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By APD Writer Tao Xing
The Ballet “Inspire”, one of six original works that attend "China's Dance for 12 Days", is put on the stage on Wednesday and Thursday, which will serve as the prelude of 12 days of dance carnival.
Wu Husheng, the Chinese top dancer and chief dancer of the Shanghai Ballet, as well as Chen Qi, a young choreographer, jointly created the piece.
"’China's Dance for 12 Days’ is a great stage for the young artists who are eager to create some different. When enjoying the Ballet ‘Inspire’, you will see the attitudes of the young choreographers: sincere, simple and fearless,” said Xin Lili, director of the Shanghai Ballet.
Ballet Inspire consists of Wu’s Lost Star and Chen’s Anti-Clock and A Tale To Tell.
Lost Star
The desire of changing his identity from a dancer to a choreographer inspired Wu Husheng.
“I think it is more difficult to be a choreographer than a dancer. This experience enriched my dance world. I would think more on choreography and design when dancing, which also promote my dance ability. There are more things to pursue, which is a biggest change for me.”
The theme of Lost Star is growing up. As life shares sweets and bitters, Lost Star is also divided into two parts, a man’s memories of happiness and painfulness. The two memories entangle with each other.
“When the evening turns dark, when the light fades away, when the times goes by, a lonely man drowns in his own memories. A lonely light gently stands by the dock of the unknown world.”
“If he turns off the light, he will be lost in the dark. But if he doesn’t, he will be trapped here forever. What to do? He doesn’t know.”
“We all need to let go the past we created in order to move on. We all need to face the mistakes we made in order to grow up.”
Anti-Clock and A Tale To Tell
“The theme of Ballet Inspire is time and the concept of time can be found in every program,” Chen Qi said, “Everything is a start as long as you continue exploring it. You would find something are worth exploring. For me, Ballet Inspire is a start.”
Anti-Clock will present the gracefulness of ballet dancers through three different forms of pas de deux.
“Classical ballet has mixed with contemporary ballet with time going.”
“Three chapters, three different energies meet at the cross road.”
A Tale To Tell creatively mixes some sign languages, trying to express emotions with his unique way.
“Sun rises and sets, people comes and goes, heart fixes and breaks.”
“Watching you stepping into the dark, time has stopped from my universe.”
“Night falls and day breaks, everything goes back to the starting line, I wonder, if you will still remember our story.”
Xin Lili said: “Dancers needs repeated practice, they can’t dance at will. Arts come from life, but the quality of arts needs to be tempered. The two choreographers and their team take the works very seriously. Every team member makes great efforts, which inject vitality to the ‘Inspire’.”
Initiated in 2014, the "China's Dance for 12 Days" is held in the Beijing's National Center for Performing Arts every July or August.
The talent program offers Chinese dancers and choreographers the chance to show off their dance talents such as traditional dance, folk dance and modern dance in the Beijing's National Center for Performing Arts.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
