跨越：献给2017国际舞蹈日的祝词（摘要）

跨越界限 让对话继续

世界著名舞蹈大师

［荷兰］ 杰瑞· 基利安

能够受邀为此次即将在上海举办的2017国际舞蹈日活动写一点东西，我感到非常荣幸。

在我从事的艺术活动中，“跨越界限”一直是我的一个重要的创作动机。打破障碍、推掉高墙和壁垒，这是我们的使命，尤其是在当下，不同种族、人群以及宗教群体之间的藩篱和屏障正在被筑起。

很不幸，我们所处的时代，正在滑入危险的深渊。政治、经济以及社会的发展令人担忧，不仅如此，就连我们的精神领袖说话的口吻也渐渐带着敌意、封闭，令人难以忍受。然而，过度政治化并不是我们这个时代需要治愈的，这只是更深层次问题的表象。与当下常见的政治上的滥用行为相比，偏狭、无知、民族主义以及贪婪才是真正的问题、真正的病根。

我自己曾经也是难民，我是曾经的灾难性政治环境的受害者。我在1968年8月离开了我的祖国捷克斯洛伐克。1975年我来到荷兰舞蹈团（NDT）担任艺术总监时，我确保舞团要有来自世界各地、不同大陆、不同种族的舞者，我们的剧目要尽可能的多元化。我确保我们要到世界上愿意接受我们的国家去演出！

我之所以说这些，是因为我坚信，如果政客们不再对话，那么艺术家们便应该肩负起这个使命，让对话继续。而音乐家和舞蹈艺术家们是最幸运的，因为我们的艺术形式不需要翻译，是心灵与心灵的直接对话！

亲爱的朋友们，尽情享受分享带来的乐趣吧！这会让你的灵魂获得自由，也会让你自己以及整个世界变得更加丰富、有趣和自由。

坚持，使想象的世界成真

国际戏剧协会总干事

［瑞士］ 托比亚斯· 比昂科尼

国际戏剧协会是全球最大的表演艺术组织，同时，我们也是一个具有包容性的组织。我们遍布全世界的100家中心以及15个跨文化项目组为所有的表演艺术家和观众服务。“2017国际舞蹈日庆典之夜”由年轻表演者献上的两支舞蹈也展示了国际剧协在帮助年轻艺术家成长上表现出的包容性。也正是在这种精神的引领下，我们提出了“我们，一起舞”的主题。

想象力是人类所具有的一项宝贵的品质。商业领袖、政府官员、艺术家、编舞师、作家……事实上所有人都具备这一品质。如果我们当初不曾提出“国际舞蹈日”这一设想，今天国际舞蹈日就不会存在。如果没有这样一种构想，全球各地的职业舞者、舞蹈协会和舞蹈爱好者就不会在每年的4月29日庆祝这个日子。

我们为何说这样一种积极的构想、这种想象力是至关重要的？如果你关注全球时事的话，你会发现一个不幸的事实—冲突、战争、经济危机、争端等无处不在，我们每天都被坏消息轰炸。我们的世界正走在错误的方向上。某种程度上，人们甚至无法设想一个处于和平之中的、物质财富人人共享的世界，我们甚至想象不出幸福的样子。

我个人始终相信，我们应该用内心的自由去想象一个更好的世界、一个和平的世界、一个拥有丰富多彩的文化以及舞蹈艺术的世界。

让我们设想一下，当文化，包括舞蹈在内，存在于这个世界上时，我们的周遭将会变得多么和平，我们的生活将会变得多么多彩。想象一下，当国家间广泛开展对话和贸易时，我们的世界是什么样子的。想象一下，当舞蹈艺术和舞蹈教育存在于在座各位的国家中时，这又对你们的后代和未来数代人意味着什么。想象一下，当世界各地的编舞家和舞者可以自由来往时，当中国舞者能够向全世界展示他们的才华，并且其他国家的舞者也能在中国演出他们的宝贵的作品时，这又意味着什么。当习近平主席让文化进入所有百姓生活的理念被贯彻到舞蹈事业中时，又会有怎样的变化发生。最后，让我们设想一下，上海跻身世界文化之都，这又对舞蹈意味着什么。在这些设想中，我们都应怀有一颗包容的心，无论是对年轻人、年长者、服刑者，还是生理障碍者。

