On July 19, Beijing's first international dance video art season, which is open to worldwide invitations and calls for entries, was launched at the Lang Yuan Vintage - Yushe Performing Arts Space in Beijing.

The Beijing International Dance Video Art Season is initiated by China Performing Arts Industry Association, and co-organized by Capital-Lang Yuan, Beijing Vertical Line Culture Co.

Pan Yan, Vice Chairman of China Performing Arts Industry Association, Cui Yan, Executive Deputy Director of Beijing International Film Festival Organizing Committee Office, Sarena, the grand slam queen of Flying Apsara, Golden Eagle and Magnolia Awards and Vice Chairman of Beijing International Dance Video Art Season Organizing Committee, Ou Jianping, Honorary Director of Dance Research Institute of China Academy of Arts and International Dance Critic, Cao Chengyuan, Chairman of Beijing International Dance Video Art Season Jury, famous dancers Tai Lihua, Cao Shuci and Wang Yabin, etc. gathered together and Zhang Xiaolong, the famous actor, recorded a video for the launch to voice the art season together.

In the post-epidemic era, facing the impermanence and changes, this year's season takes "tolerance" as its annual theme, advocating people to open their bodies and minds, resonate with the world in harmony, resonate with all directions in this spirit, embrace all existing love, and project the expression of love in their hearts through dance and video works.

The festival is committed to the concept of "going out" and "coming in" to create an inclusive and creative new platform for the exchange of dance video art, to help the innovation and development of dance video art, and to promote the diversification and internationalization of Chinese dance video art.。

In the call for entries, we encourage all dance video works with the theme of "inclusiveness" to be accepted with open arms. We will use art to express, use art to voice, and use art to call for love.

In terms of presentation mode, the festival will break through the traditional single form of dance video art festival, through the selection of domestic and international dance video works, the screening of classic works, live performance of works, limited creation of live broadcast and other forms of interplay and linkage to show the artistic charm of dance video from multiple perspectives.

Ms. Pan Yan, Vice President of China Performance Industry Association and Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee of Beijing International Dance Video Art Season, talked about the significance of holding the Dance Video Art Season from the perspective of the performance industry: In these three years of the epidemic, we have witnessed the difficulties and hardships of the performance industry, and also witnessed the continuous breakthrough and exploration of our industry in the face of these difficulties. The epidemic has directly pushed the relatively traditional performance industry into an era of "no breakthrough, no stand" without respite.

The endogenous and tenacious vitality of our industry is the main driving force behind our ability to continue to make breakthroughs and explore in the midst of such difficulties. Everyone in the industry is trying to find a breakthrough from the predicament. As the first dance video art festival in Beijing, which is positioned internationally and invited and collected worldwide, it is not only the first of its kind in the industry, but also a major breakthrough, which has far-reaching significance for promoting the new industry of stage art.

Ou Jianping, honorary director of the Dance Research Institute of the China Academy of Art, introduced the history and trend of the development of "dance video" art in the international arena in detail at the conference. At present, "dance video" is an emerging art form that has spread to many countries with the help of global economic development and high technology, and has entered the dance curriculum of universities in many countries to varying degrees. The "Dance Video Festival" and "Dance Video Competition" have been held in more than 40 countries and regions, including Italy, France, England, Germany, the United States, Korea, Japan and Hong Kong, China, and have become one of the best platforms for international dance exchange and dissemination. It has become one of the best platforms for international dance exchange and dissemination.

In mainland China, from the "French Dance Video Screening Week" hosted by the French Embassy in China in 1998, to the "Dance Video" course offered by Guangdong ATV Academy of Performing Arts in 2001, and Ou Jianping's own "History of Foreign Dance and Appreciation of Works", the preferred textbook for colleges and universities in China published by the Higher Education Society in 2008. In 2008, Ou Jianping himself devoted a whole chapter to promote this emerging art form in the textbook "History of Foreign Dance and Appreciation of Works" published by the Higher Education Society, and then to the centralized screening of the "Jumping Frames" International Dance Video Competition held by the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Hong Kong in 2015, and the "First Chinese Dance Video Exhibition" held by the China Dance Artists Association in 2020. "...... is proof that "we" have made great progress in the field of dance video.

