Title: The Discourse of the Idea and the Practice of Choreographic Design: The Case of A Moonlit Night by Vernal River, Yi, Wu, Hu, the Challenge of Long March, and Casting Shadow

Pages: 111 pages

School: Chungyu University of Film And Arts

Department: Graduate School of Cultural Creative Design

Time: January, 2020

Degree: Master

Researcher: Bao Er Ji

Advisor: Lee Han Chen

Keywords: Aesthetic inspiration, Realism, Rmanticism, Aesthetic application

Miscellaneous issues come over in life, making the bases of inspiration and creation. The images of hero in Three Kingdoms brings the desires of creative works, expediting Yi, Wu, Hu, the Challenge of Long March, with the feelings of the pitying heroes. This work reproduces the classical literature by realistic way. A Moonlit Night by Vernal River comes from the artistic inspirations of Tang poetry, reconstructing the stage images of spring, river, flower, moon and night by minimalist body language and aesthetic conceptions through romanticism skills. Casting Shadow comes from the romance of the poet Li Bai, reappearing the transformation between time and space, and the change of prosperity and loneliness by freehand style and gorgeous stage design.

The three performances disclose emotional connotation, the effects on perceptual creations, and the strategies of interdisciplinary creation. Through the artistic practice of literature review, enriching the depth of choreography theories, and then expecting to advocate personal creation style on the path of artistic creation.