 China Soul With a history of more than three thousand years, Chinese acrobatics has been praised as "A pearl of the Oriental art". The acrobatic show "China Soul" is produced by China National Acrobatic Circus, based on the long history of Chinese acrobatics, taking prize winning programs and acrobats as backbone and the Great Wall and Forbidden City as background. The show has combined acrobatic stunts with martial, dance and opera arts, with all improved compositions, stage design, costume, light and sound. From colorful dresses and opera costumes from various dynasties, you will see different art styles from different dynasties in Chinese history. The acrobatic show has toured the United States where warmly applauded by the audience.
China National Acrobatic Circus
Founded in 1950, China National Acrobatic Circus is the largest state-run acrobatic troupe in China today. In the past 50 years, China Acrobatic Troupe has made great contribution to the prosperity of acrobatic industry and abundance of people's cultural activities. In the past 50 years, it has been toured more than 80 countries and regions for thousands of shows. In 1997-98, the troupe toured Germany for half a year for commercial performance.
At present, China Acrobatic Troupe has various performance groups, such as acrobatic groups, circus group. It has also a movable tent. The troupe is capable of presenting various shows at the same time.
In 1990's, eight different shows had been produced and introduced based on the traditional acrobatic essence and recommendable ideas from dancing, opera and Chinese Kongfu. They are Beijing Tianqiao Folk acrobatics, China Ancient fairy stories, Nationalities' Spirit, Circus Show, Chinese Charm, Oriental Splendid Arts, Young Eagle and Chinese Soul. Since 1998, Chinese Soul has been performed for over 400 times on domestic and international stages and been praised as a splendid acrobatic show taking acrobatic art into a new phase. It was also selected by the Chinese Ministry of Culture as the only acrobatic show presented for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the P. R. C..
Since its founding, China National Acrobatic Circus has been awarded 18 golden medals on various international acrobatic competitions. Since 1984, it has won 4 golden lion medals, 4 silver lion and 6 bronze lion medals at national acrobatic competitions. It is one of the best acrobatic troupes in China. |
