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Shouzheng innovation Vitality gushes
-- Dalian State-owned Literary and Art Academy Group Deepening Reform Exhibition New Look
It tells the road of reform, development and innovation of literary and artistic work in our city
During this time, due to the epidemic situation, the performance of dalian repertory theatre was suspended, but Yu Wei, secretary of the party branch and director of the troupe, and his colleagues were not idle at all. Improve the company's management system, rationalize the operation mechanism, refine the performance appraisal... Yu Wei's record book was densely packed one by one. As a former leader of the regiment and the "four phoenixes" in "Thunderstorm", Yu Wei now has many new roles - housekeeper, accountant, agent.
Compared with when he first took over, Yu Wei's mood was obviously less anxious.
Yu Wei said:
2021 is the year of harvest, the original play won the grand prize, the company's books also have a surplus, and it is the reform that brings vitality.
From the "turn of things into enterprises" to the merger into Dalian Cultural Industry Group Co., Ltd. in 2018, it has undergone two baptisms of deepening the reform of state-owned literary and art academies, and the three municipal state-owned literary and art academies and troupes of Dalian Repertory Theatre, Dalian Acrobatic Troupe and Dalian Song and Dance Troupe have handed over eye-catching report cards, and the social and economic benefits have been harvested.
Keep the right
Increase artistic productivity
At the beginning of the "takeover" of the three courtyards, Wang Yansheng, secretary of the party committee and chairman of Dalian Cultural Industry Group Co., Ltd., was directly worried - people's hearts were confused, and the operation was chaotic... A basket of puzzles.
No matter how we change it, the orientation cannot be changed and the position cannot be lost.
This is what the Dalian Municipal Party Committee and the Dalian Municipal Government have repeatedly emphasized, and it has also cleared the fog for Wang Yansheng and sorted out the clues. Only by insisting on putting the social benefits of state-owned literary and art academies and troupes in the first place, establishing and improving the system and mechanism of literary and artistic creation and production that unify social benefits and economic benefits, and producing more fine works, can we finally stand.
Upgrading and renovating the Dalian People's Cultural Club, providing performance venues, opening up "group cooperation", assisting in reporting materials, shooting performance photos, and making posters... One after another, the professional "nanny-style service" provided for the literary and art academies and troupes has allowed the academies and troupes to concentrate on creation without distraction, and to take the improvement of quality as the lifeline of literary and artistic works, and the direct effect is that one after another artistic masterpieces that have both "meaning" and "meaning", acclaim and acclaim are constantly updated, and have won many awards.
In 2019, the acrobatic program "Meteor" won the gold medal of the Tomorrow's World Acrobatic Festival in France;
The original drama "Big Pier" won the "Five One Project" Excellent Work Award of Liaoning Province.
In 2021, the original drama "Windless Zone" won the Liaoning Provincial Wenhua Award and won the Stage of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and was also the only one in Liaoning Province to be selected for the "100 Centennial 100" Project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the "Excellent Stage Art Works Exhibition and Performance celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China" by the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles;
Six original plays, including the drama "Dedicate Everything to the Party", the sitcom "Cradle", and the acrobatic theme evening "Banner", participated in the outstanding stage drama exhibition and performance of the centenary of the founding of the Party in Liaoning Province. Dalian has become the city with the most selected works and the most new creations in Liaoning Province.
The creation of rehearsals is not only for the sake of awards, but also cannot be put on the shelf after being put on the stage. The change of thinking with performance as the central link is also an important result of reform. "Meteor" is still touring outside, and "Windless Zone" has been transferred to many places, and it has been difficult to find a ticket.
Recalling the "highlight" moment of the performance of "No Wind Zone" at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Yu Wei is still very excited to say:
The tickets were sold out, but there were still many audiences who had demand, and finally had to open some tickets that were not originally sold publicly, and the seats in the orchestra pit were opened.
These two performances in Beijing have achieved the "full attendance" attendance under the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, and when Yu Wei walked into the theater and saw people full of people up and down, her tears instantly burst out.
Summoning up courage
Activate market innovation
In order to complete the task of celebrating the centenary of the founding of the party, there are two "big plays" that require seamless connection, and they must also be interspersed with "small plays" in Shanxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places. Yu Wei has made himself a "rough man", can discuss the script with the actors until dawn, and can also set off anytime and anywhere in order to negotiate a performance project, often directly dragging his luggage to the theater, after the performance is too late to remove makeup, he has to go straight to the airport, the repertoire is synthesized for a few days, and the stage is the bed.
"We can't 'wait, rely on, want', we must learn 'self-hematopoiesis', this is the key to reform!"
Yu Wei and her team have deeply cultivated the drama market and explored and innovated a series of works that meet the needs of the market.