仅仅凭借本次以“我们，一起舞”为主题的国际舞蹈日舞蹈盛典，我们能带来的改变是十分有限的。但是我们要记住，坚持是使想象成真的关键。

本次盛典的成功举办依赖的是多方的支持，是许许多多愿意同我们分享他们的设想和参与到行动中的人们的支持。在此我谨向复星集团、上海戏剧学院及其舞蹈学院、舞蹈研究院、附属舞蹈学校、上海国际舞蹈中心及其发展基金会、中国舞协、国际剧协舞蹈委员会的各位负责人及其团队的大力支持以及在场各位来宾表达衷心的感谢！

“2017国际舞蹈日庆典之夜”将献给2017年国际舞蹈日献词人—卓越的舞蹈艺术家崔莎 · 布朗。让我们永远葆有“我们，一起舞”的美好愿景！

共通包容　推动世界和平发展

联合国教科文组织总干事

［保加利亚］ 伊琳娜· 博科娃

“国际舞蹈日”由国际戏剧协会舞蹈委员会于1982年创立，其目的在于庆祝舞蹈之美，凸显舞蹈作为一种艺术形式的包容性、在全世界范围内加深对话、构建尊重以及两性之间理解互信的独特作用。在当今这样一个充满社会变革及不稳定的时代，舞蹈的这些作用有着前所未有的重要性。

这便是此次在上海举办的2017国际舞蹈日庆典系列活动的重要之处。此次活动打破常规，呈现了一个持续三天，包含演出、讲座和工作坊的系列节庆。所有这些活动，都彰显出舞蹈的能量：将观众和艺术家（包括不同身体条件的舞者和编舞者）齐聚舞台，呈现一场蕴含丰富文化多样性的舞蹈演出。

“我们，一起舞”这个主题很好地反映了联合国教科文组织与国际戏剧协会长期以来的合作都是秉持这些相同的理念，借助舞蹈艺术的共通性和包容性，鼓励人们参与，促进人与人之间的理解，从而推动和平的发展。

国际戏剧协会由联合国教科文组织于1948年在巴黎成立，如今落户上海。通过举办舞蹈日庆典活动，向全人类推广和分享舞蹈艺术的人文力量，这是国际戏剧协会从成立之初以来一直在推崇的理念。崔莎· 布朗，这位今年离开人世的伟大舞蹈艺术家，也正是用她独特的舞蹈艺术体现着这样的理念。她的精神与信念将是今年国际舞蹈日活动的核心。

带着同样的信念，我衷心祝愿全球的人们能够享受这次出色的国际舞蹈日活动。

加强交流与合作　增进了解与友谊

中华人民共和国文化部副部长

董 伟

值此2017国际舞蹈日庆典活动在上海举办之际，我向此次活动的主办方国际戏剧协会、上海戏剧学院、复星集团表示热烈的祝贺！向前来参加活动的中外舞蹈艺术家们表示诚挚的问候！

加强世界各国在表演艺术领域的交流与合作，增进世界各国人民之间的了解与友谊，是总部迁至上海的国际戏剧协会的宗旨和使命。国际舞蹈日由国际戏剧协会舞蹈委员会设立，35年来，在践行国际戏剧协会宗旨方面发挥了舞蹈艺术的独特作用。

今年的国际舞蹈日以“我们，一起舞”为主题，以舞蹈的共通性和包容性为切入点，邀请中外残疾人舞者与享誉国际的舞蹈家们共同参与。我们衷心希望这项活动能使更多的人关注舞蹈、热爱舞蹈，使每个参与者都能享受舞蹈给人类带来的乐趣，并借助舞蹈发现自我和广阔的世界。

祝2017国际舞蹈日庆典活动取得圆满成功！

和谐共生　交融互鉴

上海戏剧学院校务委员会主任、党委书记

楼 巍

今天我们欢聚一堂，共同庆祝2017年国际舞蹈日暨舞蹈盛典！在这里我谨代表上海戏剧学院向国际舞蹈日表示热烈的祝贺！向参加活动的各界朋友和来宾表示热烈欢迎，向给予上海戏剧学院机会服务国际舞蹈日的国际剧协表示衷心的感谢！向复星集团、国际舞蹈中心发展基金会为本次国际舞蹈日提供的赞助和支持表示感谢！

