The saying goes, "a hero 3 Gang," as Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies of the general director Zhang Yimou is no exception. At present, he has gathered around a group of master personnel. Zhang Gang, Chen Wei, Yu Jianping, Chen Qigang, CAI Guoqiang is the most capable "mocking way." Zhang Yimou will join hands to build this wonderful team of Beijing Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies, and dedication to the world.
Zhang Yimou : well-deserved coach
Last April 16, the Beijing Organizing Committee formally identified as a general director Zhang Yimou Zhang Jigang, Chen Wei, deputy general director for creating the team. By the end of September last year, Beijing Olympic opening and closing ceremonies the establishment of the Ministry of work, replaced by the end operations center, for a total of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 4 ceremony preparations.
Business Center has now include creative team, the production team and technical management team of three parts, nearly 300 members of the team. The team is expected to next Games, which will be expanded to nearly 1000. 4 directly involved in the ceremony, my job is expected to be over 30,000 people. In an interview with Xinhua, Zhang Yimou on this team gave a high evaluation.
He said that this is a competent, enthusiastic, highly heart of the team performance, team staff before joining their respective fields have is the leader. Zhang Yimou, he is responsible for the overall style of certainty and coordination. In the Olympic Games opening ceremony of the show, Chen Wei is mainly responsible for the first part of the director, Zhang Jigang for the second part of the producers. In addition, Chen Wei is also largely responsible for directing the Olympic Games closing ceremony, Zhang Gang will be primarily responsible for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paralympics tested.
It is understood that Beijing Organizing Committee from the original reason for including Chen Kaige of many domestic and foreign experts selected Zhang Yimou, the most important for two reasons : First, Zhang Yimou from the Beijing bid, it has shooting and directed the Beijing Olympic Committee, the emblem of APIs, the Athens Olympic Games closing ceremony, 8 minutes the performances, the essence of the Olympic Games and Beijing understand the concept so profound; two of Zhang Yimou as one in the international community is very well-known director, is very enduring ability to integrate the arts.
Zhang Gang : With the "Thousand-hand Bodhisattva" Well known
Troupe of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department director Chang Gang "Thousand-hand Bodhisattva" was highly praised by Zhang Jigang also famed reputation. Steel Chang said in an interview : "The Beijing Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies, others must not repeat, repeat not have our own things -- such as the Asian Games, the East Asian Games and the Far South Games, World University Games, the Athens Olympics has seen the model. For many wonderful independence The idea, but also through repeated practice and rehearsal to determine. "
Although the film has abundant experience, but still feel Chang Steel tremendous pressure. He says the whole team feel such pressure, because there are so many pairs of eyes was watching. However, Chang continued confidence steel. He said : "After more than two years of preparations, we can now say, will be 'new' show in the world before, we will be able to create a national brand new works, a result of the birth of the Olympics, belonging to the East, China's new works."
Zhang Jigang creative dance over 300 entries, works in more than 60 countries and regions staged. Each won an international award, the President of the French Republic for a Hollywood a Best Director Award, the International Gold Award three times, the international clown award three times. Was domestic awards, the Gold Award, first prize 40 times.
Chen Wei : Universiade a big hit opening ceremony of the "experts"
Bearded Mr Marin is the Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies operations center to identify the best person. This from the Beijing Asian Games in 1990, on the large-scale activities have a strong interest in performing artists, after 17 years of exploration and practice, have become experts in this area.
2001 World University Games in Beijing at the opening, he is representative. Then the strong Chinese characteristics and movement elements fashion the perfect combination of performance, winning the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge of glowing reviews. Later, he successively served as the National Games, the East Asian Games and other major events opening ceremony of the general director, has accumulated a wealth of experience. Chen Wei Zhang Yimou had the same number of cooperation, mutual appreciate very much. The director Zhang Yimou first operas, "Turandot", Chen Wei Zhang Yimou as a deputy. In the 2004 Athens Olympics closing eight minutes of the performance, Chen Wei Zhang Yimou again accessory. After several close cooperation, Chen Wei Zhang Yimou as creating the Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies of the right-hand team is also logical.
Chen joined the Scandinavia, but also the adequacy of the troops. The Business Center, the reporter saw the way many health Chen Marin in World University Games, the Games, the East Asian Games opening ceremony of major events such as the backbone, they will help Chen Wei completed Olympic task.
