舞剧本性的强化——从阿什顿和麦克米伦的芭蕾创作谈英国戏剧芭蕾的革新

Strengthening the Nature of Ballet: the Innovations of British Drama Ballet with Examples of Ashton and Mac Millan

本文通过对英国戏剧芭蕾代表人物阿什顿和麦克米伦两位舞蹈大师舞剧创作的分析,论述了英国戏剧芭蕾在"舞剧本性"方面做出的贡献。作者认为,古典俄罗斯芭蕾也是古典芭蕾产生发展的巅峰,在艺术特征、艺术表现形式等方面达到了最完备的状态,也具备了作为演"剧"形态的基本手段和方式。但是从"剧"的"戏剧性内涵"角度来分析,古典芭蕾的发展又没有达到真正的艺术巅峰。而真正奠定"舞剧本性"创作的则是20世纪中叶,麦克米伦和阿什顿通过对舞剧叙事手段的开掘真正实现了舞剧的本体叙事,彰显了舞剧艺术的魅力。

Through analyzing the dance works of Ashton and MacMillan, who are the representatives of British Drama Ballet, the paper explains the contributions of British Drama Ballet to the dramatic nature of ballet. The paper argues that Ashton and MacMillan truly achieved ontological narration of ballet through the exploration of the narrative means in the 1950s. Therefore, the British Drama Ballet manifested itself with more glamour than Russian classical ballets in 1890s, which had not achieved the truly artistic summit in the perspective of dramatic connotation.