To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, the Guangzhou Song and Dance Theatre and MGM Cotai jointly created a large-scale scientific and technological national dance drama "Wake up the Lion MGM", which was recently premiered in Macao.
The "awakening lion culture" in the Greater Bay Area has the same roots and origins
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has the same roots in culture, and "Awakening Lion MGM" takes the awakening lion culture as an opportunity to strengthen cultural exchanges in the Bay Area, give full play to the advantages of Guangzhou and Macao, and jointly disseminate excellent traditional culture.
"Awakening Lion MGM" is based on the large-scale dance drama "Awakening Lion", the winner of the "Lotus Award" Dance Drama Award, the highest honor of Chinese dance. With the national awakening as the intention and traditional culture as the expression, the repertoire tells the self-awakening and butterfly changes of two lion dance teenagers in the face of love and hatred, the righteousness of the family and the country and different life choices, reflecting the indomitable spirit of the sons and daughters of China.
"Where there are Chinese, there will be lions", the two sides of The Two Sides have joined hands to inherit the excellent culture of China and Lingnan, carry forward the spirit of the times, and tell the Chinese story well.
Ms. Ho Chiu-chung, Co-Chairman and Executive Director of MGM China Holdings Limited, said, "Lingnan culture is an important part of Chinese culture and a treasure of Chinese culture. Using the essence of Lingnan culture and innovative technology, "Awakening Lion MGM" adds vitality to traditional culture, pushes culture and tourism to a higher quality of development and extension, and promotes the culture of the Bay Area to the world. MGM hopes to enrich the tourism experience and creativity through cultural elements, so as to achieve 'suitable integration and integration; cultural promotion, tourism to promote culture'. While helping the integrated development of Macao's cultural tourism to a new level, it also highlights the personality of the SAR and the charm of the new era. ”
"Awakening the Lion MGM" is supported by the Ministry of Publicity and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central Government in Macao, the Macao Tourism Office and the Cultural Affairs Bureau, and is produced by the Propaganda Department of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism and MGM.
Sui Ao joined hands to "wake up the lion" more scientific and technological
The 70-minute performance of "Awakening the Lion MGM" is full of momentum and compact plot, "awakening as a god" and "taking the lion as the root", under the blessing of the dancers' superb skills and high-tech, presenting the essence of Lingnan awakening lion culture.
Shi Qianjin, director of Guangzhou Song and Dance Theatre, who is also the artistic director and general director of the dance drama "Awakening Lion MGM", revealed: "'Awakening Lion MGM' is a new challenge for the production team and a new breakthrough in the integration of culture and tourism between the two places. MGM Theater is very modern and fashionable, and the dance drama is based on "Wake Up the Lion", combined with the technological advantages of the theater to create a new creation, which is very shocking in sight and sound. The theater has the world's largest permanent indoor LED display, and the dance drama combines real scene and virtual, integrating intangible heritage traditional elements such as awakening lion, southern fist and dance, bringing refreshing visual impact effects and boldly and innovatively showing the essence of Lingnan culture. ”
Shi Qianjin introduced, "In order to cooperate with the performance at the MGM Theater, the dance drama has been comprehensively improved in terms of character modeling, video background, stage props, dance choreography, and even the use of music, casting the characteristics of the current era and the traditional national spirit, and condensing the Chinese people around the world in a new form." ”
Sui'ao IP "superimposed" to tell the story of waking lions in the Bay Area
According to reports, in order to inject Macao characteristic elements into "Wake Up Lion MGM", MGM and the Macao IP cartoon character "Galu Chicken" joined forces to jointly create a rooster and olive humanoid "Galu Chicken", which was welcomed and interacted with the audience before the opening of "Awakening Lion MGM". One of Guangzhou's intangible cultural heritage features, the chicken olive is a traditional snack peddled on the street, and it is also one of the characters of Awakening Lion MGM. As the mascot of the fusion of Chinese and Portuguese cultures, the "Jialu Chicken" incarnates into a rooster and a humanoid rooster, combining local elements and bringing together Lingnan and Portuguese characteristics.
For the first time, the Guangzhou Song and Dance Theatre performed in a city outside the Mainland
Shi Qianjin, president of Guangzhou Song and Dance Theatre, introduced that "Awakening the Lion MGM" is the first time that Guangzhou Song and Dance Theatre has performed in a city outside the mainland, cooperating with MGM to highlight cultural self-confidence with modern scientific and technological techniques, and promoting the millennium Lingnan culture in the form of industrialization, making dance drama more international.
"Wake up lion MGM" as one of the "Australian food and accommodation tour" tourism routes in December
The reporter learned from the official website of the Macao Tourism Office that in the "Macao People's Food and Accommodation Tour" activity, in December, there was a designated day route with the main axis of enjoying the large-scale national dance drama "Waking Up the Lion MGM" and visiting the old city of Taipa, which departed on December 20, 21, 24 and 25 respectively.
Since its launch on 15 April 2021, the "Food, Accommodation and Tourism for Macao People" campaign has been very effective and has been well received by Macao residents since its launch. MgTO macao said that under the premise of ensuring public safety, it expects the "Macao people to eat, live and travel" activities to support tourism-related practitioners, promote domestic demand and promote community consumption, and promote the healthy recovery of tourism and related industries.
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The first round of performances of "Awakening Lion MGM" will be held from December 19 to 25, 2021, and the ticket price will be MOP280-600. Tickets are available for sale on MGM's official website, Damai.com, Guangxing Communications - Macau Ticketing Network, Klook and major travel agency agents.
The second round of performances will run from February 6 to 12, 2022.
Show Time:
19-24 December: 8 p.m.;
25 December: 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
20% discount for students.
Written by: Nandu reporter Xiao Yang
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