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The ballet “The White Haired Girl” came to Hangzhou in July, the toes danced for 50 years, and the “northern wind blows” 2000 times-Hangzhou News Center-Hangzhou Net

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The ballet “The White Haired Girl” came to Hangzhou in July, and the toes danced for 50 years, “the north wind blows” 2000 times

Hangzhou Net Release time: 2021-06-18 06:57

Hangzhou Daily, created by the Shanghai Ballet Company and passed on since 1964, “The White Haired Girl” is the first ballet to tell Chinese stories in the world language of ballet. Circulated for more than half a century, classic dances such as “North Wind” and “Red Rope” carry collective memories of generations of Chinese. As the highlight of the Red Series of Hangzhou Grand Theater, “White Haired Girl” will officially land in Hangzhou from July 5th to 6th.

In China, the story of “The White Haired Girl” is a household name. In 1964, a creative team led by Hu Rongrong, Lin Yangyang, Fu Aidi, and Cheng Daihui broke through the limitations of Western ballet and pioneered the creation of the national ballet “White Haired Girl”. Today, this well-deserved “top-level” work of the era has gone through more than 50 years and has been staged in China for more than 2,000 shows. The “six generations” of ballet artists have given their youth and enthusiasm for “White Haired Girl”, and generations of Chinese audiences have also met and fell in love with ballet because of “White Haired Girl”.

Although “White Haired Girl” mainly uses ballet dance language, it draws many essences of Chinese classical dance, folk dance, martial arts, and opera. It not only shows the characteristics of ballet toe skills, but also pays attention to making the upper limbs strong and powerful. Therefore, in the play there are dances with characteristics of ballet, such as “window dance”, “tie the red rope”, Xier, and Dachun duet dance; there are also “join the army dance” and “big red jujube” created by absorbing ethnic and folk dance vocabulary. “Sweet and Fragrant Dance”, “Red Spear Dance” and so on.

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Music is the soul of dance drama. “White Haired Girl” is an extended creation based on the original opera music. It uses the folk songs Hebei Bangzi and Shanxi Bangzi in North China as materials, and uses the combination of orchestral music and national musical instruments to make the dance drama full of distinctive national style and rich life atmosphere. Familiar music such as “North Wind Blowing”, “Window Flower Dance”, “Tie Tou Rope”, “I Want to Break out of Tiger Wolf Den”, etc., all come from “White Haired Girl”.

“White Haired Girl” is not only a classic masterpiece in ballet, but also a vivid art party class. From now on, CCP members and veterans with a party experience of 30 years or more can redeem a ticket for the “White Haired Girl” to be performed at the Hangzhou Grand Theater on July 5 through the WeChat applet of the Hangzhou Grand Theater.

Source: Hangzhou Daily Author: Reporter Li Wei Editor: Chen Dong

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