Members enjoy performances at the Taihu Stage Art Center at the National Centre for the Performing Arts and explore the production department behind the scenes. Filming/editing Beijing News Xu Meilin
"National Centre for the Performing Arts Members - Fourteen Years of Musical Accompaniment: Lai Jiajing and the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra Concert" is performed by the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra by young conductor Lai Jiajing, bringing to the members a number of classic pieces such as Grieg's "Holburg Suite", Bach's "Third Suite in D major", Mozart's Serenade in G major, and Tchaikovsky's Serenade in C major. For the selection of the repertoire of this performance, Jin Hui, director of the Marketing Department of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, said that the reason why this performance specially selected a number of musical works that the audience is more familiar with reflects the people-friendly nature of the concert, and promotes the promotion of the future so that more people can enter the Grand Theatre and feel the beauty of art.
Scene: Audience in-depth exploration of the production department of the repertoire
At 13:00, members signed in and began to enter the venue, and with the completion of a series of epidemic prevention and safety measures such as regular scanning of health treasures, itinerary codes, security checks, etc., members who purchased tickets and attended the concert received an exclusive gift of the "14th Anniversary of the National Centre for the Performing Arts". As one of the world's largest and most functional international stage production and exchange platforms, the National Centre for the Performing Arts Taihu Stage Art Center, known as the sub-center "Stage Castle", has undertaken comprehensive functions such as repertoire production, synthetic rehearsal, stage design, set props costume production, stage art exchange, warehousing and other comprehensive functions since its inception.
Before the start of the performance, the staff of the National Centre for the Performing Arts organized and led the members in batches to visit multiple production departments of the Taihu Dance Art Center such as "Stage Design Room", "Costume Plate Making Room" and "Scenery Making Workshop", so that the audience could understand for the first time how the preliminary design and preparation work behind those classic performances were carried out, and further deepened their understanding of the relevant processes of repertoire production. When Ms. Zhang, a member, saw the design drawings of the opera "Children of the Party" posted on the wall, she exclaimed that she had never thought that these intimate performance costumes had to go through so many production processes such as design, plate playing, and sample version before they were born. "If you don't participate in these meaningful activities, you can't imagine how many departments and experts are working on it behind a show." From this, I also deeply realized that the significance of watching a performance is far greater than the value marked on the ticket, and art is priceless. ”
After several groups of members visited the Taihu Dance Art Center, at 14:00 the audience began to check tickets one after another, before the official opening of the member performance, Gong Jicheng, vice president of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, delivered a welcome speech, he said, "The fourteen years of the National Centre for the Performing Arts are fourteen years of forging ahead and not forgetting the original intention, the fourteen years of prosperity and common development with the culture of the motherland, and the fourteen years of deep love with the audience, especially the members and friends. The number of members has gone from a few thousand at the beginning of the establishment of the hospital to hundreds of thousands of people now, and there are more and more family members. The majority of members and friends are the source of power for the long-term development of the theater, and everyone grows and accompanies the grand theater. In the future, the Grand Theatre will form a new pattern of 'one hospital and three sites' of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, the Taihu Dance Center and the Beijing Art Center, and will uphold the development concept of leading, inheriting, innovating, openness and inclusiveness, and actively create a platform for Chinese and foreign performance classics, a platform for creating excellent works, a platform for promoting universal education, a platform for international cultural and artistic exchanges and a platform for comprehensive display, so as to better meet the people's yearning for a better life. Under the new development pattern, we will continue to provide higher quality and better services for the majority of audience friends and members."
National Centre for the Performing Arts taihu Stage Art Center. Courtesy of the National Centre for the Performing Arts
Planning: More artistic activities will be designed for the audience
For the original intention of planning this concert, Jin Hui, director of the Marketing Department of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, believes that although the reasons for the epidemic have led to some reduction in the offline performances of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, the Grand Theatre has always had a large number of loyal members around for more than a decade, whether it is the theater doing online performances or offline performances, they have enthusiastically participated in and supported them. "It is precisely because of this enthusiasm that we have an idea of wanting to have a better relationship with everyone and give back to them more." We chose to give you an artistic journey in Taihu Lake, where you can learn about the development of the Grand Theater and enjoy the musical beauty brought by your own orchestra. ”
When sharing the achievements and experience of the fourteen-year membership mechanism, Jin Hui believes that the National Centre for the Performing Arts has spared no effort to promote the implementation of the "drip irrigation project" for the past fourteen years, which focuses on the popularization of art and the cultivation of audiences. From the "Classical Art Lecture Hall" to the "Weekend Concert" and other series of activities, are important art popularization activities for the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and it is precisely because of these high-quality art activities that the audience and the theater have a closer relationship. "In 2019, we had about 800 performances throughout the year, almost every day. Even after 2020, due to the epidemic reasons for the performance has decreased, but the theater has found a better way to spread online, and now as an important theme concert 'weekend concert' of the theater, the presentation form is more diverse and the content is more abundant, since the launch of less than two years, has launched more than a hundred issues, it can be said that every week we have a 'music date' with the audience online. ”
The audience visited the Taihu Choreography Art Center. Courtesy of the National Centre for the Performing Arts
Talking about the future member management mechanism and rights protection, Jin Hui said that while further retaining and improving the original art popularization activity projects welcomed by members, more art salons that can enhance audience interaction will be further designed, and more non-performance form contact mechanisms will be expanded. In the future, we will work the depth and breadth of artistic activities, deepening and excavating better cultural products and art activities with feedback, including many of our cultural derivatives are also being designed.
In Jin Hui's view, the biggest advantage of the membership mechanism of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in the past fourteen years is that it has always maintained an initial heart, and the three major purposes of "people's nature", "artistry" and "internationality" established by the National Centre for the Performing Arts at the beginning of the establishment of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and always put "people's nature" in the first place. "We always want to put the people-centered concept in the development of the theater and the maintenance of the theater. Starting from the needs of the audience, we can meet the audience's needs for cultural and artistic diversity more, and we are also based on this concept and original intention, which has been moving forward and eventually becoming a magic weapon. ”
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