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According to the introduction, the 2009 Folk Song Festival will take "New Decade? New Folk Songs" as its theme, gathering the cultural essence of the folk song art festivals over the past 10 years. Starting from five characteristics: ethnicity, internationality, modernity, artistry, and mass participation, it will continuously enhance the temperament and taste of the folk song festival, further creating the brand effect of the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival.
The three main activities of the 2009 Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival are: dazzling cultural activities, grand economic and trade activities, and colorful tourism activities, which compose the opening ceremony of the new decade of the folk song festival.
One, Unprecedented Splendor - Opening Ceremony Evening Party "Songs Flying Over the Earth? 2009"
The "Songs Flying Over the Earth? 2009" evening party is hosted by the Large Event Office of Nanning City, the Culture Bureau of Nanning City, and the Songs Flying Over the Earth Cultural Communication Company. The famous director Xia Yu of CCTV, who directed the "Songs Flying Over the Earth" evening parties in 2001 and 2002, serves as the chief director. The creative team gathers top artists from China. Zhu Hai and Qin Xinmin serve as planners, Shen Qingping handles scenic design, Wang Xian manages lighting design, Yang Wei serves as dance director, forming a strong team to carry out creation. The Songs Flying Over the Earth company collaborates with Beijing Pagoda Taihe Company to handle the production operation of the evening party. Unlike previous years, this year's "Songs Flying Over the Earth? 2009" evening party will have two performances. The opening evening party on the evening of October 20th will be grand and classic, elegant and splendid; the passionate night on the evening of October 21st will be youthful and fashionable, full of charm. The two performances will meet the requirements of various audiences, making the "Songs Flying Over the Earth" evening party unprecedentedly magnificent.
Two, Mountain Songs and Ocean Feelings - Guangxi Ethnic Dance and Song Show "Flying Embroidered Balls"
"Flying Embroidered Balls" is one of the highlights of the 2009 Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival. The evening party fully relies on local forces in Nanning for planning and operation, mainly created by the local team in Nanning. It breaks through the traditional form of dance and song evening parties, focusing on highlighting "creativity" and "high technology" as the two core concepts. Taking "wherever the embroidered ball flies, there will be songs, and there will be love" as the main line, it fully combines video and lighting means to highlight the "magic", "strange", and "humorous" colors of the dance and song show. It beautifully showcases the unique customs and love of the five major ethnic minorities in Guangxi: Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Dong, and Jing. The evening party incorporates modern elements while continuing the classics of Guangxi folk songs, with a strong ethnic character, powerful modernity, and high artistic quality, giving the audience a visual impact of traditional art.
After ten premiere performances, "Flying Embroidered Balls" will be transformed into an excellent program that performs every day, and plans to tour domestically, thereby achieving a new breakthrough in the performance industry and creating another urban cultural calling card for Nanning.
Three, Enthusiastic Participation - "Green City Song Stage" Square Cultural Activities
The Green City Song Stage - Square Cultural Activities are the most participatory, interactive, and audience-rich activities among the cultural activities of the folk song festival, best reflecting internationality, ethnicity, and festive joy. Hosted by the Culture Bureau of Nanning City, the Foreign Affairs Office of Nanning City, and the Songs Flying Over the Earth Company, with assistance from all counties, districts, and related units across the city. This year, 19 stages will be set up in various counties, districts, campuses, and communities in Nanning. As in previous years, the organizing committee will arrange foreign singers to participate in joint performances at each stage.
This year, the number of countries participating in the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival is the highest ever, with more than 200 foreign artists from over 30 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, America, and Oceania performing on each stage, offering exquisite artistic feasts to the citizens of Nanning and guests from home and abroad. Foreign art groups participating in the stage performances include: the Irish Art Troupe, the Hungarian Bird Sound Chorus Art Troupe, the Argentine Tango Dance Troupe, the Malaysian Fuzhong (Selangor) Alumni Association Chorus Troupe, etc., as well as the highly skilled Indian Endiya Nidhai Dance Troupe and the German Sorb National Dance and Song Troupe, etc. Combining dance and song, blending Chinese and foreign elements, the Green City Song Stage will truly become a sea of singing and celebration.
Four, Thunderous Applause - Joyful Parade Activity
"The Harmonious Nanning? Happy Green City" parade activity is one of the highlights of this year's folk song festival cultural activities, aiming to fully display Nanning's characteristic culture through distinctive floats and parade teams, showcasing the new appearance of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi, and creating a lively and festive atmosphere for the 2009 Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival and the Sixth China-ASEAN Expo and ASEAN Business and Investment Summit. Let the masses experience the achievements of Nanning's development over the 60 years since the founding of New China, and feel the happiness and joy of the festival.
The parade will take place on Minzu Avenue, consisting of chapters such as "Grace of Green City", "Songs from All Directions", "Harmony Ode", "Youth Blossom", and "Prosperous Dragon Soaring". In the arrangement of programs, efforts will be made to highlight grandeur, large flow, and distinctiveness, providing the audience with a strong visual impact. At that time, 20 floats and more than 30 performance teams will form different themed parade teams, showcasing Nanning's internationality, ethnicity, and modernity. The grand parade will be a joyful event with wide public participation and significant social influence. The thousands of performers' parade performances and the tens of thousands of spectators will bring the folk song festival to its climax.