CAI Guoqiang : "high-fireworks"
Reporters operations center to see CAI Guoqiang, he wore ethnic style of the elementary jacket. The 50-year-old Beijing Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies visual effects design, talked about the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies of visual creativity, full of confidence.
CAI Guoqiang graduated from the Shanghai Theatrical Institute stage art, from the start of the 1980s the use of the Chinese invention of gunpowder creations. He used gunpowder to blow the works "Black Rainbow", "outdated", "transparent Monument", in the United States and Canada and other countries at the exhibition evoked a strong reaction. He has traveled throughout the world almost all major international art exhibition and the works are a number of museum collections, the field of contemporary art as the most watched and most pioneering artist.
The CAI Guoqiang eyes, the ancient Chinese, one of the four great inventions of gunpowder, and by extension the fireworks to some extent a symbol of the brilliant Chinese civilization. Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony, the unique design of the National Stadium "nest" over fireworks carefully designed to show the world "we come to this ancient culture into the future," the course, displaying the Chinese people to promote their own culture before the trip to the spirit. He disclosed that the four ceremony will take his charm full fireworks display. China is gunpowder and the birthplace of fireworks, with rich cultural background, in the Olympic Games of this cultural display, the Beijing Olympics will be the opening and closing ceremonies of a major characteristic.
CAI Guoqiang said : "China is still a developing country, China's culture in the world, not all are familiar with. Therefore, the passing of the Olympic Games to display the charm of Chinese culture, is a rare opportunity. The need to extract the common human emotions aroused the sympathy of elements to increase Acclaimed can move the world audience. "
Chen Qigang : Masters in France as its music director
The team creating music director Chen Qigang also of Greece. In 1983 graduated from the Central Academy of Music Composition Department of Chen Qigang, is now residing in France. He has worked in Minnesota native Music Festival to a chamber music, "actor", won the "Media Award" and "record companies Award." He also won French music copyright organizations, presented the "Symphonic Music Awards", as this award has been created to win the first Chinese musicians and composers Africa and French descent.
The 56-year-old Chen Qigang in ballet drama "Raise the Red Lantern," which served as composer, and Zhang Yimou's cooperation is very understanding. He said : "The Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies of the music volume, in addition to the ceremony speech of a few paragraphs of the time, almost every second will be music emerged. For the Olympics to write music for the opening and closing ceremonies, is a great and arduous task. Music needs a minute a minute targeted done , but also the overall style of harmonization and complete expression of our need to display content. "
Chen Qigang said : "In the Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, let the world so focused seen and heard China's culture, history, music, it is a rare opportunity. Special needs is a character and the pursuit of creativity, but for artists, and the pursuit of a character is not difficult, the key is to be able to it enough to arouse public sympathy. "
Yu Jianping : Aerospace experts to the new role
Yu Jianping is Beijing Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies team of unsung heroes, the "Shenzhou V" and "Shenzhou VI" manned spacecraft launched there have been special contribution to the astronauts, Zhang's team has now become an indispensable core technology production figures. As Beijing Special Engineering Design Institute president of the Yu Jianping, the Beijing Organizing Committee was employed for the opening and closing ceremonies technical production team leader, responsible for the overall technical production.
Operations center layer of the core region, in Jianping, and his team the main work space, including the Beijing Olympic Games in world lit the torch will have here. The production technology group's office, the reporter saw at "carrying forward the spirit of the manned spacecraft, creating a first-class, winning glory for the country", "is the key details, and technology is protected, the time is the quality of" eye-catching slogan, always encouraging and reminding staff.
Yu Jianping said : "With China's scientific and technological progress, the rapid development of the performing arts equipment. Digital, intelligent technology is widely used in high-tech lighting, sound system, stage machinery and other technical fields, the equipment functions and roles have been greatly enriched and developed into the performance art is not may indispensable means of performing. "He said :" With the light, sound, electricity, machinery, computers and other new technology development and breakthrough performance equipment as applied technology will be integrated more integrated, intelligent and humane. "
He said : "The Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies are involved in a lot of high-tech means to a comprehensive range of large platforms, no room for mistakes. Now from the opening of the Olympics less than a year's time, we must carry forward this team manned spaceflight pursuit of excellence around the opening and closing ceremonies director the request is feasible and safe, foolproof technology to do security work. "
