Absorb artistic nutrition from life and improve artistic quality through innovation. As a creator with very active thinking, Cui Wei insists on going deep into life, observing regional folk customs, and strives to obtain creative inspiration from the most direct life, from which Refining a unique artistic language, constantly innovating and surpassing in artistic expression, and using sweat and even life to create masterpieces of dance art.
In 1996, in order to create the dance poetry drama "Ajie Drum", Cui Wei went to Tibet four times to collect folk songs, experienced the no-man's land in northern Tibet, and pursued the customs of the snowfields of the Western Regions. Facing Mount Everest, she strongly felt the power of human beings and the greatness of life again and again, and sincerely understood the unique charm of Tibetan culture, thus perfectly interpreting the theme of "loving life and advocating nature" in the art of dance. "Sister's Drum" pioneered domestic dance poetry drama and has won 7 awards in national dance drama performances and the "Wenhua Director Award" from the Ministry of Culture. This play is a fine repertoire of Hangge. It has been performed for 16 years since its performance in 1997 and is still performed for a long time.
The first World Buddhist Forum Conference was held in Hangzhou in 2006. In order to create the song, dance, poetry and drama "Ode to Peace" for the opening ceremony, Cui Wei and her creative team went to India and Nepal to collect ideas. This song and dance poetry drama takes the history of the birth and introduction of Buddhism into China as a clue. It integrates songs, dances, music, martial arts, and operas into a variety of artistic expressions to express the theme of human beings' "peace, friendship, and starting from the heart." The performance has been well received by It has received praise and affirmation from more than 1,000 eminent monks, scholars, and experts from all over the world. As a result, it was awarded the Excellent Export Cultural Project of the Ministry of Culture in 2007, and was invited to perform in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and tour more than 60 times in 20 provinces and cities including the 2010 Shanghai International Arts Festival. Received widespread praise.
As an artist living in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, how to express the gentle and graceful Jiangnan style has always been Cui Wei's creative thinking, so she collaborated with the famous calligrapher Wang Dongling. In the modern art "Ink Dance on the West Lake", the two artists have had countless exchanges, and their creative inspiration has been sublimated through constant friction. During the exhibition at Zhejiang Art Museum, this conceptual work in which dance and calligraphy art dialogue expressed the artist's love for the landscape of West Lake and his awe for traditional Chinese culture. The work was hailed by critics as a diverse innovation of cross-border creation. In 2012 In the Hangzhou Life Phenomenon Selection, it was the only art work to win the annual phenomenon title of "Oriental Culture and Fashion Interpretation".
What kind of artistic effect will be produced by the blending of Chinese and Western cultures? The concert "Tea and Coffee" creatively planned by Cui Wei gave us a surprising answer. This Chinese-Western concert was launched in 2011 as the West Lake The repertoire of the International Music Festival interprets the dialogue between dulcimer and jazz drum, erhu and violin, cleverly integrating Chinese and Western culture through the medium of music, refreshing the audience and arousing strong responses. As a result, the concert was fully promoted to the market and toured 17 provinces and cities including Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian, Liaoning, and Jilin. Wherever it went, it was widely praised by the audience and achieved good market effect.
How to combine the art of singing and dancing with Hangzhou's characteristic clothing industry through cultural creativity, adding rich cultural connotation to the industrial chain of Hangzhou's economic development, is another direction Cui Wei is exploring. After constant collection and research, she finally created "Primitive Evolution" with a vivid theme and full of vitality. This performance uses the development from cocoon to silk as the baseline, artistically interprets traditional clothing to modern fashion, and cleverly explains the evolution from silkworm cocoon to silk. The historical evolution process from ancient times to modern clothing, at the 2011 China International Silk Expo, broke the simple performance of traditional fashion catwalks and highlighted the long history and vitality of Hangzhou style clothing culture, so it received unanimous praise.
Based on Hangzhou’s advantages in building an animation capital, Cui Wei creatively planned the first original animation theater in the country, with regular performances every week. In the past two years, more than 50 original animation dramas have been developed and nearly 200 performances have been performed. Through educational and entertaining animation performances, it conveys truth, goodness and beauty in the hearts of young people and injects positive energy into society.
Among the many works, the music ceremony "Leifeng Sunset" and the live-action drama "West Lake Goddess" are representative plays of Cui Wei's exploration of "land art" expression forms. They were respectively the 2002 Hangzhou Lei Feng Created at the completion ceremony for the reconstruction of the peak tower and the completion ceremony for the construction of Yanggong Embankment in Hangzhou in 2003, the work organically combines content with nature, thus showing the cultural accumulation of Hangzhou's outstanding people.
In addition, in 2010, Cui Wei was invited by the Ministry of Culture, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the State Administration of Tourism and the Shanghai Municipal Government to serve as the general director of the China·Shanghai "Entering the World Expo" large-scale launching ceremony gala. , successfully launched a series of activities for China’s World Expo Year. In 2012, at the invitation of the Ministry of Education and the Zhejiang Provincial Government, Cui Wei served as the general director of the "National College Student Art Exhibition Opening Ceremony" and was commended by the Ministry of Education and the Zhejiang Provincial Government for his successful performance. Cui Wei also creatively planned the cross-strait "Spring River Gathering-Fuchun Mountain Residence Picture Combination Commemorative Event" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and created and directed more than 200 works such as the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and provincial and municipal large-scale celebration parties. Cui Wei is like this, dedicating wonderful artistic feasts to the people of Hangzhou, Zhejiang and the whole country one by one.
