Have you ever experienced the power of a beam of light?
Have you experienced what kind of inspiration a shadow gives you?
You've tried it in a space
Make big friends and little ones
Can't stop playing?
Since February 4, Shanghai Puppet Theatre Company has brought a new art in the new space - puppet BOX immersive experience drama "Into Light and Shadow", sending a different Kind of New Year gifts to the audience, which is also the first anniversary of the resumption of the Xianlesi Puppet Show Center, which has once again inherited innovation and presented a new concept performing arts project.
Using light and shadow, Shanghai Puppet Theatre Troupe starts from the perspective of the audience, takes the concept of creating what the audience needs, and takes exploration and experience as the core to stimulate the artistic perception of the young audience. The 45-minute zero-distance contact makes many young viewers reluctant to leave this mysterious and infinite world of light and shadow. A small audience member told reporters: "Today's whole experience I feel very dreamy, I also got close to the art of light and shadow, which has a lot of optics, physics principles, even my parents sighed that they never thought of it!"
"Into the light and shadow" as envisioned when the puppet BOX was built, the audience can personally open the "magic box" of puppet art - the combination of games and drama, the combination of participation and plot, and then the password before admission and the immersive feeling of no fixed seat, breaking the conventional relationship between the audience and the performance, in this artistic experience, as long as there is enough imagination, you can really participate in the plot and performance, and each performance is the joint creation of the audience and the actors, "can not be copied" It is the artistic charm of puppet BOX.
The environment and atmosphere of the puppet BOX is the most attractive part for parents, a parent told reporters: "Such a performance requires extremely professional performances and lighting, technology, etc. Shanghai Puppet Theater Troupe made me feel the interaction and wonderful sense of drama and art, and it was really powerful." ”
With the implementation of the "double reduction" policy, the Shanghai Puppet Troupe has increased its exploration efforts and continuously explored the dual role of artistic functionality and social influence. While facing the aesthetic and value-led thinking of minors, the troupe pays more attention to the vertical development of Haipai puppet art and extends in parallel, in order to iterate out new ideas and make this enduring artistic style serve today's public. It is reported that from the third to the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, 16 wonderful puppet performances, 8 handicraft experiences, and 4 days of intangible cultural heritage market were prepared for the public at the Xianlesi Puppet Show Center, and everyone can go to the scene to feel the New Year greetings from the Haipai Intangible Cultural Heritage and experience the renewal of Vientiane in the cultural New Year.
Reporter / Liu Yi
Editor / Sun Chaohui
Image / Courtesy of the interviewee
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