TITLE:
Copper Sparrow Locking the Beautiful Woman, Dancing together to Break the Long Romance—On the Creative Art of the Dance Drama “Bronze Sparrow Opera”
AUTHORS:
Xinchen Jin
KEYWORDS:
Bronze Sparrow Opera, Dance Drama, Dance Creation
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.12 No.7,
July
8,
2025
ABSTRACT: When you see dancers dancing gracefully like they have been resurrected from Han Dynasty stone carvings, you will be immersed in Mr. Sun Ying’s large-scale dance drama “Bronze Sparrow Opera” created in the 1980s. The whole drama consists of more than 20 dance segments, and uses dance to compose heart wrenching songs between simple character relationships. It was premiered in 1985 and is still worth savoring. This article starts with interviews and second-hand literature, focusing on the imagery of the 1985 premiere version of “Bronze Sparrow Opera”. It will discuss the creative art of the dance drama from three aspects: character shaping, dance and music repetition, and the idea of seeing the big picture from the small, in order to explore the narrative meaning of the dance drama and strive for better dance creation to express Chinese stories.