文本刊記者 朱虹子 Zhu Hongzi 圖嚴(yán)建華Yan Jianhua 譯曹宇光Cao Yuguang

演出現(xiàn)場(chǎng)Scene of the Performance

金秋九月，在中國(guó)國(guó)慶日來(lái)臨之際，美國(guó)首都華盛頓領(lǐng)略了一股來(lái)自東方的文化暖流。9月16日，由中國(guó)文聯(lián)、美中經(jīng)濟(jì)文化交流協(xié)會(huì)等聯(lián)合主辦的“青春中國(guó)”舞蹈晚會(huì)在華盛頓莎士比亞劇院連演兩場(chǎng)，來(lái)自美國(guó)金雨歆舞蹈工作室、北京舞蹈學(xué)院等團(tuán)體的演員和藝術(shù)家們表演了精心編排的中國(guó)民族民間舞蹈節(jié)目，一個(gè)個(gè)青春中國(guó)的舞蹈故事，讓這里的觀眾欣賞到了中國(guó)舞蹈的藝術(shù)魅力和青春的美好綻放。

中國(guó)文聯(lián)副主席郭運(yùn)德出席晚會(huì)并致辭。他說(shuō)，藝術(shù)是心靈的橋梁。舞蹈，以其兼具力與美的肢體語(yǔ)言為標(biāo)志，數(shù)千年來(lái)始終都是人類藝術(shù)寶庫(kù)中最具吸引力的藝術(shù)表現(xiàn)形式之一。不同民族、不同文化背景的人們，不約而同地通過(guò)舞蹈，來(lái)講述歷史，歌頌英雄，贊美愛(ài)情，體味生活。舞蹈，以其共性與個(gè)性、古典與現(xiàn)代的豐富多彩，折射出人類文明的千姿百態(tài)。美國(guó)素以“文化熔爐”著稱。不同膚色、不同民族、不同宗教背景的人們?cè)诖斯采泊妫睒s發(fā)展，離不開(kāi)相互間的認(rèn)知、理解與包容。舞蹈，作為一門(mén)人類共有且無(wú)需文字的藝術(shù)形式，對(duì)于推動(dòng)多元文化背景下人們相互間的認(rèn)知與溝通，有其獨(dú)特的優(yōu)勢(shì)，舉辦“青春中國(guó)”舞蹈演出就是一個(gè)有益嘗試。期待此次“青春中國(guó)”舞蹈晚會(huì)在帶給大家藝術(shù)之美的同時(shí)，也能夠搭建起我們之間的心靈之橋，讓我們共同為打造一個(gè)和諧美好的世界而努力。

晚會(huì)上半場(chǎng)以一組精心編排的民族民間舞蹈拉開(kāi)帷幕。藏族獨(dú)舞《圣湖的女兒》描述了藏族女子在晶瑩剔透的水晶圣湖邊翩翩起舞的情景。古典舞群舞《云水》展示了一群古典女子長(zhǎng)袖翩翩、云裙飄飄，緩緩漫行在碧云澗水之間的美麗場(chǎng)景。

演出結(jié)束后，嘉賓與演員合影Group Photo of Distinguished Guests and Artists after the Performance

傣族舞群舞《船歌》和蒙古舞群舞《鴻雁》等，是僑居華盛頓、年屆七旬的金宇和她的金雨歆舞蹈工作室的教學(xué)成果。同樣致力于傳播中國(guó)民族民間舞蹈的加州陳進(jìn)舞蹈學(xué)校則帶來(lái)了獲獎(jiǎng)作品新疆舞《如月光般美麗的姑娘》和榮獲2014年全世界海外華人舞蹈大賽銀獎(jiǎng)的《夢(mèng)圓沂蒙》。

晚會(huì)的重頭戲是北京舞蹈學(xué)院青年舞蹈團(tuán)隊(duì)帶來(lái)的藏族舞劇《蓮花》，曾榮獲第九屆中國(guó)舞蹈”荷花獎(jiǎng)”民族民間舞比賽銀獎(jiǎng)。舞劇通過(guò)主人公艱辛尋蓮的歷程，以蓮花出污泥而不染的精神和信仰，向世人揭示了人的生命價(jià)值和生命真諦。

藝術(shù)團(tuán)由中國(guó)舞協(xié)副秘書(shū)長(zhǎng)夏小虎任團(tuán)長(zhǎng)，北京舞院民族舞蹈文化研究基地首席專家高度教授擔(dān)任藝術(shù)總監(jiān)，團(tuán)隊(duì)里的青年舞者有的是中國(guó)“荷花獎(jiǎng)”、“桃李杯”舞蹈大賽金、銀、銅獎(jiǎng)的獲得者，有的是國(guó)際舞蹈比賽大獎(jiǎng)獲得者。他們還表演了第十屆”桃李杯”金獎(jiǎng)作品古典舞獨(dú)舞《狂歌行》和古典舞作品《粉·墨》中雙人舞片段《傘緣》等。高超的專業(yè)水準(zhǔn)、超凡的舞蹈技藝，在舞臺(tái)上演繹出“傳統(tǒng)”與“現(xiàn)代”的肢體對(duì)話，“詩(shī)歌”與“舞蹈”渾然一體的藝術(shù)境界，贏得華府觀眾熱情的喝彩和喜愛(ài)贊譽(yù)。