However, the dilemma that "we" face is that there is always a lack of an international platform for exhibition, communication and dissemination! Therefore, the Beijing International Dance Video Art Season will not only fill a major gap in international cultural activities for the capital city of Beijing, but also, if held for a long time with the full support of all parties, it will definitely provide a long-term, stable and international platform for the new generation of "our" dance creative talents to showcase, exchange and disseminate their work. communication platform!

Sareena, Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee of this year's Beijing International Dance Video Art Season, said: The meaning of the season is to provide a broader and deeper communication platform for people who love dance video art, to open the boundaries of art, and to attract more and more people to pay attention to and participate in the creation of dance video.

To discover and cultivate more artistic talents and classic works, to bring more thoughts and inspirations to the development of dance video in China, and thus to promote the further development of Chinese dance films.

Through this Dance Video Art Season, more talents in the dance and video world will be able to bloom more brilliantly after opening the boundaries infinitely, so that dancers can dance more freely and dance art can move from the stage to a broader world.

Cao Chengyuan, the jury chairman of this year's Dance Video Art Season, also sent his best wishes through the video: We look forward to seeing more wonderful works in the Art Season! Dance video is a product of new media, its main content is dance, but the form it has developed is to express dance with video.

Because of the change in the form of video, the dance itself will also change. Therefore, when we see dance video today, it will actually contain different aspects, and these works will be a kind of unknown.

I hope to bring the audience attractive and artistic dance video works, so that more people can understand dance video, fall in love with dance video, and explore the art works with an inclusive mind. We also hope to create a new pattern of dance video art development in China and drive the development of new industrial forms.

From the first time he saw Yang Liping's "Spirit of the Bird" at the Spring Festival Gala, to "Center Stage", to DV8, Rosas, William Forsythe and "Pina", these works and the spirit of the dancers have influenced many people who study dance and love dance.

As a creator, I go to imagine the production behind these works and admire them from the bottom of my heart. I especially want to do something for the people who work in Chinese contemporary art and for the young people and enthusiasts in the field of dance video. This time, we have gathered all parties to make the Beijing International Dance Video Art Season appear, in order to break the circle and open up the vision, and to gather the outstanding artists from all over the world here.

Gao Shan introduced that the season will be divided into six sections: [Extreme Creation], [Unbridled Dance City], [Celebrity Talks], [Dance Film Workshop], [Cloud Curtain] and [Focus Screening], each with its own highlights and interconnections, in an attempt to present a feast of dance video art that is artistic, ornamental and interesting in a fresh, free and out-of-the-box way, so as to attract more and more people to pay attention to and love dance video art. The section of [Extreme Creation] will select the best dance video art.

The [Ultimate Creation] section will select about 13 groups of outstanding dance video teams to create dance video works in six cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Changsha, Xi'an and Wuzhen, within 48 hours, with the major theme of "People's City" and the minor theme to be decided by lottery on site. The [Dance City] section will bring a "mobile" live performance art, in which eight finalist teams will perform in the environment of Lang Yuan Vintage Park. The live environment and the audience will become part of the performance content, and the immersive, interactive and new technology elements will be integrated into the dance video works, combined with loops, flash mob and live broadcast, so that the dance art will burst out everywhere in the city.

The panel of "Celebrity Talk" is initiated by the famous actress Sareena, who invites celebrity guests in the field of film, television and dance to communicate in a relaxed and conversational manner on topics such as the artistic charm and value generated by the intersection of dance and video innovation.

During August 8-28, 22 experts in the field of dance, film and art will conduct 3 sessions of 6-8 hours per day, 7 days each, for their respective expertise.

From August 5 to 31, about 35 selected works will be screened in the Tencent Video Zone.

Wang Yabin, the jury member of the season, introduced that the season will be held from August 13 to 28, and the Lang Yuan Vintage Park will be turned into a dance video works exhibition site, where the excellent works collected in the season will be divided into different artistic forms, including "City Unit", "Suspense Unit", "Dance Video", "Dance Video" and "Dance Video". "Suspense Unit", "Dance Story Unit", "Nature/Life Unit", "National Style Unit "Documentary", "Undefinable" and "No Barrier, Love".

