ZUNI ICOSAHEDRON

ZUNI ICOSAHEDRON 導演 /文本 /舞台設計：榮念曾
演出： 柯軍 (江蘇崑劇院院長) 、楊永德 、楊陽 (江蘇崑劇院)、
現場敲擊： 李立特 (江蘇崑劇院)
音樂： 潘德恕
服裝設計： 鄭兆良.

怎會有如此決絕的晚上
怎會有如此決絕的下場

榮念曾繼《挑滑車》及《荒山淚》後，再回到傳統戲曲實驗室，開出崑劇武生高難度動作《夜奔》，以此為《實驗中國傳統三部曲》劃上句號。《夜奔》是明中葉戲劇大家李開先名作《寶劍記》僅存兩折戲之一，講述宋朝八十萬禁軍教頭林冲，遭奸佞所害迫上梁山為寇，趁着月黑星稀隻身趕路的心路歷程。榮念曾借題發揮，論述表演藝術如何在政治動盪中，不斷發揮它的生命韌力；同時探討古今文人雅士，如何借藝術評議世間百態，如何由小舞台影響到大社會，如...何和群眾同步面對各種時移世易，如何質詢制度背後每個價值觀。同一個林冲，同一句「丈夫有淚不輕彈、只因未到傷心處」，如何在不同時代閱讀再閱讀，演譯再演譯，由明朝中葉崑曲開始的源頭始點，到南明苟延偷歡殘喘；由清朝文字獄到清末民初外憂內患，走到二十世紀文化大革命到當今河蟹社會，會仍是「那是千軍萬馬化作一滴男兒淚」，還是別有一番面貌？

本劇獲邀於2010年5月新加坡海濱藝術中心『亞洲藝談』演出。

2010年3月25 - 27日，晚上8時15分
香港文化中心劇場
票價：$240 $180 $120學生 $90 $60

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How could the night be filled with such despair
How could the finale be filled with such despair

Following The Outcast General and the award-winning Tears of Barren Hill, Danny Yung’s closing sequel in his Experimental Traditional Opera Trilogy is a revamp of the kunqu solo act Flee by Night. The classic act is one of two surviving acts from the play, The Legend of the Precious Sword written by Mid-Ming playwright Li Kaixian, as an allegorical rebuke of the corrupt leadership. The hero Lin Chong, a character from the Chinese classic novel, Water Margin, was an honourable and loyal instructor of the imperial guard, who was tricked by malicious officials into violating the law. He had no alternative but to join the band of Liangshan outlaws. In a perilous flight, he found himself alone in the dark of night. Overwhelmed with anger and frustration, the hero wept over his fate.

In this venture, Danny Yung brings us back to the past and the origins of Chinese opera. He asks: How has Chinese opera evolved into a way for artists and audiences to show resilience in tumultuous times in the face of their social and political discontent? How do the intelligentsia express dissent through the performing arts? How do artists question the ideologies behind the establishment? How does the small theatre stage influence society at large? By interpreting and re-interpreting Lin Chong against the backdrop of different historical periods – from the mid-Ming dynasty when kunqu became popular to the lingering death of the Southern Ming empire; from the Literary Inquisition of the Manchuruan regime to the fast descending semi-colonial state of China in the late 19th century; and from the Maoist revolutionary frenzy to the state-censored “hexie”(harmonious) society – Lin Chong’s flight will make us painfully aware, not only of the present, but also of ourselves.

Flee by Night has been invited to Convers Asians at the Singapore Esplanade in May 2010.

Director/ Text/ Stage Design: Danny Yung
Performers: Ke Jun (Director of Jiangsu Kunqu Opera Troupe) / David Yeung / Yang Yang (Jiangsu Kunqu Opera Troupe)
Live Percussions: Li Lite (Jiangsu Kunqu Opera Troupe)
Music: Pun Tak Shu
Costume design: Barney Cheng

8:15 pm, 25-27, March, 2010
Studio Theatre, HK Cultural Centre
Ticket Price: $240 $180 $120 Student $90 $60

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