今年是国际舞蹈日第二次在上海举办，也是国际舞蹈中心启用后第一次由国际合作机构举办的全球性舞蹈盛典，充分体现了上海这座国际大都市越来越成为国际文化交流的全球平台。上海戏剧学院及其所属舞蹈学院、附属舞蹈学校作为具有国际影响力的专业艺术院校，非常荣幸成为国际剧协开展全球活动最重要的合作伙伴和战略合作者。我们将努力通过开展类似国际舞蹈日这样丰富多彩的国际文化活动，为加深中国人民同世界各国人民的友好感情，促进世界多样文明的和谐共生、交融互鉴，并最终推动人类社会持久和平、共同繁荣做出贡献。我们也将通过搭建国际交流的全球平台努力借鉴和学习国际一流的艺术成果和经验，积极与世界分享我们中国艺术和艺术教育的最新探索。

让我们以“一起舞”的名义演绎舞蹈，观赏舞蹈，体悟舞蹈！祝2017国际舞蹈日暨舞蹈盛典获得圆满成功！

耕耘， 传递爱与美

复星基金会理事长、复星集团高级副总裁

李海峰

在这三天时间里，国际舞蹈日在上海掀起了艺术的旋风，有力地促进了世界艺术事业的发展，同时为上海人民乃至全世界人民带来了美的享受。为此我谨代表复星集团向2017国际舞蹈日的成功举办表示衷心的祝贺！向提供了这一绝佳场地的上海国际舞蹈中心、向把这一世界性盛事带到上海的国际剧协与上海戏剧学院、向每一位辛勤付出的艺术家及艺术团体，致以最诚挚的感谢！

今年是复星集团连续第二年资助国际舞蹈日的活动。作为一家从上海走出去的全球性企业，复星集团一直把传播爱与美作为企业重要的社会责任。对于能够支持国际舞蹈日这样一个世界级的艺术平台，并且将论坛的开幕仪式放在复星艺术中心举办，我们感到十分荣幸。近年来，复星基金会与美国林肯中心、上海交响乐团、德国国际爱乐乐团等知名艺术文化机构开展了合作，并通过经营和发展复星艺术中心向世人传达对艺术和美的见解。在艺术领域，我们还只能算是新人，但我们相信这个世界上的每一个人都对美好的事物充满着向往，我们将会继续耕耘，努力将爱与美传递给更多的人。

祝舞蹈艺术事业迈向新的高峰！在这个充满深刻和美好的艺术世界里，让“我们，一起舞”！

踏上舞蹈与人类心灵探求之旅程

中国舞蹈家协会主席

冯双白

大约5 000年前，地处中国青海省大通县的古代先民们，在一只烧制的土陶盆上，刻下了他们连臂而舞的形象，直接告诉未来：我们，一起舞！今天，我们相聚在上海国际舞蹈中心，用今晚的美妙舞蹈活动，告诉5 000年后的未来：我们，一起舞！

崔莎· 布朗说：因为渴望飞翔、超脱重力、表达自己而跳舞。这些话表达了全世界各国舞蹈家们的共同追求—在舞蹈中获得自由，达到身心合一的最高境界。中国古老的《易经》上早就说过：立象以尽意。用身体编织出来的舞蹈之象，早已经超越了任何种类的语言和日常言语，成为人类直接表达自己灵魂悸动的最佳桥梁。因此，全世界的人们无须翻译就从各自的舞蹈中贴近了各自的心灵；也因此，中国的古书早就有言：“诗言志，歌咏言”；“咏歌之不足，不知手之舞之，足之蹈之”。舞蹈，是创造身心美满和生命自足表达的最好道路。

当今的人类社会，处处是不公平、不理解，冲突、怨恨、矛盾、战争、强权、霸道、贪婪、占有、痛苦、纠结、孤独、恐惧、失望……解决人类共同命运的问题，要想很多办法，其中之一是让我们一起舞蹈，让来自世界各地的人们在舞蹈中更多地交流、沟通、对话、理解。让我们更深入地友好碰触，寻找和谐的节奏，踏上舞蹈与和平、舞蹈与友谊、舞蹈与人类最宝贵的心灵探求之旅程。

