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《追尋香格里拉》的歐洲之旅

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在芭蕾舞起源地歐洲，年輕的重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)贏得了主流群體熱烈的掌聲和歡呼聲，經(jīng)受住了市場(chǎng)的真正考驗(yàn)。

“我們?cè)谖靼嘌朗锥捡R德里、法國(guó)馬賽等歐洲城市的商業(yè)演出，每逢周末幾乎場(chǎng)場(chǎng)滿座。這部劇的原創(chuàng)音樂(lè)光碟還以每張高達(dá)20歐元的售價(jià)被觀眾搶購(gòu)一空，這在當(dāng)?shù)匮莩鍪袌?chǎng)是極為罕見(jiàn)的?！?月19日，正在為今年7月再度赴歐洲演出積極準(zhǔn)備的重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)副團(tuán)長(zhǎng)劉曦，向記者回憶起兩年前該團(tuán)原創(chuàng)芭蕾舞劇《追尋香格里拉》在歐洲巡演的情景，仍然掩飾不住內(nèi)心的激動(dòng)。

成立于2012年的重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)，是國(guó)內(nèi)新崛起的第七支專業(yè)芭蕾舞團(tuán)，它不僅填補(bǔ)了這一項(xiàng)目在直轄市重慶的藝術(shù)空白，具有極其重要的歷史意義和文化價(jià)值，還打造出融合國(guó)際與民族、現(xiàn)代與古典元素的芭蕾舞劇《追尋香格里拉》，使其成為一臺(tái)具有世界眼光的現(xiàn)代芭蕾舞劇。

而在藝術(shù)殿堂歐洲，文藝素養(yǎng)極高的主流群體，為何給予這部中國(guó)的原創(chuàng)芭蕾舞劇如此高的贊譽(yù)？這背后正是重慶藝術(shù)家秉承文化自覺(jué)、堅(jiān)持文化自信，在推進(jìn)優(yōu)秀文化走向世界、本土藝術(shù)商業(yè)化發(fā)展進(jìn)程中嘗試的有益探索。

在芭蕾舞起源地贏得掌聲和歡呼聲

2015年9月15日—10月6日，重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)攜新版原創(chuàng)芭蕾舞劇《追尋香格里拉》圓滿完成了赴西班牙、法國(guó)的商業(yè)巡演。此次演出由重慶演藝集團(tuán)和中演院線主辦，重慶演藝集團(tuán)西班牙子公司承辦。在西班牙的馬德里、列伊達(dá)，法國(guó)馬賽3個(gè)城市共演出14場(chǎng)。這次演出是年輕的重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)自建團(tuán)以來(lái)第一次走出國(guó)門(mén)，也是第一次如此高密度的演出。

中國(guó)駐西班牙王國(guó)特命全權(quán)大使兼駐安道爾公國(guó)特命全權(quán)大使呂凡先生攜夫人，文化參贊劉雯秋女士等我駐西班牙大使館部分官員，中國(guó)駐法國(guó)馬賽代總領(lǐng)事王紅女士，以及部分中資機(jī)構(gòu)代表到場(chǎng)觀看，并在演出結(jié)束后與演員親切交流，給重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)年輕的演員極大的鼓舞。

小提琴獨(dú)奏的浪漫情懷、民族風(fēng)的主題歌音調(diào)、極具古典美的“大雙人舞”等等，構(gòu)成了該劇大氣磅礴的舞臺(tái)盛景和高品質(zhì)的藝術(shù)質(zhì)量。重慶籍國(guó)際藝術(shù)家、德國(guó)柏林國(guó)家劇院芭蕾舞團(tuán)明星、重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)團(tuán)長(zhǎng)劉軍說(shuō)，“在芭蕾舞的起源地歐洲，我們贏得了主流群體熱烈的掌聲和歡呼聲，年輕的重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)經(jīng)受住了市場(chǎng)的真正考驗(yàn)?！?/p>

