Stage Design of Monkey King Is in Pursuit of Oriental Aesthetic

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Before attending the first show of Monkey King in Macau, here is some tips you must know about stage design of Monkey King that is in pursuit of Oriental Aesthetic.

Performed in visual performance, plot of "Journey to the West" is consistent into the magic musical, avoiding the language barrior and weakening the performance of multimedia images. Elements of Oriental Aesthetic is into Monkey King, such as Chinese Drama, Acrobatics, Martial Art, Paper Cut, Shadowgraph, Traditional Chinese Painting.

Highlight of magic musical of Monkey King should be "One hand of Burgamot, Two hands of Evil". The one hand of Burgamot is symbol of boundless Dharma while two hands of Evil put aside is signfied interruption of Evil. Broken of two hands of Evil is not only Removal in Dharma, but also cultural core of "Journey to the West".

 

Visual art of last picture is added up Oriental elements of Japanese Ukiyo-e painted surface.