At the just-concluded 18th Daegu International Musical Festival in South Korea, the Chinese musical "Flying" won the highest award "Grand Price", and Gao Tianhe, a young actor from China Oriental Entertainment Group and the actor of "The Roadster", won the Best Actor Award.
The Chinese musical "Flying" won the highest award "grand price" at the Daegu International Musical Theater Festival in South Korea
The Daegu International Musical Theater Festival in South Korea is the largest musical theater festival in Asia. It was held in 2006. A total of 30 musicals from 7 countries including China, South Korea, Japan, the United States, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom were selected for this year's musical festival.
html From July 6th to 7th, the musical "Flying" will appear at the Musical Theater Festival as the only publicly invited work in China. Daegu International Musical Festival Executive Chairman Bae Seong-hyeok praised "Flying" for "presenting it in a comprehensive Chinese cultural form and seeing a bright future for Chinese musicals."
Stills from the musical "Flying Sky"
Dunhuang is a shining pearl on the ancient Silk Road. The musical "Flying Sky" comes from Dunhuang culture and is inspired by the mural art of Mogao Grottoes. It will condense the stories of generations of Dunhuang cultural guardians represented by Chang Shuhong, the "Guardian Saint of Dunhuang", into "Guardian" and "Going on the Road". The two images of "human beings" skillfully combine the murals in the 1930s that gradually revealed their true faces in the desert sands of Dunhuang with the experience of cultural guardians trying their best to protect the treasures of civilization in a harsh and turbulent environment.
Stills from the musical "Flying"
"Flying" is jointly produced by China Oriental Performing Arts Group, Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and other units, and is jointly produced by the Central Chinese Orchestra. “Both Eastern and more Chinese,” Jing Xiaoyong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Oriental Performing Arts Group, summed up this play. “Using music and dance to interpret Dunhuang culture represented by Feitian is a transformation of China’s excellent traditional IP. A vivid practice of new models and new mechanisms. "
The play is led by Li Dun as the artistic director and producer, Sanbao as the composer and music director, and playwright Guan Shan as the screenwriter and lyrics. Young vocal actors Gao Tianhe, Li Zemei, Xu Jingjing, and Zhao Yanbo play the leading roles. Young actors from China Oriental Performing Arts Group, Ho & Lee Wood Musical Theater, and Lanzhou Grand Theater jointly present a modern "flying" picture on the stage.
"Musicals are the ultimate form of expression of live entertainment. When doing musicals, you must lead and not follow the trend." Regarding winning the award, Li Dun said.
After debuting at the 2024 Shenzhen Cultural Expo Art Season in May and at the Daegu International Musical Festival in South Korea in July, "Flying" will bring cultural music from Dunhuang to more cities such as Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hangzhou from August.
