There are "plays" throughout the year, and there are "plays" in the whole city! The reporter learned that Shanghai's 2022 "Performance Calendar" selected 394 key projects in accordance with the standards of famous troupes, premiere launches and market word-of-mouth, enriching the cultural life of citizens. According to statistics, in 2022, the city's key performance projects will account for about 70% of the performances in the world of performing arts, and nearly 40 original plays will be premiered. Nearly 400 high-quality performance projects such as the dance drama "The Eternal Electric Wave", "Crested Ibis", the Guofeng Music Scene "Folk Music on the Sea", the classic Yue opera works "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Liang Zhu", "The Tale of the West Chamber" and so on fill every day with artistic atmosphere.
As one of the most mature performing arts markets in The country, Shanghai has compiled a "performance calendar" to release the schedule to the public in advance to facilitate the audience to follow the drama. Taking the release of the 2022 "Performance Calendar" as an opportunity, Shanghai has coordinated at the city level, optimized the cultural supply-side reform, and further improved the construction of a systematic, large-scale and branded performance market system. The combination of "Performance Calendar" and "Culture Into Ten Thousand Homes" and "Art Forward" will help Shanghai continue to strengthen the "Performing Arts Dock" and enhance the influence and radiation of the performing arts world.
"Good drama and stage", continue to enhance the originality and identity of Shanghai culture
According to the newly released 2022 "Performance Calendar", 41 key performance projects will be on the Shanghai stage in January this year. Among them, many new dramas such as the Chinese version of the musical "Fan Letter", the "Disney Night" concert, and the children's drama "Disappearing Marine Animals" are premiered. In addition, the National Ballet of China will bring "Giselle", "The Big Red Lantern Hangs High", and the National Theatre of China will perform "Four Generations Together"... A group of famous artists will bring heavy works to the scene and send a rich cultural feast. What is more expected is that 53 "good plays" will be staged during the Spring Festival, so that Shanghai audiences can enjoy the "Cultural Year". The performance schedule will strictly comply with the requirements of the municipal epidemic prevention and control work, track and dynamically adjust in real time.
Strengthen the dock, activate the source, and stand at the head of the tide. In deepening reform and innovating development, Shanghai has always been brave to be the vanguard and dare to be the forerunner. In the 1980s and 1990s, Shanghai took the lead in trying to arrange annual performance activities according to the "performance season" to meet the actual needs of the literary and art market; today, Chinese audiences have become accustomed to the "performance season" of major literary and art theaters. In 2022, Shanghai compiled a "performance calendar", continued to optimize supply-side reforms, and explored the construction of a systematic, large-scale and branded performance matrix.
From more than 900 performances and more than 3,000 performances, Shanghai selected 394 key performances, strictly following the standards of famous troupes, premiere launches and market reputation. The combination of the original ability of excellent stage works and the operation ability of high-quality performing arts projects makes "resident performance +" a beautiful scenery in the Shanghai performance market. In 2022, the "Performance Calendar" will arrange the dance drama "The Eternal Electric Wave", "Crested Ibis", the Guofeng Music Scene "Sea Folk Music", the Yue Opera classic "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Liang Zhu", "West Chamber", the Haipai acrobatic "Time and Space Journey 2", "Happy Circus", the immersive drama "Sleepless Night", the Happy Twist "Crazy Barbershop", the Lincoln Jazz Shanghai Center and the Asia Tower "Star Space" and other series of resident plays. Focusing on the new model of "resident performance +", the Shanghai performance market has spawned new products and new styles for the integration of culture and tourism, making "dragging suitcases to watch plays" a new choice for cultural consumption of audiences across the country.
It is reported that in order to continue to launch the brand of cultural festivals and exhibitions, Shanghai will also launch the "Symphony of the Times - National Excellent Orchestra Invitational Performance", Shanghai International Musical Theater Festival, International Drama Invitation Exhibition, Shanghai International Comedy Festival, China Shanghai International Arts Festival, China Small Theater Opera Exhibition, Shanghai City Lawn Concert, Yangtze River Delta City Drama Festival, Jing'an Drama Valley, Shanghai Spring International Music Festival, Shanghai Excellent Private Theater Group Performance, Shanghai Summer Music Festival, Chinese Dance "Lotus Award" There are 13 large-scale festivals and competitions such as the Dance Drama Awards.
"There are dramas in the whole city", creating a theme performance season and a "new show field" for performing arts
The "Performance Calendar" takes 365 days as the meridian and 394 good plays as the weft line, and carefully weaves a picture of cultural life of "drama all year round" and "drama in the whole city" around the performing arts space throughout the streets and alleys. In 2022, Shanghai will launch 9 opera and art performance seasons, 8 parent-child performance seasons and 18 comprehensive theme performance seasons. Among them, Shanghai Ballet will launch the Haipai Ballet Season, covering themes such as "Favorite Chinese Festival", "Colorful Classic Heritage", "Let Dance Burn modern ballet", "Romance on the Tiptoe • Haipai Love", "The Most Beautiful Ballet Classical Presentation" and other themes, while the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall Music Season will be spread at jaguar Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall. In recent years, Shangjiao has not only created a number of excellent works imprinted with "Chinese genes", but also continued to launch the "Troupe Hall Performance Season" and explored the "Shangjiao Model" from artistic production to performance promotion.
"There is drama in the whole city" not only means the intensive performance of Chinese and foreign masterpieces, but also creates a time-space linkage through the theater community throughout Shanghai. At present, Shanghai has awarded 100 "new spaces for performing arts", focusing on immersive performances, small special concerts, Live shows and other explosive projects for young audiences. In 2022, Shanghai will continue to innovate the public cultural service mechanism, empower the development of the "ten-minute public cultural service circle", and enrich the citizens' experience of performing arts and cultural life.
At the same time, Shanghai will further increase the supply of high-quality performances in the "Five New Cities" and promote the high-quality repertoire of "Zhong" characters, "National" characters and municipal theater groups to the new city. According to the "Performance Calendar", the "Five New Cities" will usher in 52 key performances such as "Four Generations Together" of the National Drama Theatre, "Fenghua Zhengmao" of the National Peking Theatre, "Thunderstorm" of Shanghai Shanghai Theatre, and "Morning Bell" of Shanghai Opera House. It is reported that the sub-projects of the China Shanghai International Arts Festival and the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival will also land in the new city.
Author: Xuanjing
Editor: Shi Wei
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