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Northwest Ballet Theater's Emerald Bay is a romantic ballet set in Bellingham Bay andthe Puget Sound region in 1885. At this time, not long after the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese immigrants were driven from the area. A modern variant on Shakespeare's classic tale Romeo and Juliet, Emerald Bay recounts the...
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Northwest Ballet Theater's Emerald Bay is a romantic ballet set in Bellingham Bay andthe Puget Sound region in 1885. At this time, not long after the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese immigrants were driven from the area. A modern variant on Shakespeare's classic tale Romeo and Juliet, Emerald Bay recounts the tragic love story of a Chinese Sea Captain Li Puo and his lover Julie O'Connor, a young woman of Scots-Irish ancestry.
Prominent historical figures in the ballet include Dirty Dan Harris, Goon Dip, and Mark Twain. The ballet also includes representative dancers and character actors from the region's diverse communities. It features original choreography by artistic director John Bishop, who recently directed Northwest Ballet's Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. Emerald Bay will premiere at the University of Washington's Meany Hall in Seattle on May 15, 2011, McIntrye Hall in Mt. Vernon on June 4 & 5, 2011, and Mt. Baker Theatre in Bellingham on June 11, 12, & 13, 2011
芭蕾舞剧《翡翠湾》简介
《翡翠湾》是一部反映早期中国移民来美经历的芭蕾舞剧。这部浪漫主义题材的舞剧以1886年华盛顿州沿海的普吉湾为背景,用艺术语言讲述了一个华人闯荡美国版的罗密欧与朱丽叶的生死恋故事。男主角黎波是一位中国货船的船长,他运货到美国西北海岸的小城白岭罕,在近海救起了一位贩私酒的美国船长“丹大叔“(Uncle
Dan),并通过他认识了一位美丽的爱尔兰裔红发姑娘。两位年轻人很快双双堕入爱河,但引起了姑娘家族的强烈反对。姑娘的哥哥反对得尤其激烈。男人之间的争吵不幸发展成了械斗,黎波和姑娘的哥哥都重伤身亡。为了避免悲剧再现,丹大叔和当地华商阮洽合力号召,初步消除了小镇上的种族隔阂以及对华人的歧视。
该剧以浪漫始,以悲剧达高潮,但以喜剧结束,演绎了当地华人史上真实人物的部分真实生活(丹大叔和阮洽都确有其人,而阮洽对消除对华人的歧视作出了重要贡献,以至他所在的地区有一座山峰是以他命名的);它源于生活但高于生活,用芭蕾舞典雅高尚之美来娱乐观众,以历史的经验教育观众,对美化生活,增进中美文化交流和民族融和有着积极的作用。
该剧的编导是美国西北芭蕾舞剧团团长约翰.毕舍浦(John Bishop)。他是一位具有杰出才能和丰富经验的艺术大师,曾成功地编导、上演了多部芭蕾舞剧,其中包括经典剧目《吉赛尔》、《火鸟》、《葛蓓莉娅》以及他自编自导的《阿拉丁神灯》和《美人鱼》。目前这部舞剧《翡翠湾》将是他在艺术创作上的重要创新,并得到美国西华盛顿大学英美文学系的两位教授 (俞宁博士和克里斯多夫.威斯博士)的学术支持。该剧上演后西华盛顿大学将展开一系列的学术讲座与讨论,使之成为当地文化史上的一件大事。
总之,这个节目需要来自中国、香港、台湾以及世界各地华人的支持与赞助,包括西雅图地区的各界华人踊跃订购演出门票和各公司、企业的慷慨解囊。美国西北芭蕾舞团请求诸位对这项有历史及现实意义的工作予以鼎力支持,并在此表示不胜感激。