Following the success of last year’s student-produced dance drama, this year’s Caged Bird will take the stage at the Keystone Performance Center on June 7th and 10th at 7:00 PM. The 40-minute piece, inspired by the social issue of the generational gap, uses movement and narrative to explore the evolving relationship between adolescents and their parents.

继去年的学生原创舞剧落幕后，今年的《笼中鸟》于6月7日与10日在鼎石表演中心晚7点上演。舞剧总时长为40分钟左右，由社会话题“家庭代沟”启发，通过舞蹈叙事探讨青少年与父母间成长关系的变换。

 

“We cannot imagine the vistas of an expanded world, much less aspire to lives of nobility—or dedicate ourselves to noble causes. Our thoughts are shaped solely by books; our actions, mere imitations of others. Our greater sorrow lies in this: those who hold the keys to our cage never let the door open, even for a moment. At night, they scold us sternly: “You lack the ability to fly!”

And yet—the fledgling does not first learn to fly after earning a degree. It learns because it believes it can. It sees its kin soaring and knows, one day, it too will touch the sky.

​“我们无法想象扩大的生活领域是怎样的景象，自然不会去想使人生走向高尚，以及奉献高尚人生的事儿。我们的所思所想，全来源于书本。我们的所作所为，均模仿别人。我们更大的惨痛是，掌管我们的笼门一刻也不许打开的人、且夜厉声训斥道：“你们没有飞翔的能力！”是的，雏鸟还没有开始学获得学士学位之后如何飞翔，而是相信能飞才坚持学习飞行。它看见鸟族全体成员在飞翔，断定有一天自己也能飞上蓝天。

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The possibility of flight is absolute. Not once does doubt enter its mind to weaken its resolve.”

飞翔是一定可能的，对此，怀疑从未进入脑子，削弱它的意志。”

 

———《泰戈尔谈教育》

——— Rabindranath Tagore“Talks on Education”