The annual Shanghai Municipal State-owned Art Troupe "One Troupe, One Policy" assessment was held on February 1 at the China Art Palace. Data at the meeting revealed that in 2023, Shanghai's 18 municipal-level state-owned art troupes will perform a total of 9,570 performances in 2023, with performance revenue of 364 million yuan, an increase of 20.13% from 2019, setting a record high.
In 2023, Shanghai will not only release many major literary and artistic creations, but also make many breakthroughs in the performance market. The performance income of many theaters and troupes, including the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center, will exceed that of 2019, and the resident troupes of each theater will Performances and themed performance seasons have become an important part of activating cultural tourism consumption in Shanghai.
9 major literary and artistic creations continued to advance, and 21 works were selected for important performances by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Last year, under the guidance of the city’s major literary and artistic creation working mechanism, the Shanghai Grand Theater Art Center, Shanghai Opera Art Center, and Shanghai Media and Broadcasting Performing Arts Group established major The theme selection joint research mechanism focuses on four directions: major revolutionary historical themes, new era warm realism themes, Chinese excellent traditional cultural themes and classic IP cross-art category transformation. A total of 9 works have been selected for Shanghai's major literary and artistic creation commission projects.
National Opera "March of the Volunteers"
Huai Opera "Fire"
Among them, the national opera "March of the Volunteers", the Huai Opera "Fire" and the Peking Opera "Longtan Yingjie", three major revolutionary historical themed works, all inherit the red gene.
The Shanghai-style comedy "Baoxingli" reflects the urban reform in Shanghai, the acrobatic drama "Snow on Tianshan Mountain" reflects the joint efforts of the people of Shanghai and Xinjiang after the founding of New China, as well as the symphony "New Era", the symphony chorus "The Revival of the Earth", and Shanghai Opera "Eighteen Bays of Suhe River" are all realistic-themed works that write people's stories.
The dance drama "Nine Years of Yonghe"
The dance drama "Nine Years of Yonghe" focuses on "the best running script in the world", and the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe's new dance drama tells the story of Li Qingzhao, both of which continue to create a new China through "double entrepreneurship" in the Chinese context. Excellent works on traditional cultural themes.
In addition, the ballet "Lilies" is adapted from Ru Zhijuan's short story of the same name, and the stage play "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is adapted from the 16th "Five One Project" and the 11th "Mao Dun Literary Award" award-winning novel of the same name. "Picture" and the medium-length commentary "Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains" are both new works that have transformed excellent IP across art categories, and are currently in the process of continuous creation.
In addition to new works, last year, a total of 21 works by the Shanghai Municipal State-owned Art Troupe were selected for important exhibitions such as the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and won multiple awards.
Among them, the complete version of Kun Opera "The Peony Pavilion" and the acrobatic drama "Battle of Shanghai" were selected into the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's "Excellent Repertoire Exhibition of New Era Stage Arts"; the symphony "Our World" participated in the 15th National Vocal Music Exhibition and National Outstanding Symphony The works were exhibited and won the title of "Excellent Work"; the opera "The Flying Dutchman" and the ballet "Light of the Earth" were awarded "Excellent Repertoire" at the 5th China Opera Festival and the 14th National Dance Exhibition; the Peking Opera "The Seven Heroes and Five Heroes" "Yi" (Part 1 and 2) participated in the 10th China Peking Opera Festival.
Stills of Shanghai Opera "Chen Yi in Shanghai" photographed by Zu Zhongren
Shanghai Opera "Chen Yi in Shanghai" was selected for the 3rd National Opera (Southern Area) Performance; Huai Opera "Zhao Wuniang" participated in the 2023 National Local Opera Essence Show; acrobatic program "Monument" was selected The 11th National Acrobatic Show; the children's drama "There is a Pink Cloud in That Mountain" and the shadow play "Nine-Colored Deer" were selected into the 9th National Outstanding Children's Drama Show and won the "Excellent Play".
