Immersive Chinese theatre work Encore Dunhuang
debuted at the first Silk Road Dunhuang International Cultural Expo and was directed
by Wang Chaoge, co-director of the stunning opening ceremony for the 2008
Olympic Games in Beijing.
During the 90-minute performance, audience
members can travel through time as they walk through four zones and experience
key moments and characters in the 2,000-year history of the city, once an
important stop on the Silk Road.
For lighting control LD Wang Yugang used 4 x grandMA2
light consoles, 2 x MA onPC command wing, 4 x MA NPU (Network Processing Unit),
2 x MA VPU plus MK2 (Video Processing Unit) and 10 x MA 2Port Nodes.
“An Encore theatre is different from the
standard theatre. Depending on the needs of the scene, it is built to be a
flexible space that meets all the regular theater construction specifications whilst
being configurable to realize each individual scene”, explained Wang Yugang.
Utilizing original walk-in scene theater
technology, the audience is no longer restricted to sitting on seats and watching
the play unfold onstage. Instead, they walk into the theatre and move around
according to where the action is taking place becoming immersed in the production.
The theater\’s lighting and effects have been choreographed and designed to
optimise this special visitor experience.
The construction design company was Beijing
North ACE Digital Technology Co., Ltd. ACE –
Advanced Communication Equipment Co Ltd. is MA
Lighting’s exclusive distributor in China.
Fan Anwei was the project manager, Zhao Xiaoming
was lighting design construction principal.