此次重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)赴歐洲演出的地點(diǎn)，分別位于西班牙首都馬德里市中心的POLO劇場(chǎng)，西班牙加泰羅尼亞地區(qū)列伊達(dá)省首府列伊達(dá)市LA LLOTJA劇場(chǎng)，以及法國(guó)第二大城市馬賽的SILO劇場(chǎng)。而就在《追尋香格里拉》西班牙演出的檔期里，還有古巴、俄羅斯的知名芭蕾舞團(tuán)的優(yōu)秀劇目同期上演。眾所周知，這兩個(gè)國(guó)家的芭蕾舞不僅歷史悠久，水平更是堪稱世界一流，演出的場(chǎng)地也是當(dāng)?shù)刈詈廊A的劇場(chǎng)。

即便在如此激烈的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中，《追尋香格里拉》平時(shí)上座率都能保持在70％以上，遇到周末更是一票難求，場(chǎng)場(chǎng)滿座。每場(chǎng)演出都精美絕倫，歐洲觀眾被該劇極具中國(guó)民族特色的音樂(lè)深深吸引，特別是藏族的民族服飾、舞美效果，讓觀眾大為贊許。更出乎意料的是，該劇原創(chuàng)音樂(lè)光碟大受歡迎，每張價(jià)格從8歐元被炒到了20歐元，還有很多觀眾因?yàn)闆](méi)有買到而備感遺憾。

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中國(guó)芭蕾舞劇憑什么打動(dòng)歐洲觀眾？

芭蕾舞劇《追尋香格里拉》描述了生活優(yōu)越但又迷惘空虛的青年畫(huà)家丹青，動(dòng)身去追尋象征寧?kù)o安詳?shù)木窀叩亍愀窭锢?，并與藏族姑娘卓瑪演繹悱惻愛(ài)情的動(dòng)人故事。巧妙地以人們熟悉和喜愛(ài)的舞臺(tái)形式芭蕾舞，結(jié)合“香格里拉”的題材來(lái)呈現(xiàn)，將國(guó)際與民族、時(shí)尚與古典元素獨(dú)辟蹊徑地融合起來(lái)，具有較高的芭蕾舞專業(yè)學(xué)術(shù)創(chuàng)新價(jià)值。

該劇是2013年重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)傾力打造的首臺(tái)芭蕾舞劇，一經(jīng)上演，就得到了業(yè)內(nèi)專家的一致好評(píng)，并先后參加了第十五屆上海國(guó)際藝術(shù)節(jié)、澳門(mén)中秋晚會(huì)、重慶市優(yōu)秀劇目巡演等活動(dòng)，2014年還獲得了重慶市“五個(gè)一工程”獎(jiǎng)。

2014年，《追尋香格里拉》向國(guó)家藝術(shù)基金申報(bào)了大型舞臺(tái)劇目改編資助經(jīng)費(fèi)，經(jīng)過(guò)國(guó)家藝術(shù)基金評(píng)委初評(píng)、答辯、終評(píng)3個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)，最終從全國(guó)申報(bào)的1300多臺(tái)大型劇目中脫穎而出，這也是當(dāng)年我市唯一一臺(tái)入選該基金大型舞臺(tái)劇目創(chuàng)作資助的項(xiàng)目。

據(jù)介紹，獲得資助之后他們?cè)谠婊A(chǔ)上進(jìn)行了顛覆性的改編和創(chuàng)新，注重回歸藝術(shù)本位，樹(shù)立藝術(shù)品質(zhì)。還特別邀請(qǐng)德國(guó)柏林芭蕾舞團(tuán)編舞Orkan Dann親臨指導(dǎo)，賦予了“香格里拉”更深刻的藝術(shù)內(nèi)涵。該劇在推進(jìn)改編過(guò)程中，不斷邀請(qǐng)世界一流的創(chuàng)制班底加盟，融合了來(lái)自美國(guó)、德國(guó)、英國(guó)、澳大利亞，以及北京、上海等國(guó)內(nèi)一流的編舞、服裝、舞美、音樂(lè)的國(guó)際化創(chuàng)制班底?？梢哉f(shuō)新版《追尋香格里拉》是國(guó)際合作的結(jié)晶。

