The Encounter of Senesino and Mei Lanfang
Show type
Live showShowtimes
9 & 10 August 2024 (Fri & Sat) @ 8pm
11 August 2024 (Sun) @ 2.30pm
Venue
indicineDuration
60 minutesIt is said that Beijing Opera maestro Mr. Mei Lanfang relied on the hard work instead of the born gifts to interpret the beauty of femininity. His interpretation of Dan-Role (female role) subverted the gender and sublimed the graceful and noble characteristics of female charm. And eventually, he was recognized as the 1st ranking among the Four Great Qiandan (male playing female roles) Actors since early 20th century. During 2nd World War, Maestro Mei refused to perform for the Japanophile government in Shanghai by growing beard and listed as one of the anti-Japanese heroes. Although Master Mei is a Qiandan, he perfectly embodies the characteristics of Qian (masculine) and Kun (feminine) at crucial moments in his life.
Senesinoโs art was shaped along with the cruel music history of castrati being consecrated to the religion, but he developed a superb singing voice and broke away from the church to conquer the world of the newly emerged music genre โoperaโ during the European Baroque period. The remuneration of premiering several leading roles in London opera productions by composer G. F. Handel was once the ceiling among performing musicians in the European music history, and marked a glorious milestone for Baroque vocal music. Transcending the limitations of the vocal range of the human body, castrato singers cross the vocal limits of gender, in another word, they combined the characteristics of both genders to heal the humanity with their voice.
The shackles of the old eras set the limits to human bodyโs possibility in gender expression. Could we set a contemporary dialogue between voice and body across time and space in our time by wandering in between the boundaries of the art fields, and expanding our horizon into a broader imagination?
In this production, Malaysian dancer Jack Kek will perform a set of culturally integrated choreography on music drawn from multicultural elements. Focusing on the point of departure in combining movement qualities of female and male, he wanders in dance categories embodied within him (Southeast Asian traditional dance, Chinese classical dance, modern dance, etc.), shuttling between yin and yang, femininity and masculinity, virtual and real.
On the other hand, driven by the background of multicultural integration, Taiwanese intercultural troubadour Cheng-Ying Chuang not only plays nostagic and exotic sounds with Chinese lutes (zhongruan & liuqin), but also sings songs in diverse cultures with his countertenor voice to resonate with the audience. The encounter between these two artists led to this trans-national co-production, using sound and body as the media to memerize the audience with nostalgia and exoticism, and embarks a theatrical journey through time and space.
Programme elements in Music and Dance:
A. Timang Burung (Malaysian โJoget Gamelanโ was developed under The 19th-century Riau-Lingga empire from Java to Terengganu. This is a traditional Joget Gamelan piece remix with zhongruan Chinese lute) + Variation of Southeast Asian dance
B. Chinese ancient styles improv on zhongruan + Chinese Martial art, Taiji Douyin influences to Masculinity movement
C. Free improvisation music (contemporary extended techniques) + Improvisation Movement
D. Greensleeves (ใ็ถ ่ขๅญใๆญๆดฒๅทดๆดๅ
ๆธๅญไฝ้ณ่ๅณ่) + Contemporary Dance by Using Traditional chinese dance with water Sleeve.
