"We don't know what music is unless we can answer what sound is..." On March 23, the Jasmine Theater adjacent to Shanghai People's Square launched the first theater event of the "Flower World" spring theme theater open day, "Fire Ant Diary" Nearly 60 visually impaired people, their families, and volunteers were specially invited to participate.
Nearly 60 visually impaired people, their families, and volunteers walked into the Jasmine Theater
As another activity in the sensory theater series of the Jasmine Theater after "opening a symbiotic 'skylight' with smell", "Fire Ant Diary" adopts "on-site production" "Sound" method, Foley artists dub live on stage to create a unique listening experience. Starting from "Diary of a Fire Ant", Zhang Chunxiao, a teacher from the School of Liberal Arts of Suzhou University, gave a lecture on sound and ASMR.
Zhang Chunxiao gave a lecture on sound and ASMR
In "Fire Ant Diary", the foley artist dubbed live on the stage
Jasmine Theater and the "Fire Ant Diary" team also specially invited nearly sixty people from the "Blue Eyes Spirit" organization Visually impaired people, their families, and volunteers participate. The public welfare organization "Blue Eyes" launched the "Be Your Eyes" campaign in January 2015, committed to providing diversified employment opportunities for visually impaired and other disabled people, and providing a platform for the public to participate in public welfare activities.
March 1 this year marks the first anniversary of the official implementation of the "Shanghai Barrier-free Environment Construction Regulations". "Barrier-free" not only requires hardware facilities, but also requires the creation of an inclusive barrier-free environment. Psychological accessibility is also an important part.
For theater practitioners and audiences, "barrier-free" is also being updated and iterated from hardware to concepts, such as the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center's "Guide Dogs into the Theater Project" and the one-man show "Where is the nearest barrier-free toilet?" 》Performances, etc. In the auditorium of this event, there were visually impaired people and their families, volunteers, and sighted spectators. Everyone is in the same space, enjoying the content of the story through sound and feeling the charm of art. On March 20, two blind accessibility guides organized by "The Smurfs" also conducted experiential accessibility awareness training for Jasmine Theater staff. Through blind experience, scenario simulation and other links, they shared the key points of communication with the visually impaired and Methods of guiding the visually impaired in theatre.
Visually impaired people and sighted audiences can experience the charm of art in the same space.
During the Open Day, a series of themed activities such as performances, guided tours, and drama workshops will explore more possibilities of the theater space. From March 29th to 31st, the light comedy "White Strips of Meat" will land at the Jasmine Theater. Three men working in a slaughterhouse start a debate about the meaning of work and individual value. From April 25th to May 5th, the French witty suspense comedy "Truth" and "Lies" will also appear at the Jasmine Theatre.
