The premiere of the musical drama "Nan Kong" hit Hangzhou
On August 28, the first performance of the musical "Nan Kong" in Hangzhou came to a successful conclusion. The ultimate stage atmosphere created by Caiyi lighting creates a super-time and space audio-visual enjoyment, and interprets a vast long song of Chinese culture. The musical "Nan Kong" is China's first musical with the cultural theme of Nan Kong. It depicts the story of the Kong family continuing to perpetuate Confucian culture in the south. The play is jointly produced by the Propaganda Department of the Quzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and Zhejiang Performing Arts Group.
Visual Director: Ren Dongsheng
Lighting Designer: Wang Jingjing
Fixture List: FINE 1800 PERF、FINE 1800 WASH PERF、FINE 400CL
Quzhou, Zhejiang, the Holy Land of the Southern Confucius. Everyone in the world respects Confucianism and Taoism, but they know little about Nankong. "Nan Kong" is adapted from the history of "Kong Zhu's surrender" and tells the story of the Kong clan continuing Confucian culture in the south.
In terms of script structure, "South Kong" has set up the first and second halves. The first half is "Crossing", which tells the story of Kong Zhu, the 53rd eldest grandson of Confucius, who took root in Quzhou, and chooses between his ideal and his hometown; the second half is "Li", which tells the story of Kong Zhu for the world and family in his heart The guardian of the temple retook the road of crossing the south, and after giving up the title of "Yansheng Gong" to the Qufu clan brother, he returned to Quzhou to turn officials into people and Yansheng Hongdao.
The character of the saint is really admirable, and the aesthetics of the stage are even more touching. The play has constructed a stage design based on the elements of local conditions and customs in the south of the Yangtze River in the late Southern Song Dynasty. In terms of stage presentation, in addition to giving full play to the advantages of musical performances, it also creates comprehensive creations of songs, dances, music, texts and overall vision, allowing the audience to experience the Feel the soul of this broad-minded Confucian scholar for thousands of years through music and Chinese classical aesthetics.
"Presenting the audience with a more layered and multi-dimensional dramatic world through stage art, and cleverly integrating Eastern tradition and modern drama, is what we are most concerned about in visual creation." Visual Director Ren Dongsheng said. In order to match the music and scenes, the design team integrated the FINE ART series of lamps on the basis of theatrical lighting, connecting the succession and transition between the drama scenes, achieving a clever fusion of ancient and modern.
Lighting is the pen, dance beauty is the painting, light, shadow and music break the cold time distance, reflecting the spiritual outlook and aesthetic attitude of contemporary China and Nankong. The rich and full color rendering of FINE 1800 WASH PERF creates different plots and task changes; the seven-color world row lights FINE 400CL7, rich colors create a beautiful stage atmosphere. The musical "Nankong" allows us to walk into the historical scrolls and talk about the aspirations of Confucianism for thousands of years and the contemporary ideals of the holy land of Nankong. We are here, regardless of age.
