17 years ago, on the spring festival gala stage, a group of performers who could not hear music danced the most beautiful "Thousand Hands Guanyin"; 17 years later, the "Spring Equinox of China's Good Season" gala will reproduce this classic program. In the stage production tidbits released by the main creative team, the dancers used the West Lake as the stage to dance in the daylight, blending with the spring colors of Jiangnan.
Working together to reshape the classic "Thousand Hands Guanyin" debuted in the West Lake
For the first time, this production tidbit announced one of the highlight stages of the evening party - "Thousand Hands Kannon". Inspired by the spring festival folklore of the spring equinox and "equal parts of day and night, balance of yin and yang", the "Good Season of China" team recreated the well-known dance work "Thousand Hands Guanyin" 17 years ago on the surface of Xizi Lake, with the "Impression West Lake" located in the Yue Lake Scenic Area of The West Lake as the setting location, so that the dance and the spring color of Jiangnan are integrated. In the spring equinox when everything is restarted, "Thousand Hands Guanyin" not only brings the audience a shocking aesthetic experience, but also contains the beautiful expectations of the main creative team for the future.
"Thousand Hands Guanyin" was selected to be filmed in the West Lake, and the stage and large-scale shooting equipment built in the water surface attracted the attention of local tourists on the day of the recording of the program, and many clips have been circulated on major social platforms.
Recording from the early morning, the 14-hour program of "Thousand Hands Guanyin" shows dancers from the China Disabled Arts Troupe wrapped in plastic wrap on their feet, warm babies on their knees, and repeating dance movements over and over again in a full state in the water barefoot. The sign language teacher undertakes the communication between the director group and the actor group, and the director group in front of the monitor is responsible for guiding each link in an orderly manner, from the scheduling of the shot, the angle of lighting to the standard of the actor queue, and the shooting details inside and outside the camera reveal the meticulousness and professionalism of the main creative team.
Footsteps to find the beauty of Jiangnan Ingenuity to create song rhyme spring equinox
It is reported that in addition to the classic reproduction of "Thousand Hands Guanyin", the main creative team also integrated the traditional cultural symbols that have been circulated in Zhejiang for thousands of years, such as Longquan Sword, Brocade, and Spring Tea, into the stage, and traveled all over Jiangnan in a month. "The seven-minute performance took three days of pre-filming alone," said the staff, who said they witnessed the sunrise and sunset of Hangzhou's West Lake during the rhythmic shooting, listened to the gentle birdsong of Longjing Tea Mountain, experienced heavy rain when longquan forged swords, and recorded the ebb and flow of Hua'ao Island from sunrise to nightfall.
The main creative team of the "Chinese Good Season" Spring Equinox" party adheres to the spirit of ingenuity of excellence, adheres to the original intention of "one point of cultivation and one point of harvest", strives for innovation while inheriting Chinese civilization, integrates the narrative style of documentary, cinematic texture vision and music, dance and other elements in the evening, with the spring division of the festival as the "title", the elegance of the Song culture as the "rhyme", is committed to exploring the millennium inheritance of the festival culture and the Song yun culture, establishes a new Chinese festival media evening matrix, and ingenuity plays the chapter of spring music in Jiangnan.
Spring warm flowers bloom by themselves, waiting for the flowers to add spring color. On the night of the spring equinox on March 20, 21:10, come to Xinhua network to enjoy the southern Song Dynasty style and elegance, taste the spring of Jiangnan, and celebrate the festival together.
Source: Xinhua Net