Jimu News Chief Reporter Zhang Cong
Correspondent Zhou Yuanyuan
The cherry blossoms are about to bloom, and Jiangcheng's high-end performance market will also usher in its first grand chapter in 2024. On March 12, the Qintai Grand Theater’s 2024 Sakura Drama and Dance Performance Season was officially announced. Jimu News reporters learned that from the beginning of March to the end of June, 44 performances of 25 projects will run throughout the spring. Among them, Chen Lijun and Li Yunxiao, the new "traffic stars" of opera who "harvested" a group of young audiences last year and appeared on stage together in the Spring Festival Gala, will land in Wuhan this week. In addition, the musical "Bloom" based on Zhang Guimei and starring Tan Weiwei; the ethnic dance drama "Dream of Red Mansions", which came to Han for the second time and was still sold out in seconds after two sales; the dance drama "Dream of Red Mansions", which became popular on Douyin with its "Beauty Walking" clip. Du Fu" and so on, will all appear one after another.
A collection of popular "out of the circle" works
"Jun Xiao" dialogues across the air, "A Dream of Red Mansions" sold out in 8 seconds
The "viral" spread of short videos seems to have become the inevitable path for literary and artistic works to "get out of the circle". This time Many popular projects in Qintai Grand Theater's 2024 Sakura Drama and Dance Performance Season have relied on the spread of short videos to gain big ticket sales.
Last year, actors Chen Lijun and Li Yunxiao from the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe went viral with their video clip of "turning around with one hand" in the immersive Yue opera "New Dragon Gate Inn". The feeling of "It turns out that a sinister smile can be so refreshing" directly made people Young audiences have achieved a "vertical entry" into Yue opera. Since then, the "Junxiao Group" has collaborated on the stages of the Henan Spring Festival Gala and the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and has also been talked about by theater fans.
The popularity of Chen Lijun and Li Yunxiao has also made many people look forward to their trip to Wuhan. Jimu News reporter learned that this Friday and Saturday, Chen Lijun and Li Yunxiao will land in Wuhan with the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe. However, this time they will not cooperate, but will star in "He Wenxiu" and "Qiantang Li" respectively. It is a Yue opera, but even so, fans are very excited. Jimu News saw on social platforms that many viewers have made appointments to watch two consecutive shows, "checking in" from a distance.
In addition to "Jun Xiao", Jiangsu Grand Theater's original national dance drama "Dream of Red Mansions", which has hit the screen with its curtain call and soundtrack clips on platforms such as Xiaohongshu, and "Du Fu", which has a clip of "Beautiful People" that has exceeded 800 million views on Douyin, will be released respectively. On April 5-13, on stage May 24-25. Among them, "Dream of Red Mansions" has come to Han for the second time. Even though the tour team contributed 8 performances to the Wuhan audience this time, it was still "not enough" - the two tickets were sold out within two minutes in the two openings a year ago. ; and "Du Fu" is directed by Han Zhen and Zhou Liya, the famous choreographers who have created such hit hits as "The Eternal Wave", "Only Green" and "Wing Chun". It won the honor of the Dance Drama Award at the 10th Chinese Dance "Lotus Award" , and many dance drama fans are looking forward to it.
The best works with great reputation are arranged in order.
These stage stars will meet you.
There are some popular works, and there are also masterpieces with long-lasting reputation.
The musical "I Want You", known as the golden jukebox, will be performed affectionately on April 20. The play is supervised by Taiwan idol drama gold medal director Chen Mingzhang. The whole play uses multiple "national love songs" to connect the memory of time and space. Musical actors such as Li Shaminzi, Ju Hongchuan, Shangguan Aiyi, etc. will jointly create a musical world full of dramatic tension;
On May 7th and 9th, Russia’s Moscow Classical Model Ballet and Antonio Gades Dance Company will present dance dramas Among the classics: the ballet "Swan Lake" and the flamenco dance drama "Carmen".
On May 28-29, the musical "Bloom", which won the outstanding play of the 18th China Drama Festival, starring Tan Weiwei and Yuan Dongfang, will pay tribute to Principal Zhang Guimei's "burning lamp" life; on May 31, "mr.miss" "Before Sunset Theater Pure Concert" will use the configuration of "jazz band + strings" to dedicate more than ten years of accumulation of works of "Sister Lang" Liu Lian and "Talented Man" Du Kai.
html On June 16, the famous Peking opera master Wang Peiyu will perform the Peking opera "Red Mane Horse" at Qintai. This classic play with equal emphasis on Qingyi and Laosheng, with ups and downs of the plot, will take theater fans to relive "Wujia Slope" and "Da Deng Dian", etc. paragraph.(picture provided by the official Qintai Grand Theater)
(source: Jimu News)
