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Director Zhang Yimou's fourth Impression show counts


http://en.youth.cn   2009-04-21 16:54:00
What has director Zhang Yimou been doing since his spectacular Opening Ceremony at the Beijing Olympics? He's been making a new film, a thriller-comedy starring hot errenzhuan actor Xiao Shenyang and due to be released around the New Year. For opera fans there is a new production of Turandot at the Bird's Nest in October. This is familiar territory for Zhang, who staged the opera in Florence in 1997 and at the Forbidden City in 1998. And just like Chinese people everywhere, Zhang's next big date is the celebration of National Day at Tian'anmen Square on October 1.

Before all these, however, Zhang is presenting his fourth Impression show, Impression Hainan at a semi open-air theater at Haikou, on Hainan Island.

Two performers surfing over a cube stage from Scene I.

                           Two performers surfing over a cube stage from Scene I.



The 70-minute show is directed by the so-called golden trilogy of Zhang, director Wang Chaoge and Fan Yue, the three core members of the directorial team of the Beijing Olympic ceremonies. It looks very different from the three previous Impression productions and clearly borrows heavily from some features of the Olympics Opening Ceremony. All three previous shows had a rich folk flavor, taking audiences on a journey through the history of local people's lives.

 
source : China Daily/Agencies     editor:: miao
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