2016年9月，在北京舉行的第五屆全國(guó)少數(shù)民族文藝會(huì)演中，《追尋香格里拉》作為這次晚會(huì)唯一一臺(tái)以芭蕾舞形式亮相的節(jié)目，斬獲音舞類劇目銀獎(jiǎng)。全國(guó)少數(shù)民族文藝會(huì)演組委會(huì)的評(píng)語(yǔ)是：《追尋香格里拉》的創(chuàng)作及表達(dá)，在古典芭蕾“開(kāi)、繃、直、立”的高貴典雅，與藏族舞蹈“下顫、側(cè)擺”的優(yōu)美動(dòng)律之間做到了結(jié)合與平衡，形成新的舞蹈語(yǔ)匯，生動(dòng)詮釋了“美好總在夢(mèng)里，追尋永不放棄”的主題。我們每個(gè)人心目中都會(huì)有一個(gè)香格里拉，既有對(duì)家鄉(xiāng)的愛(ài)，也有對(duì)祖國(guó)山河的愛(ài)，更有對(duì)真善美的追求，這就是我們的中國(guó)夢(mèng)。

2015年，《追尋香格里拉》作為國(guó)家藝術(shù)基金傳播交流推廣資助項(xiàng)目，開(kāi)始采用商業(yè)演出進(jìn)行海外交流推廣，并獲得了成功，這就是該劇赴歐洲巡演的重大意義所在。據(jù)市文化委負(fù)責(zé)人介紹，2017年7月5日—17日，重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)新版原創(chuàng)芭蕾舞劇《追尋香格里拉》將再次啟程赴西班牙馬德里、巴塞羅那等城市進(jìn)行16場(chǎng)商業(yè)巡演；9月，重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)還計(jì)劃赴新加坡交流演出。我們有理由期待，《追尋香格里拉》的國(guó)際化路線、民族化題材、藝術(shù)化創(chuàng)編會(huì)贏得更多海內(nèi)外觀眾喜愛(ài)。

（圖片由重慶芭蕾舞團(tuán)提供）

“Our commercial performances held in European cities such as Madrid, the capital city in Spain and Marseilles in France were all full almost in every weekend. The original music discs were even all sold out at a price of 20 Euro, which was extremely rare in the local performance market.” On May 19, Liu Xi, deputy head of the Chongqing Ballet, who is actively preparing for the performance in Europe in July this year, still could not conceal his excitement when he recalled the situations when their original ballet “Searching for Shangri-La” was put on in Europe.

Founded in 2012, as the seventh professional ballet that newly rises in China, Chongqing Ballet not only fi lls the blank of this art event for Chongqing municipality, which is of an important historical significance and cultural value, but also creates the “Searching for Shangri-La” as a rich synthesis of international and national elements as well as modern and classical elements and makes it a modern ballet with a worldwide vision.However, why do the dominant group with a rather high literary and artistic attainments in Europe-the palace of art, give this Chinese original ballet such a high praise? The answer is that by keeping faith with the cultural consciousness and cultural self-con fi dence,Chongqing artists are making some beneficial exploration in the progress of promoting the excellent culture to the world and commercialization of local art.

Applause and cheers were won in the birthplace of ballet

From September 15 to October 6 in 2015, Chongqing Ballet successfully completed its commercial tour to Spain and France with a new version of the original ballet “Searching for Shangri-La”. This performance was sponsored by Chongqing Performing Art Group and CPAA Theatres and undertaken by a subsidiary ofChongqing Performing Art Group in Spain. Fourteen performances were put on in three cities including Madrid and Lleida in Spain and Marseille in France.That was the first time for Chongqing Ballet to go abroad since its founding and also the fi rst time to have such high-density performances.

