A tribute to resilience
"In addition to some war scenes, we also presented a chapter in the production to showcase a variety of acrobatics, which take the audience back to old China," says Fu, adding that when Ma and other specialists researched the "supine figurine", they invited professional acrobats to imitate the figurine's movements, hoping to discover clues about how it was created.
Fu has been involved in grand galas, such as China Central Television's Spring Festival Gala in 2019 and 2020 and the Silk Road International Arts Festival in 2014.
If Fu's direction gives One Finger Across the Millennium its heartbeat, the music score provides its breath. Composer Qian Qi, a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, tailored the music to "serve the production, take audiences back to the Qin Dynasty, and empower acrobatics".
"The show moves constantly between restoration, time-travel, and cultural transmission," Qian says. "I wanted the music to be the thread that ties those worlds together."
