Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts - Multi-functional Theatre
Dates: July 29-30, 2017
About
This programme presents the respect to and exploration on nature and dance. The spirit of dance lies in the moment of performing, wordless but perceivable... This is the loveliest thing of dance - it approaches your soul in a moment... It can be either tangible or intangible...
This work will make use of a variety of traditional Chinese elements, such as calligraphy art, martial arts, ink blowing with wheat-straw and witchcraft. Besides, this work will experimentally combine with contemporary action art and action art device to radiate aesthetics with equal stress on traditional and contemporary savours.
Credits & Cast
Choreographer: NIAN Yunhua
Visited Performers: SONG Jie, TIAN Bujiu
Dancers: NIAN Yunhua, SONG Jie, CONG Shuqi, A'piao, MA Qiong, ZHOU Wengongzi, LI Cheng, YU Jiao
Music Director: SA Dingding
Set Designer: SHEN Qinping
Music Supervisor: ZHU Jiang
Music Players: TIAN Bujiu, ZHU Jiang
Set Designers: SHEN Qingping, ZHANG Xiaobiao
Lighting Designer: WANG Yang
Costume Deisgner: YANG Donglin
Style and Make-up Designer: JIA Lei
Supervisor: ZHANG Chi
Sound Designer: WANG Yaowei
Literature Coordinator: CHEN Hui
Media Coordinator: LU Li
Director Assistants: A'piao, YU Jiao
Costume Coordinator: ZHANG Yinghong
Photographers: LI Yijian, Dadong
Rehearsal: LIU Wei, MA Qiong, A'piao, LI Cheng
Post Designer: ZHANG Hongke
Stage Managements: Ziping, MA Xiaoru
Producer: Tianmuwulin Arts Life Studio
Creative
NIAN Yunhua Choreographer/Leading Dancer
NIAN Yunhua is Director of Chinese Dancers Association, Chairman of the American Association of Modern Dancers (Beijing Branch) and National-level Grade-A Director. He graduated from Department of Directing, Beijing Dance Academy. He is now Director of China Coal Mine Art Troupe and Chief Project Designer of Tianmu Wulin (Beijing) Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
He serves as chief director of many dance dramas. He was core director in opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Paralympic Games 2008. He often respectively won creation and performance awards in dance competitions of arts and culture institutions and “Tao Li Cup” Dance Competition, “Lotus Cup Awards” Dance Competition and other national-class dance competitions. He is also winner of Performance Award of CCTV TV Dance Competition, Best Director Award of CCTV TV Short Sketch Competition, etc.
