Rotate, jump, it's better to dance! Excellent new ballet drama "Return to Honglingyan" and "Animal Carnival" will be staged in Changsha

The outstanding new ballets“The Return of Red Shoes”and“Carnival of the Animals”will be staged at the Hunan Grand Theater on the evening of May 24 and 25 respectively.

The large-scale ballet "Return to Hong Lingyan" tells the story of Mei Lian, who grew up overseas since childhood. In 1940, she returned to Chongqing to join her uncle and met Tang Mingxuan, an underground member of the Communist Party of China who she once knew. After experiencing the bombing, Mei Lian was inspired and inspired by Tang Mingxuan, and in the face of the children of the mountain city who were getting stronger and stronger, she was determined to join the anti-Japanese national salvation movement. She actively raised the children in need, taught ballet to them, and worked with Tang Mingxuan to prepare supplies for the Anti-Japanese War. At the beginning of the anti-Japanese fundraising benefit performance, Tang Mingxuan had to leave because her identity was exposed. Despite all her reluctance, Mei Lian still did her best to cover Tang Mingxuan's withdrawal, but her heart was never separated from him...

The ballet "Return to Hong Lingyan" restores the period of the Anti-Japanese War, the true experience of patriotic female artists with national feelings returning from overseas, going to the battlefield of anti-Japanese salvation,calling for national awakening and raising children in the Anti-Japanese War, reflecting the literary and artistic workers' perseverance to art during the war years, and their watch on the cultural context of the Chinese nation when the country was destroyed.

"Returning to Hong Lingyan" integrates folk dance elements in ballet, historical elements in modern plays, and Chongqing elements in international performances. It is an international literary masterpiece with a distinct Chongqing identity. The classic dance sections have different styles, combining rigidity and softness, and showing the beauty of ballet in pure beauty and shock. The dance style restores the style of old Chongqing, and the scene dances such as Xiushan Flower Lantern, Mountain City Rain Lane, Cheongsam Charity Performance, and Tracker Man show a strong Bayu style.

After watching "Return to Red Lingyan", people have a "pure beauty shock that penetrates the smoke of history". It has been selected as the 2020 stage art creation grant project of the National Arts Fund. Many of the main creators have served as the music and costume creation and design tasks for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The ballet "Return to Red Lingyan" will be performed at the Hunan Grand Theater at 19:30 on May 24.

The fairy tale ballet "Animal Carnival" is a parent-child fairy tale ballet. The play subverts tradition, fuses ballet art with fun fairy tales, and is tailor-made for parent-child families. It infiltrates the childlike innocence with elegant art, is ingenious and entertaining. Once staged, it quickly comes out of the circle and is highly sought after by families and dance fans. The dance drama mainly tells the story of Belle, a kind and beautiful girl next door, who falls asleep while picking mushrooms in the forest. In her sleep, Belle turns into a TUTU rabbit wearing a TUTU dress. The friendly bluebird tells her that to become Belle again, she needs to do a lot of good things in the forest, help others, and get the blessing of the Snow Prince. So, TUTU Rabbit embarks on her fantasy journey in the forest to help others. She first helped the clown chase away the troublesome cat, and then outwitted the evil big bad wolf with Little Red Riding Hood, taught the four little pandas to learn the elegant swan dance... and became good friends with them. With everyone's help, TUTU Rabbit came to the Kingdom of Ice and Snow and found the prince. With the blessing of the prince, TUTU Rabbit turned back into the girl next door Belle. The ballet "Animal Carnival" will be performed at the Hunan Grand Theater at 19:30 on May 25. Children who like ballet can't miss it.

It is understood that the two excellent new ballet dramas "Return to Honglingyan" and "Animal Carnival" were created by Chongqing Ballet in recent years. Founded in 2012, Chongqing Ballet is the only state-owned professional ballet company in Southwest China and one of the nine major theaters in Chongqing. Ms. Liu Jun, a national-level director and an expert enjoying special allowances from the State Council, is the head of the group and artistic director.