the sword of agarwood, the dust blowing of Da Lei Xian, the posture of Erlang Shen and the roaring dog are all innovative and expressive on the basis of drama and dance.

"Lotus Lantern" is the graduation practice of the advanced students of the first choreographer class of Beijing Dance School under the guidance of teacher Chaplin and famous Peking Opera artist Li. 1959,

Ballet The Red Female Soldier

Premiere time: 1964

Performance Group: The Lotus Lantern by the Central Ballet was made into a colorful art film, which was widely praised.

This play is adapted from the film of the same name. The story of the red female soldier took place in Hainan Island in the 1930s. With the revolutionary history of China as the background, the dance drama tells the story that Qionghua, a maid who escaped from the bully Nanba Tianfu, was gradually transformed from a bitter rural girl into a firm-minded female soldier with the help of Hong Changqing, the representative of the Red Army.

"Red women soldiers" is the first attempt of China's ballet reform according to "revolutionization, nationalization and popularization". The play created a heroic image of a Chinese female soldier wearing pointed shoes. It combines the techniques of western ballet with the expression of China's national dance, creating a century-old national ballet, which is a proud milestone in the history of China ballet and a world miracle of perfect integration of Chinese and Western cultures in the field of ballet art. In music creation, music such as "Lien to a Female Soldier" and "Wanquan Heqing" has been enduring for decades and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Ballet White-haired Girl

Premiere time: 1965

Performance Group: Shanghai Ballet

The White-haired Girl is the result of the collective creation of the opera of the same name by teachers and students of Shanghai Dance School from 65438 to 0964. It retains the relationship between children, Wang and other basic characters and dramatic conflicts in the original work, and successfully condenses the plot, making extensive use of the movements of China folk dance and classical dance, and combining them with ballet art, which is deeply loved by the audience.

White-haired Girl premiered in the 6th Shanghai Spring on 1965, which caused a nationwide sensation. The brilliance of White-Haired Girl has created ballet dancers such as Shi Zhongqin, Mao Huifang and Ling Guiming, and it is a model of the combination of ballet and folk dance. Now it is a classic play of Shanghai Ballet.

Dance drama "Silk Road Rain"

Premiere time: 1979

Performing group: Gansu Song and Dance Theatre

"Rain on Silk Road" takes the Silk Road and Dunhuang frescoes as materials, and draws lessons from the folk songs and dances of all countries in the world. It describes the joys and sorrows of the old painter Zhang Bi and the singer ying niang, and praises the long-standing friendship between China and the people in the western regions. It was once praised as "the best dance drama in China", "the model of national dance drama in China" and "Swan Lake in the East". Won the praise of "this dance should only exist in the sky, but rarely seen on earth" and "living Dunhuang murals and beautiful artistic enjoyment".

In recent years, Silk Road Storm has once again proved the infinite charm of classics with its high attendance rate, showing its strong artistic vitality.

05 Original Ecological Song and Dance Collection "Yunnan Image"

Premiere time: 2003

Performing group: Yunnan Yang li Ping Culture Communication Co., Ltd.

Yunnan Image is China's first large-scale original song and dance collection. With primitive folk songs and dances and cutting-edge artistic ideas, it shows a brand-new style of stage art creation. Dance arrangement reconstructs the essence of Yunnan's original rural songs and dances with the fusion of folk dance vocabulary, and expresses the industriousness and simplicity of ethnic minorities with brand-new artistic concepts. There are seven songs and dances in the whole drama, namely, Chaos Begins, The Sun, The Earth, Sacrifice to Fire, Pilgrimage, and The Spirit of the Sparrow. The prelude begins with the beating of 60 drums and ends with 60 peacocks dancing together, which is full of worship of nature and love for life.

Yunnan Image won the titles of "Top Ten Excellent Dramas of National Stage Art Project" and "Lotus Award".

Dance drama house of flying daggers

Premiere time: 20 15

The dance drama "House of Flying Daggers" is an experimental stage work created by the famous dance artist Yang li Ping on 20 15.

Yang li Ping said that "House of Flying Daggers" not only lies in the revival of tradition, but also has "modern significance". "Ambush is not only the fear of the ancients, but also the fear of modern people. Every one of us was ambushed-outside, inside, all the time. This is a very modern and common human thing. " She wants to use this modern dance drama to tell everyone how to avoid the fear of being ambushed.

07 National Dance Drama Confucius

Premiere time: 20 13

Performing group: Chinese opera.

Directed by Kong Dexin, the 77th descendant of Confucius, he has been on the world stage (Lincoln Art Center in new york, Kennedy Art Center in Washington, etc. ), the audience is fascinated everywhere. Douban scored as high as 9.6 points, and the promo received 50w+ hits, attracting countless post-90s audiences to enter the theater as "explosive" dance dramas. (Remember the popularity of the Youth Academy last summer ~)

Confucius, in six acts, tells the story of Confucius traveling around the world. During this journey, Confucius' disappointment with the collapse of rites, his listening to the voices of the public, his nagging about difficulties, his struggle against tyranny and his friendship with his disciples were all presented, forming a spiritual dance. This is a journey that keeps hitting the wall, a road of no return that can't fulfill the dream, and a bumpy road that can't be reached.

Dance drama "The Past of Shawan"

Premiere time: 20 14

Performing group: Guangdong Song and Dance Theatre

The Past of Shawan is set in the ancient town of Shawan in 1930s, with many Guangdong musicians such as "He Sanye" as the creative prototype, and the story of the famous song "Sailong Won Gold" created by Guangdong musicians as the main line. It uses contemporary dance art elements to interpret the development of legendary stories, and uses cleverly designed, beautiful and vivid dance fragments to interpret the profound connotation of classical music. The novel narrative style, touching stories and profound implications make the audience feel the beauty and uniqueness of Guangdong music.

The Past in Shawan shows the unremitting efforts and persistent pursuit of Guangdong musicians in inheriting and developing national music, and eulogizes the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation. Won the 15th Wenhua Award.

09 China Opera "Li Bai"

Premiere time: 20 17

Performing group: Chinese opera.

"Li Bai" takes Li Bai's feelings of home and country and his wanton feelings of embracing mountains and rivers as the main line. While exploring Li Bai's mental journey, he shaped Li Bai on the stage of dance drama.

The two environments of "reality" and "dream" interweave with reality, adopt flashback structure, proceed from the fact that Li Bai was sent to Yelang after his defeat in his later years, select several major nodes in Li Bai's life, lay out themes such as "Moonlight Thinking", "Sword Dream", "Golden Farewell" and "Peng Zhuyue", and unfold them slowly. As well as his balance and choice in the life contradiction between "joining the WTO" and "being born", to reveal Li Bai's inner world, so that the audience can not only appreciate the glory of the Tang Dynasty court, but also experience the tension of galloping on the battlefield, and also feel the loneliness and vastness of their inner world in Li Bai's feelings of sending feelings to the mountains and rivers.

10 National Dance Drama Dream of Dunhuang

Premiere time: 2000

Performing group: Lanzhou Song and Dance Theatre

"Dream of Dunhuang" is a legendary four-act dance drama. With the thousand-year creative history of Dunhuang art treasure house as the background and the emotional course of the young painter Mogao and the general's daughter as the clue, it interprets an epic love story.