"Their ideals are immortal, their beliefs remain unchanged, and they are eternal monuments in the hearts of the people!" From May 20th to 21st, the "Five One Project" Outstanding Work Award Play - the acrobatic drama "Battle of Shanghai" as The "City of Glory" 2024 Shanghai Red Culture Season red stage productions and performances will be launched at Shanghai Cultural Plaza. As the Liberation Day of Shanghai is approaching, "Battle of Shanghai" tells the story of China with Shanghai-style acrobatics, pays tribute to the revolutionary ancestors, and reproduces the glorious history of heroic struggle.
Since its premiere in 2019, "Battle of Shanghai" has been performed, toured and online for more than 150 times in nearly 40 cities across the country, with nearly 5.2 million viewers. Looking back on the creative and performance process of "Battle of Shanghai", this is the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe and Shanghai Circus School who have written the most literary and artistic works for Shanghai's "open, innovative and inclusive" urban character with brilliant performances and gorgeous transformations. annotation.
Shanghai is the birthplace of the Communist Party of China. Countless revolutionary ancestors have fought bravely here. This city has a glorious revolutionary tradition. During the performance, Shanghai-style acrobats led the audience back to that war-torn era, to experience the years of struggle for liberation, and to reproduce the youthful passion of the revolutionary predecessors who fought unremittingly for ideals and light.
Different from other types of drama, the "lines" of acrobatic actors are not told through voices, but performed with movements that exceed the limits of the human body, using acrobatic vocabulary to convey emotions, and using body movements to "tell" grand chapters. How to tell the story well is a major focus in the creation of acrobatic dramas, and "Battle of Shanghai" delivered a high-quality answer sheet. "Battle of Shanghai" not only makes a breakthrough expansion of the expression form of red literary and artistic works, but also deconstructs acrobatics with a new creative method.
In 2023, 6 "new fighters" from the Shanghai Circus School with an average age of only 17 years old joined the crew for training and made their debut in "Battle of Shanghai". This year, the crew welcomed three more young warriors, the two youngest of whom are only 15 years old. The Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe and the Shanghai Circus School use the "teaching and mentoring" method of teaching the new ones through words and deeds to make acrobatics more popular. Drama, a new form of drama, continues to develop and grow vigorously. "During the creation and production of "Battle of Shanghai", not only a good work was born, but also an excellent team was tempered. Young actors are constantly joining it, which not only improves their own business, but also is influenced by the red spirit. "Infection."
Author: Wang Xiaoli
Text: Wang Xiaoli Pictures: Pictures provided by the performer Editor: Xuan Jing Editor: Li Ting
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