2018年CRI Swan Lake on Ice,a real cool show in Beijing

 

Over 20 ice-skating medalists at the Olympics, World Championship and other international events are now bringing the citizens in Beijing a "Swan Lake on Ice" show, accompanied by Tchaikovsky's music.

These medalists are now employed by the "Imperial Ice Stars", a U.K. ballet dance troupe¹ aiming to bring to life a new style of "Theatre on Ice".

Tony Mercer, founder² of the troupe, also serves as the producer and artistic³ director of the two-act ballet dance performance.

"We spent eight weeks rehearsing the show. This is actually real ice on the theatre stage. People are always used to watch ice shows in a big arena⁴. So therefore the idea behind the show was to put onto the stage in a so lovely theatre. We've got snow. There're lots of theatrical⁵ effects which suit the storyline. I just think people will be amazed."

Mercer says they used15 tons of ice to make the stage at the Grand Theatre of Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, which is due to stage the show from Wednesday till Sunday.

To date, "Swan Lake on Ice" has toured five continents, playing to more than 1.5 million people.

1 troupe   

n.剧团，戏班；杂技团；马戏团

参考例句：

• The art troupe is always on the move in frontier guards.文工团常年在边防部队流动。
• The troupe produced a new play last night.剧团昨晚上演了一部新剧。

2 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

3 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

4 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

5 theatrical   

adj.剧场的，演戏的；做戏似的，做作的

参考例句：

• The final scene was dismayingly lacking in theatrical effect.最后一场缺乏戏剧效果，叫人失望。
• She always makes some theatrical gesture.她老在做些夸张的手势。