The moment of life and death parting still came, four groups of "Li Xia" and "Lan Fen" appeared in the center of the stage, four double dances entangled and warm, telling the past of the two from acquaintance, acquaintance to love...
The four groups of "Elegant Song Rhyme" starred in the same stage. The surging news reporter Xue Song figure
On January 23, the dance drama "The Eternal Electric Wave" ushered in the 400th performance at the Shanghai Majestic Theater, and the four groups of leading actors of "Grace and Elegance" gathered to collectively perform this memories of the double dance. This is also a surprise blind box that this phenomenon-level dance drama gave back to the audience on the day of the first round of Maggie's residency.
400 commemorative performances with wrist ribbons
In July last year, the dance dramas "The Eternal Electric Wave" and "Crested Ibis" were launched at Maggie's resident performance, showing the soft power of Shanghai culture and providing a new model for the exploration of domestic resident performances.
After 192 days, on January 23, Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group and Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe jointly announced that the curtain will be opened again - from April to September, "The Eternal Wave" and "Crested Ibis" will continue to perform in The Residence of Maggie.
The dance drama "The Eternal Electric Wave" ushered in the 400th performance of the Shanghai Majestic Theatre. The surging news reporter Xue Song figure
The attendance rate of the resident performance exceeded 80%, and young talents competed to chase their dreams
"In three years, a new dance drama can be performed 400 times across the country, and I don't know much about such works." 'Radio Waves' is a very unique phenomenon, a very high-quality work, to reach such a number. Chen Feihua, head of the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe, sighed.
Since the audition in Shanghai in December 2018, "electric wave fever" has swept the country. In July 2021, "Radio Wave" began to perform in Maggie, with an average attendance rate of more than 80%. At the same time, the "Radio Wave" national tour was carried out simultaneously, walking through 13 cities and performing 63 shows. The two lines of "residency + tour" are parallel, so that the "radio wave fever" further sweeps the country.
Following this red journey, there are young people who have entered the theater for the first time, there are also loyal fans who have two brushes and three brushes or even fifty brushes, and there are audiences who have come to Shanghai for a play. "Red radio waves" are not only accepted by today's young people, but also "red waves" have become the "main color of the year" in their hearts.
The scene of the performance. The surging news reporter Xue Song figure
In order to cope with the "residency + tour", "Radio Wave" discharged four groups of "Li Xia" and "Lan Fen". At the same time, the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe distributed "hero posts" to the whole country, and 50 foreign aides stood out and joined the "radio wave" family.
From fading green to gradually entering the role, these young dancers have grown and transformed amazingly. "Unforgettable", many people use these four words to describe this unforgettable experience.
"What touched me the most was the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe's strict requirements and strict control of every detail, in this working atmosphere, we must not relax, and it is precisely because of this that we can make progress." Actor Hao Xueyu said.
Stills from "The Eternal Wave". The surging news reporter Xue Song figure
The Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe has gradually become a place for young dancers across the country to pursue their dreams. On January 11, the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe recruited new actors from all over the country, received nearly 200 dancers' registrations, and after screening, 40 people came to Shanghai to take the exam. Recently, 21 more "radio wave" foreign aid took part in the recruitment examination.
"Shanghai culture has taken root in the hearts of these children. Before leaving, nearly half of the 50 foreign aiders wanted to enter the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe, and after strict screening, some comrades would be hired. Chen Feihua told reporters happily.
"The momentum is fierce! In recent years, the number of actors who want to come to shanghai song and dance troupe has increased significantly, which is inseparable from the demonstration effect of benchmark plays such as 'Radio Wave' and 'Crested Ibis' touring the country and performing in Shanghai. Chen Feihua said proudly, "We have not only won the recognition of the market, won the reputation of the audience, but also won the recognition of young dance talents across the country." ”
From April to September, the curtain of "Radio Wave" and "Crested Ibis" residency performances will be opened again, and as a joint operation unit, Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group and Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe are very confident.
Ma Chencheng, president of Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group, revealed that the number of residency performances will not be lower than last year's 100 performances, "The market sometimes needs works to drive." We were the first to do a dance drama residency, and you don't know how many performances this market can perform, so you have to test, you have to go to the bottom. ”
"Radio Wave" provides successful cases, and the atmosphere of the residency is getting stronger and stronger
"Radio Wave" and "Crested Ibis" provide a new model for the exploration of domestic resident performances, and 2021 is also known as the "First Year of Dance Drama Residency".
Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe belongs to Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group. As early as 2005, Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group began to explore the resident performance, that is, the resident show "Time and Space Journey", "It was a tourist show, 80%-90% of the audience was tourists, through the tour group, sitting on the bus to the theater one by one." Ma Chencheng recalled.
In 2016, Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group launched the immersive drama "Sleepless Nights", which is an off-Broadway performance model, targeting a younger generation with a relatively small number of single performances.
In 2021, Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group set off again to promote the resident performance of the dance drama "Radio Wave" and "Crested Ibis", opening the Broadway performance mode, with a larger performance venue and a larger number of single performances, and most of the audience spontaneously purchased tickets and entered the venue with scattered tickets.
"At the same time, the same repertoire is performed in the same venue, this performance mode can synchronize Shanghai and many international metropolises, and can make the performance mode of Broadway and London's West End really land in Shanghai." Ma Chencheng said.
400 performances commemorative subway tickets
During the residency of "Radio Wave" and "Crested Ibis", Ma Chencheng also found gratifying changes, "The audience of dance dramas is becoming more and more professional. From drama to musical, the audience in Shanghai has been very professional, and the appreciation of dance drama requires a certain precipitation and a certain accumulation. ”
The second is the change in the market environment, "In the past, many peers would feel that the residency in Shanghai was an incredible thing, and after the 'radio wave' and 'crested ibis' bravely took this step, more and more peers were thinking, do you want to do a residency in Shanghai?" There are more and more peers in the residency, and the atmosphere of the residency is getting stronger and stronger. ”
So, what kind of works are suitable for residency? In his view, in addition to having a certain artistic standard and a certain commercial value, it is also necessary to have the identity of Shanghai, which can represent Shanghai and make foreign audiences willing to take the high-speed rail and fly to Shanghai for it.
There are also various conditions for the performance, "First of all, the Shanghai literary and art academy troupe must have high-quality and excellent works in order to continuously attract audiences into the theater." In addition, a city to carry a resident performance, commercial atmosphere, supporting services, urban environment, etc. are closely related, so that foreign audiences come to Shanghai, feel a full range of comfortable experience. ”
"Cultural soft power is an important support for urban soft power, and urban soft power is an important guarantee for cultural soft power, and the two complement each other." Ma Chencheng stressed.
"Radio Wave" and "Crested Ibis" provide a successful case of reference for more forms of residency in Shanghai in the future.
"Next, we're going to try to launch more genres of residencies, such as drama, musicals, classical music." Ma Chencheng said that Shanghai Wenguang Performing Arts Group will also link up with its theater groups to tap more high-quality repertoire resources, focus on the content of intensive cultivation of the resident performance market, and promote the increase of market volume and richer and more diverse forms.