The creative inspiration for Poetic Dance "The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting" comes from the "A Panorama of Mountains and Rivers" painting.
"A Panorama of Mountains and Rivers" is one of the top ten most famous ancient Chinese paintings passed down through generations. It was painted by the Northern Song Dynasty artist Wang Ximeng in half a year when he was only 18 years old. Unlike the black and white tones of ink wash paintings, this painting is named for the use of mineral pigments of azurite and malachite green, depicting the splendid and magnificent scenery of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with its gorgeous green and blue hues.
The entire ballet poem is structured around chapters such as "Scroll Unfolding, Seal Tracing, Silk Reeling, Minerals Exploring, Brush Making, Ink Grinding, Painting Alive" narrating the story of a young researcher from the Palace Museum who "time travels" back to the Northern Song Dynasty, and from the perspective of an "The Scroll Opener", "witnesses" the story of the painter Wang Ximeng creating the "A Panorama of Mountains and Rivers"
The dance segments displayed in the APP extract the green and blue coloring from the "A Panorama of Mountains and Rivers" and abstract it into a female character image. This group dance expresses the concept of layered mountain ranges. The dancers, with their resplendent bodies, outline the boundless rivers and mountains that are as poetic and illusory as a dream, narrating the legendary tales of classical Chinese style.
Poetic Dance "The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting" — A Choreographed Portrait of "A Panorama of Mountains and Rivers", is jointly produced by The Palace Museum, China Oriental Performing Arts Group Co., Ltd. People.cnCo., Ltd. and Yushang Hemei Culture Development Co., Ltd. It is operated by Beijing Dongfang New Continent Culture and Art Co., Ltd. and co-operated by Beijing Poly Theatre Management Co., Ltd. Beijing One World Culture Communications Co., Ltd. and other collaborative operators, with the support of Yuanmei Technology for application development.
The honors received by "The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting" include:
·Key Support Work for the "Project of Stage Art Masterpieces Creation in Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China";
·National Art Fund Supported Project of 2022, Beijing Culture and Art Fund Annual Support Project of 2021;
·Included in the State Council Information Offices first White Paper on "The Youth of China in the New Era" which focuses on the youth group;
·Selected into the "List of One Hundred Literary and Art Works Under the Illumination of the Speech Spirit" published by the Chinese National Academy of Arts;
·Participated in the 13th China Arts Festival and won the 17th Wenhua Grand Award;
·Selected as the Best Innovation Achievement of Culture and Tourism of 2022;
·Won the China Copyright Gold Award of 2022;
·Won first place in the Comprehensive and Dance Drama categories in the 2022 Chinese Performance Industry Associations China Performance Market Box Office Chart;
·Selected as a Premium Project for New Media Cultural Relics Communication by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and Office Of Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission for the year 2023;
·Won first place in the Dance Brama category in the 2023 Chinese Performance Industry Associations China Performance Market Box Office Chart;
·Selected for the "2023 National Performance Markets Top Ten Premium Projects for Societal and Economic Benefit Integration" by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism;
·Shortlisted as a Premium Play on the Beijing Performance Arts Service Platform.Users can watch the dance at a very close distance through Vision Pro. With high-fidelity 8K picture quality, you will feel as if the dancers are performing right in front of you, enjoying an unprecedented immersive music and dance experience, and being amazed by Chinese culture!