Modern Express News (Reporter Li Ming) On the evening of September 25, the acrobatic drama "Reconnaissance Crossing the River" will be performed at the 2024 Nanjing Art Festival. For the first time, the play will use acrobatics to restore the battle story of reconnaissance crossi

Modern Express News (Reporter Li Ming) On the evening of September 25, the acrobatic drama "Reconnaissance Crossing the River" will be performed at the 2024 Nanjing Art Festival. For the first time, the play will use acrobatics to restore the battle story of reconnaissance crossing the river. "Reconnaissance Crossing the River" is the first part of the "Yangtze River Trilogy" created and staged by the Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe. It is based on the movie of the same name in the 1950s. This familiar story is brought to the acrobatic stage, and the red theme is interpreted with "thrilling, dangerous and special" acrobatic art, bringing a unique shock.

The acrobatic drama "Reconnaissance of Crossing the River" tells the story of the reconnaissance team on the eve of the battle to cross the river. Under the cover and cooperation of Jiangnan guerrilla leader Liu Sijie and others, the reconnaissance team went through hardships, outsmarted the river defense map, and successfully completed the reconnaissance mission to ensure the crossing. Jiang's victory in the Battle of Jiangxi and his great contribution to winning the liberation of the country. This is also the first domestic work to interpret the story of the battle of crossing the Yangtze River in the form of an acrobatic stage play.

The whole play is divided into six acts. The plot is intense and the characters have distinctive personalities. Near the end, the song "Zhongshan is turning yellow due to the storm, and millions of troops are crossing the river" sounded, pushing the atmosphere to a climax. The ending scene finally freezes on a five-star "medal" shaped by an acrobat in the air. In the majestic music, this shining "medal" rises slowly, making people's hearts rise with high respect for the heroes who crossed the river.

The acrobatic drama "Reconnaissance across the River" is the country's first red-themed acrobatic drama, setting a precedent for the country's red-themed acrobatic dramas. How to use acrobatic drama to tell red stories well? Chi Wenjie, head of the Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe, introduced that in order to make good use of Nanjing’s local red resources, the Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe organized a creative team to visit the Nanjing Crossing Victory Memorial Hall many times to listen to the passionate speeches of veterans of the Crossing Battle about the past. Memories, on the basis of artistic reality, creates a rich red-themed audio-visual feast for the audience.

In order to make the acrobatic drama more exciting and beautiful, the Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe also invited the famous director Zhai Junjie, who has directed classic war movies such as "The Long March", "The Battle of Taierzhuang", "The Republic Will Not Forget" and "The Great Battle", to serve as the director of the drama. The artistic consultant, screenwriter and general design of the technical structure are served by Dong Zhengzhen, a well-known acrobatic industry expert.

The acrobatic drama "Reconnaissance Crossing the River" has detonated the national acrobatic community since its premiere in 2017, setting a sensational scene with the audience applauding more than 60 times in a single performance. The play has won the 10th National Acrobatic Performance Outstanding Drama Award, the 4th China Acrobatic Art Festival National Outstanding Drama Award, the 3rd Jiangsu Province Wenhua Award - Wenhua Award, and the 11th Jiangsu Province Spiritual Civilization Construction Award. "Five One Project" Outstanding Work Award and other awards.

(Source: Modern Express All Media)

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