But it brought unexpected surprises. Without pre designed dance movements, contemporary dance entered the symphony hall. Xie Xin | Dance Troupe | Dance
On the evening of July 16th, the main hall of Shanghai Jiao Tong Music Hall welcomed a group of special performers, who were dancers from Xie Xin Dance Troupe.
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The stage, which usually features a staircase style and magnificent orchestration works, has now become flat and covered with a layer of floor glue specifically designed for dance performances. Amidst the ever-changing accompaniment of the live band and stage lighting, they danced in irregular spaces.
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In Shanghai, most of the artists from Xie Xin Dance Troupe make appearances on stage at the Shanghai International Dance Center; And this work, named "Entropy", was tailor-made by choreographer and actor Yin Fang for the Xie Xin Dance Troupe. This special edition of the concert hall can be seen as a dual crossover of the Xie Xin Dance Troupe.
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As a special performance of this year's Shanghai Summer Music Festival, it aligns with the value that the festival aims to convey: the boundaries between art are blurred, allowing more people to enter the concert hall while also allowing audiences accustomed to enjoying music in the concert hall to try a more diverse viewing experience.
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The contemporary dance "Entropy" is Yin Fang's second full-length work after "arch of wooden architecture" in 2015.
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Yin Fang imposed the obscure and difficult to understand physical concept of "entropy" on the dancer's body. He regarded the dancer's body as a physical material, re assigning concepts such as weight, direction, and structure to the dancer's body, and simulating the establishment and change of order through the movements of the limbs.
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Xie Xin recalled that during the rehearsal of "Entropy", Yin Fang often used some difficult but appropriate language to express the state he hoped the dancers would achieve, which was jokingly referred to as "Fang Yan Fang Language" by the dancers. For example, "drawing a bow and shooting arrows", using someone else's body as a bow and shooting oneself out; For example, "imbalance" refers to the situation where one is in an imbalanced state and experiences pressure from peers; For example, "on the clouds" transforms dancers into floating clouds in the air.
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The author did not pre design the dance movements, but provided a set of rules and concepts. After the dancers understand this set of rules, they develop dance movements based on their own feelings and imagination. The pattern full of uncertainty poses a challenge for dancers to rehearse, but in the end, when they go to watch the stage presentation, the dancers can bring many unexpected surprises to Entropy.
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Breaking through the types of art and crossing the boundaries of art is another gift presented by the summer music festival to the audience.
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