难以稀释的原罪——谈艾夫曼的芭蕾舞剧《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》
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摘要
艾夫曼成功地将俄国作家陀思妥耶夫斯基的文学巨作《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》搬上舞台,用舞蹈将庞杂的故事内容浓缩成清晰的情感,将文学作品中的冲突和矛盾妥善地安置在舞剧之中,并以此为舞剧营造出强烈的戏剧冲突。《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》这部舞剧袭承了艾夫曼一贯的编创做法,运用舞蹈的表现形式将具象的文学剧本抽象成父子、手足等若干清晰的人物关系,进而借助舞剧的推进将抽象的舞剧内容凝聚为一个核心的思考,即原罪如何可以得到稀释。
Boris Eifman has successfully adapted Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov into a ballet, reproducing almost all the conflicts in the ballet and giving the ballet a strong dramatic appeal. The Brothers Karamazov shows the habits of Boris Eifman as a choregrapher: placing the various fictional characters into abstract and simplified parent-child and brother relationships, and pointing to a philosophical question: how can the original sin be redeemed?Boris Eifman focused on the father(Karamazov) and his sons(the eldest son Demetri, the second son Ivan and the youngest son Alexei), who are the core characters in the most dramatic conflicts. Surprisingly, in a twoact ballet, Boris Eifman not only fully presented the conflicts, but also gave the opportunity to contemplate on a hidden issue concerning human nature. The question concerning redemption is seamlessly embedded in a perfect and convincing narrative.Boris Eifman's ballets are well known for expressing strong emotions through simple narratives, leading the audience to reflect on human nature. In this ballet, the issues of human nature include: how selfish desires erode the relationship between father and sons, how hostility swallows up kinship, and how the credulity of law harms innocent people.In the final conflict, the ballet focused on Alexei and the "beast" inside him which roared and rushed out of the "moral cage," highlighting the crazy genes of the Karamazov family. Boris Eifman skillfully used a cross as the symbol of Alexei's faith, and with a big noise the cross fell from the roof, symbolizing the collapse of Alexei's faith that he had tried to defend through quarrels with his brothers.Boris Eifman's The Brothers Karamazov raises a number of thought-provoking questions, especially about the antagonism between belief and disbelief. Through the conflicts between the father and his sons, the ballet reveals the Western conception: humans are born with sin. Then, how can humans redeem their sin? Karamazov said, "Lust cannot be redeemed." Demetri said, "Jealousy cannot be redeemed." Ivan said, "Violence is not redeemable." Boris Eifman wants to tell the audience that the answer rests in the heart of the audience. They are supposed to feel it themselves.
Boris Eifman has successfully adapted Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov into a ballet, reproducing almost all the conflicts in the ballet and giving the ballet a strong dramatic appeal. The Brothers Karamazov shows the habits of Boris Eifman as a choregrapher: placing the various fictional characters into abstract and simplified parent-child and brother relationships, and pointing to a philosophical question: how can the original sin be redeemed?Boris Eifman focused on the father(Karamazov) and his sons(the eldest son Demetri, the second son Ivan and the youngest son Alexei), who are the core characters in the most dramatic conflicts. Surprisingly, in a twoact ballet, Boris Eifman not only fully presented the conflicts, but also gave the opportunity to contemplate on a hidden issue concerning human nature. The question concerning redemption is seamlessly embedded in a perfect and convincing narrative.Boris Eifman's ballets are well known for expressing strong emotions through simple narratives, leading the audience to reflect on human nature. In this ballet, the issues of human nature include: how selfish desires erode the relationship between father and sons, how hostility swallows up kinship, and how the credulity of law harms innocent people.In the final conflict, the ballet focused on Alexei and the "beast" inside him which roared and rushed out of the "moral cage," highlighting the crazy genes of the Karamazov family. Boris Eifman skillfully used a cross as the symbol of Alexei's faith, and with a big noise the cross fell from the roof, symbolizing the collapse of Alexei's faith that he had tried to defend through quarrels with his brothers.Boris Eifman's The Brothers Karamazov raises a number of thought-provoking questions, especially about the antagonism between belief and disbelief. Through the conflicts between the father and his sons, the ballet reveals the Western conception: humans are born with sin. Then, how can humans redeem their sin? Karamazov said, "Lust cannot be redeemed." Demetri said, "Jealousy cannot be redeemed." Ivan said, "Violence is not redeemable." Boris Eifman wants to tell the audience that the answer rests in the heart of the audience. They are supposed to feel it themselves.
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