這一晚的莎士比亞劇院喜慶祥和，觀眾席上座無(wú)虛席。中國(guó)駐美大使館公使銜參贊李鴻、中國(guó)文聯(lián)國(guó)際部副主任張錫海等嘉賓，美中經(jīng)濟(jì)文化交流協(xié)會(huì)會(huì)長(zhǎng)歐世舉、主席程云楷等僑界人士，美國(guó)里弗代爾市市長(zhǎng)威爾農(nóng)·阿切爾、格林貝爾特市市長(zhǎng)艾米特·喬丹與美國(guó)各界觀眾一起共享了這一中國(guó)文化的盛宴。

This September, in a golden autumn and on the eve of China’s national holiday, an Oriental cultural fashion came to Washington, capital of the United States of America. On September 16, a dance gala titled “Youth·China”,jointly sponsored by CFLAC and American Chinese Economic &Cultural Exchange Association (ACECEA), was staged on a two consecutive occasions at Shakespeare Theatre in Washington.Performers and artists from Golden Universe Dance Studio(GUDS) in USA as well as Beijing Dance Academy(BDA) presented their Chinese national and folk dance programs of exquisite choreography. Every dance in narration of youth and China brought the local audiences to appreciate the artistic appeal of Chinese dance and blooming vitality of the youth.

GUO Yunde, vice president of CFLAC, attended the gala and delivered a speech. As he mentioned, art is a bridge between hearts while dance, symbolized with the body language of strength and beauty, is always one of the most charming artistic expressions among all the human art treasures for thousands of years. People of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds may unanimously tell their history, sing an ode to their heroes,praise the romantic love and feel about life through dance. With abundant contrast between individuality and common features or classics and modernity, dance reflects colorful presentations of human civilizations. Reputed as a “melting pot”, USA has people of varied colors, nationalities and religions living together in common prosperity, which demands mutual recognition,understanding and tolerance. As a common artistic form of humankind without linguistic limitation, dance has its unique advantage in promoting recognition and communications among people in the multi-element cultural background. As a beneficial attempt in trial, “Youth·China” is expected to set up a bridge between hearts while presenting artistic beauty, and it is our common mission of efforts to build up a harmonious world together.

The first half of the gala consisted of a series of Chinese national dance programs arranged in a perfect order. The Tibetan solo dance Daughter of the Holy Lakes depicted graceful gestures of Tibetan girls by the crystal glittering Holy Lake while Chinese Opera dance Floating Clouds and Flowing Waves showed a fine scene where a group of maids who floated through clouds and over waves in long sleeves and white skirts.

Dai Group Dance A Boat Song and Mongolian group dance Swans were teaching result of GUDS headed by Madame JIN Yu, who now lives in Washington at the age of 70. Similarly, Jin’s Dance Studio from California that was devoted to spreading Chinese national dance in USA brought Xinjiang folk dance As Beautiful as Moonlight and the dance Our Home & Our Dream, that won the Silver Award in the 2014 World Overseas Chinese Dance Competition.

演出現(xiàn)場(chǎng)Scene of the Performance

The focus of this dance gala came as Tibetan dance drama Lotus Flowers by Youth Dance Company of BDA, which won the Silver Award of the 9th“Lotus” Chinese National Dance Competition held by China Dancers Association (CDA). By telling the hero’s difficult pursuit of lotus and highlighting the purity in spirits and faith which were key features of lotus, this dance drama revealed the true value and definition of human life.

The visiting dance company was headed by Mr XIA Xiaohu,deputy secretary general of CDA, and Professor GAO Du, 1stExpert of National Dance Cultural Research Base at BDA, acted as art supervisor. Other members are winners of “Lotus Award”,Golden, Silver and Bronze Awards in “Taoli Cup” and other international dance competitions. This dance company also dedicated Chinese traditional classical solo dance A Free-Spirited Dancer, the Golden Award winner of the 10th“Taoli Cup” and Pas de Deux Lovers’ Umbrella, part of classical dance drama Brush· Ink. With advanced professional standard and superb skills in dance, they provided a body dialogue between tradition and modernity, and their artistic realm in pure integration of poetry and dance won passionate applauses and high appreciation among local audiences.

In a joyous atmosphere, the Shakespeare Theatre was filled to its capacity. Distinguished guests such as LI Hong, minister counselor of Chinese Embassy in USA, ZHANG Xihai, deputy director general of International Liaison Department of CFLAC,and ZHU Hongzi, deputy head of China Art News, overseas Chinese compatriots representatives OU Shiju and CHENG Yunkai, CEO and chair of ACECEA, as well as mayors of Riverdale and Greenbelt enjoyed this cultural feast from China with local audiences from all walks of life.