The people nourish art, and art is grateful to the people
Cui Wei clearly knows that it is the people who nourish art and give artists inspiration for creation and a stage for expression, so he uses art to reflect the people's lives. Being grateful for the people's gifts is the social responsibility and responsibility that artists must have.
As a deputy to the National People's Congress and a member of the Hangzhou Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, Cui Wei has shown a high sense of social responsibility over the years and has actively devoted his efforts to social welfare undertakings while fulfilling his duties as a deputy to the National People's Congress and participating in the political deliberations of the CPPCC. The China Education Foundation awarded her the title of "Ambassador of Love".
Cui Wei pays special attention to the migrant workers group and hopes to do something for those "new city residents" who come from other places. When she went to construction sites, factories and mines and other places where migrant workers are the most to collect and experience life, The inspiration for creation burst out, so a avant-garde experimental dance drama "Dancing with Strangers" presented in the language of dance was completed. "A dance touches a city", Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Daily, Xinmin Evening News, Qianjiang Evening News, etc. 20 Many media outlets have reported on this.
Cui Wei has always been pursuing to create works that are in sync with the times and close to the hearts of the people. During the "Spring Festival Transport" in 2012 and 2013, Cui Wei thought about bringing artistic works into the front line of life. Her creativity Planned the "Warm Way Home" "pop-up" event, the artist appeared in Hangzhou Jiubao Passenger Transport Center, Xiaoshan Airport, Hangzhou Subway and other places, using songs and smiles to send blessings to everyone going home, letting them feel When visiting Hangzhou, the warm feelings and humanistic care conveyed by this happiest city have become a warm topic on the way back home during the Spring Festival. CCTV News Weekly conducted a special report on this.
In 2014, to continue the public welfare brand "Warm Way Home" action, Qianjiang Evening News, Zhejiang Dancers Association, Hangzhou Opera and Dance Theater and Alibaba Seniors and Children Happy Group *** jointly participated, On the occasion of the Year of the Horse, a strong sense of "nostalgia" is used as a clue throughout the entire event, allowing people to reminisce about their childhood Spring Festival travel time with a touch of familiarity and feel the warm blessings and non-stop love from Hangzhou.
Cui Wei has always believed that life is the source of art and the people are the mother of art. In 2010, she planned the charity brand "Hand in Hand", which means "Holding hands in Hangzhou, bringing happiness to thousands of homes". She has delivered movies and tickets to the people of Hangzhou for four consecutive years, and has cooperated with Hangzhou Federation of Trade Unions and Hangzhou Charity Together with the Federation, laid-off workers, disabled people, migrant workers and other social groups were sent to the Grand Theater to watch plays for free, and they also went to Yongjin Square by the West Lake for an open-air performance of "Autumn Arts and Love". "Holding Hands" builds a harmonious bridge for the whole society and is deeply loved by the general public. Over the past few years, Hangge has implemented public welfare undertakings and cultural activities to benefit the people. The Hangzhou Charity Federation awarded the Hangge team the title of "Love Art Troupe".
Let the world look at China and let China spread the art of nourishing the people of the world
After years of experience and accumulation, unique creative style, and persistent artistic pursuit, Cui Wei was selected by the Beijing Olympic Committee in 2007 Cui Wei was selected and signed with the International Olympic Organizing Committee together with Zhang Yimou and 21 other artists from all over the world. He served as the executive deputy director of the opening and closing ceremony center of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. During his time working at the opening and closing ceremony center of the Beijing Olympic Games, Cui Wei was highly responsible. With his professionalism and artistic talent that dares to challenge, he successfully completed the task and brought glory to the motherland. Together with Zhang Yimou, Zhang Jigang, and Chen Weiya, he was awarded the "Advanced Individual of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics" by the Party Central Committee and the State Council. , four director medals issued by the State Council, she used her artistic talent to contribute to China's Centennial Olympic Games.
Spreading Chinese culture to the world has been Cui Wei’s unremitting pursuit during his 30 years of dance art creation. She has gone to the United States to direct the National Day Gala "God Bless China", the Broadway experimental drama "Mo·Tea", and went to Japan to direct the musical "Vina Comes Down from the Tree" and other plays.
In the continuous exploration of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, her artistic footprints have spread to more than 20 countries around the world. Cui Wei promptly grasps the needs of international art and strives to develop the international commercial performance market. Since 2010, she has co-created with a well-known Lebanese theater troupe. The dance drama "Zeid's Dream" is a dance drama that brings together distinct Chinese cultural elements such as Chinese sleeves, opera, and Dunhuang flying apsaras. With a novel and unique stage performance, it has been performed at the Kennedy Center in the United States, the Grand Theater in France, and London, England. It has conducted more than 30 world tours in theaters and Arabia and other regions, creating a strong Chinese style wherever it went, and the performances were sold out. While spreading China's excellent culture, it also pioneered cross-border cooperation in domestic dance dramas and successfully conducted world tours. Xinhua News Agency's overseas agencies have made various special reports, and the Ministry of Culture has spoken highly of the "culture going global" phenomenon.