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Every Monday at 9:00 a.m., we meet on time to provide you with a guide to the literary and artistic life in Beijing for the coming week.
Whether you like theater, exhibitions, literature, fine arts, or movies, television and music, the Beijing Literary and Art Calendar can provide you with enough rich content and free choice.
This is our literary and artistic contract with the city of Beijing.
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Monday, October 18
【戏剧
(Capital Theatre 10.18 / Beijing Tianqiao Art Center 10.22) Directed and starred by the first contemporary Kabuki female figure and known as "Japan Mei Lanfang", the national treasure master Yusaburo Sakato, his interpretation of the protagonist of the play, Bai Paizi Hanako, is amazing, and his personal solo dance performance for nearly an hour includes various dance techniques of female forms such as the dance of Zhongqi, the random beat, the hand dance, the umbrella, and the drum. Along with the stage, the new generation of Japanese Kabuki, stage and film and television actor Kikunosuke Ogami, the cooperation between the two is wonderful. #不容错过 #
Concerts: Schoenberg, Stravinsky and Bach concerts
(Red Pavilion, Taikoo Li North District, Sanlitun 19:30) In 2020, a group of "post-00s" young musicians in Shanghai gathered together to form a neo-classical chamber orchestra, which is full of personality, excavating and reviving new works. They will perform Schoenberg and Stravinsky in this concert. Among them, Stravinsky's adaptation of Bach's work was premiered in China.
【Episode】"Meritorious Service" "Yuan Longping's Dream"
Starring: Huang Zhizhong, Dong Jie
(Beijing Satellite TV, Oriental Satellite TV, Jiangsu Satellite TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV) tells the story of Yuan Longping, the "father of rice", who took root in the land all his life and has been unremittingly exploring and struggling for decades to solve the problem of food and clothing for the Chinese people and even the people of the world. The main creative team rushed to the Hainan base of the Hybrid Rice Research Center and Anjiang Town, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, to trace Yuan Longping's footprints. Lead actor Huang Zhizhong lost 20 pounds a month near the role.
【Episode】"Twelfth Second"
Starring: Ren Zhong, Wan Qian
(Hunan Satellite TV, Mango TV) Criminal police officer Zhao Yichen (Ren Zhong) is six months pregnant, his wife Hu Jiaying (Wan Qian) suddenly disappears, leaving an eleven-second police call... In the play, Wan Qian plays two roles. This is also the fifth cooperation between Ren Zhong and Wan Qian, and the rivalry between the two is worth looking forward to.
Tuesday, October 19
【Exhibition】Tadao Ando: Youth
(Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing 10.12~01.09) This exhibition is the most comprehensive large-scale retrospective of Tadao Ando's architectural design career so far, tracing the footsteps of the master with the audience through exquisite architectural models, detailed design manuscripts, a large number of unique films, travel sketches and photos. Tadao Ando's classic works "Church of Light", "Church of Water", and "UNESCO Meditation Space" are presented through a 1:1 restoration in this exhibition.
【Exhibition】Meet Chagall: Love and Color
(Meet the Museum in Space 10.18~01.16) This is the first offline venue of the Meet the Museum, located in Beijing Yintai Center in01. In the history of modern painting, Chagall was an artistic prodigy comparable to Picasso and Matisse. With the help of Chagall's 28 representative paintings and 127 rare prints, the exhibition will take us on a healing journey of love, life and art. #不容错过 #
【Drama】Drama "One Way"
(Beijing Gulou West Theater 10.13~10.24) An urban-themed original drama created by a group of young artists who graduated from Nortel. In the play, decent office workers during the day become wandering souls with red wine and green lights at night, and the dance lighting multimedia of the play is very textured.
【New Book】Futurology Conference
Author: [Polish] Stanisław Lem
Polish science fiction writer Lem is a far-reaching master of the world science fiction world, and this book is one of his masterpieces, telling a series of stories triggered by the protagonist worrying about the future but accidentally crossing into the future... The work shows Lem's extraordinary imagination and prophetic ability, and some of his worries point to the future, with a particularly profound insight into human thought, power, desire, etc., and has no shortage of cautionary significance for different eras, including the present.
Wednesday, October 20th
【New Book】"Dust"
Author: Chen Nianxi
(Tianjin People's Publishing House) This is a book of life, but also a book of death, in the final analysis, a book of life. The book writes the story of a group of ordinary and simple laborers. They are demolition workers, stone masons, country carpenters, farmers, peasant wives, small workshop owners... Although they have experienced the hardships of life, they are simple and hard, quietly telling the themes of life about family, love, death, and desire.
