After winning the "Five One Project" award and the "Wenhua Award", the acrobatic drama "The First Sound" will embark on its 2026 national tour in Nanjing, Jiangsu on May 15th. More than a month before the official tour, Shenyang Acrobatic Performing Arts Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe") is conducting the final polishing of "The First Sound" before the tour. The First Sound "is the first stage work in China to present the history of" September 18th "in the form of an acrobatic drama. From the perspective of the Wang family in Shenyang, the entire play breaks through the significant historical themes of the prelude to the Anti Japanese War and the salvation of the nation, becoming a benchmark for the deep integration of acrobatic art and major historical themes. How to use acrobatics as an art form to present complex plots? Director Li Chunyan of "The First Sound" summarized it as "making every acrobatic move a vivid expression of the story, plot, and characters' emotions." The entire drama integrates and reorganizes more than 30 acrobatics and magic programs, such as lion dance, stilts, flying bars, pole climbing, car skills, and net hanging, with a series of exquisite techniques and in-depth plot designs that are dazzling, maximizing the artistic charm and profound connotation of the program, and solving the problem of "storytelling" in acrobatics. Since its premiere in Shenyang on September 1, 2023, "The First Sound" has been performed in many places including Beijing, Urumqi, and Chengdu, and wherever it goes, it takes the lead. Wang Xiao, the general manager of Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe, introduced that in order to let more people see this exquisite drama and understand that magnificent history, the crew has launched a months long touring version special polishing. From the theatrical version to the touring version, it is a systematic upgrade from technical arrangement to stage presentation. Li Chunyan explained that unlike other theatrical genres, acrobatic dramas have high requirements for props. Aerial devices, climbing poles, silk hangers, etc. not only need to meet the performance function, but also ensure safety. In order to achieve rapid stage installation and precise replication of the tour, the crew made adjustments to the overall setting. The first stop of the tour is located in Nanjing, carrying special historical significance and profound historical feelings. This city, engraved with the painful memory of the Nanjing Massacre and carrying the indomitable spirit of the nation, is highly compatible and deeply integrated with the anti Japanese spirit propagated in "The First Sound", and can evoke emotional resonance among the whole nation. Wang Xiao said that from Shenyang to Nanjing, the two heroic cities use art as a bridge to outline the indomitable backbone of the national spirit, allowing the red genes to be passed down through artistic interpretation and continue to thrive. After Nanjing, "The First Sound" will also tour seven cities including Xiamen, Hengyang, Baoding, and Hohhot. (New Society)