Beijing News (reporter Liu Zhen) On February 11, as the "Meet in Beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival and the 22nd "Meet in Beijing" International Arts Festival Beijing Cultural Week, a high-quality drama with the characteristics of the Winter Olympics, starring figure skating world champions Pang Qing and Tong Jian, and many figure skating team members participated in the performance of the ice dance drama "WE ARE ONE" at the Beijing Tianqiao Art Center Grand Theater.
Courtesy of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee
"WE ARE ONE" lasted for 90 minutes, and the whole performance was based on the main line of "pre-competition selection", focusing on the theme of "inheritance and hope", showing the fighting spirit of a generation of ice and snow people leading teenagers who love figure skating to constantly challenge themselves, strive to be the first, and do not give up lightly, as well as the youthful vitality of a new generation of figure skating teenagers. In addition, the play is also a visual event of figure skating, and the audience can come to the theater to enjoy the performances of top figure skaters up close.
For the first time in the theater of the speed of ice making, the Chinese ice team broke through many technical difficulties, and built a smooth and white ice rink of more than 300 square meters in the theater within 48 hours, which was the first of the Chinese ice repertoire and a major breakthrough in ice culture. In order to present the best performance effect, the Beijing Tianqiao Art Center Coliseum has also transformed into a gorgeous and brilliant ice stage.
It is worth mentioning that the two figure skaters who starred in the play, Pang Qing and Tong Jian, did not leave their love of figure skating career after retiring, but continued to extend their dreams to a broader stage and continue to spread and promote the sport of figure skating. Tong Jian said of the creative process of the play: "It is now the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the eyes of the world are locked in Beijing. On the field, we cheer for the athletes; outside the arena, we use the form of original ice dramas to help the Winter Olympics, through the efforts of our Chinese ice and snowmen to tell the Chinese story, attracting more people to pay attention to figure skating. We hope to express our feelings for the Winter Olympics and China's ice and snow with 100% dedicated performances. ”
It is understood that the "Meet in Beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival and the 22nd "Meet in Beijing" International Arts Festival, as an important cultural activity during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, through the five major sections of performing arts, visual arts, film screenings, urban activities and celebration activities, in the form of "online + offline", to provide the audience with nearly 100 exhibition and performance activities from 22 countries and regions. In the performing arts section, outstanding art groups from beijing, Hebei, Shanghai, Jilin and Qinghai provinces (cities) held the Winter Olympics theme "Provincial (City) Cultural Week" through online exhibition + offline display of excellent programs, showing the artistic characteristics of the province (city) and ice and snow culture. Among them, in the middle of Beijing Culture Week, the ice dance drama "WE ARE ONE" is a high-quality drama with the characteristics of the Winter Olympics, showing the generational inheritance of Chinese sports people and the spirit of craftsmen who choose one thing for a lifetime with a true story, at the same time, popularizing ice culture and calling on more and more teenagers to participate in ice sports, which has played an important role in "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports".
Beijing News reporter Liu Zhen
Edited by Xu Meilin Proofreader Liu Jun