About the Performance
China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater presents the contemporary dance drama 'To That Time'. This ambitious production focuses on the Huangpu District of Guangzhou, a frontline of China's reform and opening-up, using the most creative and technologically powerful entrepreneurs of today as its protagonists.
Story & Themes
- Narrative Core: The drama reflects the backdrop of the contemporary high-tech wave and showcases the vigorous development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
- Generational Focus: It explores the opportunities and challenges bestowed by the era through the lens of two generations of entrepreneurs—father and son.
- Conflict & Hope: The story spans the arduous beginnings of the first generation and the loftier ideals of the second. It delves into their shared struggles, different confusions, irreconcilable ideological conflicts, and the inevitable emotional generation gap, all underpinned by a persistent desire for success and faith in the future.
- Temporal Structure: The narrative unfolds in decade-long spans, weaving together personal destinies with the tides of the great era.
Artistic Vision
- Choreography: Each act begins with a group dance possessing a unique rhythm and character for its specific era, creating the immense, all-encompassing power of the 'wave of the times'.
- Dance Vocabulary: The production makes bold attempts in its dance language and stage presentation. Solos, duets, and group dances use physical vocabulary to shape characters, presenting real people, romantic imagination, and细腻的情感 (subtle emotions), forming the dual-progressive dramatic core of realistic narration and psychological evolution.
- Stage Design: The stage presentation pursues a condensed, pure, and高级的审美气质 (high-level aesthetic quality). It utilizes multimedia and lighting effects to create a variable, multi-layered visual space, full of modernity, a sense of technology, and futurism.
- Emotional Arc: From the first act, it continuously builds up and yearns for the澎湃历程 (surging journey) 'to that time'.
Performance Details
- Dates: November 9–10, 2021
- Venue: Information not specified in source data.
- Admission: Ticketed event.
