Madam Zhang's Dream

Madam Zhang's Dream - for animation and orchestra

春闺梦——为动画与乐队而作

《春闺梦》是京剧大师程砚秋先生的名剧。中国古代的汉朝末年,诸侯混战。王恢与妻子张氏喜结良缘,不料,夫妻二人正在共享新婚之喜的时候,王恢便被强征入伍。不久,王恢战­死沙场,一去不归。妻子张氏终日在家期盼丈夫的归来,不觉积思成梦。影片通过一种全新的动画艺术形式与中国京剧艺术的有机结合,拓展出一种全新的动画表现形式。影片梦中有­梦,如梦如幻,营造了亦幻亦真的凄美境界。

This work employs coordinated counterpoints of orchestra acoustics with the role qingyi's performance of rhythmical parts in Beijing opera to represent the protagonist's longing for her husband; they also signify her voyage into a complex emotional world of instincts and illusions...