E. Ode of Ewha (The theme song from new libretto/orchestra composition of Mei Style Beijing Opera production โRoyal Concubine Yang of the Tang Dynastyโ, music by Nailin Yang, lyrics by Sizai Wong. Premiered by Mei Baojiu, Mei Lanfangโs son, in Shanghai in 2001. C.-Y. Chuang arr. for countertenor, Chinese lute โliuqinโ solo and Chinese lute ensemble) + Traditional QianDan Sleeve Dance
F. Flow, my tears (by John Dowland. An English lute song selected from โThe Second Booke of Songs or Ayresโ published in London in 1600. Performed on countertenor and zhongruan) + Variation Water Sleeve dance
G. Ombra mai fu (aria from G. F. Handelโs opera โXerseโ, title role premiered by Senesino in London in 1738) + Contemporary dance
ใ็ถSENESINO้ไธๆข ่ญ่ณใ็ฏ็ฎไป็ดน
่ฉฑ่ชชๆข ่ญ่ณไธ้ ๅคฉไปฝ๏ผไปฅ่ฆ็ทด่ฉฎ้ๅฅณๆ ไน็พ๏ผๅ ้ก่ฆไบๆงๅฅ๏ผไนๆๅไบๅฅณๆง้ๅฎน่ฏ่ฒด็็น่ณช๏ผไฟฎ ้ฃพไบๅฅณๆง็ๅชๆ ๏ผ็ต็บๅๅคงๅๆฆไน้ฆใๆข ๅคงๅธซไนๆๅฒไบบ็้ชจๆฐฃ๏ผไปฅๅฒ้ฌๆ็ต็บๆฅ่ปๆผๅบ๏ผๆ็บๆ ๆฅ่ฑ้ไนไธใๆข ๅคงๅธซ้็บไนพๆฆ๏ผไฝไปๅฐไนพ่ๅค็็น่ณชๅจ็ๅฝไธญ้่ฆ็ๆๅป๏ผๆฐๅฐๅฅฝ่็้ซ็พๅบ ไพใ Senesino ๅบ่บซๆผ้นไผถๆญๆ “่ขซ็ป่บซ” ๅฎๆ็ๆฎ้ ทๆญทๅฒ๏ผๅป็ทดๅฐฑ่ถ ๆ็ต็พ็ๆญ่ฒ๏ผ่ซ้ขๆๆๅพๆๆญ ๆดฒๅทดๆดๅ ๆๆๅ่่ฝ็ๆญๅ็ใๅจๅซๆฆๅ้ๅพท็พ้่ซ้ฆๆผๆญๅ็ทไธป่ง็ๅน็ขผๆพๆฏๆญๆดฒ้ณๆจ็็ ๅคฉ่ฑๆฟ๏ผ็บๅทดๆดๅ ่ฒๆจ่จไธไบไธ็ญ่ผ็ ใ็บๆฑ้ๅฐ่ถ ่ถไบบ้ซ็้ณๅ้ๅถ๏ผ้นไผถๆญๆๆ็ต่ถ ่ถไบๆง ๅฅ็้ๅถ๏ผๆๅฏ่ชช้็ตไบๅ ฉ็จฎๆงๅฅ็็น่ณช๏ผๆผๅฑๅบ็็ไธไบบ็่ฒ้ณใ ่ๆไปฃ็่ฆ็ฏ๏ผๆกๆถไบ่บซ้ซๅฐๆงๅฅๅฑ็พ็ๅฏ่ฝใ่ทจ่ถๆ็ฉบ็่ฒ้ณ่่บซ้ซๅฐ่ฉฑ๏ผๆธธ่ตฐๅจ่่ก้ ๅ็ ้็ไธ๏ผ่ฝๅฆๅจ็ถไปฃๆๅฑๆดๅฏฌๅปฃ็ๆณๅ? ้ฆฌไพ่ฅฟไบ่่ ้ญๅฐ้บ่็ฑๅคๅ ๆๅ็ๆจๆฒ๏ผๅฑ็พๆๅ่ๅ็่บซ้ซ้ซ็พ๏ผไปฅ้ๆงๅ้ๆง็่บซ้ซ็น่ณช ็บๅบ็ผ้ป๏ผๆธธ็งปๅจไธๅ็่่น้กๅฅ๏ผๅฆๆฑๅไบๅณ็ตฑ่่นใไธญๅๅคๅ ธ่ใ็พไปฃ่็ญใ็ฉฟๆขญๆผ้ฐ้ฝใ้ ๆงใ่ๅฏฆไน้ใ่ทจๆๅๆจๆ่ๆฟ็ฉๅจๅคๅ ๆๅ็ไบค่็่ๆฏ้ฉ ไฝฟไธ๏ผ้คไบไปฅไธญ่ฅฟๆจๅจๅฝๆฅๅบ็ฐๅ ๅฆ้ณ๏ผๆดไปฅๅ่ฒ็ท้ซ้ณๆผๅฑ่ทจ่ถๆๅ็ๆญ่ฒ๏ผ็ฝๅผ่ฝ็พ็ๅ ฑ้ณดใๅ ฉไฝ่่กๅฎถ็็ธ้ไฟๆไบๆฌๆฌก็ ่ทจๅๅ ฑ่ฃฝ๏ผไปฅ่ฒ้ณ่่ข้ซ็บๅชไป๏ผๅผ้ ่ง็พๆธธ้ขๅจๆ ้่็ฐๅไน้๏ผ้ซ้ฉไธๅ ด็ฉฟ่ถๆ็ฉบ็ๆฒๅคขๆ ็จใ
่ทจๆๅๆจ/[่]ๅ
็ด :
A. Timang Burung (ใๆ่้ณฅใ๏ผ็็พๆๆผ1885ๅนด็ๅฎค่ฏๅงป็ฑ็ชๅๅณๅ
ฅ้ฆฌไพ่ฅฟไบ็ปๅๆจๅท๏ผ้ฆฌไพ ่ฅฟไบ็็พๆ/ไธญ้ฎ remix) + [ๆฑๅไบๅณ็ตฑ่่น่ฎๅฅ]
B. ไธญๅๅคๆจ้ขจไธญ้ฎๅณ่ + [ไธญๅๆญฆ่ก่ๅคชๆฅตๅฐๅผ็้ฝๅๆตๅ]
C. ่ช็ฑๅณ่/ๅปถไผธๆผๅฅๆๅทง + [ๅณ่่ข้ซ]
D. Greensleeves (ใ็ถ ่ขๅญใๆญๆดฒๅทดๆดๅ
ๆธๅญไฝ้ณ่ๅณ่) + [็ถไปฃ่ข้ซ]
E. โๆขจ่ฑ้ โ (ๆฐ็ทจๆญทๅฒไบฌๅใๅคงๅ่ฒดๅฆใ็ไธป้กๆฒ๏ผๆฅไนๆ ๆฒ๏ผ็ฟๆๅ ่ฉ๏ผๆข
่็2001ๅนดไธๆตท้ฆ ๆผ๏ผๅ่ฒ็ท้ซ้ณ/ๆณ็ดๅฝๅฑใๅฝๆฅๆจๅๅฅ็ทจๆฒ) + [ๅณ็ตฑไนพๆฆๆฐด่ข]
F. Flow, my tears (ใๆตๅง๏ผๆ็ๆทๆฐดใJohn Dowlandๆฒ๏ผ้ธ่ช1600ๅนดๅซๆฆๅ็ โThe Second Booke of Songs or Ayresโ๏ผ่ฑๅ้ญฏ็น็ดๆญ๏ผๅ่ฒ็ท้ซ้ณ/ไธญ้ฎๅฝๅฑ) + [ๆฐด่ขๅณ่่ๆฐด่ขๆๆณ่ฎ ๅฅ]
G. Ombra mai fu (ใๅจ้ฃๆฟๅฏ็ๆจน่ญไธใ๏ผ้ธ่ช้ๅพท็พๅทดๆดๅ
ๆญๅใ็็พๆฏใfrom Baroque opera โXerxeโ, by G. F. Handel, Senesinoๆผ1738ๅนดๅซๆฆ้ฆๆผ) + [ๅคๅ
ๆๅ่่น็่ๅ]
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ABOUT Mythical Oriental Dance Company
The Mythical Oriental Dance Company (MODC) was established in 2013 by Jack Kek. MODC train various types of Chinese traditional dance, for example sword dance, thousands hands dance, fan dance, drum and etc.
THE TEAM
Dancer: Kek Siou Kee
Musician: Chuang Cheng-Ying
PR: Zoe Lee
Lighting design and operator๏ผAmelia Tan
FOH๏ผRainow Tan
Show type
Live showShowtimes
9 & 10 August 2024 (Fri & Sat) @ 8pm
11 August 2024 (Sun) @ 2.30pm
