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Dancer choreographer, painter and visual (视觉的) artist Shen Wei often looks to the past for ideas. His latest dance production called Dongpo: Life in Poems, turns to Chinese traditional culture and history once again to focus on Su Dongpo, a Song Dynasty (960—1279) poet, whose work is still celebrated in China today.
“As I learned about it, I became interested in the man and his work,” says Shen, who put all his other projects aside and spent nearly two years on this production.
Shen selected 15 of Su’s poems after reading around 2, 000 of them, and these became the base of the six acts. Each act touches on a different aspect of the poet’s life, including his painful experience of leaving his beloved wife. Famous lines were displayed onstage in calligraphic (书法的) form. Besides poems, Shen made use of Su Dongpo’s ink painting, Xiaoxiang Bamboo and Stone Picture, as well as his own paintings, in creating the stage set.
“The training Shen gave the dancers was unique because he has his own system. He didn’t tell us to perform with our bodies, but with our hearts.” says Su Peng, one of the lead dancers. “Like the production itself, which was a new and mind-opening visual and sound experience, the process of working with Shen was also very different and enjoyable.”
Dongpo: Life in Poems, first presented in Shanghai this July, was performed in Chengdu, Sichuan province, last weekend, and will be performed in Xi’an, Shaanxi province on Friday and Saturday.
Feedback (反馈) has been varied. Some theatergoers have been wowed by the production, saying that they had never seen anything like it before, while others have said that the production was challenging for them to understand. “I was prepared for the different reactions. I hope that people will be open-minded about art. It’s like listening to a bird singing or smelling the fragrance of flowers, a very personal experience.” Shen says.
“What I hope people gain from my work is a glimpse (一瞥) of the beauty of Chinese culture. Researching Su Dongpo and the Song Dynasty was like a process of decoding (破译) the past. I want the audience to do the same when they watch the production, and decode the information I put in it about Su.” The China Oriental Performing Arts Group plans to stage Dongpo: Life in Poems at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC next March. Dancers from Shen Wei Dance Arts will also participate (参与).
56. Where did Shen Wei get the idea for his latest work focused on Su Dongpo?
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