Name: 芭蕾舞的意義是什麼？- 呂明 (What’s the point(e) of ballet? - Ming Luke)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T11:15:12.000Z
Duration: 5 min 10 s

A baby cursed at birth.  A fierce battle of good and evil.

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: 潘 可儿

Sleeping Beauty is one of the world's  favorite folktales.

But one of its most famous renditions tells the story without a single word.

《睡美人》是世界上 最受歡迎的民間故事之一。

但其中一種最著名的詮釋方式 卻完全不需要靠言語表達。

one of the most frequently staged  ballets in history.

《睡美人》在 1890 年首演之後，

就成為了歷史上 演出次數最多的芭蕾劇之一。

And what exactly does ballet bring  to this— or any other story?

那麼，這部作品為何如此受歡迎？

At the heart of ballet  are dozens of gestures

此外，芭蕾能把什麼元素帶入 這個故事——或任何其他故事？

that dancers painstakingly perfect over thousands of hours of practice.

This unique set of gestures  has been used for centuries,

舞者要辛苦地練習 數千個小時才能做到完美。

each movement rich with meaning  and history.

這組獨特的姿勢， 被沿用了幾百年。

But you don't need to study them  to understand ballet,

每個動作都有豐富的意涵和歷史。

any more than you need to study  music to be moved by a song.

但你不用專門研究動作 也可以懂芭蕾，

And just as composers combine notes  and phrases to form pieces of music,

就像你不用研究音樂 也可以被歌曲感動。

choreographers string these gestures  together with new movements

如同作曲家將音符和句子 譜成音樂作品，

編舞家將這些姿勢 和新動作串接起來，

Working alongside the orchestra's  live score,

ballerinas precisely perform these  combinations to convey narrative,

芭蕾舞伶精準地表演出這些組合，

In "The Sleeping Beauty's" opening scene,

來敘事、傳達情緒和展現角色。

a flurry of techniques depicts  the fairy court

The Fairy of Generosity  delicately walks “en pointe”—

將禮物賜予剛出生的奧蘿拉公主。

慷慨仙子優美地 走著「en pointe」步法——

in step with the light plucking  of violins.

The ballerina moves in perfect harmony  with the music,

even mimicing the violins' trill  with an elegant bourrée.

The Fairy of Temperance, bestowing  the gift of strong will on Aurora,

甚至用優雅的 bourrée 舞步 來模仿小提琴的顫音。

is choreographed as if shooting bolts  of electricity from her fingers.

節欲仙子贈予奧蘿拉的 禮物是堅強的意志，

她的編舞就彷彿從指尖射出閃電。

spinning with quick chaînés  before decisively jetéing.

Some movements are even more literal  than this.

用快速的 chaînés 舞步旋轉， 接著是果斷的 jetéing 舞步。

The evil fairy Carabosse curses  the princess with a lethal “X,”

有些動作甚至還比這些更如實。

and the benevolent Lilac Fairy  counters that curse.

邪惡仙子卡拉波斯用 致命的「X」來詛咒公主，

Of course, the relationship  between music and movement

而仁慈的紫色仙子回擊了那詛咒。

While classical ballet gestures  often respond to musical elements,

the degree to which the dancers  and orchestra align

雖然古典芭蕾姿勢 通常都會呼應音樂元素，

Some characters and scenes move  in sync to create rhythmic clarity,

while others deliberately diverge  from the orchestra.

有些角色和場景會完全同步， 以創造出節奏的清晰感，

Dancers and musicians maintain  this delicate balance

舞者和音樂家在整場表演中 一直維持這種精細的平衡，

engaging in a live negotiation  of speed and rhythm.

But prior to the performance,  a ballet's most important relationship

但在表演之前， 芭蕾最重要的關係

is between the choreographer  and the music.

Choreographer Marius Petipa  and composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

編舞家莫里斯·珀蒂帕 和作曲家彼得·伊里奇·柴可夫斯基

worked together on every second  of "The Sleeping Beauty."

在《睡美人》的每一秒 都配合得天衣無縫。

This is particularly noticeable  in Princess Aurora's exuberant entrance

在於奧蘿拉在十六歲生日時 熱情洋溢的出場。

Tchaikovsky's enthusiastic music  tumbles forward in fits and starts,

柴可夫斯基充滿熱情的音樂 一陣一陣地向前翻滾，

even cutting short some musical  phrases to capture her impatience.

甚至將一些樂句縮短 以捕捉她的不耐煩感。

Petipa choreographs Aurora bouncing  back and forth with “pas de chat”—

珀蒂帕為奧蘿拉在等候 派對開始時所編的舞步

French for "cat steps"—  as she waits for her party to begin.

是用「pas de chat」—— 「貓步」的法文——做回彈跳。

Once the celebration starts, it's up to the dancers to deliver

一旦慶祝開始了， 就完全交給舞者，

on the physical spectacle of performing these gestures with grace.

優雅地用身體來表演 這些姿勢，實際呈現。

Aurora has the hardest part of all:  her famous Rose Adagio.

最困難的部分是奧蘿拉 著名的的玫瑰慢板。

四位追求者互相競爭 要搶奪她的手時，

the Princess performs a dizzying array  of balances, all en pointe.

公主要演出令人眼花繚亂的一連串 平衡動作，都只能足尖點地。

She briefly takes each suitor's hand,  but then balances unassisted—

她短暫地牽過每位追求者的手， 但接著在無助力的情況下平衡——

a breath-taking display  of physical strength and skill.

展現出身體的力量 和技能，讓人摒息。

However, it's not just technique  that carries meaning,

然而，帶有意涵的不僅是技巧，

ballerinas can execute their movements to convey a wide range of emotion.

芭蕾舞伶透過執行動作 來傳遞各種情緒。

throwing her arms in independence  from her suitors.

獨立於她的追求者， 甩動她的手臂。

Or she can be coy and flirtatious, descending from en pointe with grace

有時，她會很靦腆地調情， 帶著優美和自信

"The Sleeping Beauty" offers a showcase for so much of what ballet can do.

《睡美人》展示了 芭蕾能發揮到什麼程度。

Its graceful spectacle,  dramatic physical vocabulary,

它的優雅場面、 戲劇性的身體語彙，

and enchanting coordination  of music and movement

以及音樂與動作之間的迷人協調，

perfectly reflect the themes  of this fantastical romance.

完美地反映出 這段奇想愛情的主題。

But ballet isn't just for epic fairytales.

但是芭蕾不僅能 展現壯麗的童話。

Ballets can be non-narrative  emotional journeys,

芭蕾也有可能是 非敘事性的情緒之旅、

The artform is always experimenting  with a centuries old set of rules,

這種藝術總是在用有數世紀 悠久歷史的規則在做實驗，

making it the perfect medium  for stories old and new.

新老故事皆能透過 這一完美的媒介來呈現。

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