The dance itself is inspired by a traditional Chinese painting called “A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains千里江山圖”, which is one of the greatest works of Chinese landscape painting. The use of green and blue colours in that painting creates a harmonious panorama of mountains and rivers back in the Song Dynasty (10th century to 13th century), something the new performance reproduced.
The poetic dance is a recreation of the traditional painting, by two female directors and 17 artists taking part, with the whole design process lasting for over 20 months. It has been highly praised by people on Chinese social media for its delicate design and in-depth understanding of the tradition. The clip of the dance has already hit over 7 million views on Weibo alone, with many Chinese social media platforms buzzing due to this dance.
✏️篆刻、織絹、採石、習筆、淬墨…心中若能容丘壑，下筆方能匯山河。宋代十八歲天才少年王希孟，壯志凌雲半年繪制傳世名畫《千里江山圖》後絕塵而去，空留一段傳奇任後人評說。一輪明月朗照千年，今日展卷，青綠依舊。
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