Doris Chi: 山海經‧金枝演社

2008年4月29日星期二

8:00 pm of 4/25/2008, at Huwei Fort of Tamsu, the theater “山海經”

was performed in cool spring night, its script is modified from " The Classic

of Mountains and Seas" which is the immemorial Chinese fable. Loving to

go to the theater performed by Golden Bough Theatre, their play always

can provide us extremely different feel, this is our third time to watch their

performance.

The content of theater “山海經” included several sections as follows:

【后羿】帝俊賜羿彤弓素矰以扶下國羿是始去恤下地之百艱

【刑天】刑天與帝爭神帝斷其首乃以乳為目以臍為口操干戚以舞

【女娃】有鳥焉其狀如鳥文首白喙赤足是炎帝少女名曰女娃

【人間】羿誅鑿齒於疇華之野殺九嬰於凶水之上繳大風於青邱之澤下殺獬貐斷修蛇於洞庭

【戰封豨】馮珧利決封豨是射何獻蒸肉之膏而后帝不若

【化鳥】女娃游於東海溺而不返

【夸父】夸父與日逐走入日未至道渴而死棄其杖化為鄧林

【射日】羿焉蹕日烏焉解羽

As for my comments regarding this theater: Firstly, it adopts Taiwan's Hoklo

language to present the beauty of Chinese classic literature, every wording is

so elegant and precise to return the original ancient language, which is

impressive of me. Furthermore, the power of drama is exploded by the

local rituals, distinctive music and body gesture. Same as the “Troy,

Troy……Taiwan”, “山海經” is a kind of environmental theater, the

mysterious and treacherous atmosphere was spread with the blew wind,

trees shadows and dark sky, audiences are surrounded by such air

completely, their mood is forced to undulate with the environment, this kind

of scene is hard to display indoors. Wonderingly, Golden Bough team

interprets the Chinese ancient literature in an unique and admirable way, the

snatches of performance vibrate in my mind all the time even though the play

has been finished………

In one word, 山海經 performed by Golden Bough team which is a very

good play and worth to be recommended to people.

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