Stage photo of the second season of “Four Survivors”.Picture provided by the producer
As the world‘s largest acrobatic country, China has more than 2,000 years of acrobatic cultural history, and acrobatic programs have also become the “guests” of large-scale cultural evenings. “One minute on stage, ten years of hard work off stage”, this familiar admiration tells the amazing shock of acrobatic performances and the sweat and hard work of acrobats. However, all along, the acrobatics that challenge the ultimate art and define infinite possibilities lack a better platform to shine. Recently, the second season of China’s first large-scale acrobatic cultural program “Four Shockers”, launched by Guangdong Satellite TV, has gathered 30 excellent acrobatic teams from trampoline, diabolo, silk hanging, top chair, etc., to give the spotlight to acrobatics. People, illuminate the inheritance path behind traditional culture, and let acrobatics return to the audience’s vision with a new attitude.
“New” is the key word of “Ji Jing Si Zao”, and it is also the future direction of acrobatics inheritance. Today’s acrobatic performance is no longer a single performance mode of juggling and competition, nor is it a balance game between skills and strength, but a new comprehensive art mode with acrobatics as the core and integrating various artistic expressions. Elements such as light and shadow, use acrobatic skills and artistic performance to tell a story completely. As a key project selected for the “Chinese Culture Radio and Television Communication Project” of the State Administration of Radio and Television in 2021, “Four Shocking Techniques” is committed to showing the artistic innovation of “Acrobatic +”. In the first stage of skills, “Youth Xing” by “Upward Youth” combines pedalling and rope skills, Chen Tao’s “The Man in Wine” combines rolling rings and martial arts, and Cui Yan’s “Homecoming” combines upside-down on a bicycle with Combining father and son melodrama, Cao Kai’s “Kick” combines ball skills with tap dance, realizing the multiple integration of acrobatic skills, ideas, stories and artistry. From the mutual integration of skills within the industry, to the cultural integration of intersecting art categories, to the compatibility of domestic and foreign trendy elements, they dare to break through and absorb the formal characteristics of multiple arts for acrobatic use, allowing the audience to see many Chinese acrobatics. Possibilities and super vitality.
In order to better show the youthful demeanor of Chinese acrobatics in the new era, “Fantastic Four” introduced high-tech in the filming and production, giving the acrobatic art a youthful and popular innovative expression. For the first time, the program uses a high-speed traversing machine to achieve dynamic shooting in a circular 360-degree air without dead ends. With the blessing of advanced technology, the audience can immerse themselves in the acrobatic performance and gain immersive aesthetic enjoyment; the “high, difficult, new, strange and beautiful” of Chinese acrobatics is presented comprehensively and vividly, with both breadth and depth , more details. Since the broadcast of the program, topical entries such as “The Inner Mongolian girl kicking the bowl with a high car is amazing” and “Guizhou guys jumping on the springboard and kicking people to unlock the new way of seeing the seesaw” have appeared on Weibo’s hot search, with likes and comments constantly swiping the screen. Cross-border out of the circle, let more young people see acrobatics and fall in love with acrobatics. (Qi Yue)
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责编：李宜蒙 ]