Cover news reporter Xun Chao
On the afternoon of July 17, the Chengdu branch of the Much-anticipated China Children's Theater Festival was officially opened, and the cover news reporter learned on the spot that in the next month or so, Chengdu audiences will enjoy 10 outstanding children's plays in China offline, covering children's body dramas, puppet fairy tale dramas, musical acrobatic children's dramas and other forms of expression, such as children's drama "The Little Mermaid", children's body drama "Tiger Tooth Extraction", puppet fairy tale drama "The Wizard of Oz", musical acrobatic children's drama "Panda Restaurant", musical puppet drama "Musical Puppet Drama" Brainless and unhappy" and so on.
As a large-scale children's event well known to children and families, the China Children's Theater Festival has been held for nine consecutive years, and the Chengdu branch has been successfully held for five sessions. The 10th China Children's Theater Festival Chengdu Branch will continue to be hosted by China Children's Art Theatre, Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, Chengdu Women's Federation, and jointly organized by Chengdu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center and Chengdu Women and Children's Center. With the theme of "Sharing Drama for Healthy Growth", this event will bring children vivid performances and novel drama theme activities through online + offline methods.
At 2:30 p.m. on the same day, the Chengdu Children's Choir opened the event with two wonderful choruses of "We Are the Successors of Communism" and "This Summer". With the speech of Yu Xiaoyan, vice president of China Children's Art Theatre, the guests pressed the start button together, the books printed with the pictures of the drama festival slowly opened, and the Chengdu branch of the 10th China Children's Theater Festival was officially opened, and the drama event that Chengdu children were looking forward to finally came.
Immediately after, the children's drama "The Little Mermaid", jointly brought by Chinese and Danish artists, was officially launched. Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tales, in order to naturally show the underwater world on a stage without water, showing the life of mermaids at the bottom of the sea, the screenwriter and director of the play, Tokyr Lindeberg, let the actors put on flippers and instantly attract the attention of the audience through different rhythmic walking sounds. Through the fish, castles, amber, shells, pearls, and glass jars on the stage that the actors took out of the buckets, the audience also followed the actors to the underwater world.
Coupled with live music, exquisite costumes and action performances, children feel a story of love and hope in an immersive way, let the fairy tale shine into reality, and plant a seed of love for drama in the hearts of children.
At the scene, a young mother said: "We all know 'The Little Mermaid', but the feeling of listening to the story and watching the scene is very different, and the child is very engaged. I think I will bring more children to feel the charm of drama in the future. Another father also said: "We often take our children to watch plays, and by watching drama performances, the children's personalities are more lively than before, and they will actively discuss with us and bravely express their ideas." I think excellent children's drama has a very positive impact on the physical and mental health development of children. ”
It is reported that in addition to 24 offline performances of 10 excellent plays in the Chengdu branch venue, it will also simultaneously carry out online performances of outstanding children's dramas "Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China" at the main venue in Beijing, and 11 children's dramas with red themes will be publicly displayed on major platforms of the "China Children's Art Theatre", providing free online drama viewing benefits for children and young audiences across the country.
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