Photo: Shanghai Stellar Orchestra and Japanese composer Jie Yoshida cross-screen ensemble "Wish" official picture
Looking forward to it, looking forward to it, Fengxian's fans finally looked forward to the news of the resumption of the Nine Trees Future Art Center. On the evening of June 26, the Shanghai Peking Opera House will perform the entire peking opera "The Legend of the White Snake" here, coinciding with the Dragon Boat Festival, which is a classic "seasonal play" that should be in time for the scene, and will officially open the final stage for the resumption of the Nine Trees.
The theater restarted, and the excitement followed. This afternoon, at the opening ceremony of the Nine Trees Re-enactment, outstanding young Peking Opera actor Yang Yang, famous musical theater actor Liu Lingfei, Zhang Huifang and other "small test knives" brought the Peking Opera "Red Lantern", the Chinese version of the musical "Murder Ballad" and the musical "Les Misérables".
Pictured: Liu Lingfei performs a clip of "The Ballad of Murder" Official picture
Diverse content
"Although the theater has been closed for more than five months due to the epidemic, we have been in contact with the performance group, improving the performance plan, and always being prepared." Chen Xijia, deputy general manager of Nine Trees Future Art Center, introduced. In the second half of the year, Nine Trees will launch four major theme series sections to provide diverse performance content for different types of audiences.
The "Art Tree New Wind" series will introduce the works of first-class artists at home and abroad to provide Shanghai audiences with artistic enjoyment synchronized with the world; the "Treasure Shanghai" series cooperates with Shanghai Opera House, Shanghai Opera House, Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe and other Shanghai literary and art academies to show the charm of Shanghai culture; the "Happy Heart" Joy Hui series mainly promotes light comedy, talk shows, dramas, cross-talk, and Haipai antics loved by young people, including happy twist comedy, laughter and music exchange cross-talk sessions, etc.; "Cute love" The series is dedicated to cultivating children's artistic creativity, and together with many children's art theaters and troupes such as the Children's Art Theater of the China Welfare Association, a number of outstanding children's parent-child plays are presented.
Pictured: Shanghai Peking Opera House actor Yang Yang performs an excerpt from "Red Lantern" Official picture
Multi-dimensional viewing
As the first forest theater in China, Nine Trees has always been characterized by "openness" and "no boundaries", using outdoor performance spaces such as forest theater and waterfront theater to provide a unique viewing experience. This year, the sudden outbreak of the epidemic has also profoundly changed the audience's viewing habits. As a result, the two major columns of "Forest Friends Association" and "Monday Non-Stop Performance" came into being.
The 1-twice a month theater open day event "Mori Friends Association" carries out forest concerts, sunset chats, theater explorations, forest markets and other activities with the themes of architecture, ecology and stage art, so that more audiences can enter the theater and get close to art in a relaxed and comfortable environment.
For some art lovers, the theater break every Monday is the "hardest day". Originally, the "Monday No Show" column was an online concert live program launched by Nine Trees for musical theater lovers who could not watch offline performances during the epidemic. After the theater resumed work, the column did not go offline, but carried out simultaneously with the theater performance to fill the "performance gap" on Monday. It is reported that in July this year, the "Monday Non-Stop Performance" will also meet the audience directly in the form of an offline concert at the Nine Trees Coliseum, presenting an uninterrupted artistic feast for people who love the theater.
Photo: Zhang Huifang performs an excerpt from "Les Misérables" Official picture
Diverse forms
As the artistic life of the citizens becomes more and more abundant, many people are no longer satisfied with the pure passive viewing, and the theme activities launched by Nine Trees in the fields of education, science and technology, fashion and beauty, traditional national essence, catering and cuisine have become a good choice.
During this year's National Day holiday, the "Zebra Camp" parent-child carnival, which has received 6,000 groups of family praises, will return to nine trees in an immersive mode, leading parents and children through multiple drama-style theme scenes through the combination of performances and workshops, transforming into characters in the play, so that children can discover their artistic talents in play.
From October to November this year, Nine Trees will also host a food and theatre festival based on the local production of the main plays promoted by the Edinburgh Arts Festival Featherfest, an ancient style music festival led by pipa player Fang Jinlong, and a Japanese culture week that integrates Japanese pop culture and traditional arts, with performances combining markets, lectures, workshops and forums to enhance the audience's sense of artistic participation. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Wu Xuying)