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The little match girl, a fairy tale. It tells the story of a little match girl who froze to death in the street on New Year's Eve, exposing the evils of capitalist society and expressing the author's deep sympathy for the girl's tragic experience. The author of The Little Match Girl is Andersen. Andersen was born in a shoemaker's family. Childhood life is poor. 1835 began to write fairy tales.

The little match girl was published in 1846. At that time, a friend sent him a letter with three pictures and asked him to write a fairy tale to match one of them. He chose a picture depicting a poor little girl with a bunch of matches in her hand and matched it with this fairy tale. This is because Andersen's mother was a beggar when she was young. Andersen said, "My mother told me that she couldn't get anything from anyone. She felt very hungry when she sat down under a bridge.

She put her hand into the water and dipped a few drops of water on her tongue, because she believed it would stop her hunger. At last she fell asleep and slept until the afternoon. "This painting naturally reminds Andersen of his mother's miserable childhood. The model of the little girl in the article is Andersen's mother.

Andersen: (1805,4,2-1875,8,4), Danish fairy tale writer. Hans christian andersen, whose full name is hans christian andersen, was born in odense, a small town in central Denmark. He has created many literary works, but he is famous for his fairy tales. He wrote 168 fairy tales in his life. It was he who first developed "fairy tales" from naive and rough folklore and stories into beautiful literary fairy tales full of the author's inner feelings. Leave a classic model for later writers' creation. 1954, the world children's literature prize named after Andersen, the International Andersen Prize, was established at the Third Congress of the International Children's Reading Union, and it is still the highest honor in the field of children's literature.

Andersen's creation can be divided into three periods: early, middle and late. Early fairy tales are full of beautiful fantasy and optimistic spirit, which embodies the combination of realism and romanticism. Representative works include Light Box, Flowers of Little Significance, Thumbelina, Daughter of the Sea, Wild Swan and Ugly Duckling. In the middle fairy tale, the fantasy component is weakened and the reality component is relatively enhanced. In lashing ugliness and praising beauty, it shows the persistent pursuit of a better life, and also reveals the melancholy mood of lack of self-confidence.

Representative works include The Little Match Girl, dairy queen, Shadow, A Drop of Water, Mother's Story, Puppet Player, etc. Fairy tales in the later period are more realistic than those in the middle period, focusing on describing the tragic fate of the bottom people and exposing the coldness and darkness of social life and the injustice of the world. The tone of the work is low. Representative works include Dream under the Willow, She is a Waste, Nightcap of a Bachelor, Lucky Beauty and so on.

The Little Match Girl

Today is the last day of the year-New Year's Eve. It's snowing and it's very cold.

A little girl selling matches is walking in the street. Her clothes are old and worn, and she is wearing a pair of big slippers from her mother. There were many boxes of matches in her pocket, and she kept shouting, "Sell matches, sell matches!" " "People are buying holiday food and gifts. Who cares about her?

At noon, she didn't sell any matches and no one gave her a penny.

She walked and stopped at the window of a building, and the indoor scene attracted her. Oh, the Christmas tree in the house is really beautiful. The candy wrappers in those two children's hands are really nice.

Looking at the happy scene of others, the little girl remembered her sick mother and her dead grandmother and cried sadly. What's the use of crying? The little girl dried her tears and walked on.

"Sell matches, sell matches! Uncle and aunt, buy some matches! "

However, people bought holiday gifts and hurried home, and no one heard her selling. Snowflakes fell on her long blond hair and looked so beautiful, but no one noticed her.

The little girl was walking when a carriage came. She ran away in fear, and so did her big slippers. After the carriage passed, she hurried to look for shoes. Those are mom's slippers. Mom is still lying in bed. However, one can't be found, and the other was kicked away by a boy as a football. The little girl had to walk barefoot, and her feet were red and swollen with cold.

It was getting dark, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians in the street. Finally, only the little girl was left. Lights were on in the houses on the street, and laughter came from the windows. The smell of roast goose wafted from the food store, and the little girl's stomach growled with hunger. The little girl wanted to go home, but she didn't sell any matches. How can she buy medicine for her mother?

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the streets look like thick white carpets.

The little girl hasn't eaten or drunk all day, so she can't walk any further. She sat down in a corner. She rubbed her red and swollen feet with her little hands, and after a while, her little hands were frozen stiff. It is really cold. If you light a small match, you can warm up.

She finally took out a match and rubbed it on the wall. Poof! A small flame came out. The little girl put her hand on the flame. How beautiful and warm the little flame is! She seems to feel that she is sitting by the fire, which is blazing. The little girl was just about to put out her feet to keep warm when the flame went out and the stove disappeared, leaving only the burnt matches.

She wiped another one, poof! Flames came out and gave off bright light. The wall was illuminated and became transparent, as if she had seen something in the room. The table is covered with a white tablecloth, which is filled with all kinds of delicious things. A roast goose suddenly jumped out of the plate and staggered towards her with a knife and fork in her back. Several loaves of bread also jumped down from the table, and one by one lined up like soldiers coming towards her. Just then, the match went out again, leaving only a dark and cold wall in front of her.

The little girl couldn't bear to light a match, but she was shivering with cold. She wiped it again. Eat! Bright flames bloom. Wow! What a beautiful Christmas tree! This is the biggest and most beautiful Christmas tree she has ever seen. There are many colorful Christmas cards hanging on the Christmas tree, with all kinds of beautiful pictures painted on them. Thousands of candles were lit on the tree, flashing as if the stars were winking at her. The little girl held out her hand. Alas, the match went out again, and it was dark all around.

