Watch and enjoy a Latin dance, the arena, is the most familiar place for everyone. The contestants are on the open dance floor on all sides, showing the combination routines with a fixed dance line, trying their best to get the judges' mark, and passing five levels and six generals round after round. But this time, we didn't come to the arena, but to the theater. From an audience on all sides to an audience on just one side, from an open dance floor to a framed stage, from a sportsman to an actor...... The transformation of space brings challenges to the dancers and a new visual experience to the audience. On April 20th, such a special Latin dance performance that "detonated" the passion of the audience in Beijing was held in the theater of the Beijing Exhibition Center - "Igniting the Miracle, a Different Latin".
As one of the most important performance venues in the capital, the Beijing Exhibition Center Theater hosts several art performances such as ballet, symphony, opera, and dance drama every year. On the evening of April 20th, Latin dance, as an independent dance genre, officially debuted at the Beizhan Theater in a pure and novel form, which also created a precedent for Latin dance theater performances in China.
"It's so hilarious!", "I'm more excited than I watched the concert", "It turns out that Latin dance is so beautiful!". Theater watching Latin, it feels very new and a little magical. The connection and interaction between the actor and the audience, so close and so happy, breaks the "fourth wall" and forms a resonance.
The Beizhan Theater has more than 2,000 seats, and it is full. The works on the stage are one after another, and the enthusiasm below is also overshadowed by waves. The audience's comments are the most authentic and direct feedback. There is no doubt that they were moved, infected, and received the charm of Latin dance in the most direct way.
The whole performance is divided into the first half and the second half, and consists of a prologue, 12 works and an epilogue. The opening "Under the Spotlight" and the ending "Chasing the Light" echo the core of the whole performance. With 12 works with different flavors, the stories of the national standard dancers are slowly unfolding in the spotlight.
Walking into the theater, the extension here also broadens the life of the national standard dancers, with Latin elements as the creative theme, and the audience sees a different artistic expression. The premiere was a great success, and the audience's enthusiastic response also greatly encouraged the cast and crew of "A Different Latin". Artistic director Liang Siyuan gave high recognition to the team: "If you want to give our team a score, it can be 95 points if you are conservative. "The excitement on stage comes from the invisible effort behind the scenes. Producer Zhang Zhuoni introduced: "From the establishment of the project to the present, everyone has experienced a lot. Overcome all kinds of difficulties and challenges, just to realize the stage dream in my heart. ”
Cui Bin, who served as the chief director, is a famous choreographer and also the choreographer of the national standard dance work of "Dance Storm".
Among the members of the director team, Zhao Liang, Yi Yao, Wen Jing, and Rui Wencan have all changed from competitive dancers to behind-the-scenes workers, choreographing, directing, and other work, and exerting their talents in different fields. In addition, there are also familiar professional dancers, Zhang Ai Ma Di / Jia Haoyue , Ma Dajun / Ding Yumeng, this time not only as actors, but also brought their own choreographed works.
Ferdinando & Yulia, the world champion of Latin dance and a favorite of Chinese fans, made their debut in the finale of the second half. As a world champion in the competitive field, Xiao You is very excited to come to the theater to dance, "It is a different experience, and we are also ignited by these young dancers and the audience!"
On the road of artistic exploration of national standard dance, going out of a new direction is an attempt that Chinese national standard people have been making. In addition to the base camp of the stadium, the theater is another "position". When they came here, the contestants forgot about their results for a while, put down the competition, became actors, and told stories with ballroom dance elements with a sense of mission as an "artist". In another dimension, let more people understand the true charm of ballroom dancing and fall in love with ballroom dancing.
In the era of visual aesthetics, "non-talking" dance has become a popular main force on the communication platform. Among them, Latin dance, which has a dynamic rhythm and distinctive style, has become a well-deserved traffic focus on the Internet. This performance will bring Latin dance into the theater in the form of works, presenting the most infectious and artistic charm of the dance genre to the audience, and at the same time, it also tries to combine with commerce, open ticket sales, and national tour plans, which are all new exploration challenges and big moves to help the development of the industry. (Photo provided by the organizer)