Attraction flies Bird's Nest

Attraction features impressive visual effects with large screens and excellent use of lights and thrilling acrobatics. Photo provided to China Daily

A large-scale outdoor show especially designed for the 2008 Olympic Games Stadium, better known as the Bird's Nest, will move to the Water Cube in May.

The show will be adapted to be performed indoors at the National Aquatics Center in a bid to fully employ the former Olympic venue.

The show, Attraction, features impressive visual effects with large screens and excellent use of lights and thrilling acrobatics including flying men fighting in midair. The performance tells a love story between a man and a fairy maiden, whose union is challenged by an evil force.

Since the show's debut at the Bird's Nest three years ago, more than half a million people have seen it.

This year, for the first time, the show will stage 40 performances at the Water Cube from May to August. The ticket price remains the same, ranging from 100 yuan ($16) to 1,280 yuan.

The move to the Water Cube will see more water elements incorporated into the performance, says Wu Xiaonan, vice-president of Beijing State-owned Assets Management Company that operates the annual show.

The show's production team will continue to work with Pixomondo, an Oscar-winning company that produced visual effects for the US TV series Games of Thrones and 3-D film Hugo.