The little girl lit another match. She saw a candle rising and becoming a bright star. A star fell and drew a long flame in the sky. All the stars also fell, hanging from the sky to the ground like a rainbow.

The little girl lit another match, and the fire was everywhere, and grandma appeared in the fire. Grandma smiled at her, so gentle and kind.

"Grandma-"The little girl burst into tears with excitement and threw herself into her arms.

"Grandma, please take me away. I know you will disappear as soon as the match goes out! " The little girl polished the matches one by one in her hand because she really wanted to keep her grandmother. These matches give off strong light, which is brighter than during the day. Grandma has never been so beautiful and so tall. Grandma picked up the little girl and held her in her arms.

They both fly in light and happiness. They fly higher and higher, flying to heaven, without cold and hunger, with God.

The match went out and it was dark all around. The little girl closed her eyes happily.

On the morning of New Year, the snow stopped, the wind subsided, the sun rose and the earth was dyed golden. When the adults came to the street, everyone congratulated them on the Happy New Year. The children put on new clothes and had a snowball fight happily.

At this time, people saw a little girl freeze to death in the corner, with a bright face and a smile on her mouth. Around her, there are matches all over the ground, and there is a match in her little hand.

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Chinese name: the little match girl

Foreign name: the girl who sells matches

Category: ballet

Plot introduction

On Christmas Eve, poor little Patty braved the snowstorm to sell matches along the street, but no one came to buy them. All the rich people who went to dinner by carriage came over, and little Patty begged them to buy a pack of matches. The nobles whipped the horse and knocked her down in the snow. It's getting dark and the snow is getting heavier and heavier. Little Patty, hungry and cold, couldn't support it any longer. She thought, "How can I keep warm?" At this moment, she thought of the match in her hand. Even the light and heat of a match are warm to her. The match lit. What a strange sight she saw in the warm and bright fire! A group of flame girls surrounded her, warming her body and mind; Three waiters brought her delicious roast chicken and holiday cake; Mother brought her a Christmas present ... but the biting north wind blew out the matches she lit, and the beautiful dreams disappeared one by one. In the morning, the church bell rang, but little Patty, curled up under the street lamp, had stopped breathing.

person in charge

Performer: Beijing Dance School

Description of responsibilities

Creator and screenwriter: Zhang Dunyi. Director and director: Wu Fukang and Huang Bohong. Composed by Huang Anlun. Dance Design: Zheng Jieke (scenery) and Li Keyu (costume).

The main actors are Chen Li 'e (playing the little girls A and B), (playing the mother), (leading the dance) and Cao (playing the magic shadow). Band: Central Opera Orchestra. Command: Zheng Xiaoying.

Performance introduction

The performance memorabilia is adapted from world famous works and Andersen's fairy tale of the same name. He has performed in Hong Kong and Macau. Shanghai Dance School, Shenyang, Jinan and other art groups have also rehearsed. Margot Fontaine, a famous British international ballet star, decided to include the play in her autobiographical film after watching it. 1989 Director went to Hong Kong and Macao to rehearse performances for local people at the invitation of Hong Kong Ballet.

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Comments on touching dance dramas

Ye Junjian, a famous translator in Andersen's fairy tales, adapted this ballet based on this story of the same name. While expressing deep sympathy for the poor and hoping to reflect the cruel reality of society at that time through this fairy tale, Andersen also expressed a theme that he wanted to express but could not clearly express: the little girl still pursued happiness under extremely miserable conditions-of course, not through God! The two dances she danced with the flame girl and the warm hug she gave when she met her mother were really touching, which was in sharp contrast with the scene where she sold matches in the heavy snow and got nothing, and set off the poor little girl's deep suffering under the old social system. This reminds us that our happy life today is hard-won, and how much work we need to do. We should not just be content with liberating ourselves, but also liberate all mankind.

There is no such thing as an old man lighting a lamp in the original work. His appearance and exit not only clearly pointed out the time when the story happened, but also strengthened the contrast of typical environment. More importantly, although his actions are simple, they mainly express the deep class feelings among the poor. This shows that in this heartless world, the little match girl is not completely lonely. As for her fierce struggle with the rich man (phantom), it expressed her resistance to fate. These additions help to improve the ideological content of the original work, but also express what the original author wanted to express at that time but could not express because of the limitations of the times. The little girl selling matches is a good program.

Margot Fontaine, honorary president of the Royal Ballet Academy, is a famous ballet superstar.

The program Little Match Girl danced very well, so I decided to add the opening paragraph to my autobiography. My autobiography begins with the mirror used by Louis XIV at the French Palace of Versailles, and tells about the ballet I engaged in, the seeds I planted, the roots and the key plays, and all the way to the people of China. You actresses wear yellow hair hoods, and the audience will mistake you for China. Can I not wear a yellow hood?

The plot and performance of this program are very clear. You are lucky to have such a composer composing music. He composed very, very good music.

It is very important to create some programs suitable for children. The more you do, the better. It's not enough to continue dancing the classical things made hundreds of years ago, it's just a foundation. We live in modern times, and we should constantly create new things. Just like people are alive, we should constantly breathe. Not only for girls, but also for boys, so you can't always play the prince of the past.

The design of the dance is very good, and I especially like the street view. The lighting is good, too. I have been to many countries and have never seen such a good light. The snow scene is beautiful.