我们，一起舞！

搭建交流平台 加强战略合作

上海戏剧学院院长

黄昌勇

非常高兴今天能在这儿代表上海戏剧学院（这次舞蹈日的主办方之一），欢迎大家齐聚复星艺术中心。

复星艺术中心是一个刚刚落成的、非常重要的、令人向往的地方，因为复星集团和我们上海戏剧学院有一个战略的合作，所以这次活动复星集团也是主办方之一，因而我们才有缘在这样一座美丽的建筑里召开这次会议。我代表学校对于复星集团的支持表示感谢！

大家知道，联合国教科文组织国际剧协几年前已经落户上海，或者这样说，就是落户到我们上海戏剧学院。这些年我们和国际剧协搭建了很多学术和艺术的平台，这也符合上海戏剧学院最近这些年制定的平台型大学发展的一个战略和目标。我们看到，国际剧协和我们学校的活动越来越密切，这个平台也越来越大，国际舞蹈日就是这个平台的非常重要的活动。我们看到，这届舞蹈日我们邀请了来自世界各地的舞蹈理论家和舞蹈艺术家，将会在接下来的三天中带来非常多的精彩的项目，我们相信大家一定能够获得很大的收获。

另外，我也想借这次机会，向大家介绍一下上海戏剧学院的发展情况。上海戏剧学院建校已经70多年，今年正式进入“十三五”建设的第二年。“十三五”期间学校的整体发展布局应当是非常明朗的。大家可能都知道，上海戏剧学院的主校区在华山路，是一个老校区，我们现在定位还是以戏剧板块为主；我们的上海国际舞蹈中心，也就是我们的舞蹈学院和附属舞蹈学校以及上海两个舞蹈团所在的地方，它将会构成我们上海戏剧学院的舞蹈教育中心。上海戏剧学院还有一个校区，它将会成为我们的一个中国传统的戏曲教育中心。特别值得向大家介绍的是我们在浦东开建的新校区，这个新校区是我们和阿里巴巴以及复星集团共同建设的面向未来的电影学院。这样，四个校区将在“十三五”期间完全建成，而且在浦江两岸，将构成我们学校和上海这样一个国际大都市相互辉映的四个重要的节点。我认为，我们学校既然把舞蹈作为学校发展重要的学科和专业，国际舞蹈日这样的平台对于学校来说我们是倍加珍惜的，我们也希望来自世界各地的各位舞蹈专家、理论家和艺术家能够更多地为我们学校的舞蹈学科、专业建设提出更多的宝贵意见，也支持我们舞蹈学科未来的发展。

祝国际舞蹈日活动圆满成功！精彩！

坚信艺术和美学 真正震撼心灵

复星集团高级副总裁、复星文化产业总裁

潘东辉

复星集团是一家为客户创造健康、快乐、富足的美好生活体验的投资集团，我们始终坚信艺术和美学是真正能够触及并震撼人们心灵的东西，是提升人民生活品质的重要元素，也是全球不同国家、不同种族、不同宗教人民对话沟通的重要方式，因此我们精心打造了复星艺术中心这一文化地标，建设一颗艺术的明珠。我们与德国国际爱乐乐团等知名文化艺术机构建立了合作关系，为传播人类先进文化艺术，贡献着我们复星集团的力量。

如今，在郭广昌董事长的推动下，我们能够和国际剧协、上海戏剧学院一起将国际舞蹈日这个一年一度的世界性文化艺术盛事带到上海，我们倍感荣幸。巧合的是复星艺术中心这栋楼建设之时被冠以了“会跳舞的房子”这一称号，它独特的设计在转动的时候参差交错，如同裙摆翩翩起舞，在这样“会跳舞的房子”里举办国际舞蹈日的论坛开幕式，可谓天作之合。愿各位在复星艺术中心度过难忘的一天！恭祝本次会议圆满成功，国际舞蹈攀上新的高峰！

