On December 14, 2021, the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of the China Writers Association opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the conference and delivered an important speech. On December 25, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to the artists of the National Drama Theatre, extending warm congratulations and sincere greetings to all cast and crew for the 80th anniversary of the founding of the National Drama Theatre and the 20th anniversary of its official establishment. The general secretary's important speech and reply to the letter have aroused heated discussion in the literary and art circles, and the national literary and art academies and troupes have learned the spirit, enlightened the mind, and promoted practice in various forms. Chinese art headlines are featured for readers.
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The road of exploration of the development of Liaoning Ballet
Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of the China Writers Association, emphasizing that literary and art workers should enhance cultural consciousness, strengthen cultural self-confidence, display the new atmosphere of Chinese literature and art, and cast a new glory of Chinese culture. As a state-owned local theater troupe, Liaoning Ballet has always kept in mind the mission and responsibility of literary and artistic work, rooted in the grassroots, created practice, and adhered to the people-centered development idea of whether it is artistic creation or performance activities.
Founded in 1980, Liaoning Ballet is one of the three major ballet companies in China.
While insisting on introducing and rehearsing classical ballet works from around the world, Liaoning Ballet is committed to creating ballet art works with Chinese characteristics, and has made remarkable achievements in exploring the road of establishing the Chinese school of ballet art.
With the people as the center, we continue to create and accumulate excellent works
Based on the "creative masterpiece", in recent years, it has actively cooperated with international masters to create a "new classic": co-produced and performed "Spartacus" and "Romeo and Juliet" with the international ballet giant Grigorovich, filling the gap in the history of Chinese ballet; and co-choreographed a new version of "Swan Lake" with the century dancer Marachov, and the domestic tour set a box office record.
Dance drama "Spartacus"
Dance Drama "Swan Lake"
At the same time, it is committed to creating original Chinese ballet works with strong regional cultural characteristics. The original work "Eight Women Throwing To the River" has won the Wenhua Award, the highest level government award for Chinese culture and art, the "Five One Project" Excellent Work Award of the 14th Spiritual Civilization Construction of the Central Propaganda Department, and was selected as "Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China Stage Art Creation Project - 'Key Support Works of the 100-Year 100 Traditional Fine Works Resumption Plan'", telling heroic stories with great love and carrying forward the heroic spirit, touching countless audiences.
Dance Drama "Eight Girls Throwing the River"
The original work "Mulan" was selected as the key project of "Cultural Going Out" of the Propaganda Department, the demonstration case of Chinese services, the key project of cultural export of the Ministry of Commerce, and the tour footprints spread throughout Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa, interpreting the filial piety and loyalty and home and country feelings of the hero Mulan from the perspective of contemporary people, so as to tell the Chinese story well on the world stage, which was unanimously praised by audiences at home and abroad.
Dance Drama "Mulan"
The original work "Iron Man" tries to interpret large-scale industrial theme works with dance with a new angle and a new way, using iron bone tenderness to erect a set of statues of Chinese stories, Chinese spirits and Chinese expressions on the stage of the new era.
Dance Drama "Iron Man"
Open up the market, create a double harvest of social and economic benefits
Over the years, Liaoba has always kept in mind its mission and responsibility, and has carried out more than 100 public welfare performances and commercial performances every year, trying and making efforts to enrich the cultural life of the people and meet the new needs of the people's art appreciation. It has always maintained a good cooperative relationship with domestic performers, and has used the agent agency system to ensure the red-hot performance status of "always on the road", and has actively dedicated artistic products to the people. In 2020, it also made full use of the online model to carry out various exhibitions and public welfare activities, and launched a series of activities such as "Ballet Public Welfare Classroom" and "Ballet Public Welfare Exhibition", with a total of nearly 10 million hits, so as to enrich the cultural life of the people in the post-epidemic era.
Practice "cultural diplomacy" and tell the Story of China well on the world stage
Keeping in mind the mission and responsibility of cultural ambassadors, actively exerting their own advantages, over the years, we have actively carried out large-scale cultural exchanges and commercial tours in the world, so as to tell Chinese stories well on the world stage, so as to promote the process of Chinese culture going out, expand the popularity and influence of Chinese culture in the world, and the footprint of world cultural exchanges has spread across the five continents of the world. In 2020, under the circumstance that it was impossible to carry out offline cultural exchanges with foreign countries due to the epidemic, Liaoba actively explored new ways of online cultural exchanges and cooperation, and carried out online cooperation with cultural groups from Canada, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, finding a new direction for international cultural exchanges in the post-epidemic era.
International tour scene
Vigorously cultivate talents and establish a sustainable development echelon
Through the talent development strategy of "leading the school with the group and integrating the regiment and the school", Liaoba now has a sustainable development talent echelon of stars + rookies, and sustainable talent training is the strategic support for Liaoning Ballet to become an international brand. Liaoning Ballet has the world's largest professional ballet talent training base - Liaoba Affiliated School, in 2018, the school based on the establishment of the first professional youth ballet in China, and independently created "Nutcracker", "Four Seasons", "Role Model" and other plays, the school graduates throughout Asia, Europe, the Americas and major ballet companies in China. The troupe, school actors and students have won more than 170 silver medals in major ballet competitions around the world, including more than 30 awards in the four major world competitions in Varna, Jackson, Helsinki and Moscow.
Teen Ballet's Performance of The Nutcracker
Youth Ballet's repertoire "Four Seasons"
Liaoning Ballet has always attached great importance to the social value of ballet art, and has faced various challenges brought about by development with an open, communicative and integrated attitude.