近来工作辛苦，生活憋屈，想好好犒劳自己，临时起兴，订了来伦敦巡演的纽约城市芭蕾舞团门票，偶尔风雅一回。

 

未曾想过，一时灵感迸发的举动，让我欣赏到有生以来最精彩的一出芭蕾舞剧。即使对古典音乐无知如我，也能陶醉于足尖流淌的音乐，倾心于身体舞动的旋律。按某网站对纽约城市芭蕾舞团的评价，完全没有“百年老店”的匠气和呆板。舞蹈编排紧随时代律动，以新古典主义风格的独幕舞剧为主，每出剧目均有创新，有些甚至标新立异。新作演出总能引领芭蕾潮流。

 

我看的演出，是该团为伦敦观众精心准备的4套节目中的第2套，由上下两幕组成。上幕描述一年四季变迁，由冬日漫天皑皑到春风悠然拂面，盛夏的激情缠绵，在金秋收获中翩然落幕。古典的优雅，定位的准确和舞蹈造型的唯美，是这幕的基调和主题。每个镜头都美得无可挑剔。下幕一跃而入的现代舞剧，完全是出漫无边际的狂想曲，背景是一场钢琴音乐会。芭蕾舞演员们时而扮作音乐会上一群各怀心事的听众，时而是橱窗里一组毫无生命、凭人摆布的衣模，有时还是一队蹩脚的芭蕾舞者，演出状况频出、令人忍俊不禁。最后，竟然幻化为翩迁而舞的蝶群，互相嬉戏、争宠弄俏。最终，惹恼了钢琴师，丢下演奏，不顾形象、起身扑蝶。全剧自然落幕。其实，下幕也许根本没有剧情可言，更像是梦境的重现，无心偶得。舞蹈编排也不再讲求整齐划一及和谐对称。个性十足的炫技表演，看似漫不经心的走位，并无严谨的故事情节，将现代性的消解秩序和无视意义的特征表现得淋漓尽致。

 

未曾想象，芭蕾舞是如此丰富的艺术表现形式，能同时演绎优雅和幽默，完美结合古典和现代，创新地再现经典。

 

期待6月在伦敦Sadler  Wells剧场上映的白先勇编剧新版牡丹亭，能带来同样惊喜，尤其是，在这个拥有高素质观众群体的国家。

 

最后，向纽约城市芭蕾舞团的几位创始人，George Balanchine 、Lincoln Kirstein和Jerome Robbins致以崇高敬意。

 

附：网站介绍 Programme 2 - Jerome Robbins: An American Icon

Programme two pays tribute to American icon Jerome Robbins who succeeded Balanchine as NYCB's ballet master in 1972, after a prolific career alternating between Broadway and ballet. Like Balanchine, his choreography fits perfectly on the American dancers, who have been specially trained in his distinct style; from lyrical and beautiful in The Four Seasons to hilarious, fun and theatrical in The Concert.

 

The Four Seasons, set to a magnificent operatic score by Verdi, is full of visual and musical layers. In a fond evocation of the balletic divertissements popular in 19th-century operas, Robbins casts Janus, god of beginnings and endings, to usher in each new season in an inventive and light-hearted ballet. "Mr. Robbins's exhilarating choreography demonstrated that balletic conventions remain forever capable of being transfigured by creative imagination" New York Times

In contrast is the daring and experimental Moves. This is a ballet without music which is primarily as a work of formal beauty, full of academic display. Finishing the programme on a high is The Concert, an uproariously funny parody of a Chopin piano recital. Featuring a live pianist, The Concert also contains moments of sweetness and surprising poignancy, which is guaranteed to bring a smile.