The modern urban emotional drama "Passerby" is sung in a shallow voice and is deeply loved by young audiences;
The children's musical "Star Prince" was performed more than 30 times, bringing happy hour to many children;
The family style tutoring theme sitcom "Wind from home" is close to the times, has been invited by many places, and has performed more than 100 times;
The repertoire "Dedicate Everything to the Party", which recreates Wu Yunduo's deeds in celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Party, has been highly recognized by the relevant departments in Shaanxi, and the performance in Xi'an has been written into the 2022 plan.
Gather sand into towers, and accumulate water into abysses. From the state of loss to the return of the group's loans in only one year, to the realization of profits last year, dalian repertory theatre has played a beautiful "turnaround battle".
At the same time, we will improve the corporate governance structure, straighten out the internal management system, give play to the role of salary incentives, and explore the enterprise annuity system... The operation and management model that reflects the characteristics of cultural enterprises and meets the requirements of the modern enterprise system has been opened. After completing the prescribed actions, you can also have self-selected actions, and there is a guarantee but not a cap. The monthly basic salary of young actor Li Shanglin has increased from 800 yuan to 4,000 yuan, plus performance and subsidies, and the annual income is also about 100,000 yuan. Post-70s actor Sun Xuming ran the market, pulled projects, and also became a stage director, he told reporters: "The enthusiasm of employees has been fully mobilized, we are professional, we have self-confidence, but also dignity." ”
Boost morale
Give play to policy leadership
Only by transforming the policy dividend into a reform and development dividend can we unload the burden for the hospital and the group and go into battle lightly. The leaders of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee and the Dalian Municipal Government have continuously conducted in-depth research and investigation of the institute and delegation, worked on the spot, supervised and promoted, and thoroughly solved a number of historical problems restricting the development of the institute and the regiment.
Innovatively issued the "Interim Measures for the Support and Reward of Fine Literary and Art Works in Dalian City", and the financial funds were 10 million yuan per year for support and rewards; the operating expenses were increased by 40%; the funding for the creation of large-scale plays was increased from 1.6 million yuan / unit to 2.6 million yuan / unit; the annual subsidy for public welfare performances was increased from 150 performances, 17,000 yuan per performance to 190 performances per year, 25,000 yuan per performance... These practical measures have broken through the reform dilemma and laid the foundation for further deepening reform.
In the "Banner", a play celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Party and an acrobatic theme party, there is such a scene: the actors recreate the scene of the Red Army flying to seize the Luding Bridge in the high air. This is the biggest highlight of the whole party, which is related to the success or failure of the whole show.
Yang Jiansheng, secretary of the party branch and director of Dalian Acrobatic Troupe Co., Ltd., sighed:
The roof of the original rehearsal hall has long been aging, and we dare not install a large weight of high-hanging steel frame. Thanks to the municipal government's repair of the rehearsal hall, the safety hazards were eliminated and the rehearsal was ensured.
The "recovery" of dalian art theater was also completed in the promotion of municipal leaders and supervisors. After the "recovery", the relevant parties will not only demolish the surrounding illegal construction, but also incorporate the maintenance and transformation of the theater into the overall planning of the city in accordance with the principle of "repairing the old as old".
Speaking of this, Zhang Xiaojun, an old actor of Dalian Repertory Theatre, said with some emotion:
It was a particularly professional drama hall, and the performance did not require a microphone. A troupe without its own theater is like not having a home, and now the repertory theatre is going to have its own theater, and we have to have a home!
Institutional innovation and policy protection have brought about changes far more than the improvement of employee treatment, the most important thing is to nourish the literary and artistic ecology of the mountains and rivers, the excellent inheritance of "taking the old with the new", and the increasingly strong creative atmosphere, so that young people love art more.
Wang Xiaoying, a famous director who has worked with Dalian Repertory Theatre 4 times, said:
Young people love to ponder drama, and Dalian's vivid creative atmosphere is great.
In the drama "Dedicate Everything to the Party", there is such a scene: Zhang Xiaojun, the actor of Wu Yunduo, recited with deep feeling that "history is a long river that runs endlessly...", and the young people as mass actors cooperated with him to walk with his back to the audience. The audience cannot see their faces, but is moved by the performances of the old artists and immerses themselves in the context of the play.
During the pandemic, young people in the repertory theatre have to hold online meetings and exchange ideas every day. They used their professional literature and art to fight the epidemic, creating more than 100 poetry recitation works and 2 radio dramas, and also won 12 awards.
Wang Xiaoyu, a post-90s girl in charge of publicity work, also participated in the creation, saying:
Our young people's understanding of the drama profession is becoming more and more profound, and the creative momentum is becoming more and more sufficient.
Hu Yuting, deputy secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee, said:
In the future, Dalian will further strengthen policy guidance, take the reform of state-owned literary and art academies as a sample, continuously optimize the allocation of resources, give play to the role of social forces and market mechanisms, make innovation and creation vitality fully flow, and use self-improvement and virtue to create cultural creation, display the new atmosphere of Chinese literature and art, and create a new glory of Chinese culture.
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