A Kongzhu Performance空竹表演秀

                

       大部分在中国的人有七天的假期来庆祝国庆节。在纽约没有这样的气氛，所以我试图为自己安排一些节目。一个是台湾人庆祝自己的国庆节（Oct 10^th）的空竹表演。

        演出的剧场离法拉盛很远，它在长岛的LIU。我找它的位置找的很艰难。它的日期是在一个工作日的晚上七点。天黑又下雨，我迷路了。在whitney 路上转圈。最后我终于找到了入口。

         我迟到了20分钟，演出还没有开始。开始后，几位VIP演讲者做了首轮祝词，这又花了20分钟。组织有一点松散，像是一个老式的中国风格。

         这场表演是一个空竹技巧的表演。这是我第一次在舞台上看到空竹表演而不是在公园的退休者表演。表演团队把一个本地的体育游戏变成了一个很好的演出，有声乐/电子音效背景/舞台灯光变化配合。叫星瀚盛宴，真不为过。

         大概有十四个男演员和女演员。他们都有不同的职位：一些歌手、一些舞者、一些空竹表演者、一些太鼓鼓手。他们呈现了多个表现台湾海岛渔民生活和娱乐的风情场景。

         表演团队真的给尽了玩空竹可能性：一个人自己玩，两个人组团队玩；六人组的更有吸引力：两个人抖动两条长绳，让空竹从前到后翻转到两侧独立空竹玩家的小绳上去。最激动人心的表演是：两个分别站在舞台后方走道的男人玩空竹，让它在空中传给25米外舞台上的女演员。然后两个舞台者会让空竹在自己的绳子上翻转在返回25米开外过道尽头的男演员绳上，来回反复，空竹带着LED亮光满场飞驰，这一幕很有挑战性，引来全场鼓掌声。

        依我看来，这场演出本身没有太强技巧，但是导演能力令人印象深刻。 他组织歌者舞者抖空竹表演者，充分利用背景的音乐、光、电子音效，创造了一个动态喧闹的完美的舞台。他们还有和观众的互动交流环节，有小丑鱼串场表演，所有形式都有用到，是一个很成功的表演。

        虽然我在一个漆黑的雨夜中驾车回家有一点困难，我依旧觉得这是一个值得的夜晚————看到一场很好的演出并近距离观察了纽约台湾人聚会。他们是另一群中国人，是大陆的中国人的一面镜子，看见他们就像见了一群客居海外的同乡。

 

There was a seven-day break for most of people in China for celebrating the Chinese National day( Oct 1^st) .There is no atmosphere here in New York, so I try to arrange some shows

for myself. One is a Kongzhu performance of Kongzhu which Taiwanese in N.Y. celebrated for their National day of Oct 10^th.

           The performance theatre was far away from Flushing, it is In LIU post in Long island.  I tried quite hard to find the location. It was scheduled at7:30pm on a weekday night, it was quite dark and rainy, and I lost the road, circling around Whitney road again and again, until I finally found the entrance.

         I was late about 20 minutes, and the show still did not begin. When it began,  several VIP speakers made the first presentation, and it took another 20minutes.The organization was a little bit loose, like an old Chinese style.

          The show was actually a KONZHU skill performing. It was the first time I see Kongzhu performance on stage except in a park played by a retiree. The performance group made a native sport game into a wonderful performance with some vocal singer/electric video background/stage light change.

                  There were about 14 actors and actresses. They have different positions: some singers, some dancers, some performance, some drummers. They make a whole scene and flavor of the Taiwan island people’s lives and entertainment.

          The performance group really gave Kongzhu play in  the full possibility: One person is playing by herself; two persons are playing with a team; and the six people group is more attractive_ two persons play with two long ropes, letting the KONGZHU rolling back and forth to reach the small ropes of single players. Two men who  are standing separately on the far ends of the audience aisle, played the KONGZHU and transferred them in air to the stage actresses, about 25 meters far, and two stager would keep the Kongzhu rolling on their personal rope.That is challenging. In my opinion, the show itself does not have much skill, but the director makes impressive work by coordinating the performers, the music, the lights and electric video showing as the background. They have periods to dynamite-period with the audience.I listened to some fisher folk songs too. It was a successful performing.

              Though it embraced me a little bit to drive back to my home in a dark raining night, I still felt it was valuable night to see a good performance and a bunch of Taiwanese gathering for a social event. They were another group of Chinese, a mirror of Chinese from Mainland.