Swan Lake: (Chinese Acrobatics)

Acrobatics: Swan Lake
Cast: Wu Zhengdan, Wei Baohua (the Guangdong Military Acrobatic Troupe)
Published by Peninsula Audio-Visual Publishing House, 2007
Medium: 1 DVD-9
DVD regional code setting: All
Picture format: NTSC, MPEG-2, Color
Subtitle: Chinese / English
ISBN: 9787883677932
ISRC: CND010700390


Description:
The story derives itself from the ballet Swan Lake. It’s believed to be a combination of Chinese modern acrobatics and Tshikovsky’s classical music and ballet. It is a modern story about eternal love, representing people’s wish for sincerity, charity and beauty, and people’s dislike of injustice, evil hypocrisy. The actress named Wu Zhengdan who acts swan wins the Highest Award of Russia-The Ulanova.

If you thought the Chinese acrobatics feats during the Olympics were something to behold, check out this video! This is an edited version of the performance of the ballet Swan Lake, a classic fairytale with an acrobatic twist, that was taken on a world tour a couple of years ago. It is truly stunning and amazing. The variety of dancers and acrobatics is like a kaleidoscope.

The main characters of "Swan Lake" are set to awe audiences with almost every circus trick. In an acrobatic interpretation of the tale, the performers use not only grace, beauty and acting but also their breathtaking agility, athleticism and strength. Pole balancing, jumping through hoops of fire, tightrope walking, walking on balls, jujitsu (a weaponless art of self-defence), and even David Copperfield-style large scale illusions, are some of the stunts that are almost seamlessly woven into the story.