Chinese stage designer wins in best lighting at Prague Quadrennial
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At the ongoing 14th Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Chinese stage designer Zhou Zhengping won the Award of Best Lighting Design with his work of Yue Opera "Peach Blossom Fan".

The Quadrennial is the world's largest and the most prestigious performance design event, also known as the "Olympic of stage design world". The 14th Quadrennial, with the theme "Imagination, Transformation and Memory", attracted exhibitors from more than 60 countries and regions.

A still from Yue Opera "Peach Blossom Fan" /Photo via Xinhua News Agency

A still from Yue Opera "Peach Blossom Fan" /Photo via Xinhua News Agency

The stage design of Yue Opera "Peach Blossom Fan" is characterized with simplicity and elegance, and full of implications. Its lighting design tries to be expressive and poetic.

"This is a poetic, magical, complex lighting design that plays a powerful role in bringing out the drama," said the jury when delivering the award to Zhou.

Chinese stage designer Zhou Zhengping wins the Award of Best Lighting Design with his work of Yue Opera "Peach Blossom Fan." /Photo via Xinhua News Agency

Chinese stage designer Zhou Zhengping wins the Award of Best Lighting Design with his work of Yue Opera "Peach Blossom Fan." /Photo via Xinhua News Agency

At this year's Quadrennial, the Chinese delegation organized by the China Institute of Stage Design brought their works to the exhibition of five units: National and Regional Exhibition, Student Exhibition, Fragment Exhibition, Architectural Exhibition, and Publication Exhibition.

The 11-day long Quadrennial will close on June 16.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency