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加载中…本來是專程去東京看Sylvie Guillem的,順路去京都看了2009年尾的顏見世。結果Sylvie大失所望,反而顏見世是意外的驚喜。這次5個小時的歌舞伎的折子戲有天満宮菜種御供.時平の七笑, 土蜘蛛, 助六曲輪初花桜.三浦屋格子先の場,石橋.
土蜘蛛 - 傳統蜘蛛精是女形,這次是尾上菊五郎的立役。兒子尾上菊之助演了其中的女房,跳了一段由能劇搬過來的舞,非常美,兩個日本舞老師坐在我前面,看后交換了個欣賞的眼色。
助六曲輪初花桜 - 坂東和片岡。講助六為了尋找寶刀「友切丸」,在吉原里和游客争吵打架騙他們抽刀。助六在花魁扬卷的幫助下殺掉盜走「友切丸」的惡人意休,奪回寶刀。故事原長3小時,歌舞伎通常演一幕「三浦屋格子先の場』。我之前特地找團十郎和中村雀右衛門的DVD版本預習一下。:) 「三浦屋格子先の場』由扬卷扶著力士自花道醉登场開始,意休出言調戲扬卷,要她拋棄無錢的助六;接著就是扬卷一段出名的排比念白,比較助六奚落意休,然后扬卷揚長而去;助六登場在花道上表演一段出名的傘舞,助六故意與意休及意休手下沖突,又是為了逼意休拔劍,激怒中意休克制沒拔劍,憤憤離去;接著很搞笑,助六和兄長一起欺負路人,逼他們由胯下爬過,路人都由名角演,而各名角有自己方式,出出不同;助六的母親滿江突然與扬卷出現,滿江逼助六穿上紙衣發誓不再打架;滿江走了以后,意休出現,助六躲在扬卷裙下,被意休發現,不能再打架的助六被百般羞辱,助六克制不住沖突,意休終于拔劍,如所料,就是「友切丸」。
團十郎的DVD坂到這兒就結束了,今年的顏見世也是。聽說還有后文:助六埋伏殺了意休奪回寶刀,被路人发现引來捕手。助六隐藏大水桶里缺氧失去知覺,捕手离开後,聞訊趕來的扬卷抱著助六吸水幫他苏醒。(很艳情,昭和年間曾被禁)
自1713年初演,助六傳統上是市川團十郎家的戲,兩個版本,我更喜歡這次顏見世的版本:這出生戲,而助六難演處是他亦正亦邪的本性,團十郎個性開朗,有匪氣,傘舞也漂亮,但片岡的演繹更有層次深度,一場下來說不出的好,回味無窮,片岡的念白也更好聽;揚卷的話,DVD版雀右衛門當時很老了,動作緩慢,他女形風格也比較單一并偏淑女,相對而言坂東演的很媚,坂東的扬卷奚落意休後離場時,故意在意休身邊站定,身體大幅後仰,擺了個不顧一屑的小女人姿態,真的很坂東,男性觀眾都會意大笑;歌舞伎演員念白很重要,坂東演牡丹亭后受過聲樂訓練,念白很好聽,把同臺比下去了;片岡和坂東是長期搭檔了,很有chemistry ,當坂東把仁左衛門護在裙下細語安慰時,看著真是一對璧人。唯一遗憾的是,顏見世開場由意休出言調戲扬卷,删掉了很可看的扬卷醉態,可惜沒看到坂東演绎扬卷醉態。
石橋 - 傳統打戲,父子獅精在石橋上稱王。歌舞伎武打很具舞蹈感,武龍套身段單一,但視覺效果非常好,最后在紛飛的大雪中父子獅精和眾龍套大擺pose,熱熱鬧鬧結束。
對京都人來說,看了顏見世這一年才算完,喜氣洋洋的辭舊迎新,我沾一沾喜福氣。
香港的暖冬總沒聖誕氣氛。懷念紐約波士頓白色聖誕,散發松香的真聖誕樹,及滿地禮物;懷念五大道上的過節氣氛,明年還是回美國過聖誕。先在這兒祝大家:
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!
紐約五大道
紐約五大道
紐約洛克菲勒中心
紐約洛克菲勒中心
聖誕
Once a modern-dancer-want-to-be, I always loved Sylvie Guillem. What she does to her muscle is unbelievable, and how she dances with such selfless devotion is rare. I adore her, I worship her, I am addicted to her; therefore not only did I book the first class tickets in JULY for her DECEMBER performances (that means I lived in high expectation for bloody 6 months), but also did I fly from Hong Kong to see her; just be utterly shocked in Tokyo by "Sacred Monsters". Bravo to that.
Ok,Sylvie was as polished on stage as always; she did not lose a bit of skill nor her charm nor her awkward French humor. And Khan did the traditional Indian dance beautifully. And the acrobat was awesome. But I did not come here to see you two do acrobat. The choreographer was poorly done; most of the movement did not channel the theme well to the audience. The only great part was the final 10 minute dance: reaching harmony. For a USD 200 ticket, this 10 minute was terribly short.
Let's go to the theme of this piece:"As Guillem explains, the stage is her Sacred Monster; a space in which her classical training and status enables her to be perfect, divine, or, in the words of Martha Graham, 'an Acrobat of God living up to her own and everyone else’s extraordinary expectations'....Khan’s monologue is directed to the audience, discussing questions of which he believes there are only two solutions; either he should be obedient or set about discovering his own answers....Beginning with a movement metaphor of broken arm gestures that seem to symbolise the tribulations of imperfection, Khan confronts his Sacred Monsters of self analysis....Guillem relates her experience of learning Italian from a Charlie Brown children’s book. Her favorite character is Sally, Charlie Brown’s precocious little sister who from Guillem’s perspective, hurdles over and around the futility of life with whimsy. Guillem seems to acknowledge with this metaphor that she knows what must be given up for her art and has decided that it’s not so bad. Guillem has faced her Sacred Monsters on stage and within and has found acquiescence "
To be honest, the audience would be able to follow the program,if they had knew the dancers' background. My friend, who came with me, knew nothing about the two,got completely lost and fell in sleep. I cannot blame him. I personal followed the theme throughout the dance mostly because I knew the background of both dancers. As much as I could identify with the theme, the presentation was juvenile. Sylvie and Khran are both outstanding classic theatre dancers, one classic ballet the other classic Indian; both broke away from their classic theatre to modern dance, and more importantly both made it. However please forgive me, quoting from the after-feeling of my layman friend"this is a rich-kid says to the majority public: I am so full and there is nothing to eat, the steak in front of me is too over-cooked to be eaten." I hated such comparison, but cannot deny that he was at least half right. The presentation was so WAY TOO DIRECT, AND THEREFROE LACK DEPTH. Grow out of 1960s and 1980s, Brother Khran.
Being Sylive's long time fan, I still think this is a shame for Sylvie's level. After spending USD 200 on a 60 minute show and a lot more on hotel and air tickets, I have to say: "Sylvie, This is a free fall from 'In the middle, somewhere elevated' with William Forsyther. If you cannot find better choreographer to work with, it is a bad idea to return to classic ballet."
The Monsters
The awkwardness
The only 10 minute good part: Harmony
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29/1折子戲《昭君出塞》、《獅吼記》(全本)- 岳美緹、張靜嫻
30/1 《雷峰塔》- 黎安、谷好好 、余彬、沈昳麗
31/1 下午《牡丹亭》上本
31/1 晚上《牡丹亭》下本 - 岳美緹、蔡正仁、黎安、翁佳慧四生;梁谷音、余彬、沈昳麗等五旦。
喜歡到臺北看戲,一是國內派出演員陣容比較強大,二是觀眾看戲的氣氛好。臺北人對中國古典文化的喜好浸在了骨子里。每次到臺灣都住酒店,這次嘗試了臺北的一家 Bed & Breakfast (臺灣是叫民宿嗎?)。出乎意料的好,價錢也體恤人。最令我感動的是人情味兒,早上不但有豐富的西式早餐,還有自家熬的清粥和小菜,臺灣的大米真稠粥真好喝。
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阿姨的廚房,每天早上就在這里為我炮制美味的早餐
五層樓的透天別墅,他們把1-3層改為Bed&Breakfast,還加了電梯。 :)
二樓
樓梯
我最愛他們的裝飾品
三樓
大廳,其實每間房間都20寸的 LCD 電視,
樓下大廳還是有個42 寸大電視。
我走的時候,他們特地為我叫了又便宜又舒服的專車去機場
15日在香港看了一場長生殿,溫宇航的唐明皇,朱安麗的楊貴妃,張世錚周雪雯老師的指導教戲,蘭亭制作。不愧是蘭亭,又在故宮演過3個月的戲,制作很專業精致,名師指導, 故事緊湊,編導可看性強。但如果由昆曲的角度來看,那可點評的地方還是不少。
感覺整個團隊京劇味太濃,直到溫宇航出場,舉手投足間一派名門昆班出身的風范,那股昆味擋也擋不住,身段雅致從容,咬字行腔規范,整體是很正的崑曲,是1980/1990年代北昆戲校扎實并比較純的訓練;溫宇航扮唐明皇很有氣度,癡情但軟弱,前段儒雅風流可見,后段蛟龍困灘的難堪卻不明顯,明皇年輕時雄才偉略,年老時才沉醉于安逸,并非李后主一類的弱主。溫宇航的巾生一定極好,記得很小的時候電視上看過他的《金不換》,演的很好,印象深刻;他唱官生還是差一些,長輩說膛氣不夠,練得還不到火候。
蘭亭這個版本加了“醉酒”,“窺浴”兩折。對比一下洪昇的原本,“醉酒”應該就是“夜怨”,“醉酒”的身段和京劇“貴妃醉酒”相似,曲牌不是原本的曲牌,用的是“驚變”里前一段【南撲燈蛾】;然后把“驚變”【北上小樓】和后一段【南撲燈蛾】砍了,很想聽他唱【北上小樓】,太失望了,而且沒了后面兩段這一折就變“小宴”了;“窺浴” 一折用的也不是原本曲牌,看上去更像是京劇,我猜是用京劇“太真出浴”改的。
蘭亭的音樂聽著很怪,不協調,朋友說他們應該是把曲牌搞錯了,該哭的曲牌演奏的歡快,該笑的曲牌演奏的很悲;樂隊里還加了大提琴,非常非常不和諧,破壞了昆曲傳統的美,我一邊聽一邊按奈著對大提琴手的恨意。最后服裝不太合規,唐明皇帶的帽子像是借鑒粵曲的款式,昆曲沒有見過,楊貴妃的頭面也不是昆曲傳統的鳳冠,并且那幾只大鳳凰也太大太閃了,愈發襯出朱安麗小姐的瘦弱。
講了那么多,但回想一下,制作還是很好的,看的也頗為滿意,可整體就是覺得有點怪,好像是想看綠洲但看到了火山流的感覺,唯有溫宇航的昆曲是滾滾火山熱流中的一股清泉,安撫了一顆焦燥的心。
溫宇航和新帽子