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Thursday, November 01, 2018
Yabin Wang's The Moon Opera makes its North American debut in Pittsburgh | Dance + Live Performance
Dance + Live Performance | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: In Yabin Wang's dance adaptation of Bi Feiyu's The Moon Opera, an embittered, former opera star looks to reclaim her past glory with the role that defined her career - and tragically changed her life forever.
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Elizabeth P
said...
I am slightly familiar with Yabin Wang and her dance work, as I have seen parts of M-Dao on youtube and such. However, more so than some of those stories, 'The Moon Opera' sounds absolutely fascinating to me. I find the aspect of the multiple dramatic storylines, and how the main character suffers between loving what she does, and the reality of her own life, very intriguing, especially for how they will convey this through dance. Reading about the storyline for this dance adaptation left me thinking a lot about the movie Black Swan. Although these two stories are not really parallels of each other, I think the beginning of the dance, and the movie mirror a lot between their main characters, and their desperation to be a star on the stage, and how that leads them to do terrible things. However, 'The Moon Opera' lets the main character come back from this struggle to find some amount of "glory" again. Even though there will not be speaking, I think the story, and the emotions created by the characters, will be highly relatable for many people. The fact that Pittsburgh is the only North American city where 'The Moon Opera' will be shown provides a special opportunity for dance fans. This city is a remarkable hub for exposure to new works and cultures, and it's a shame that it will only be here for one night.
The last line of this article is that this show “qualifies as a must-see for area dance fans,” and honestly I would not normally consider myself as a dance fan, but reading the description of this show makes me really want to see it. While I was reading the description of the show about the dramatic competition between the understudy and Yanqiu and the struggle with the traditional role in society as a woman made me think that only a dance would capture the emotion and the beauty of the characters in this story. Something that also interests me is that the music is composed by both a Polish composer and a Chinese composer because I am very interested in how the Polish music mixes with the Chinese music to make one cohesive score. Especially because I do not know much about Polish or Chinese music styles, so I do think this show would be very fun for me to listen to and be able to listen to those two music styles together.
2 comments:
I am slightly familiar with Yabin Wang and her dance work, as I have seen parts of M-Dao on youtube and such. However, more so than some of those stories, 'The Moon Opera' sounds absolutely fascinating to me. I find the aspect of the multiple dramatic storylines, and how the main character suffers between loving what she does, and the reality of her own life, very intriguing, especially for how they will convey this through dance. Reading about the storyline for this dance adaptation left me thinking a lot about the movie Black Swan. Although these two stories are not really parallels of each other, I think the beginning of the dance, and the movie mirror a lot between their main characters, and their desperation to be a star on the stage, and how that leads them to do terrible things. However, 'The Moon Opera' lets the main character come back from this struggle to find some amount of "glory" again. Even though there will not be speaking, I think the story, and the emotions created by the characters, will be highly relatable for many people. The fact that Pittsburgh is the only North American city where 'The Moon Opera' will be shown provides a special opportunity for dance fans. This city is a remarkable hub for exposure to new works and cultures, and it's a shame that it will only be here for one night.
The last line of this article is that this show “qualifies as a must-see for area dance fans,” and honestly I would not normally consider myself as a dance fan, but reading the description of this show makes me really want to see it. While I was reading the description of the show about the dramatic competition between the understudy and Yanqiu and the struggle with the traditional role in society as a woman made me think that only a dance would capture the emotion and the beauty of the characters in this story. Something that also interests me is that the music is composed by both a Polish composer and a Chinese composer because I am very interested in how the Polish music mixes with the Chinese music to make one cohesive score. Especially because I do not know much about Polish or Chinese music styles, so I do think this show would be very fun for me to listen to and be able to listen to those two music styles together.
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