[2024 Zhengzhou ] Travel Guide for Zhengzhou Grand Theater (Updated Sep)

Zhengzhou Trip——Zhengzhou Grand Theatre

Zhengzhou Grand Theatre——Dance Drama "Dream of the Red Chamber". The charm of art. Lies in driving on the highway at high speed, rushing there and rushing back. By the time we got home, it was already 12:20 AM. As soon as the dance drama "Dream of the Red Chamber" went on sale at the Zhengzhou Grand Theatre, it was sold out in seconds. This enthusiasm. Unprecedented. It made my anticipation for the dance drama "Dream of the Red Chamber" instantly soar. Zhengzhou Grand Theatre. Although not as artistically rich and spectacular as the National Centre for the Performing Arts. But it still amazed me a little. The theatre is designed with the concept of "Yellow River Sail Shadow, Art Boat". Opera House. Concert Hall. Drama Hall. Multi-function Hall. Staggered and orderly. Clearly divided. Not disturbing each other. Yet, closely connected. Bright lights. Clean windows. The spacious space, with flickering lights, resembles the brilliance of stars. When we arrived. It was crowded. Yet, orderly. The cultural and creative products of the "Dream of the Red Chamber" series are truly heartfelt. With the popularity of the dance drama "Dream of the Red Chamber". It ignited our hearts and our intense passion for "Dream of the Red Chamber". Those red cultural and creative products, layer upon layer, are festive yet steady. Couldn't resist, bought them. "Dream of the Red Chamber", from the past to the present, remains a heavy weight in my heart. It is a ceremony, a commemoration, a respect, and also an admiration. Ticket check. Entering the venue. The whole place, fully seated. The moment the dance drama started. The girl sitting next to me said——I got goosebumps on my arm. If the beauty of the novel lies in the fact that everyone who has read it has their own version of Lin Daiyu, Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai... The beauty of film and television lies in restoring the characters of the novel to our eyes, seeing more delicate and profound character portrayals. Then, the beauty of the dance drama is in expressing each character's love and hatred, the rise and fall of a family, through body language under the changing lights and scenes. It allows us to see a beautiful and highly expressive emotional presentation. Not a single word, yet we understood the content of each scene and the presentation of each character. The whole place was quiet. Everyone, almost, held their breath. As the plot deepened. As the dancers' superb and delicate performances. Each of us. Was brought into the emotions of the dance drama. In 140 minutes, whether joy, sadness, sorrow, or pain, until the end of the performance, everything entered a dream. We. A moment of silence. Then, applause. Wave after wave. The cheers of the whole audience, surging like sound waves. The actors bowed five times. We repeatedly expressed our gratitude and excitement with applause. It was really, really wonderful. The fullness of art will fill our spiritual world. It, like, a warm current, also like, blood, circulates through every sensory part of our body, baptizing, softening, infecting, and healing our entire nervous system. It also makes us soft yet resilient, kind yet trusting. A feast of dance. Washed away the cold of this winter with great fervor. And, wrote our way home full of——worth it.