01/ The Tang Palace ladies come singing and dancing, do you remember the lovable Tang Palace ladies from the viral ‘Tang Palace Night Banquet’? They have transformed into the graceful Luo River fairies, performing the romantic and ethereal ‘Moon and Luo God’. In the resplendent Luoyang Sui and Tang Dynasty Hall, the Tang Palace ladies recreate the essence of the dance drama ‘Moon and Luo God’, which is based on ‘Ode to the Luo Goddess’, ‘Seven Steps Poem’, and Central Plains legends, in the refined segment ‘Lotus Pond’. With beautiful dance movements, they interpret a love that spans a thousand years. Accompanied by the rhythm of five-character poetry, the ladies move gracefully and lightly. As the saying goes, ‘A night in the Lotus Pond with the moon, a thousand years of prosperity in dreams’. This is the joy of being an emperor!
02/ ‘Light as a startled swan, gentle as a wandering dragon’ – as if the light clouds obscure the moon, as if the floating wind returns the snow. The dance of the Luo Goddess is a sight that shocks and lasts for ten thousand years! During the choreography of the large-scale dance drama ‘Moon and Luo God’, the dance forms of the Han Dynasty were deeply explored, vividly shaping the character personalities of each figure. Each segment of the exquisite and grand dance movements is a feast for the eyes. In the play, whether it is a solo, a duet, a trio, or a group dance, all are filled with romantic and ethereal beauty. To showcase Zhen Xu’s peerless figure, a large amount of water-sleeve dance was added to the play. 03/ Chinese aesthetics, romantic and ethereal, under the clear moonlight, by the vast and misty Luo River, in the interweaving of dreams and reality, Cao Zhi sees the peerless Luo Goddess. She is so beautiful and moving, yet unattainable. The entire play relies on Cao Zhi’s famous works ‘Ode to the Luo Goddess’, ‘Seven Steps Poem’, and Central Plains legends, skillfully integrating ‘poetry, calligraphy, rites, music, and dance’, and shaping Cao Zhi’s romantic and free character with the beauty of dance! Zhen Xu is both the real Zhen Xu who moves Cao Zhi’s heart and the ideal Luo Goddess who cannot be touched. Amidst the changing politics of the Wei Kingdom, Cao Zhi thought his heart would be sealed forever, like dead water, until Zhen Xu appeared. Her agility, her beauty, her every smile, illuminated his whole world. [He thought, she is all the beauty in the world.] In the illusory Luo River setting, Cao Zhi falls in love with the beautiful Luo Goddess. In reality, Cao Zhi is moved by the kind Zhen Xu. However, under the constraints of the world, although the two are in love, they are destined not to be together, only to meet in dreams. 04/ The ceiling-level creative team, all-A cast, star-studded lineup, ceiling-level creatives, create an ethereal and beautiful moonlit feast. The large-scale dance drama ‘Moon and Luo God’ is produced by Zhengzhou Song and Dance Theatre, with the script written by Feng Shuangbai, the chairman of the China Dancer’s Association and dance theorist, and directed by Tong Rui Rui, a national first-class director of the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater.Zhengzhou Song and Dance Theatre presents a new dance drama ‘The Goddess of Luo River’, following their previous work ‘Shaolin in the Wind’, which is rooted in the Central Plains culture and interprets the regional cultural characteristics of the Central Plains in various ways.
Screenwriter: Feng Shuangbai, Chairman of the China Dancers Association, a renowned dance theorist and playwright. He has won numerous awards including the ‘National Stage Art Excellence Project’ Top Ten, the Ministry of Culture ‘Wenhua Award’, the Central Propaganda Department ‘Five-One’ Spiritual Civilization Construction Engineering Award, the China Dance ‘Lotus Award’ for Dance Drama Competition Gold Award, and the ‘Cao Yu Drama Award’. Chief Director/Choreographer: Tong Rui Rui, a national first-class director, has won more than ten national-level dance competition gold awards. She has served as the choreographer for the 2002 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the chief director for the 2007 Lantern Festival at the Great Hall of the People on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the chief director for the 2008 Ministry of Culture Spring Festival TV Gala. This is a Chinese love story of ultimate beauty and goodness, a legend of the Central Plains that is both soul-stirring and heart-wrenching. The story of the Goddess of Luo River is interpreted through dance, presenting a beautiful scene that deeply moves the audience. The immortal Goddess of Luo River and the enduring love are the themes of this touching story, which is filled with heart-touching narratives. The full text is open from 3/1, Saturday, 20:00-22:00, and on 3/2, Sunday, 15:00-17:00. The performance time and duration are subject to the actual event.
