[Colorful Concentrations · The Second Xinjiang Culture and Art Festival]
Tianshan.com - Xinjiang Daily reporter Yao Gang
On April 26, the symphonic concert "Night of Xinjiang" opened the second Xinjiang Culture and Art Festival. From April 26 to May 12, excellent stage art plays, sketches, quyi, acrobatics and other performances will be staged, and the colorful performances will bring audiences audio-visual feast.
Drama with various contents
On April 26, the immersive music scenario drama "The Sound Never Ends, Night of the Cultural Center" was staged in the Karamay Cultural Center. Liu Tao, deputy head of the Karamay Song and Dance Troupe, introduced that the play began to be staged in September last year, focusing on traditional culture such as poetry and ancient music, and letting the audience feel the charm of Chinese excellent traditional culture through ancient and modern dialogue and scene representation.
The large-scale music and dance poem "Apricot Blossom · Silk Road Qiuci" takes art as the link, skillfully integrates the ancient dance art form Qiuci music and dance with Kuqa's rich and colorful intangible cultural heritage, reveals the dialogue and integration of ancient rhyme and modern art, and the audience has a deeper understanding of history and culture while appreciating art.
"Xinjiang is rich in intangible cultural heritage resources, especially in singing and dancing. These precious heritage has brought endless inspiration for artistic creation. Our writers and artists are going to express and inherit these intangible cultural heritage through music and dance." said Kulaixi Re Jiefu, director of "Apricot Blossom Covenant · Silk Road Qiuci".
True feelings flowing and artistic representation
"It's about the things around us, and it's about the neighborhood feelings of national unity," said Urumqi audience Li Haiqin after watching the song and dance drama "Four generations of feelings of a bucket of highland barley.". On April 30, the play was brilliantly staged in Urumqi Theater. At the end of the performance, when the actors took the curtain call, the audience applauded warmly.
The song and dance drama tells the story of the brotherly love between Zhang Pangui and Nurhassen for nearly 100 years because of "a bucket of highland barley". "After seeing the news reports of the two families, I thought it was a good creation theme." Director Liu Nengyi introduced that the creators and colleagues found the descendants of the protagonists of the story at the first time to understand the story of the two families.
Art originates from life. The vivid stories of national unity, rural revitalization, industrial development and other aspects staged on the vast land of Xinjiang provide a broad creative space for art creators.
"Golden train, golden train, brothers of all ethnic groups holding hands and starting towards hope..." Since October 1994, China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has undertaken the task of providing fixed-point assistance to Hetian County, and has continued to contribute railway power in construction assistance, transportation assistance, industrial revitalization and other aspects. The Golden Train of Happiness is an artistic representation of 30 years of assistance.
The expression of fine works is improved
In recent years, Xinjiang writers and artists have actively cooperated with the overseas troupes to create a number of fine works of art.
The symphonic concert "Xinjiang Night" at the opening ceremony of the second Xinjiang Culture and Art Festival was jointly performed by the Xinjiang Art Theater Orchestra (Xinjiang Philharmonic Orchestra) and the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra. Among the 10 pieces of music played, there are not only popular folk songs, but also classic songs created in various periods since the founding of New China. These pieces of music were re created, reorganized, orchestrated, and played in the form of solos and symphonies.
"At the first Xinjiang Culture and Art Festival, we launched the premiere of" Xinjiang Night ", playing Xinjiang music in the form of symphony, which had a good response. This year, we adapted and created Xinjiang music again, and deeply cooperated with orchestras outside Xinjiang, hoping to continue this brand." The head of the Xinjiang Art Theater Orchestra (Xinjiang Philharmonic Orchestra) Wang Xiaoliang, chairman of Xinjiang Musicians Association, said.
It is the goal of Xinjiang writers and artists to constantly meet the audience's demand for high-quality literary and artistic works. The touching stories that took place on the land of Xinjiang also attracted the attention of domestic writers and artists. The Golden Train of Happiness was written by Dong Ni, a state-level screenwriter, and directed by Jiang Tao, a professor of the Central Academy of Drama and a doctor of literature.
"In 2023, we will hold the first culture and art festival, which has stimulated the creative enthusiasm of art creators, and excellent works continue to emerge. The culture and art festival is a concentrated demonstration of the achievements of Xinjiang's cultural and artistic development, and also meets people's desire for excellent literary and artistic works." Yao Tao, head of the art department of the Autonomous Region's Department of Culture, Culture and Tourism, said that there are many kinds of plays, and the creation of stage plays is diversified It is one of the characteristics of the second Xinjiang Culture and Art Festival to produce new works.
[Editor in charge: Ning Yanli]