The spectacular and magni fi cent scenery and the highquality art are consisted of the romantic of violin solo,the theme song with a folk style and the “Big Couple Dance” with classic beauty and etc. Liu Jun, who is an international artist in Chongqing, the star of Ballet of National Theatre in Berlin, Germany and the head of Chongqing Ballet, said, “The ballet is originated in Europe and we have won the applause and cheers from those mainstream group, which means that this young Chongqing Ballet has withstood the real market test.”

Chongqing Ballet had given the performances in three venues in Europe including the POLO Theatre in the downtown of Madrid, the capital city of Spain,LA LLOTJA Theatre in the Lleida City, the capital city of Lleida Province in the Catalonia Region, Spain and SILO Theatre in Marseille, the second largest city in French. Just during the performing schedule of“Searching for Shangri-La” in Spain, there were also some excellent plays of famous ballets from Cuba and Russia performing at the same time. As known to all,the ballet of those two countries not only boasts a long history, but also a world-class level. The venue for the performance was also the most luxurious theatre in the local area.

However, the attendance rate of “Searching for Shangri-La” in ordinary time still could be maintained at more than 70％ even in such a fierce competition.And even one ticket would be difficult to get when it came to a weekend. With each exquisite performance,the European audiences were all deeply attracted by the music with Chinese national characteristics,especially the national costumes and choreography effect of Tibetan nationality that were all praised by the audiences. More surprisingly, the original music CD was generally welcome and the unit-price was raised to 20 Euro from 8 Euro. Many audiences felt a pity for not getting one CD.

Why should this Chinese ballet touch the European audiences?

“Searching for Shangri-La” describes that a young painter Dan Qing, who lives a superior life but confused and empty, decides to search for Shangri-La, a spiritual highland symbolizing the peace and tranquility and a touching love story between Dan and Zhuo Ma-a Tibetan girl. Presenting the story through a familiar and popular stage form, it combines with the international and national elements as well as the fashion and classical elements creatively, which is of an academic and innovative value of ballet major.

In 2014, “Searching for Shangri-La” had declared an adaptation fund of large stage play to National Endowment for the Arts. After three links of the jury of National Endowment for the Arts including the initial evaluation, defense and final evaluation, “Searching for Shangri-La” fi nally stood out from more than 1300 large plays nationwide, which was also then the only one selected into the project in Chongqing.

According to the introduction, they made a subversive adaptation and innovation on the basis of the original after obtaining fund, focusing on the return of art base and the establishment of artistic quality. Orkan Dann,the choreography coach of Berlin Ballet, was specially invited to give instructions. Therefore, “Searching for Shangri-La” was given an even more profound artistic content. During the progress of adaptation, the world-class teams of creation were invited constantly,which integrated into an international team of creation including choreography, costume, stage design and music from America, Germany, British, Australia and some fi rst-class teams in Shanghai and Beijing. It could be said that the new version of “Searching for Shangri-La” was the crystallization of international cooperation.

In 2015, as a funding event for communication and promotion of National Endowment for the Arts,“Searching for Shangri-La” began to adopt the commercial performance to conduct the overseas exchange and promotion and had achieved a success.So this is the significant meaning of this ballet’s European tour. According to the introduction of the principal of Chongqing Municipal Culture Committee,from July 5 to 17, 2017, the new version of “Searching for Shangri-La” of Chongqing Ballet will again begin its 16 commercial performances in Madrid and Barcelona in Spain and so on; Chongqing ballet is also planning to go to the Singapore for exchange performance in September. It is reasonable to expect that the internationalized route, nationalized theme and artistic creation of “Searching for Shangri-La” would be favored by more and more audiences at home and abroad.

(Pictures are provided by Chongqing Ballet)

A Trip to Europe of “Searching for Shangri-La”

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