【Musical】Xiao Ke Musical"Do You Say I'm Easy And You Can't Do It"
(Xiao Ke Theater 10.20~10.23 19:30 / 10.24 16:00) The third part of the "Do You Say I'm Easy" series created by musician Xiao Ke, "Never Can't", is the final chapter of the series. The story takes place in a noodle restaurant in Beijing, where Dachuan, a noodle seller with mild mental retardation, has a high talent for music. The music he plays in the noodle shop attracts a passing Chinese-American mother and daughter, what kind of story will happen between them, and how will he embark on the road of music? Mysteries and a series of truths surfaced... #不容错过 #
【New Book】Heliconia
Author: Brian W. Aldis
(People's Literature Publishing House) The science fiction epic "Helikonia" was first introduced to China, the story takes place on the surface of the planet Helikonia, which is a thousand light years away from the earth, and the author imagines the spring, summer, autumn and winter that span 2600 years, unfolding the picture of the growth of civilization from obscurity to the bud of science, which is breathtaking. The work is rich in a magnificent sci-fi worldview, a magnificent narrative, and an epic reading texture.
【Exhibition】KIDS POWER Public Education Children's Works Exhibition
(Today Art Museum 10.16~11.07) This exhibition features installations created by five young artists, Kang Yue, Jin Feifan, Hua Cheng, Zhang Yuyang and Zhao Xuge, working with children in five schools in Chaoyang District. At the same time, it also includes art installations, paintings on the shelf, stop-motion animation and other types of artworks, covering a variety of themes such as art history, science and technology, social groups and urbanization processes, presenting children's three-dimensional perception of the world.
Thursday, October 21st
【Drama】National Centre for the Performing Arts Original Drama "Winter 1948"
(National Centre for the Performing Arts Drama Theatre 10.21~10.26) "Winter 1948", which polished and upgraded the original drama "Choice" of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, starring Wu Jing'an, Hong Tao, Yin Shixian, Zong Ping, Liu Wenyi, Liu Dawei, etc., tells the heroic legend of Zhang Yufeng, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, who was ordered to be in danger in the winter of 1948, secretly organized and deployed an armed uprising behind enemy lines, and fearlessly feared life and death to meet the victory of the Liberation War and the birth of new China.
【Drama】Drama "15 Days of Two Capitals"
(Beijing Tianqiao Art Center, Coliseum 10.21~10.24) The first adaptation of Ma Boyong's novel into a stage play, directed by Hong Kong director Gao Zhisen, tells a thrilling story based on real history. In the first year of Hong Xi, Emperor Zhu Gaozi was critically ill, and at this time, the "dragon ship" of The Crown Prince Zhu Zhanji, who was about to arrive in Nanjing to inspect the earthquake disaster, also exploded. Fortunately, the crown prince was rescued by Wu Dingyuan, a small arrester in Nanjing, and with the assistance of Yu Qian, who was still a small sesame official, and Su Jingxi, a female physician, the four of them began a race against the clock along the Cao River.
【Concert】Concert of the Cello Ensemble of the China Philharmonic Orchestra
(Red Pavilion, Taikoo Li North District, Sanlitun 10.21 19:30) The cello is known as the instrument closest to the human voice with its wide range and song-like vocal line, turning the cello part of a symphony orchestra into an independent performance group. In this concert, 12 cellists of the China Philharmonic Orchestra will show their skills and present a concert themed on The Theme of South American Dance.
【Episode】"Breakout"
Starring: Jin Dong, Yan Ni, Huang Zhizhong
Qi Ben'an (Jin Dong), a cadre of state-owned enterprises (Dongfang Satellite TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV), was ordered to unite the vast number of cadres and masses, strengthen the construction of party style and clean government, recover the lost state-owned assets, and lead the enterprises to successfully break through in the difficult situation of operation. In addition to the strong cast of jin dong, Yan Ni, Chen Xiao, Huang Zhizhong, Qin Lan, Geng Le, Tian Lei, Huang Pinyuan, Pan Zhilin, etc., Xi Meijuan, Wang Jingchun, Gao Xin, Han Tongsheng, Gao Ming, Hou Minghao, Zhang Meng, Chen Jin, Hao Ping, Feng Jiayi, Li Hongtao, Tu Songyan, Dai Luwa, Qin Yan, Ding Yongdai, Wang Yang, Period and many other powerful actors also added highlights to the work.
Friday, October 22
【Musical】"Water Dawn"
(Erqi Theater 10.22~10.24) Based on a suspenseful musical with high reputation in Korea. A diary unveils the mystery of the fire many years ago, the five protagonists have become suspects in this murder, the crime scene is horrified and recreated, suspense and reasoning run through, the whole process is full of brain-burning fog, and the unexpected plot reversal.
【Concert】 "Fuxing Teenager" China New Rap & Junior Rap Project
(MAO Livehouse Beijing 19:30) "Teen Rap Project" has launched a number of young rappers. In this performance, there is ZeRo1, a powerful female rapper who is growing rapidly, Yimi3 Weng Yiming, who is represented by the pop work "Glass" and the rap work "Remix", and Kunmu Joymo, who is good at Korean rap... They took the stage en masse, and the scene must have been very enjoyable.
