2018年CRI An arts festival to connect China with world

 

A festival titled "Spring for Chinese Arts" will land in Beijing this April.

The festival will include performances from diverse genres¹, like music, dance, and opera, that carry not only profound cultural connotations but also typical Chinese aesthetic² values.

According to its organizer, the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, the festival will continue to invite renowned³ Chinese artists and production teams and also an increased range of great Chinese artforms.

CRI's Xu Fei has more.

The festival will open with a concert presented by the China Film Orchestra, one of the first national symphony orchestras after the founding of New China in 1949.

Yao Shuo is the producer of this concert, "A Musical Night of Hong Kong Film".

"This concert will reflect the main themes of Hong Kong films produced during the 1980s and 1990s, including chivalrous⁴ justice, subtle emotions among people and the entertaining local lifestyle. The music in Hong Kong films is always simple and easily becomes popular with moviegoers. Allowing symphony orchestras to interpret Hong Kong film music will not only enrich the musical style but also convey much stronger emotions. The audience may feel that although they hear familiar melodies, the symphony orchestra creates a charming new effect."

The period from the 1980s to 1990s is regarded as the golden age of Hong Kong films.

A number of classic Hong Kong films, like Swordsman, Rouge⁵ and Center Stage, have lingered in the memories of those born in 1970s and 1980s.

While appreciating the music, people may also view segments of many classic movies on an LED screen, including those directed by big names in Hong Kong's film history like Hark Tsui, John Woo, and Kwan Kam Peng.

A performance by Zhaoliang Art, a modern dance theatre, is another highlight of the upcoming festival.

Through literary allusions⁶, seamless emotional connection and flowing performances, Zhao Liang and his team of dancers are dedicated⁷ to blending fragments of classical stories into a multi-sensory cultural innovation.

He will present the Soul and Desire trilogy, emphasizing the installment⁸ of this trilogy titled Dreams of Zen.

"Dreams of Zen tells a story developed from a chapter in 'Dreams of Red Chamber⁹' by Cao Xueqin. Many Chinese audiences may complain modern dance is so abstract that it is hard to comprehend. But in fact, I think there's nothing difficult to understand. Above all, it is a valuable viewing experience. China is rich in traditional culture. I often think traditional culture may have modern, international interpretations¹⁰, for example via modern dance. If we build such a link with traditional culture, that is an effective way to carry it forward. Inheriting traditional culture doesn't mean it remains¹¹ unchanged."

In Dreams of Zen, Jia Baoyu, a lead role in the Dreams of Red Chamber, travels the illusory land of Great Void, where he comes across Fairy Disenchantment. The Fairy demands he guess the birth dates of his four sisters; otherwise, their souls will be gone with the wind.

Respected as the father of folk music in Taiwan, Ara Kimbo will also come to Beijing in late May, bringing "The Call of Valley" concert.

This is a heavyweight act for the "Spring for Chinese Arts" festival.

Ara Kimbo explains:

"The Call of Valley is a concert also involving other folk musicians. A musician will play his self-made percussion¹² instruments. The concert will present about 20 songs, many of which are joint¹³ performances."

The program list includes ancient ballads¹⁵ passing over thousand years and Kimbo's own creations.

Kimbo is known for initiating¹⁶ a Taiwan campus folk campaign in 1972, with a ballad¹⁴ named "Beautiful Rice Plants." It shook the contemporary music industry in Taiwan and influenced numerous musicians.

Kimbo's music praises life and nature, including the mountains, seashore, and humid climate, where he gets inspiration for his melodies. Along with giving shows, he also expressed the hope that he will find more students.

"We encourage more and more young people to directly return to tribes and sit down with the local elderly, learning ancient ballads from them. Obtaining firsthand experience, they can easily imitate the unique ways of singing when joining an annual ceremony, or a local club for young people, as well as working in groups."

With the theme "Beauty of Tradition, Shine of the World," this is the third year the annual festival has been held.

During the festival, the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center will present a total of 29 shows, exhibiting Chinese artists' inheritance, exploration, and innovation towards traditional culture, and even further, allowing Chinese arts shine on an international stage.

1 genres   

（文学、艺术等的）类型，体裁，风格( genre的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Novel and short story are different genres. 长篇小说和短篇小说是不同的类别。
• But confusions over the two genres have a long history. 但是类型的混淆，古已有之。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

2 aesthetic   

adj.美学的，审美的，有美感

参考例句：

• My aesthetic standards are quite different from his.我的审美标准与他的大不相同。
• The professor advanced a new aesthetic theory.那位教授提出了新的美学理论。

3 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

4 chivalrous   

adj.武士精神的；对女人彬彬有礼的

参考例句：

• Men are so little chivalrous now.现在的男人几乎没有什么骑士风度了。
• Toward women he was nobly restrained and chivalrous.对于妇女，他表现得高尚拘谨，尊敬三分。

5 rouge   

n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红

参考例句：

• Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
• She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。

6 allusions   

暗指，间接提到( allusion的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We should not use proverbs and allusions indiscriminately. 不要滥用成语典故。
• The background lent itself to allusions to European scenes. 眼前的情景容易使人联想到欧洲风光。

7 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

8 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。

9 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

10 interpretations   

n.解释( interpretation的名词复数 )；表演；演绎；理解

参考例句：

• This passage is open to a variety of interpretations. 这篇文章可以有各种不同的解释。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The involved and abstruse passage makes several interpretations possible. 这段艰涩的文字可以作出好几种解释。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

12 percussion   

n.打击乐器；冲突，撞击；震动，音响

参考例句：

• In an orchestra,people who play percussion instruments sit at the back.在管弦乐队中，演奏打击乐器的人会坐在后面。
• Percussion of the abdomen is often omitted.腹部叩诊常被省略。

13 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

14 ballad   

n.歌谣，民谣，流行爱情歌曲

参考例句：

• This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.这首诗有民歌风味。
• This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲。

15 ballads   

民歌，民谣，特别指叙述故事的歌( ballad的名词复数 )； 讴

参考例句：

• She belted out ballads and hillbilly songs one after another all evening. 她整晚一个接一个地大唱民谣和乡村小调。
• She taught him to read and even to sing two or three little ballads,accompanying him on her old piano. 她教他读书，还教他唱两三首民谣，弹着她的旧钢琴为他伴奏。

16 initiating   

v.开始( initiate的现在分词 )；传授；发起；接纳新成员

参考例句：

• He is good at initiating projects but rarely follows through with anything. 他善于创建项目，但难得坚持完成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Only the perchlorate shows marked sensitiveness and possibly initiating properties. 只有高氯酸盐表现有显著的感度和可能具有起爆性能。 来自辞典例句