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Today (May 16), the main creator of Asian Cultural Carnival walked from behind the scenes to the stage. General directors Yang Dongsheng and Xing Shimiao, general producer Sha Xiaolan, production director Cao Tianshu and director Yu Xia revealed the creation process of the carnival at the press conference.
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There are about 8,000 cast members, tens of thousands of costumes, nearly15,000 props, and more than 300 speaker systems ... What are the highlights behind this grand gathering of multinational people? Yang Dongsheng, the general director, told Chinese and foreign media that the Asian Cultural Festival, which has been prepared for nearly half a year, has fully demonstrated the cultural confidence of Asia, the cultural elegance in China's diplomatic activities at home and the production level of the Central Radio and Television General Station. "Give a wonderful performance to the whole country and Asia, and show the glory of Asian civilization to the world to the extreme."
△ Get the largest 3D LED light matrix diagram in Guinness World Records.
This time, a super-large multimedia interactive stage was specially designed for the carnival, covering an area of nearly10.5 million square meters, accounting for three quarters of the "Bird's Nest", which can be said to be the largest stage in the history of the "Bird's Nest". Then, in the face of the mobilization of such a big scene, what innovative moves does the program group have? Yang Dongsheng thinks that there are three innovations in the whole performance, which concentrated the performing arts, prospered China culture and promoted world communication. Carnival adopts the pattern of "heaven and earth matrix" in the design of the overall stage, showing a shocking effect. This technology has also created a brand-new Guinness World Record title-the largest three-dimensional LED light matrix.
According to Yang Dongsheng's detailed introduction, "Tian" is a multi-level and multi-functional point matrix composed of numerous luminous points suspended by Weiya. "It is the first time to present naked-eye 3d technology on such a big stage, and the first attempt has achieved good results." "Ground" is 1000 luminous points composed of more than 3,500 students holding program-controlled electro-optical rods in the front area of the stage. These luminous points can form a large-scale flow matrix with different patterns and different characters, which always presents the interaction of thousands of people in the program. "Carnival is an art of comprehensive interaction among stage art, square art and video art. It is not for you to perform or watch, but for the whole audience." Yang Dongsheng introduced that the stage design is the shape of a flower, which symbolizes the concept of the flower of civilization, but the most wonderful performance comes from artists from many countries. "Famous artists from Asian countries and even the world were invited to present a wonderful cultural feast."
△ Yang Dongsheng shows creative design
Sha Xiaolan participated in the behind-the-scenes production of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In his view, after the Olympic Games, China's performing arts technology has made great progress in a short period of 1 1 year through large-scale home diplomatic activities such as G20 Summit. "More than 90% of the equipment in the carnival is made in China. In recent years, the performing arts technology has made great progress, and China has entered the most advanced sequence of performing arts technology in the world. " Sha Xiaolan said that the carnival presents the concept of big vision, and the largest three-dimensional led light matrix is different from the plane effect of the usual LED screen, from a plane image to a three-dimensional image, which shows the artist's imagination through technology.
△ Yang Dongsheng and Xing Shimiao
Xing Shimiao revealed the bitter efforts behind the performance. He introduced that the actors rehearsed in six places in the north and south of the Yangtze River for two months, and all of them overcame considerable difficulties. For example, drummers from China, Japan and South Korea jointly played percussion music "Inspire Flying, Race Crossing", tied the actors to the mechanical arm and kept rolling 360 degrees. "Actors are like pilots, rolling and drumming, and actors often vomit when they come down." In Silk Road Flowers Bloom, many actors sit on the floor and perform. Due to the limited rehearsal space, more than 400 students of Guangzhou Xinghai Conservatory of Music carry nylon bags with them every time they rehearse, and then put them on the empty concrete floor and sit on them to rehearse. "After they entered the Bird's Nest for rehearsal, due to the glass building structure of the Bird's Nest, sometimes the internal temperature reached more than 50 degrees Celsius and the ground was very hot, so they used their coats as cushions for rehearsal."
Director Yu Xia has served as the director of CCTV Spring Festival Evening Song and Dance Program for many years and has very rich stage experience. She lamented that the artistic treasures of various countries at the carnival were fascinating and blooming with their own unique styles. "For example, the Yin Meiluo Dance Company from South Korea perfectly combines tradition and innovation, and performs the variation of the traditional" three inspirations "of South Korea with rhythmic and solemn dance movements, which embodies the traditional beauty and unique" Xing "of South Korea. Another example is the custom dance troupe in Tajikistan, which is mainly based on unique national dance and incorporates many elements of modern dance, which is refreshing. " Yu Xia also said that the splendid and diverse civilizations in Asia have also achieved "beauty and beauty" through exchanges and mutual learning. "Everyone is tolerant of each other and encourages each other, making this stage truly the epitome of exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations of all countries."