【Movie】"Uninvited Guest"
Director: Liu Xiang
The (comedy/suspense) story is somewhat similar to the popular script killing, fan wei plays a thief who accidentally witnesses a murder while committing a crime, but finds that everyone present (including himself) has a secret in mind. The plot is constantly reversed, and the style of black humor is also mixed with the director's observation and thinking on some social issues, which can be seen by audiences who like "Crazy Stone" and "The Unknown Generation".
【Movie】"The First Incense"
Director: Xu Anhua
(Love) Xu Anhua really loves Zhang Ailing deeply, and after "Love in the Fallen City" and "Half-Life", he adapted "Agarwood Crumbs • First Burning Incense". The original book tells the story of the step-by-step degeneration of the young girl Ge Weilong after defecting to her aunt, which is also the first time that the novel has been put on the big screen. Judging from various promotional materials, Xu Anhua seems to focus more on the love story between Ge Weilong and Qiao Qiqiao. Before everyone was not very satisfied with the casting of Ma Sichun and Peng Yuyan, I don't know how the finished product is, let's look forward to it! #不容错过 #
Saturday, October 23
【Movie】"Dune"
Director: Dennis Villeneuve
(Sci-Fi/Adventure/Action) Villeneuve's latest work after Blade Runner 2049 is probably the most anticipated sci-fi blockbuster of the year. The film is adapted from the science fiction novel of the same name, starring an all-star cast including Sweet Tea, Aquaman, Rebecca Ferguson, Zhang Zhen and other all-star casts, with a sense of mystery in the style of grandeur and epic temperament. The original book is known as the most difficult science fiction novel to adapt, I don't know if Villeneuve can successfully challenge this time? #不容错过 #
【Exhibition】Tide Pole Players - Trend Art Exhibition
(Beijing Times Art Museum 10.15~11.14) This exhibition breaks through the traditional flat way of appreciating art, and gathers nearly 40 artists such as Takashi Murakami, Khlong Shanji, Shen Jingdong, Peng Lei, Wu Jianhao, etc., to create a crazy and beautiful trend art paradise for you. The artists made a new special creation for this exhibition, re-collaged and combined different time and space with rich imagination to build an artistic experience space with multiple values.
【New Book】"No one belongs here more than you"
Author: Miranda Jolie
(Chongqing University Press) 16 stories with very different styles, some of which are light and bright, some are strange and witty, some are mythical and dreamy, and some are sad and sad, but all of them point to the eternal and tireless topic of "love and loneliness". Different from those dull and protracted stories, Jolie uses the simplest words and graphic language to pile up unexpected plots and bring a unique flavor and intriguing love midnight meal.
【New Book】《Biography》
Author: Rao Pingru
(Guangxi Normal University Press) The sister article of "Pingru Meitang" is Rao Pingru's posthumous manuscript, which can also be said to be his autobiography, recording his life. Childhood, horse racing career, public-private partnership, going to the countryside to see and hear, making wooden cattle and horses in the earthworks, adventures in old age... In a calm and meticulous tone, the author presents a personal history from birth to death, spanning a century. The storm of history has fallen on an ordinary person, and all kinds of things in between constitute the extraordinary memories of a generation.
Sunday, October 24
【Concert】Closing concert of the 24th Beijing International Music Festival
(Poly Theatre 19:30) The closing concert of this year's Beijing International Music Festival was tailored for the festival theme "Masters and Remembrance", with composer and conductor Tan Dun conducting the China Philharmonic Orchestra and staging the works of Stravinsky and Tan Dun himself. The two composers will use musical dialogue and use different chinese and Western musical languages to "talk about life". #不容错过 #
【Drama HD Screening】Japanese Kabuki video "Ashiro Ryu"
(Beijing Tianqiao Art Center) Born from the tragic heroic stories of Japanese history, the classic work of the contemporary and commercialization of traditional Kabuki art, adapted from real events in Japanese history, and starring the chivalrous Akuya, the leading figure of the mesozoic generation of contemporary Japanese Kabuki, Ashiro Ichigoro Ichigoku.
【Movie】"Song in the Rain"
(China Film Archive Xiao Xitian Hall 1 13:30 Song / Love) Stan Lee Donan's masterpiece, known as the "King of Song and Dance Films" film history classic. The film not only has gorgeous and wonderful songs and dances, but also the silent historical leap of the Hollywood film industry. The song "Song in the Rain", sung by holding the lamppost, said that it was the ultimate joy and sweetness when harvesting love.
【Movie】Roman Holiday (4K)"
(China Film Archive Xiaoxitian Hall 1 16:00 Plot / Love) Another world-famous classic romance film, many people fall in love with the original intention of the movie. Whether it is Hepburn's classic style or Gregory Parker's gentlemanly demeanor, it has been tested by generations of fans and become eternal. The love between the princess and the reporter is not reduced by the shortness of time, and the difference between the two is also sad and not hurtful.
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