建立舞蹈的独立品格

中国艺术研究院副院长

牛根富

我非常高兴参加今天的论坛。在此，我代表中国艺术研究院向论坛的召开表示热烈的祝贺！在座的各位专家将探讨对文化的坚守与创新，以及在日趋全球化的当下如何发展舞蹈并深入舞蹈教育等一系列关注舞蹈发展未来的重大课题。我们提出这些论题又并非想构建什么舞蹈体系或阐明什么原理，而是有感于舞蹈在全球化时代、多样性变化发展中的某些现实存在，从民族化艺术教育、大众文化、传统文化等不同维度和角度，将舞蹈放置于赖以生存的整个生态环境中去研究舞蹈自身的独立品格。我想这对于舞蹈的生存与发展，对于舞蹈的创造性转化、创新性发展，无疑具有十分重要的意义。

同时，这也是我国乃至世界舞蹈学者、专家应有的使命，为此，我们期盼着并预祝此次论坛取得圆满的成功和丰硕的成果！

（中文翻译：汤益明、宗玉、楼嫣、孙晓弋责任编辑：刘青弋）

Crossing: Speeches for the International Dance Day 2017 （Abstract）

Crossing Borders:Keep the Dialogue Going

World Renowned Dancer and Choreographer

[NL] Jiří Kylián

I feel very honored to have been asked to write something in view of the International Dance Day that is presented in Shanghai.

The theme of crossing borders between people has always been a great motivation for my activities. It is our task to break barriers, walls, and borders, particularly in this day and age, when new fences and obstacles are being raised between ethnic, social, and religious groups.

Unfortunately, we have arrived at an era, which is dangerously slipping into an abyss. We see political,economic, and social developments that are deeply worrying. But not only that, even the tones with which our spiritual leaders speak are more hostile, intolerant,and inward looking. But the political excesses are not the illnesses which should be cured; they are only the symptoms of much more serious problems. These problems are intolerance, ignorance, nationalism and greed. These are the real illnesses not the political excesses which are so dangerously preached and practiced these days.

I was a refugee myself, and I was a victim of a disastrous political situation. I left my country, Czechoslovakia, in August 1968. When I became the artistic director of the Netherlands Dance Theatre in 1975, I made sure that the dancers I engaged came from all races and all continents and that the repertoire was as diverse as possible. I made sure that we traveled to any country of the world which was ready to receive us!

I say all this, because I firmly believe that ifpoliticians stop talking to each other, it is the duty of the artists to keep the dialogue going. We, the musicians and dancers,are among the luckiest, because our art doesn’t need translation—it speaks directly from heart to heart!

So, dear friends, have a great time sharing your knowledge selflessly with others and it will free your soul and make you and our entire world much more rich, free,and interesting.

Perseverance: Make Imagination Happen

Director General of the International Theatre Institute ITI

[CH] Tobias Biancone

The International Theatre Institute ITI is the world’s largest organization for the performing arts—we are an organization that is inclusive. Our 100 centers all over the world and our 15 cross-cultural project groups are there for all the performing artists and their audiences. With the two performances shown to you by young talents at the Gala Night, we show you that ITI is inclusive in taking care of the young. This spirit led us to imagine the motto“We, Dance Together.”

Imagination is a precious quality for any human being—the business leader, the government executive,the creative artist, the choreographer, the writer, actually any person. Without imagining that there should be an International Dance Day, there would be no such a day. Without this vision, dance prof essionals, dance organizations, and dance lovers all over the world would not celebrate this day every year on April 29th all around the globe.

Why is a positive vision, why is imagination essential?Ifyou are reading the world news, you, unfortunately, are bombarded with bad news—conflicts, wars, economic crisis, disputes, and so on. So, in this world, something is going in a wrong direction. At some positions the persons are not able to imagine a world in peace and economical wealth for everybody, or even happiness.

Personally, I am convinced that we should use our inner freedom to imagine a better world, a world in peace,and a world that is rich in culture and rich in dance.

Just imagine yourselfhow peaceful the world around you can be and just imagine how rich your life can be when culture—including dance—is present. Just imagine how it would look like, ifnations are in dialogue and trading with each other. Just imagine what this means for your children and for future generations ifdance and dance education is present in your country. Just imagine what it would mean ifchoreographers and dancers all over the world could travel: Chinese dancers could show their gems all over the world. Dancers from other nations could show their precious work in China. And imagine what happens when President XI Jin-ping’s intention to bring culture to everybody is applied to dance. And last but not least, imagine that Shanghai is becoming one of the top cultural cities of the world and what it could mean for dance. And in all our imaginations we should be inclusive: the young, the seniors, the prisoners, the physically challenged—just everybody.

