The acrobatic drama "Swan" tells the story of the struggle of Chinese acrobats in the new era, and uses China's original "shoulder ballet" to conduct cross-cultural exchanges and dialogues with "Swan Lake", a cultural treasure of all mankind. While striving to learn from the achievements of world civilization, they also blaze their own path with "shoulder ballet", spread the image of Chinese acrobats as amiable, lovely and respectable people, and create a new form of human civilization that belongs to China.
The Guangzhou Acrobatic Art Theater's 2023 National Arts Fund support project and the opening ceremony performance of the 3rd Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival - the new acrobatic drama "Swan" combines drama, acrobatics, ballet and other art forms, Taking the growth experience of acrobat Yu Meng as the main line, the creation process of "Shoulder Ballet" from scratch, integrating "skill" into "art" and the birth process of the acrobatic drama "Swan Lake" are throughout, fully demonstrating the growth of acrobats. The setbacks and efforts, sacrifices and rewards on the road pay tribute to the spirit of Chinese acrobats who have always broken through themselves in the creative process, are not afraid of failure, and are determined to innovate. The play invited chief director Zhao Ming, deputy chief director Li Lei, screenwriter Luo Li, artistic director Wu Zhengdan, stage design Qin Liyun, costume design Li Ruiding, video designer Yang Qian, executive directors Yan Hongxia and Jia Juan, lighting designers Qin Nianfeng and Liu Fengshu, etc. Top domestic artists participated in the production.
The play uses the dramatic situation of the Western classic ballet "Swan Lake" and uses artistic imagination and creation to create a magical time and space to present Yu Meng's inner world, and through the dual narrative time and space of "reality" and "dream" intertwined with each other, It depicts Yu Meng's incomparable courage in the face of adversity, and his persistent belief that he still persists in after experiencing hesitation and confusion.
The acrobatic drama "Swan" is not only a Chinese creative transformation of the Western classic "Swan Lake", but also another innovative development of China's original new acrobatic genre "Shoulder Ballet". "Shoulder Ballet" occupies an important place in the history of the development of acrobatics in the world and is known as "elegant acrobatics and thrilling ballet". Its successful launch inspired the creators. In 2004, China produced the world's first acrobatic drama "Swan Lake", which marked the beginning of dramatic exploration of Chinese acrobatics and was a model of revolutionary artistic innovation.
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