The historical background and content of the work creation;
In the late Renaissance, the center of political and cultural activities in Europe moved from Italy to France, which set off the Enlightenment. Enlightenment is a movement against neoclassicism. During this period, a large number of bourgeois thinkers emerged. They advocate materialism and atheism, rationality and science, and put forward the slogan of "freedom, equality and fraternity" politically. The imprisoned daughter was born under such a historical background. This work tells the story of free love between a young man and a young woman. Lisa, a simple, kind, lively and lovely rural girl, fell in love with Chang Honglan despite her grandmother's opposition. The greedy grandmother wants to marry her granddaughter to Allen, the son of a rich miller. With the help of long-term workers, the Koran was hidden in a bundle of wheat straw and sneaked into Lisa's home to date her. They all look forward to the future and share the happiness of being in love. At this time, my grandmother suddenly went home and the Koran hid in the storage room. Grandma saw that Lisa refused to marry Allen, so she put her in the storeroom. At this time, the miller brought his son to get engaged, opened the door of the storage room, and a pair of lovers came out. In desperation, grandma agreed to their request and blessed them. The works reflect the themes of feudal thoughts such as independent marriage and opposition to hierarchical portal. It is the earliest ballet in the history of ballet that reflects the life of third-class civilians. The Imprisoned Daughter is a plot ballet, which follows the theory advocated by the famous ballet reformer Norwell in the18th century. The whole drama is full of interest, humor, vivid image, emotional and content, and has its own unique historical significance and content characteristics, which can be called the enlightenment ballet period. At the same time, The Imprisoned Daughter initiated the narrative folk dance of ballet, injected new vitality into the art of ballet, and it is also a colorful romantic ballet, so it is still staged in the theater and is one of the oldest ballets.
The combination of roles and props
Lisa and long-term workers were advocates of freedom, which reflected the struggle of the emerging bourgeoisie against feudal ethics at that time. They are simple and enthusiastic, pursue freedom, lively and lovely, and repeatedly avoid grandma's sight to find opportunities to meet. Even when they were young, one of them used a duet with a pink ribbon just right. Ribbon symbolizes their innocent feelings, the pursuit of happiness and freedom, combined with gentle dance. It binds the hearts of two lovers together firmly, which seems to be an eternal oath. Allen's stupidity is reflected in some' ugly' classical ballet movements, such as knee jumping and jumping. At the same time, it represents the ridicule of the emerging bourgeoisie on the ignorance of feudal nobles at that time. One of his umbrellas, in particular, is not used to shelter from the wind and rain, but to cover his timid and stage fright face. Even when he was proud, he held an umbrella like a mythical witch. In the last scene, he lost his umbrella and looked everywhere. When he found it, he was very happy and vividly described the decadent image of the feudal class worshiping God. And Mrs. Muncie's super worship of wealth lies in.
Characteristics of music
The music of this dance drama has a strong flavor of rural life, beautiful melody, gorgeous and transparent timbre, full and smooth, humorous and exaggerated, full of strong drama color. The orchestration is rich and exquisite, containing a very strong dynamic contrast, lively and extremely beautiful. Close your eyes, as if in front of you is a living stage. For example, in the first scene, the morning is bright and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. The morning mist in the mountain village seems to have not dispersed, and the birds have begun to sing. Against the sweet, soft and velvety strings, various woodwind instruments are playing, and the oboe and flute simulate the crowing of the rooster and hen respectively, like the rooster and hen playing the piano and singing, showing a peaceful and quiet scene. Suddenly, the music was tense and cheerful, and the heroine Lisa appeared, dancing happily with the girl's fantasy and vision for the future. The majestic brass tube is full of youthful vitality, and Lisa's musical themes appear repeatedly to highlight the musical themes, portray the characters and make the heroine's image more vivid.
Creation and presentation of plot
The dramatic structure of the work is straightforward, clear and clear, with a clever turn. Daily life scenes, labor scenes, festivals and folk rituals, group dances of men and women, and pantomime actions laid a reasonable foundation. However, pantomime and dance are not completely separated and separated. pantomime is mainly used as a medium to connect the plot of life with dance, rather than simply explaining the story. At the same time, pantomime describes clean and ordinary movements more vividly than lines, which is poetic on the stage.
For example, in the third act, Lisa was shut up at home, and her gestures and eyes told the audience that she was looking forward to her beautiful marriage, imagining the beautiful and happy feeling of wearing a white and slender wedding dress and entering the church for a long time, as well as the life interest of getting married and educating her children.
The dance in The Imprisoned Daughter presents three forms-1and modal dance. Dance tends to be natural, such as depicting celebrations and frolicking in the fields. 2. The interlude dance is used to describe a special interlude. 3. Emotional dance. Here, the stylized structure of duet (beginning, development, climax and ending, namely ABA structure, slow accompaniment, variation, and male and female dancing skills) is initially formed. Daughter in a Cage broke through the situation that ancient Greek mythology occupied the ballet world and reflected the life of ordinary people. The works reflect the change from god to man, the prejudice of feudal class, and the stale emotional changes of emerging bourgeoisie towards freedom and equality. Because of its "healthy, clear and simple feelings and thoughts", this work has been widely welcomed for its comedy and relaxed artistic conception, and has been revised and polished by many directors. Norwell's dance thought, the description means of pantomime and the dramatic structure of the plot all had a great influence on the development of ballet in later generations.