With this gala under the guideline “We, Dance Together,” we might only be a water drop on a hot stone.But perseverance is the key element for all imagination so that they finally are happening.

That this evening is happening is only possible to a multitude of support. It is only possible by having persons who share the imagination with us and who are becoming part of the initiative. I would like to express my gratitude to all the leaders and their teams for their dedicated support—Fosun Group, Shanghai Theatre Academy with its Dance College and Dance Research Institute, Shanghai Dance School, Shanghai International Dance Center and its Development Foundation, China Dancers Association,International Dance Committee of ITI, and all the guests from China and from all over the world.

This night is a tribute to the extraordinary dance personality Trisha Brown, the 2017 message author of the International Dance Day. Let’s continue to imagine that“We, Dance together.”

Advance Universal Participation and Inclusion Deepen World Peace

Director-General of UNESCO

[BG] Irina Bokova

The International Dance Day was created by the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute in 1982, to celebrate the beauty of dance and its universality as an art form and to highlight dance’s unique ability to deepen dialogue, respect, and mutual understanding between women and men across the world. Today, in times of turbulence and social transformation, this power has never been so vital.

This is the importance of the 2017 celebration of International Dance Day in Shanghai. This celebration breaks new ground, presenting a three-day festival,including performances, lectures, and workshops, all highlighting the power of dance to unite artists and spectators, including differently abled dancers and choreographers in a programme of rich cultural diversity.

The same goals guide the “We, Dance Together”initiative and the longstanding partnership between UNESCO and the International Theatre Institute, to advance universal participation and inclusion in the arts as the basis to deepening mutual understanding and peace.

Founded by UNESCO in 1948 and based today in Shanghai, the International Theatre Institute has always been a leading champion in taking forward these objectives—starting with the celebration of International Dance Day, sharing and promoting the great humanist force of dance. This was a power uniquely expressed by the great artist, Trisha Brown, who sadly passed this year. Her spirit will stand at the heart of this year’s International Dance Day celebration.

In this same spirit, I wish a wonderful International Dance Day to women and men in societies across the world.

Promote Communication and Cooperation Enhance Mutual Understanding and Friendship

Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture of People’s Republic of China

DONG Wei

On the “2017 International Dance Day,” I’d like to extend my warm congratulations to the organizers of this event, the International Theatre Institute ITI, Shanghai Theatre Academy, and Fosun Group, and my sincere welcome to all the artists from all over the world.

To promote communication and cooperation between different countries in the field of performing arts and to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between people from different countries have always been the mission of the ITI, headquarter of which was recently relocated in Shanghai. The International Dance Day, created by the ITI International Dance Committee,has played a unique role in the concretization of ITI’s mission for the past over 35 years.

The International Dance Day 2017 focuses on the universality and inclusiveness of dance with a theme of “We, Dance Together.” It invites physically challenged dancers and worldly renowned dancers from all over the world together to participate into the event. Through the International Dance Day, we sincerely hope more and more people will follow dance and love dance, every participant will enjoy the happiness brought by dance,and people will have a better understanding of both the selfand the world through dance.

I wish the 2017 International Dance Day summit a great success!

Promote Harmonious Coexistence and Integration of Cultural Diversity

Chairman of Shanghai Theatre Academy Administration Committee and Secretary of Party Committee

LOU Wei

Today, we join together to celebrate the “2017 International Dance Day Gala Night.” On behalfof Shanghai Theatre Academy (hereafter referred to as STA), I’d like to extend my cordial congratulations to the International Dance Day, my warm welcome to all the friends and participants of the event, and my sincere gratitude to ITI for of fering STA this great opportunity to provide support to the International Dance Day! I would also like to thank the Fosun Group and Shanghai International Dance Center Development Foundation for the sponsorship and support to this event!

This is the second time for Shanghai to host the International Dance Day. For the newly launched Shanghai International Dance Center, this is the first international dance event held here with international partners. As an international metropolis, Shanghai is growing into a platform for international cultural exchanges. Shanghai Theatre Academy, together with its affiliated Dance College and Dance School, is a prof essional art institution with international reputation,and we are much honored to become the most important partner of ITI’s activities around the world. Through various international cultural events like the International Dance Day, we hope to increase the friendship between Chinese people and people all over the world, promote the harmonious coexistence and integration of cultural diversity, and ultimately contribute to the lasting peace and common prosperity of human society. We will also make efforts to learn from the first-class artistic achievements and experiences through this global platform and will actively share the new thinking and findings on Chinese arts and art education with the world.

