Panoramic immersive children's interactive drama "Children's Journey to Mountains and Seas: Guardian Beast Fox Xiaojiu"
High temperature weather limits the frequency of outdoor activities. Finding indoor activities that are safe and can promote physical and mental development has become a major summer task for many parents.
Among the many choices, theater viewing has become the first choice for many families due to its unique charm and satisfying multiple needs such as artistic edification, summer escape, and making friends. The
theater is therefore very popular and has become an important place for children to socialize during the summer.
Interactive and inclusive
At the same time, it meets the needs of children aged 4-11
Over the past weekend, the panoramic and immersive children's interactive drama "Children's Journey to the Mountains and Seas: Guardian Beast Fox Xiaojiu" was performed at the internal test venue of 77·Zhaoma x New Space Theater in Beijing. Welcome many small audiences. Ms. Li, who lives in Daxing, invited four families and five children to watch the show. "The youngest is 4 years old and the oldest is 11. It's hard to find an activity that children with such a big age difference can enjoy. Going to the theater to watch a play is one of the few 'family fun' options," Ms. Li said.
"Children's Journey to the Mountains and Seas: Guardian Beast Fox Xiaojiu" tells the story of the legendary administration agent "Fox Xiaojiu" who leads the audience through a wormhole to resolve the crisis in ancient myths. In the play, the creative team has prepared a total of four stories: Xi He Yu Sun, Ying Long and Hui, Cang Jie Making Characters, and Hu Xiaojiu and Her Egg. Each story lasts about 40 minutes, and the audience can only see two stories in each show. As for which two stories to choose, the decision is completely left to the audience. Older children can fully understand the meaning of the story and make rational choices, while younger children can learn about the world from the excitement, and each gets what he wants.
Ms. Li’s weekend choices are not uncommon. At present, children's performances in major theaters in Beijing are in full swing. British multimedia light and shadow children's drama "Piano Tour", original children's opera "Afanti: The Real and False Afanti", brilliant and brilliant - Beijing Sun Youth Orchestra 2024 Summer Concert...National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing Art Center, National It has become normal for multiple families to meet up to watch a play in places such as the Tu Art Center.
Knowledge sharing
In the theater, older children gain admiration from younger siblings
Children not only have fun when they get together, but also quarrel, which is a headache for many parents. But in the theater, this situation seems to have changed a lot.
Ms. Chen, who just watched the children's drama "The Immortal of Poetry" with her children at the China Millennium Monument Theater over the weekend, discovered that her daughter Sisi, who often "challenged" her brother, found that her brother could recite many Li Bai poems that appeared in the play. His eyes were full of adoration. The little girl who likes to find faults has a breakthrough understanding of her brother's abilities in the magical venue of the theater.
The sharing of knowledge and art itself is also a pleasure. Also last weekend, Ms. Wang, who lives in Chaoyang District, took her daughter and her classmates to the Beijing Concert Hall to watch "The Farting Elephant Blowing the Euphonium: A Global Music Journey—The Original Chinese and German Children's Picture Book Enlightenment Symphony Concert." "A week ago, my child's classmate family invited us to go with them. The child is very happy to see his classmates during the holiday and counts down every day." Ms. Wang said that her daughter Bao Bao is 6 years old and has just started learning vocal music. "Watching performances with friends makes her feel like she has companions on her musical journey, and she feels more relaxed." Ms. Wang said that the so-called like-minded people, for children, social interaction also follows the same rules.
Increase courage
Facing the stage, raise your hands and take steps
In order to attract the audience, summer children's performances generally add interactive links. Ye Xunqian, the director of "Children's Journey to Mountains and Seas: Guardian Beast Fox Xiaojiu" believes: "During the summer vacation, children invite good friends to go to the theater to watch what kind of drama is the most interesting? It is best to be able to play, so the fun becomes very It’s important. To make them feel that this thing is worthwhile, it must be meaningful and interesting.” These interactions give some introverted children the courage to take an important step. In the performance of
, the children were allowed to participate in tying knots and doing calculations in the story of Cangjie's creation of characters; in the story of Yinglong and the Snake, the children were allowed to help Yinglong come up with ideas. At this time, the children watching the show were particularly excited. Some shy children raised their hands cautiously, while the bolder children wished they could volunteer and rush onto the stage.A parent who has taken her child to two shows recalled: "The first time, she didn't dare to raise her hands, and she didn't dare to go on stage to take pictures at the end. The second time, she raised her little hands high, which made us very happy. .”
Audience member Mr. Qiu also discovered that his daughter, who had disliked dark places since childhood, was not afraid to enter the theater. Before going to the Beijing Concert Hall to watch the "Song of Sound" special concert, the 6-year-old girl Huanhuan had never been to a theater. "She didn't know that the lights in the theater would dim. She was really scared at first, but with the encouragement of her neighbor friends, she probably didn't want to show her cowardly side in front of her friends. With the dual influence, she finally took an important step. In the end, she was very Enjoy the theater time." Mr. Qiu recalled that when the finale of the folk instrumental fairy tale "Blue Sea Golden Snail" was performed, under the guidance of Chen Bing, a professor of the Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, various musical instruments played the characters in the play vividly. The humorous style made several children laugh, and the little person called "fear" in the children's hearts has long disappeared.
The summer vacation is still mostly half over, and some families have expanded theater viewing into a cultural and tourism check-in trip. Going to different theaters, enjoying plays of different styles, and even taking a mini vacation around Beijing will provide a richer basis for socializing in the theater.
Text/Reporter Tian Wanting
(Beijing Youth Daily)