Wang Yabin said: The works shortlisted this year are rich in subject matter and unique in perspective. When dance and video are combined together across borders, we are surprised to find that it presents more indescribable artistic effects.

Among the finalists, there are many unique and emotional expressions that we cannot easily categorize and define, but we think they are precious. Therefore, we set up a special section called "Undefinable" to allow creators and audiences to taste and define their own.

The "No Barrier, Love" section will let everyone feel the equality and freedom of art. At the same time, we have planned a "Blind Dance Box" screening, which will not announce the list of works, and we will only know what we will see when we arrive at the venue, allowing the audience to experience the fun of "opening the blind dance box".

In addition to the call for entries unit, the season also invited 19 classic works from home and abroad, each of which is highly representative, and many of which are even classic dance video works by dancers who have a great influence on us. Among them are many ancestral and phenomenal works such as "Ballet in the Fire", "The Walker", "Pina" (3D version), "The Dancer", "The Dancer" and "The Last Tango".

Art season finalist Zhang Xiaolong also sent his blessing through video and recommended the invited works [Dance Millennium Special], and revealed that he would come to the venue to share and relive the unique charm brought by dance images when the works were screened.

Cao Shuci, the principal dancer of the Central Ballet, introduced the works of the [CMB Dance Video Special] and the classical scenes of "Ballet in the Fire" in which she starred, "In this film, there is a very poignant transnational love in the war, because there are many sections of dance in this film, and through the presentation of the camera language, it is able to blend the dance with the environment Through the camera language, it is able to blend the dance with the environment and present the aesthetics of romance and beauty to the extreme. At the same time, the emotional tension and sense of atmosphere in the dance will be shown to the fullest. After the live screening, I will also share more stories about the film with you, and I hope you will go to see it."

Tai Lihua, the director of China Disabled Persons' Art Troupe, also explained the meaning of the theme of "tolerance" in this year's art season with her personal understanding of art, "'tolerance' contains the meaning of having tolerance, accepting all rivers and using different The world will be more perfect if we use different perspectives to understand and tolerate the imperfections of you, us and everyone else."

"In this special atmosphere of the epidemic, both online and offline people want to have a spiritual support and support. I think this BJIFF dance video show is a timely rain, a spiritual food, so that we can all be reflected to everyone's window under this warm sun, under this light, this light is to illuminate ourselves, this light is also to warm others."

Then, three representative dancers of Chinese dance world, Tai Lihua, Cao Shuci and Wang Yabin, gathered together on the stage to frame a classic moment in the history of Chinese dance image development.

They recommended the "Tribute to the Classics" section of the season and the classic works such as "Pina" and "Romeo and Juliet", calling on everyone to pay attention to, understand and appreciate the charm of classic dance video art, and jointly promote the development of dance video art.

It is reported that the ticket pre-sale channel will be officially opened in the near future, you can visit the public number of "Dance and Film Art Season" for specific information.

On August 28th, after the screening, there will be a "Dance in the City" carnival in Lang Park, where the jury chairman Cao Chengyuan will lead the dancers and the teams of the live works selected for the season, as well as the students of the Dance and Film Workshop, from outdoor to inside in the north square of Lang Park Vintage. All the audience can dance together with the dancers. At that time, 15 outstanding works will be selected by the jury and voted by the audience and media for screening.

In addition, the selected works of the season will be screened in September in some secondary schools and colleges in Haidian. The Haidian special show will set up three sections of content: immersion city, three mountains and five gardens, as well as the special show of institutions. The perspective of the special show will focus on the use of dance images to help showcase Haidian culture and the expression of Haidian cultural power.

With colorful contents, classic and high quality works, driven by many expert and famous teachers and enthusiastic participation of creators, this year's Beijing will usher in an unprecedented dance video art carnival, and Lang Yuan Vintage will become a new art exchange space with a stage everywhere. As one of the important activities of the performance section of the 10th Beijing Cultural Consumption Season, this event is supported by the Municipal Cultural Resource Center, the Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau, the Municipal Radio and Television Bureau, and the Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage.

The lawyers of Beijing Deyuan Law Firm provided legal services for the Beijing International Dance Video Arts Festival.