And tonight, in the theme of “We, Dance Together,”let us watch dance, interpret dance, and feel dance together. I wish the “2017 International Dance Day Gala Night” a great success and wish all of you a most delightful night!

Strive to Spread Message of Love and Beauty

Chairman of Fosun Foundation and Senior Vice President of Fosun Group

LI Hai-feng

For the past three days, the International Dance Day has set of fa whirlwind of art in Shanghai, successfully promoting the development of the world art and bringing enjoyment of beauty to the people in Shanghai and around the globe. On behalfof Fosun, I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations to the success of the International Dance Day 2017. Moreover, I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude to Shanghai International Dance Center by providing us the perfect venue, to the International Theatre Institute and Shanghai Theatre Academy by bringing this world event to Shanghai, and to all the artists and art groups who have fully contributed to the event.

This year is the second time that Fosun sponsors the International Dance Day. As a global enterprise founded in Shanghai, Fosun always regards dissemination of “love”and “beauty” as a core corporate social responsibility. It is a great honor for us to support the International Dance Day, a world-class art platform, and to hold the opening ceremony of the Conference at Fosun Arts Center. For the past few years, Fosun Foundation has cooperated with well-known arts and cultural institutions, such as Lincoln Center, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and German International Philharmonic, and conveyed views of arts and beauty to people through Fosun Foundation. In the art field, we are only a beginner, but we firmly believe that everyone pursues “beauty,” and we, for sure, will strive to spread message of “love” and “beauty” to more and more people in the world.

Wish all the guests an unforgettable night today and the dance art reaching a new peak. In this sophisticated and beautiful art world, “We, Dance Together.”

Set Foot on a Journey in Pursuit of Dance and Human Souls

Chairman of China Dancers Association

FENG Shuang-bai

About 5,000 years ago, the ancient people in the Datong County of China’s Qinghai Province carved the pattern of people dancing arm in arm on a pottery basin.They were telling the future: we, dance together! Tonight,we gather at Shanghai International Dance Center. Along with the wonderful dance performance, we are telling the people 5,000 years later: we, dance together!

As Trisha Brown has said, she became a dancer because of her desire to fly, to transcend gravity, and to express herself. These words express the common pursuit of dancers around the world: to get freedom in dancing and to reach the highest unity of body and mind through body language. In China’s ancient philosophy masterpiece,I Ching, it says that meaning can be expressed through image. The image of dancing, which is created through the movement of human body, goes beyond all languages and becomes the best bridge for people to directly express their souls. Therefore, people in different parts of the world can get close to each other by dancing without translation. In Chinese ancient books, it says, “Poetry is the expression of earnest thought; singing is the prolonged utterance of that expression.” “Ifthese are not sufficient, we can dance.” Dancing is the best way for happiness and expression of life.

In today’s society, we see unfairness, misunderstanding,conflict, hatred, conflict, war, autocracy, bullying,greed, possession, pain, struggle, loneliness, fear, and disappointment... We have to find different ways to solve the problems facing all humans, and one of them is to let people dance together. When people from different parts of the world enter into more communication, exchanges,dialogue, and understanding through dancing, we can get in touch with each other in a deep and friendly way,look for a harmonious rhythm, and set foot on a journey in pursuit of dance and peace, dance and friendship, and dance and the precious human souls.

We, dance together!

Build a Platform for Communication,Strengthen the Strategic Cooperation

President of Shanghai Theatre Academy

HUANG Chang-yong

It is a great pleasure for me, on behalfof Shanghai Theatre Academy, one of the organizers of this year’s International Dance Day, to welcome everyone here at the Fosun Arts Center.

The Fosun Arts Center is a newly built, very important,and alluring place. Fosun International has a strategic partnership with Shanghai Theatre Academy and is one of the organizers of the International Dance Day.It also provides the opportunity for us to meet in such an amazing building. On behalfof Shanghai Theatre Academy, I would like to express our gratitude to Fosun International for the support!

