《稻禾》是秧苗，是谷粒，是稻穗，是根茎……是一步一脚印踩在泥泞中的脚，是握着镰刀的有力的手，是滴在田土中额头上的汗……这是学者蒋勋眼里的舞蹈《稻禾》。由台湾云门舞集创始人兼艺术总监林怀民编创的《稻禾》11月2日至5日亮相2017国家大剧院舞蹈节，上演了一场舞者与稻禾的灵魂碰撞。

《稻禾》灵感来自台湾著名米乡池上的田园风光与当地居民的环保意识。演出以泥土、花粉、果实、风、水、火等自然界因素为题起舞，配以池上稻米从初秧、结穗、收割、焚田到春水重新灌满田地的投射影像，将一方稻田四季的生命轮转娓娓道来，委婉喻示人生历程。辽远的台湾客家古调，西方歌剧高昂的咏叹调，加上本地录制的稻浪风涛、雷鸣雨声，共同构成了《稻禾》的音乐环境。在《稻禾》中，云门舞者仍旧以多年修习的内家拳与太极导引的身法呈现当代舞步，以对自己身体的高度掌控，来诉说人与自然的紧密关联。

TheRiceis the seedling, the grain, the spike, the roots…symbolizing the feet into the muddy land, a powerful hand with a sickle and sweat dropping onto the soil…These are the images of theRicedance in the eyes of scholar JIANG Xun. Created by Hwaimin Lin, the Taiwan Cloud Gate Dance Theatre founder and artistic director, the dance was shown at 2017 National Grand Theatre Dance Festival from 2-5, November, presenting a collision of souls between the dancers and the rice.

The inspiration of theRiceoriginates from the renowned rural scenery and the awareness of environmental protection of local residents in Chih-Hsiang. Initiating with the soil, pollen, grains, wind, water, fire and other natural elements, the dance tirelessly depicts the life cycle of paddy throughout the four seasons with projective images on the stage showing the beginning of the seedling, earing, harvesting, fields burning and spring water refilling the fields as if it were the course of life. The distant ancient rhythm of Taiwan Hakka, the high arias of Western Opera and the sound of rice fields wind, thunder and rain recorded in Chih-Hsiang jointly create the musical environment of theRice, during which the dancers of Cloud Gate present the contemporary dance steps through the internal boxing and Tai Chi moves learnt for years, and strict control of their bodies to elaborate the close connection between people and the nature.

《稻禾》剧照 凌风摄Stage photo of Rice Photo by LING Feng