Chinese acrobatics "Pretty Dancer: Collective diabolo" wins the gold medal at the Russian International Circus Festival
On the 18th, good news came from St. Petersburg that at the 2nd Russia "Borderless" International Circus Festival, the classic work of the Chinese acrobatic troupe under Beijing Performing Arts Group, "Pretty Flower Dancer: Collective diabolo," won the gold medal, continuing the glorious legend of the 69th gold medal of the Chinese acrobatic troupe. After the competition, the Chinese acrobatic troupe received warm invitations from acrobatic and circus art festivals around the world, received a large number of performance orders, and the overseas performance market will be fully restarted.
"Qiao Hua Dan: Collective diabolo" won the "Gold Award".
This year's "Borderless" International Circus Art Festival is jointly organized by the Russian Ministry of Culture and the Russian National Circus Company, and is the highest standard international circus art festival in Russia. A total of 22 excellent programs from 16 countries participated in the competition, including skilled acrobatics programs, humorous and comical programs, as well as exciting and adorable animal performances and thrilling high-altitude programs. The excellent programs competed on the same stage, with a variety of highlights and intense competition for medals.
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In the end, the classic work of the Chinese acrobatic troupe, "Qiao Hua Dan · Collective diabolo", won the "Gold Award" for its exquisite presentation and exquisite artistic expression. The new generation of young actors inherited excellent skills and won the eighth gold award for this classic program that has been passed down for 20 years.
Exquisite craftsmanship and exquisite artistic expression.
The program "Qiao Hua Dan · Collective diabolo" was created in 2003, based on the traditional Chinese acrobatics "diabolo" program. In terms of acrobatics skills, arrangement and presentation, prop installation, clothing design, music rhythm, etc., it has achieved perfect integration and innovation with elements of Peking Opera. In terms of styling, the use of feathers from Peking Opera costumes not only puts higher demands on the action design and skill level of the diabolo program, but also brings a breakthrough change to the stage image of the entire program's actors. The classic charm of Peking Opera adds the finishing touch of Chinese elements to the program. The breakthrough of "cultural and martial arts", the light and smooth performance, and the elegant and magnificent rhythm have jointly achieved the excellence of this acrobatic art.
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The program has performed in 64 countries and regions, with a total of over 10000 performances and an audience of over 20 million.
Over the past 20 years since the program was launched, generations of young acrobats have been practicing diligently day after day in the process of inheritance and development, maintaining the high level of Chinese acrobatics and continuously innovating in their performances. There are 10 types of somersaults, 8 times of fast rope jumping plus forward roll, 3 meters of backward somersault, three diabolos with back and hand, and other difficult movements. The average speed of diabolo point rotation is 2-3 circles per second, and the maximum continuous rotation is 1080 °. The exquisite performance skills make the program step on the international stage again and again, winning the championship. The performance of the program has also spread to 64 countries and regions, with a total of over 10000 performances and an audience of over 20 million, effectively spreading Chinese ethnic culture and art.
Li Chi, the head of the Chinese Acrobatic Troupe, stated that participating in this International Circus Festival is an important step for the Chinese acrobatic troupe to seize opportunities and restart the international performance market. Later, on the one hand, it plans to invite world-class acrobatic and circus programs to perform in the Chinese market, on the other hand, it has received commercial performance invitations from Türkiye, Hungary and other countries, which means that the overseas performance market, which has been stagnant for three years due to the epidemic, will be fully restarted.
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