Compared with the previous two large-scale music and dance epics "Dongfanghong" and "Song of the Chinese Revolution", "Road to Rejuvenation" undoubtedly embodies the longest historical span. It reflects the modern history of China from 1840 Opium War to 2009, and is concentrated in two and a half hours' performance. According to Zhang Jigang, the general director of Road to Rejuvenation, since it was founded in June 5438+10, after careful creation, repeated deliberation and hard rehearsal, it has finally formed a huge performance lineup with 5 chapters, 36 programs and 3,200 people. There are 36 programs in the whole party, about two and a half hours.
"Don't repeat the past, don't repeat others" is the creative principle set by director Zhang Jigang for the team. Facing the pioneering work of music and dance epic "Dongfanghong", how to make it different from previous epics and break through the aesthetic fatigue of ordinary audiences has become the biggest challenge faced by Zhang Jigang's team; How to condense 169 years of China history in two and a half hours and erect a monument of contemporary culture and art is even more difficult to create.
For our creative staff, the biggest problem lies in the summary of history and the wonderful presentation of art. How to express this 169 year? We take General Secretary Hu Jintao's exposition on the three revolutions in modern China as the basis. As the chief director, I am particularly awake. We can't be like Dongfanghong, but we can easily be like Dongfanghong. We should use brand-new artistic language to reshape the artistic peak of this era.
Rehearsal Stills of Road to Rejuvenation —— Crossing the Yangtze River and Liberating China.
The Road to Rejuvenation brings together the efforts of 3,200 cast members. Among them are the old-timers in the literary and art circles, the backbones of various literary and art groups, and non-professional army soldiers and college students. They all devoted themselves to the creation and rehearsal of The Road to Rejuvenation with the eagerness to celebrate their mother's birthday.
Director Zhang Jigang said that almost all the programs have been filmed two or three times, and programs that can see the shadows of other works will be required to be re-created. Some directors cried several times because of too much pressure.
The Great Hall of the People is our main rehearsal venue, but it doesn't mean that everyone rehearses here. At the same time, we have more than 20 rehearsal halls and more than 3,200 participants, and everyone's performance is so devoted.
The Road to Rejuvenation has no fixed host, but is described emotionally by a group of "narrators", stringing together the days that history will always remember during 169. Many actors poured out their feelings in it. China national radio's famous broadcast artists Fang Ming and Ya Kun also participated in the performance of this large-scale music and dance epic "The Road to Rejuvenation". Two old artists talk about their performance feelings.
Fang Ming: Yakun and I are going to recite a poem from Vision Across the Taiwan Strait. This poem is 16 sentence, which completely integrates the homesickness of people on both sides of the strait who have been divided for decades into the poem.
Yakun: We are all at this age. Maybe we didn't have much experience when we were young. Looking back, we feel that it is not easy to step by step. We should cherish everything we have achieved today and look forward to the future hopefully.
During the rehearsal of "The Road to Rejuvenation", the reporter visited the class many times, and the shocking stage effect was one of the biggest highlights of the performance. The performance used a lot of stereo effects of sound, light and electricity. There were dozens of projectors on the scene, covering two-thirds of the space in the Great Hall of the People, giving the audience an immersive feeling. At the scene, we can often see many excited tears in the eyes of the audience, and some of them can't help but beat with the rhythm of singing and performance. Many viewers said that after watching the performance, their hearts were greatly shocked.
The Road to Rejuvenation held its first public performance in the Great Hall of the People and was a complete success. Each chapter of the whole 34 scenes is a magnificent scene. With the use of LED display screen, every audience present can feel the harmony between eyes and scenery, and the harmony between heart and emotion. Shenzhou VII traveled in space, earth-shattering earthquake relief and other scenes. They all brought the audience into an atmosphere of blending scenes. The success of "The Road to Rejuvenation" benefits from the wonderful performances and excellent dance creativity of the actors!
Teacher Habitat, who is in charge of the Dance Art Department of Road to Revival, said in an interview with CCTV: "The production and concrete application of this multimedia image is a perfect artistic combination of a panoramic three-dimensional space and a space-time with multiple aesthetic meanings, which has played an irreplaceable role by other means!"
The digital dance of "The Road to Rejuvenation" starts with the audience's guidance and lasts for 150 minutes. It runs through 34 parties, including the 500m dome of the Great Hall of the People, the 100m stage and all the multimedia video content of the circular curtain on both sides of the stage. This is the largest comprehensive application of digital imaging technology in history since the Olympic Games, which has created a number of firsts: the longest imaging time; Large screen size; Data volume; 3D and digital special effects are widely used, and it is an epic party integrating arrangement, creativity and multimedia images.