Zhang Dan Zhang Hao joined hands after ten years to perform ice dance drama to pay tribute to the Winter Olympics

Ice dance drama "Stepping on ice to chase dreams" poster provided by the interviewee

BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- As the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics approach, Beijing has hosted a variety of activities to welcome the Winter Olympics. As the exhibition program of the "Meet in Beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival and the 22nd "Meet in Beijing" International Arts Festival, China's first original ice dance drama "Stepping on Ice and Chasing Dreams" was staged at the Wanyu Fangfei Ice Performing Arts Center in Beijing on January 20.

The dance drama was staged by the figure skating world champion group Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao once again after a gap of 10 years. The two will play a couple on the ice who have struggled for the cause of Chinese figure skating, which will continue their ice and snow friendship again, and also send a New Year blessing to the ice fans who paid attention to Zhang Dan Zhang Hao.

Zhang Dan, the world champion of figure skating, told the China News Agency reporter: "After 10 years, stepping on the ice rink again to bring our performance to the audience, as the main creator of the show is both excited and looking forward to it. As a veteran of Figure Skating in China and a winter sports athlete who has competed in the Olympic Games, Zhang Hao and I hope that through this performance, we can offer our blessings to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. ”

Figure skating world champion Zhang Hao, as Zhang Dan's old partner, said in an interview with China News Agency: "I have the honor to dance on the ice with Zhang Dan again after retiring, telling the growth story of our generation of Chinese ice and snow athletes, and I hope to pay tribute to the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics through this ice dance drama." ”

Yu Fei, the producer of the drama and the founder and CEO of Wanyu Fangfei Ice Performing Arts Center, said that at the beginning of Beijing's successful bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, it put forward the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports". As a participant in the ice project, Yu Fei and her colleagues are very encouraged and want to attract more ice sports enthusiasts by creating a first-class ice stage play.

"Figure skating itself is a sport that perfectly combines art and sports, we want to expand the artistic sense on the field, I believe that in the atmosphere of the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the ice dance drama "Treading on Ice and Chasing Dreams" can bring the audience a feast of power and beauty on the ice." Yu Fei said.

Yu Fei finally revealed that she is considering the ice dance drama to perform overseas after the epidemic, and dedicate the style of Chinese ice dancers to overseas audiences, including overseas Chinese students. (End)