Directed by Tong Ruirui, a national first-level choreographer of the China Opera and Dance Theater, the first domestic artificial intelligence-themed dance drama “Deep AI You” with the theme of emotional interaction between humans and artificial intelligence will be held at the National Center for the Performing Arts for three consecutive days starting August 25. The opera house staged a shocking performance. Each performance was led by young dancers Qin Xi and Li Yiran, and co-starred by top domestic dancers such as Luo Jiacheng and Feng Shiyang. The dance team came from the Opera and Dance Theater of Jiangsu Performing Arts Group, a well-known domestic troupe.
Bring together top talents in the industry to create “Deep AI You”
This contemporary dance drama, which thinks about the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence from the perspective of the new “ecology” in the future, is produced by the Propaganda Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports. It is produced by Beijing Poly Performance Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Performing Arts Group Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Jointly produced by the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Propaganda Department of the Luohu District Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Propaganda Department of the Baoan District Committee of Shenzhen Municipality, and the Propaganda Department of the Nanshan District Committee of the Communist Party of China, it is produced by Shenzhen Theater and is a brand new attempt in the field of Chinese dance drama with breakthrough.
In addition to Tong Ruirui, the national first-level director who created many classic works such as “Crested Ibis” and “Deep Memory”, “Deep AI You” also brought together a group of top talents in the industry: by virtue of “Nanjing 1937” and “Shuiyue Luoshen” and other works He Tao, who won the Wenhua Award and the Gold Award of the Lotus Cup, and Li Hongjun, who participated in the creation of “Peacock” and “Flower World” and other works, are co-directors; Guo Sida, a famous composer who composed music for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, is the music director; Yang Donglin, chief costume designer of the Dance Theater, was in charge of costume design. The strong creative lineup provides a strong quality assurance for the challenging work “Deep AI You”.
Technology + art to the future together
The dance drama “Deep AI You” makes full use of technological elements such as robots, naked-eye 3D, and high-tech screens to creatively transform and develop dance language. The whole play focuses on companionship, telling the story of the protagonist from childhood to growing up. “AI” companion is an equal partner of human beings. In getting along with each other day and night, “AI” companion gradually has the ability of human emotions from the beginning with only the basic set procedures, and finally realizes his own “aging” and leaves voluntarily.
When director Tong Ruirui talked about the original intention of “Deep AI You”, he expressed that he hopes to broaden the boundaries of dance drama by exploring unknown areas, tap the potential of the body, and touch infinite art with limited life. The artist’s repeated explorations of the unknown are also human beings’ imaginative and creative simulations of the future.
As the first artificial intelligence-themed work in China, the director used cutting-edge editing techniques to integrate modern technology, combined with digital technology and virtual reality technology to make the theater stage more three-dimensional, and strengthened the audience’s visual sense of space at the scene. Abstract things such as the flowing time and the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence are concretized through dance, and the connotation of art is transformed into audio-visual language. Unlimited imagination.
Synopsis
In the future world, AI will enter every aspect of human life. The young Xiaohai witnessed her mother’s death in an accident, and has become extremely lonely since then. By chance, Xiaohai was attracted by an AI companion. In getting along day and night, Xiaohai walked out of the haze and grew up happily, while the AI company gradually developed the ability to understand emotions.
The boundary between programming and true feelings is gradually blurred, and Xiao Hai’s father, who loves his son, is in a dilemma. Xiao Hai does not want to lose his “mother” again. At the same time, in the face of new and upgraded products from generation to generation, AI Companion realizes his “aging” and decides to leave on his own with nostalgia for Xiaohai…
The dance drama “Deep AI You” actively embraces the future, takes AI as an equal partner of human beings, and puts a warm heart on the cold technological shell. Looking at the new scene of human beings and AI through the lens of art is a simple wish and a hope for a better future.
(Wang Chunxiao)
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责编：杨帆 ]
