The dance poetry drama “Only This Green and Green”-the “first show” of the dance painting “A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains” was a complete success
2021-08-22 10:00:33Source: People’s Daily Online
People’s Daily Online, Beijing, August 21 (Wei Yanxing) The lingering sound of Song Yun traveled around the beam, and it was a thousand miles away. On the evening of August 20th, the dance poetry drama “Just Green”, co-directed by Zhou Liya and Han Zhen, produced by the Palace Museum, China Oriental Performing Arts Group Co., Ltd., People’s Daily Online Co., Ltd., and Yushang Hemei Culture Development Co., Ltd.— -Dance painting “A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains” completed its “first show” at the National Centre for the Performing Arts.
“I’ve heard of this painting, so I really want to know what’Dancing Painting’ is about.” Before the show, many audiences had heard of the only work “A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains” handed down by the Northern Song Dynasty painter Wang Ximeng. Therefore, I am also curious about how to present it with dance. As the curtain slowly opened, their questions were gradually answered.
On the stage, a modern researcher of the Forbidden City, the exhibitor, carefully opened the painting on the desk when “A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains” was about to be exhibited. Afterwards, the exhibitor looked up and “crossed time and space” and came to the time when the young painter Wang Ximeng was about to finish his work a thousand years ago.
The sophistication and elegance when weaving silk yarn, the lively and playfulness when studying in the painting academy, the sonorous and powerful when quarrying and making inkstone… The audience follows the pace of the scroller, following the “rolling, asking seals, singing silk, looking for stones, and writing brushwork.” The outline of the chapter, “Quenching ink, entering painting”, spent the precious time with Wang Ximeng’s painstaking effort in drawing the “A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains”.
“Just This Green” adopts the interlaced narrative structure of time and space, which makes people feel novel and shocking. Some viewers said that they were “poked” by two scenes in the play. “One is that the exhibitor’s “space” puts on Wang Ximeng’s coat; the other is that people are watching Wang Ximeng’s work towards the end. Wang Ximeng and the exhibition People worship each other. These two scenes represent the moment of “love” in this drama.” Some viewers said, “The moment when the scroller and Wang Ximeng looked at each other, and Wang Ximeng thanked each other, making me feel ancient And Jin can really meet at a certain point in historical time and space, which makes me believe that cultural relics researchers can really’talk’ to cultural relics.”
“It’s an affirmation for us to be able to give such a good evaluation.” Xu Junrui, the screenwriter of “Just This Green”, said in an interview with People’s Daily. Ignite the love for traditional culture, “Our hard work is worth it.”
It is reported that “Just This Blue and Green” has gone through nearly a year and a half of meticulous preparation and five months of hard work. “We have done a lot of new explorations and attempts in this drama. No one knows what will happen before we actually meet with the audience.” Xu Junrui revealed that on the evening of August 20th, everyone in the main creative team watched intently in the background. With every move on the stage, “When the curtain falls, many people have tears in their eyes.”
For the main creative team of “Just This Green”, the performance on the evening of August 20th is just the beginning. On August 21st and August 22nd, “Just This Green” will continue to be staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. “The end of the premiere cannot be said to be’relieved.’ Every performance is a new challenge.” Xu Junrui said that the main creative team will “restart” the first performance before the second performance, and continue to adjust and optimize it. To treat art with an attitude of excellence, we must have a sense of awe. Only in this way can we be worthy of the work and worthy of the audience.”
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