Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Ai Xiuyu
At 20:00 on January 23, 2022, the 5th Chinese Drama Awards Ceremony was held online, and Tencent Arts broadcast it exclusively.
This year, a total of 16 annual Chinese drama masterpieces were shortlisted. In the end, a total of 9 works stood out and won 14 honors, including the best annual repertoire: among them, "Activity Into Human Form" and "Dust Settled" were equal, each winning three; "The Death of a Salesman" and "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" followed closely behind, and the remaining 6 plays were all awarded an honor, showing a more balanced distribution than the previous edition.
In addition, the "Best Producer of Chinese Drama" was specially set up at this year's ceremony to commend seven outstanding representatives for their outstanding contributions to Chinese drama; in addition, the Organizing Committee of the Festival also jointly selected the "Top Ten Works Created on the Theme of the Centenary of the Founding of the Party" with the China Drama Theory and History Research Association to present the centenary of the founding of the Party.
The main melody works out of the circle
Stills from The Deep
In 2021, coinciding with the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, around this node, various literary and art groups have created many theatrical works focusing on the centenary of the founding of the party, highlighting the great cause of history, and carrying forward the revolutionary spirit. Ten works, such as "Deep Sea" produced by Guangdong Drama Theatre Co., Ltd., are excellent representatives. The launch of the "Top Ten Works created on the theme of the Centenary of the Founding of the Party" is not only an affirmation of them by experts, but also a tribute to them by the grand ceremony.
At the same time, Chinese drama is more and more inclined to find content support in its own cultural soil, and of the 9 works that finally broke through in this festival, 5 are based on Chinese classic literature and film and television works, accounting for more than half of the proportion, highlighting the "important role" played by classic literature and film and television works in the creation and performance of Chinese drama this year.
"Top Ten Works Created on the Theme of the Centenary of the Founding of the Party"
The strength of the state-owned academies is strong
In recent years, with the development of the performance market and the expansion of the theater territory, Chinese drama has shown a diversified development trend in the production and operation mode, which is also reflected in the layout of the festival.
There is no doubt about the advantages of the state-owned theater troupe in the performance and creation of the main melody works, in addition to the "top ten works created by the theme of the centenary of the founding of the party" is all covered by it, and the 9 winning works in the regular section also occupy 4 places, nearly half of which fully reflects the strong strength of the state-owned drama theater troupe.
Awards list
The rise and growth of private performance companies is also the trend of the current development of the industry. The arrival of the epidemic has broken the old pattern of the performance market, so that some private companies with good strength have made greater achievements, and private brands such as "Yanghua Drama", "Jiuwei Culture", "Driving Media" and "Gulou West" are playing an increasingly important role in the market and industry. On the stage of this festival, private productions accounted for 3, accounting for one-third. In addition, it is worth mentioning that four of the seven "Best Producers of Chinese Drama" selected by this year's festival are from private companies.
In addition, the participation of theater parties in performance production has also become a new development direction in recent years. The two works that stood out in this year's festival, "Activity Transforms Into Human Form" was produced by Guangzhou Grand Theatre Management Co., Ltd., and "The Right Way in the World is Vicissitudes" was produced by Shanghai Oriental Art Center Management Co., Ltd.
The geographical concentration of the winning works is high
Beijing, Shanghai and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area are not only the consumer markets of drama, but also the distribution centers for theater talents, creative production, communication and promotion.
Stills from "Activity In Human Form"
In the winning list of the Fifth Chinese Drama Festival, 9 works are all concentrated in Beijing, Shanghai and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: affected by the epidemic, beijing, which has been suspended or postponed during the theater performance, still has three works on the list, highlighting its irreplaceable status as a Chinese cultural center; Shanghai, where the performance industry has grown significantly against the trend, 5 works are on the list, showing the profound historical accumulation and strong strength of Shanghai theater; the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which ran out of the dark horse of this year's festival - "Activities Change Into Human Form", which won awards including " Three honors including "Best Repertoire of the Year".
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