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“Dunhuang My Dreamland” will be presented in Spain

Date:2007-2-2 17:41:59|From:|Click:

 

 

The famous dance drama “Dunhuang My Dreamland”, created and produced by Lanzhou Song and Dance Theatre, will perform in Madrid, capital of Spain, for one and a half months. Nearly one hundred player and workers arrived here on Feb.1st.   Morning Jan 31st, the Dunhuang My Dreamland groups hold a news release conference in Apollo Theatre of Madrid. Nearly 20 units of media joined the conference, such as TVE, Madrid TV, newspaper of ABC, Elpais and so on. After the conference, the groups played sections of program for units of media in Spain.   Qiu Xiaoqi and Zhuang Xiaoli, Chinese ambassador to Spain and cultural counselor separately, attended the news conference. On the occasion of Art year or Art Festival, according to Qiu ambassador, the coming of elaborate dance drama from Lanzhou Song and Dance Theatre increases the content of Chinese Art Festival hold in Spain greatly. He believed that the comprehension between two countries will be deepened through the communication of culture.     Tale of the silk road “Dunhuang My Dreamland”   Young painter Mogao proceeded to Dunhuang in pursuit of the highest realm of lofty thought in art. On his way to the desert he was wounded, and his life was in danger. A passer-by heroine Yueya saved him, Not long after, they met again at Dunhuang and fell in love. The Great General ,Yueya′s father opposed their relationship and forced his daughter to choose a husband man among the rich and famous men. Yueya decided to run away to seek her true love. They appointed to meet in the cave, but they were surrounded by the Great General's army amidst blood and fire Yueya saved Mogao's life again, but she lost her life and turned into a spring. With great sorrow, Mogao used the spring water to embellish his pens and wrote a song of art-Dunhuang caves. The Mogao Grotto and the Yueya Spring are still left in Dunhuang and they will immortal in centuries to come. Love and art will be together forever.       The Introduction of Lanzhou Song and Dance Theatre   Originally know as Lanzhou Song and Dance Troupe, Lanzhou Song and Dance Theatre was established at 1970 in Lanzhou ,a major town along the Silk Road as well as the capital of Gansu province.   Lanzhou Song and Dance Theatre is a large scale professional performance group .During the 30 years of its establishment, it has presented more than 10 large scale drama, dance poems and group dances,20 evening gala shows,30 symphonic concerts, as well as various dance shows and thematic concerts. Through its successful performance in China ,Russia, Japan, Italy, Namibia Botswana, Iraq, Lebanon, etc, Lanzhou Song and Dance Theatre has become very popular among the people all over the world.   Insisting on the principle of exploring the rich culture of China′s western area, and persuing the best, Lanzhou Song and Dance Theatre has presented a lot of excellent musical works over the years.   Among them, the large scale dance drama〝The Orchid Flower〞has won the performing arts grand prize in a national-level contest; the large scale evening gala show 〝The Blessing of the Yellow River〞was granted with the Dunhuang Literature and Art prize. Another dance drama 〝Passing the west of Yangguan〞was not only presented at the 4th China Art Festival ,but also awarded with Wenhua prize by China′s Culture Ministry.  

edited by Yang Junwei
 

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