On September 29, The China Shanghai International Arts Festival Center announced that the "Performing Arts World Art Gathering in Shanghai" stage art exhibition season will be held from October 14 to December 5, providing effective support for Shanghai to expand the cultural dock, make the source of creation alive, expand the circle of "Performing Arts World", and comprehensively promote the construction of urban soft power. The "Art Enjoyment Shencheng" series of activities to benefit the people will also be launched in various districts of Shanghai.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and many works with the main theme tell the history of the party's century-old struggle from different angles. On the eve of the founding of New China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sincerely invited and escorted more than 300 democrats from Hong Kong to the Northeast Liberated Area to carry out the story of "building a democratic government through consultation and nation-building". Guangzhou Ballet's "Flag" is based on the 1927 Guangzhou Uprising. Zhejiang Wu Opera Troupe's "Taste of Faith" brings Chen Wangdao's translation of the "Communist Manifesto" story to the stage. Wuxi Song and Dance Theater dance drama "Singing the Motherland" presents the patriotic feelings of Wang Xin, the creator of the famous song "Singing the Motherland".
Through the "innovative transformation" of traditional themes, the works of the exhibition season are rejuvenated with new artistic charm. The popular opera movie "White Snake Legend and Love" on the Internet was brought to the Shanghai stage by guangdong Cantonese Theatre. Lead actor Zeng Xiaomin won the Drama Plum Blossom Award and the Wenhua Performance Award for "The Legend of the White Snake". Beijing Contemporary Ballet's "White Snake Apocalypse on Earth" is also based on "The Legend of the White Snake", which frames this traditional story in the future time and space. Jiangsu Grand Theatre's original folk dance drama "Dream of the Red Chamber" is directed by young dancer Li Xing and Li Chao, and the stage beauty, lighting and performance are unexpected by the audience. Guangzhou Acrobatic Art Theater "Hua Butterfly" combines acrobatic skills such as umbrella pedaling, shaking bars, brush and other acrobatic skills, and the "shoulder ballet" initiated by the main actors Wu Zhengdan and Wei Baohua is the finishing touch. The dance drama "Boya Absolute String" is jointly created by Hunan Grand Theatre and Changsha Song and Dance Theater, adding the role of "Boya Wife" to interpret "Zhiyin" from the perspective of modern people.
The "Yan Shi Gao Disciple" Yan Weiwen National Vocal Music Master Class Teacher and Student Concert has been successfully held in many places, and the response has been enthusiastic. This time, Yan Weiwen and the outstanding students of the vocal master class joined hands with Tang Muhai and the Shanghai Opera House Symphony Orchestra to perform many popular folk song works, showing the inheritance of the torch between teachers and students. "Frightening Dreams" is a comedy about traditional drama classes jointly launched by screenwriter Yu Yu and Chen Peisi after "Drama Stage", and it is also the first time that Chen Peisi's father and son have officially performed on the same stage. During the performance season, in addition to "Red Turban" and "White Snake Biography and Love", Cantonese opera master Zeng Xiaomin will also join hands with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra to bring "I am Zeng Xiaomin" - "Drama Say" symphony concert, showing the style of a new generation of leading figures in Cantonese opera art. Last year, the Xi'an Drama Theatre, which impressed Shanghai audiences with "The Second Bowl of Chang'an", brought the drama "Lu Yao" this time, telling the extraordinary life of writer Lu Yao. The ice dance drama "Treading on Ice and Chasing Dreams" starring the legendary ice group Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao takes the ice surface as the stage, combines dance, drama, acrobatics, etc., to finalize the performance season, and also warm up for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The "Art Enjoyment Shencheng" series of activities to benefit the people will be launched in the city from October onwards, breaking the walls of the theater, covering various public cultural spaces, and the premiere, debut and debut works will be concentrated, and the integration of culture and tourism will give birth to new scenes.
From October 1st to 6th, "Art Sharing Shencheng" and Huangpu District Cultural and Tourism Bureau took the lead in bringing 10 unique outdoor performances on the "Autumn Rhyme" stage of Shanghai City Lawn Music Square. The "Wuxia Qinyuan" Guofeng Concert adapts the classic songs of Jin Yong's martial arts dramas in the form of folk music. Renowned musician Li Quan and five musicians bring together a crossover concert with three elements of classical, pop and jazz. The Wild Kids, who emerged from "Summer of the Band," went on a date with their fans about folk songs. Zhang Shichao, who was popular on social media because of "Zhang Shichao, where did you put the key to my house", unveiled with a new creation "Mountain Moon". Wang Kai, a young singer who stood out from "Sound into People's Hearts", held a cross-border concert of classical bel canto and plug-in popularity.
"Art Enjoyment Shencheng" will also go out of the traditional performing arts space. "Time and Space THE MOMENTS" is being exhibited in Tanks No. 1 and No. 2 of Shanghai Oil Tank Art Park. From November 26th to December 12th, "Art Enjoyment Shencheng" will enter Lane 8 of Jinchao in Hongkou District, bringing the "Borderless Art Opening Season of Lane 8 of This Chao".
Due to the impact of the international epidemic, the international performance team was unable to come to Shanghai, and the 22nd China Shanghai International Arts Festival, which was scheduled to be held from October 14 to November 15, was postponed. The festival's commissioned works will still showcase surging artistic originality on the Shanghai stage, including the sci-fi opera "Seven Days" by composer Hao Wei, the dance drama "Disappeared" choreographed by dancer Hou Ying, and 6 original works from the "Support for Young Artists Program". The combination of culture and education, such as the "Art Fun Club" and the Student Drama Viewing Group, enrich students' extracurricular activities. Activities such as the Forum, the Annual Meeting of the Silk Road International Arts Festival Alliance, training courses, and the "Belt and Road" Art Festival Tour will also focus on more art-loving eyes online and offline.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Li Junna Text Editor: Li Junna Photo Editor: Xiang Jianying
Source: Author: Zhuge Yi