The Lingang Performing Arts Center is located on the banks of Dishui Lake in Pudong, Shanghai. It is the first comprehensive theater with over 800 seats in the Lingang New Area, and is also an important supporting facility for the cultural development of the area.
On March 17, 2023, the Lingang Performing Arts Center was officially opened, continuously delivering rich cultural feasts to the citizens of Lingang. Now, the theater is one year old and is becoming a new cultural landmark in Lingang, a "young city".
Lingang Performing Arts Center is operated by Shanghai Media Group. "In the past year, Lingang Performing Arts Center has adhered to the development strategy of 'one body and two wings'. While insisting on providing excellent theatrical performances, it has actively participated in the integration of culture, sports, business and tourism, actively implemented the concept of social aesthetic education, and played its due role as a city's cultural landmark. ." said Ma Chencheng, President of Shanghai Media and Entertainment Group.
First birthday celebration scene
Over the past year, in order to attract audiences, Lingang Performing Arts Center has done a lot of homework, planned and introduced many performances, including musicals, dance dramas, operas, dramas, symphonies and other categories.
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe, Shanghai Burlesque Troupe, Shanghai Puppet Troupe, Shanghai Light Music Troupe, and Shanghai Musical Theater Art Center have also presented their plays.
performance activities run throughout the year: in March, the "Shanghai Spring" event lit up the stage lights; in June and August, the urban comedy "Baoxingli" and the dance drama "The Eternal Wave" were performed multiple times, " "Dianbo" not only attracted Lingang residents, but also urban and even out-of-town audiences; in September, the "National Trend September Lingang Opera Style" series of performances attracted not only senior theater fans, but also curious young audiences; in October, "Disguise "The Legend" and "The Myth of Love" have successively set off a craze for musicals; in December, the Happy Mahua series of performances and the Dishui Lake New Year Concert created a festive New Year atmosphere...
"Guochao September Lingang Opera Style"
As of March this year On the 17th, Lingang Performing Arts Center completed a total of 120 performances of various types, with an audience of 45,537. Data is priceless.
"The cultural performance market in Lingang is still being cultivated. As the new area attracts more and more young people to settle down, our responsibilities are becoming more and more important." Shi Yuanyuan, general manager of Lingang Performing Arts Center, revealed that Lingang The construction of the new area has always adhered to "emphasis on both soft and hard work". Among them, the construction of cultural soil is one of the important indicators of Lingang's soft power. "In the new year, we will still bring high-quality cultural feast to the Lingang audience. ”
The national opera “March of the Volunteers”
coincides with the first anniversary celebration. The Shanghai Opera House presented the national opera “March of the Volunteers” for 3 consecutive performances here. Next, Lingang Performing Arts Center will plan and introduce more dynamic performances: "Shanghai Spring" in April, "Pengpi Shenghui" Han Peng solo concert, "Melody of Time" guitar and harp concert, etc. will be staged one after another; In May, the "520 I Love Lingang" series themed performance month, the musical "Myth of Love" incubated and created in Lingang will return to Lingang, and the dance dramas "The Eternal Wave" and "Crested Ibis" will also be launched one after another.
In addition to Ishikawa's lectures
performances, the Lingang Performing Arts Center actively promotes Lingang as a tourist destination through "integration of culture, sports, business and tourism", and at the same time participates in "social aesthetic education" to improve the aesthetic education level of young people and the art appreciation level of citizens.
From March 26th to 31st, Lingang will usher in the "2024 Shanghai Sailing Open". During the event, the "Wind in Shanghai, Sail on the Sea" symphony concert will be held at the Lingang Performing Arts Center. The shadow of sails and the sound of music will become a new sample of "the integration of culture, sports, business and travel".
"We will strengthen communication with all parties in Lingang and even Shanghai to jointly create more integration models." Lingang Performing Arts Center said.
Audiences collect ticket stubs for the film festival
Lingang Performing Arts Center is also actively creating a multi-level carrier of "social aesthetic education". At present, the center has a relatively fixed aesthetic education brand. It combines performances every month and holds "theater open days" from time to time. In the past year, it has carried out a total of 30 open day activities of various types.
For example, during the "Guochao September Lingang Opera Style" series of performances, Gao Bowen, the leader of the Shanghai Pingtan Troupe, led the open day event with the theme of "Listen to Gao Bowen's "Flowers" and read the Jiangnan culture"; at the "Xie Jin Centenary Birthday Commemorative Film Exhibition "During the event, Professor Ishikawa of the Shanghai Theater Academy gave a special lecture on "Why We Watch Xie Jin's Movies Today", and the registration quota was sold out in seconds.
In the new year, Lingang Performing Arts Center is also exploring new ways to popularize public welfare and benefit the people. In addition to launching special performances to benefit the people, it also launched a new art education brand "Linghai Art Class", such as inviting musicologist Han Bin to conduct Special lectures on "Listening to Music and Talking about Classics" etc.