Five, Red Clay Sentiment - Lu Quanzhi Red Clay Art Masterpiece Exhibition
Master of arts and crafts Lu Quanzhi has been engaged in the arts for more than thirty years, achieving abundant results. His paintings, ceramics, and art papers have been published in dozens of domestic and international newspapers and magazines. Many of his red clay art masterpieces have been collected by official institutions and individuals in Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, the National Museum of China, the National Art Museum of China, as well as in the UK, the US, Japan, and many other countries and regions.
Lu Quanzhi's red clay art works are innovative in their themes and subjects, and his techniques of "large" and "empty" are unparalleled. His large-scale red clay art work "Hundred Blessings" won the title of the largest ceramic art piece in the world by Shanghai Guinness World Records. With solid creative achievements, Mr. Lu Quanzhi has established himself as the "First Person of Guangxi Red Clay Art". Meanwhile, Guangxi's red clay art has entered a brand-new artistic journey marked by Mr. Lu Quanzhi's series of works.
In order to promote the long-standing Chinese pottery art culture, create a distinctive Guangxi pottery art cultural brand, and further promote the development of Nanning's red clay art, during the folk song festival, there will be an exhibition of Mr. Lu Quanzhi's red clay art masterpieces at the Nanning People's Hall to appreciate the master's style and witness the charm of red clay. This exhibition is hosted by the Autonomous Region Department of Culture and the Nanning Municipal Government, and organized by the Nanning Culture Bureau and the Guangxi Quanzhi Red Clay Art Culture Exchange Center.
Six, Timeless Charm - Special Performance by Foreign Artists
To reflect the international nature of the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival and showcase Nanning's openness and its regional international city qualities, this year's folk song festival still features a special performance by foreign artists, mainly handled by the Culture Bureau of the city and the Songs Flying Over the Earth Company. The special performance allows foreign artists from afar to fully display their art, charm, and friendship, enabling domestic and foreign guests to fully experience the artistic charm of China and the diverse exotic flavors of various countries, making the big stage of the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival truly reflect the great charm of a place where folk songs around the world linger.
Seven, Glittering Lights - China-ASEAN Photography Festival
During this year's "two meetings and one festival", the first China-ASEAN International Photography Festival will be held. This event is co-hosted by the Secretariat of the China-ASEAN Expo and the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival Committee, and organized by the Songs Flying Over the Earth Company and the Blanca Culture Media Company. During the photography festival, two main activities and six special activities will be carried out. The two main activities are: China-ASEAN?Charming Cities (International) Photography Exhibition, China-ASEAN International Photography Competition; the six special activities include opening ceremony activities, international charming photo-taking shows, 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning Chinese photographers forum, 2009 China-ASEAN Charming Cities (International) Photography Exhibition, 2009 China-ASEAN International Photography Model Competition, and free-for-all photography exhibitions. Renowned photographers from ASEAN countries, winners of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize, and national portrait photography experts will be invited to participate in various activities.
This year's photography festival "China-ASEAN?Charming Cities (International) Photography Exhibition" will display 100 excellent photographs reflecting the charm of China-ASEAN cities. These works are solicited nationwide through the official website of this competition, Blanca Photography Network, and friendly submissions from the 10 ASEAN countries are also invited. All works are carefully selected, highlighting the charm of light and shadow. The entire event will cover the whole country and influence ASEAN.
Eight, Beauty Contest - Local Folk Song Creation Competition
This competition takes praising Guangxi and Nanning as its theme, with the aim of "being close to reality, life, and the masses". It combines extensive mobilization and organization of creations, striving to introduce a batch of healthy-content, beautiful-melody, and distinctive Guangxi excellent folk songs through holding the competition. Promoting Guangxi, Nanning, and the folk song festival through the competition, expanding the influence of the folk song festival, and also reserving more excellent original works for next year's folk song art festival. This competition will also marketize the final selected works, building a platform for communication and exchange between lyricists, composers, and performers, sparking a new wave of folk song creation in Guangxi.
Nine, Joint Creation - Folk Song Festival Sets Up Art Creation Base
With the development of the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival, it has not only become Nanning's business card but also Guangxi's business card, becoming a window platform for displaying Guangxi's ethnic minority culture, and a special symbol of Guangxi's cultural prosperity and development. To further promote Guangxi's ethnic culture and jointly create new highlights of Guangxi's ethnic culture, this year the organizing committee of the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival has selected six points rich in ethnic characteristics and local artistic resources throughout the region as the "Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival Art Production Base". These six points are: Baise Youjiang Ethnic Minority Song and Dance Troupe, Longlin Various Nationalities County Ethnic Minority Song and Dance Troupe, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County Art Troupe, Nandan County Art Troupe, Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County Yao Ethnic Art Troupe, Guangxi Zhuang Language School.