As you may have known, the International Theatre Institute ITI moved to Shanghai a few years ago, or to be more specific, they moved to Shanghai Theatre Academy. For the past few years, ITI and our Academy have built a series of platforms for academic research and arts, which is consistent with the strategy and goal of Shanghai Theatre Academy to be developed as a platform university. As we can see, the platform is growing bigger as our cooperative relationship is closer. The International Dance Day is of paramount importance among the activities held on this platform. We have invited dance theorists and dance artists all over the world to join us to celebrate this year’s International Dance Day. In the coming three days, they will bring a great many exciting projects, and we believe that everyone will have a rewarding time.

In addition, I would like to take this opportunity to tell you more about the development of Shanghai Theatre Academy. It has been over 70 years since the establishment of Shanghai Theatre Academy. This year is the second year of the “Thirteenth Five-year Plan.” We have a very clear blueprint for the development of our Academy during the “Thirteenth Five-year Plan.” Our main campus, which is an old campus, is on Huashan Road. The theater related majors are still at the center of our positioning. Shanghai International Dance Center,where our Dance College, the affiliated dance school,and two dance companies are located, will become the dance education center of Shanghai Theatre Academy. We have another campus, which will become an education center for traditional Chinese opera. In particular, I would like to introduce the new campus in Pudong to you—it is the School of Film jointly run by Alibaba, Fosun International, and our Academy. These four campuses will be fully established within the “Thirteenth Fiveyear Plan.” In this way, on both sides of the Huangpu River, our Academy will build four important nodes for Shanghai as an international metropolis. In my opinion,as dance is an important discipline to be developed by our Academy, we really appreciate the platform of the International Dance Day. We hope dance experts,theorists, and artists around the world give us more valuable opinions and advice on discipline and major construction and support the development of the dance discipline at our Academy.

Wish this event a wonderful success!

We Believe in Arts and Aesthetics that Kindle the Mind

Vice President of Fosun Group, President of Fosun Entertainment Investment Group

PAN Dong-hui

Fosun International is an investment group that aspires to create a healthy, happy, rich, and wonderful life experience for our clients. Arts and aesthetics touch the heart and kindle the mind, play an important role in improving people’s quality of life, and act as an important way for communication between different countries,nations, and religions—this is what we have always believed in. For this reason, we have built the Fosun Arts Center, a cultural landmark, to create an artistic pearl.We have cooperated with a number of well-acclaimed cultural and artistic institutions, such as Die Philharmonie de Nationen (Philharmonic of the Nations), with the hope to make our contribution to circulating the advanced culture and arts of human beings.

Today, under the leadership of Chairman of Fosun Group, GUO Guang-chang, along with the International Theatre Institute and Shanghai Theatre Academy, we are honored to hold the yearly international cultural and artistic event, the International Dance Day, here in Shanghai. Coincidentally, the Fosun Arts Center has been known as a “dancing building” since its construction—it has a unique design; its motion graphics present it like a dancer’s dress and the dancer is turning gracefully.Now, we have our Forum Opening here, in this “dancing building” —it is a match made in heaven. I wish everyone here a memorable day at the Fosun Arts Center, the Confenrence a great success, and the world dance reach a new peak.

Establish the Individuality of Dance

Vice President of the Chinese National Academy of Arts

NIU Gen-fu

I am very pleased to be invited in today’s Forum Opening. On behalfof the Chinese National Academy of Arts, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to the opening of the forum. The experts here will discuss a series of topics concerning the development and future of dance, such as “how to preserve and innovate our cultural heritage” and “how to develop dance and deepen dance education in an increasingly globalized environment.”These topics are not about constructing a dance system or elaborating a theory. Rather, they are thoughts on the existence of dance in reality in an era of globalization and in the development of diversified changes. Positioning dance in its ecological environment, they study the individuality of dance from different dimensions and angles such as the nationalized art education, mass culture, and traditional culture. I think they are of significance in terms of the being and development of dance as well as the creative transformation and innovative development of dance.

At the same time, they shall be the missions for the dance scholars and experts in our country and all over the world. We wish the Forum a great success with fruitful achievement!

(Translators: TANG Yi-ming, ZONG Yu, LOU Yan,and SUN Xiao-yi Editor: SUN Xiao-yi)