China News Service, Beijing, August 26 (Reporter Ying Ni) After 214 days, the Tianqiao Theater finally opened.

  The first round of audition for the large-scale original ballet "Open Like Flowers" brought by the Central Ballet will be performed on the stage of Tianqiao Theater from August 24th and will be performed for three days to 26th. These three performances are all public welfare performances, expressing gratitude to the guardians who are struggling to fight the epidemic, such as medical workers, military police soldiers, and community workers.

Photo by Shi Ren after the first performance

  The reporter learned that since the closing of the curtain on January 22, Tianqiao Theater has always accompanied the audience online, insisting on disseminating artistic knowledge through the public account and other self-media, and setting up different columns for different audiences. Try to increase the participation of the majority of dance fans. In addition, Tianqiao Theater also actively participates in and cooperates with the Central Ballet Company's live broadcast of online performances, provides all related theater technical support for filming, and participates in live broadcast promotion. In terms of humanistic care, the theater always pays attention to the needs of the audience and actively interacts with the audience online.

The first five audience members of the first performance received a commemorative gift and took a group photo. The third from the left is Feng Ying, the director and artistic director of the Central Ballet, and the fourth from the left is the general manager of Tianqiao Theater, Liu Jingwei and Wang Chongwei.

  All tickets for the three opening performances of the theater are presented to retrogrades during the epidemic. In this round of performances, the Tianqiao Theater of the Central Ballet Company launched the "Grateful for the Most Beautiful Ballet Fans" event, giving tickets to ballet fans from all walks of life who have contributed their strength to the society during the epidemic period to express the heart of the performance industry.

  Liu Jingwei, general manager of Tianqiao Theater, introduced that in order to ensure the safe and stable operation of the theater and the health of the audience, Tianqiao Theater strictly implemented the relevant national anti-epidemic regulations and carried out thorough disinfection work and equipment testing before restarting. For epidemic prevention, the theater has established strict rules and inspection systems for all personnel entering and leaving the theater: including employees, cast members, and audiences. At the same time, a mobile disinfection station and a non-contact body temperature detector are added to the theater, and anti-epidemic propaganda videos and anti-epidemic leaflets are placed in the lobby for the audience to watch and learn.

The exquisite seals in the "Reunion" performance commemorative ticket holder are quite meaningful. Photo courtesy of Tianqiao Theater

  It is worth mentioning that, in order to make the first batch of people come to Tianqiao Theater to have a sense of "ceremony" after the offline restart, Tianqiao Theater has specially designed a meaningful "Reunion" performance commemorative ticket holder, which is set up in sequence inside the ticket holder: Check the five-step process prompts of health treasure, ticket checking, temperature measurement, security check, and hand disinfection. After each process, the audience will get an exquisite seal of "Tianqiao Theater Memorabilia". Famous repertoires such as "Swan Lake" and "Red Detachment of Women", as well as the China International Ballet Season of major theater events in recent years. It is hoped that through such "customs clearance" activities, the audience can not only get a brief understanding of the theater's history and feel the inner atmosphere of the Tianqiao Theater, but also slow down the pace of everyone's admission and cooperate with the theater to carefully complete each inspection.

  The reporter saw at the scene that the back stickers of "Reunion" were affixed to the back of every seat that could be seated, and the lanyards that sealed the seats were printed with the words "Awaiting Reunion". Liu Jingwei, who has worked in Tianqiao Theater for 20 years, said, "We, Tianqiao Theater people, silently express our wishes and expectations. We hope that the 100% full seat will come as soon as possible. May all the'expectations reunite' become sooner. Reunion'!". (Finish)