Share this page:

«

»

Ni Fang
Yue Opera Ten Li of Dowry

Author: Ni Fang

Performance space: China Ningbo Yifu Theatre

Theatre company/company produced for: China Ninghai Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe

Month & year of original production: January 2011

Description of items intended for exhibition:
Model
Drawing

Project description:
It is presented by Ninghai Ping Diao Art Center, Zhejiang, China, and performed by Ninghai Xiao Bai Hua Yue Opera Troupe, Zhejiang, China.

Ten Li of Dowry refers to the celebrative scene that the bride’s family sends a large amount of dowries to the bridegroom’s house. Chinese people always use “vast farm and ten li of dowry” to describe the richness of the dowries. Ten Li of Dowry is not only a wedding custom concept in Ninghai, but also in Ningbo, Shaoxing, and Taizhou in the coastal area of Zhejiang. It is also a long-time custom in the south of the lower reach of the Yangtze River.

Ten Li of Dowry centers on the ownership of a luxury hand-made bed. It tells the story of the two daughters and a dowry of a family in Ninghai in the past through the fate of the characters and the conflicts between them.

The stage is designed with rich architectural style in the coastal area of Zhejiang. The sliding and changing white-wall-and-black-tile-house settings illustrate a particula

Artform:
Set Design

Designers:
Set designer: Ni Fang
Costume designer: Hu Yali
Lighting designer: Zhou Zhengping
Sound designer: Hu Liming
Director/choreographer: Jiang Yao

Image gallery

Ni Fang - Yue Opera Ten Li of Dowry

Yue Opera Ten Li of Dowry

Ni Fang - Yue Opera Ten Li of Dowry

Yue Opera Ten Li of Dowry

Ni Fang - Yue Opera Ten Li of Dowry

Yue Opera Ten Li of Dowry

Ni Fang - Yue Opera Ten Li of Dowry

Yue Opera Ten Li of Dowry





Other media