Ballet "Nine Colors Deer": Gifts for Children to Promote Truth, Goodness and Beauty

The audience below the stage is mainly children, and the actors on stage are also mainly children. The original fairy tale ballet "Nine Colors Deer" of the Central Ballet Dance School once again arrived as scheduled. On the occasion of the "June 1st" Children's Day, it presented a ballet gift with beautiful meaning to the children. The young actors Zhang Xuhao and Tong Jiayi of Zhongba Dance School led the lead roles. The teachers and students of Zhongba Dance School jointly presented the classic Chinese myths in ballet vocabulary, which once again resonated with the small audience and narrowed the distance between ballet and children.

For small audiences, "Nine-colored Deer" can be described as a ballet without any barriers to appreciation. From children as young as 5 years old to high school students, there is no pressure to enjoy it. Its plot is adapted from a well-known national IP, and it is also a story in primary school Chinese textbooks. Since its launch in 2018, Zhongba Dance School has not only provided children with stage practice opportunities, promoted and adhered to the virtues of the Chinese nation, but also aroused children's pursuit of truth, kindness and beauty through art, and cultivated good qualities of integrity and trustworthiness from an early age.

From the dance itself, "Nine-colored Deer" tries to be as rich as possible in dance language according to the physical characteristics and technical level of the doll actors. Nine-colored deer, little snake, wonderful sound bird, snake dancer, merchant... Many characters have their own characteristics. For example, Nine-colored Deer is pure and holy and full of mystery, the little snake is insidious and cunning, and the queen is greedy and loves beauty. The characters are distinct, allowing small audiences to clearly distinguish the differences in ballet vocabulary in terms of character shaping, thus deepening their understanding of ballet art.

Many of the small audience members were children who were learning ballet, and watching "Nine Colors Deer" undoubtedly brought to life the meaning of daily learning. The actors on the stage also undoubtedly became their role models, making the children realize that the distance between ballet learning and artistic creation is not so far away. Many small audience members could also accurately comment on the characteristics of the actors and dances: the swinging level of the wonderful sound bird is high, the flexibility of the snake is good, the blanket dance is beautiful and fun... A ballet gift for the children has really been recognized by the children.