Yue Opera "Zhizaofu", dance drama "Yunjin" (tentative title), drama "Parental Love"... In 2024, Nanjing will have these original and good plays to watch! On January 30, the 2024 Nanjing Performing Arts Group Innovation and Development Gala, "Get Together for Performing Arts and Exhibit New Things," was held at the Nanjing Star Theater. The highlights of 2024 were revealed on the spot.
A reporter from Modern Express learned that in 2023, 6 theater troupes affiliated to Nanjing Performing Arts Group, including Nanjing Repertory Theater, Yue Opera Troupe, Peking Opera Troupe, Acrobatic Troupe, Song and Dance Theater and National Orchestra, will create 5 new high-quality plays and polish 8 improved plays. , has completed a total of 1,234 performances of various types, and won 39 literary and artistic awards at or above the provincial level.
In recent years, Nanjing Performing Arts Group has been constantly innovating in the exploration of immersive scenic performance. "Jinling·Palace of the Palace", "Dream Awakening Stone" and "Oar Sound, Light and Shadow·Wendu Xing" have frequently appeared in the industry, setting the stage for immersive cultural tourism. Development provides strong support and reference.
In terms of inheriting and carrying forward excellent traditional culture, the two opera troupes of Nanjing Peking Opera Troupe and Yue Opera Troupe insist on coming from the masses to the masses, actively promoting opera into campuses, villages and communities, assisting cultural inheritance and development, and "casting a solid foundation for rural revitalization". soul". At the same time, it has also created a series of high-quality plays such as Peking Opera "Rouge River", "The Wall of the Ming Dynasty", "Once Upon a Time in the Plum Garden" and "Enter the Beijing", as well as the Yue Opera "The Story of Liu Yi", "Mo Chou Nu", "Black Clothes Alley" and "Phoenix Stage". At the
site, the 2024 literary and artistic masterpiece creation plan was released, which will launch 6 to 8 new works, including the Yue opera "Zhizaofu", the dance drama "Yunjin" (tentative title), the drama "Parental Love" and literary and artistic works on the Yangtze River. Polish 5 to 7 classic works such as the touring drama "Little West Lake" and the Peking opera "Entering Beijing".
In recent years, Nanjing Performing Arts Group has also actively demonstrated the charm of Chinese traditional culture and the development achievements of modern art to the world. Among them, the acrobatic drama "The Golden Cudgel" has toured more than 200 times around the world; last year, the acrobatic stage drama "The Monkey King" co-created and staged by the Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe and the Dutch Pioneer Modern Dance Company was performed in the Netherlands for 6 consecutive performances. The program "Rope - Rope Skill and Kick-off" was performed in Cologne, Germany, and received constant praise.
In 2024, Nanjing Performing Arts Group will continue to consolidate the advantages of the city's international exchange platform and develop market-oriented repertoire operation and planning, high-quality performing arts projects at home and abroad, cultural space construction and operation, cultural tourism performing arts complex projects, and provincial and municipal levels. Actively explore new markets in the fields of government hosting of medium- and large-scale public cultural and sports activities.
The event also announced the "Performing Arts Innovation Consortium" jointly created by Nanjing Cultural Investment Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd., Nanjing Performing Arts Group and Nanjing Sun Valley Cultural Development Co., Ltd., which will provide funding and creation for excellent original content to come to the stage. , theater, operations and other aspects of strong support.
In addition, the Xinjiekou Art Building located in the core business district of Xinjiekou will start renovation and upgrading in 2024, focusing on the cultural theme of the Southern Tang Dynasty to create an urban cultural living room integrating "immersive theater + culture and art hotel + supporting businesses". Nanjing’s new cultural tourism landmark “Culture Capital—Xinjiekou”. At the gathering, more than 20 strategic agreements including drama cooperation, brand strategic cooperation, and cultural tourism attraction performance cooperation were also formally signed.
Intern Li Daoshuang Modern Express/Modern+ reporter Li Ming
(Photo provided by Nanjing Performing Arts Group)