Literary and artistic talents also have many awards. Shang Changrong and Xi Meijuan were awarded the first Shanghai Outstanding Talent; Shi Yihong, Li An, and Yu Bin participated in the National Opera Actors Performance (Sheng Xing, Dan Xing) and were awarded "New Era Chinese Drama" by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Danxing) Leading Talent" and "New Era Chinese Drama (Shengxing) Leading Talent"; Luo Chenxue won the 31st Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award; Gu Xinyu won the title of "Performing Art Inheritance Talent".
takes performance as the central link and fully activates the new driving force of cultural consumption.
In addition to creation, Shanghai's performance market has always been at the forefront of the country.In 2023, municipal art troupes will take performances as the central link. By revitalizing superior performing arts resources, they will create resident performances and themed performance seasons, hold various festivals and exhibitions, enhance the attraction of cultural consumption, and activate new momentum for cultural consumption.
’s resident performance in Shanghai has already formed a brand effect. The dance dramas "The Eternal Wave" and "Crested Ibis" have been performed at Majestic Theater for 5 rounds, and a total of 146 performances have been completed so far. Chang Xin is a regular performer in the Chinese style music scene "Folk Music on the Sea", which completed its first 100 performances in August last year. In addition, resident performances such as "Journey to Time 2" and "Sleepless Night" performed 247 and 294 times respectively during the year, and were selected into the "National Tourism Performing Arts List" by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Among them, the dance drama "The Eternal Wave" had an attendance rate of 100% for its six performances during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, with a box office of nearly 4 million yuan.
Stills from "The Radio Wave That Never Dies". The Paper reporter Xue Song The
themed performance season has always been the brand of major literary and art troupes in Shanghai. Among them, there are four major performance seasons including Shanghai Symphony Orchestra's "League Hall Performance Season" and "Summer Music Festival", Shanghai Dramatic Art Center's "Light of Humanity", "Global Stage", "Classic Reinterpretations" and "Back Wave New Waves", and the Affiliated Hospital of the Opera Art Center Themed performance seasons such as "Beijing-Kunming Heroes Meeting" and "Prosperity Yue Zhang" are all market brands that have lasted for many years.
In addition, the Shanghai Puppet Troupe adjusted the Shanghai International Puppet Art Festival originally scheduled to be held every two years to be held every year, innovatively launching the "International Premium Puppet Art Exhibition"; the China Welfare Institute Children's Art Theater upgraded the "Shanghai International Children's Drama Exhibition" For the "Shanghai International Children's Theater Art Festival", the original performance brand has been upgraded.
Shanghai's art troupes have also been making new attempts to strengthen the linkage between business districts, and "new performing arts scenes" appear every year. For example, the affiliated theater troupe of the Shanghai Opera Art Center cooperated with the "Ocean Liyuan" in the Yuyuan business district to create a version of the ancient theater and build a new landmark for the national trend. The Shanghai Comedy Troupe has teamed up with shopping malls such as Raffles City on the North Bund to create and launch the Shanghai-style interactive experience project "Welcome to the Show", with regularly updated performance content. The Shanghai Pingtan Troupe develops the resources of ancient towns and organizes performances in the bookstores of ancient towns such as Xinchang, Qibao and Nanxiang in the form of literary teams. It also holds themed and customized Pingtan performances in Hongkou's 1925 Bookstore and Jinchao Lane 8.
"Phantom of the Theater"
As an important part of cultural tourism consumption, the performance also plays a role during holidays. SMG Performing Arts Group and Shanghai Ballet will launch the musical "Phantom of the Opera (Chinese Version)" and ballet "Phantom of the Opera" around the May Day holiday in 2023, creating a resonance effect. Among them, "Phantom of the Opera (Chinese Version)" will be held in Shanghai The theater ran a total of 40 performances for 34 days, achieving a box office of 48.5 million yuan. The Shanghai Peking Opera Company staged 5 performances of 4 works including "Xi Shi" on the Tian Chan Shaw Stage, and the box office revenue exceeded one million, setting a new high for the same period in recent years.
activates consumption in the domestic market. At the same time, "cultural overseas" also achieved new results last year. The Shanghai Ballet's classic version of "Swan Lake" toured the Netherlands for 45 consecutive days. It was the largest commercial tour in the history of the company. The attendance rate of 36 performances was nearly 100%, attracting many audiences from Germany, Belgium and other countries to watch the performance.
