The out-of-town audiences who flew away, took the high-speed train, and dragged their suitcases to watch the show have become a part of the scenery of the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. This year, this landscape is brighter and more obvious. During the
Art Festival, with the theme of "Beijing Colorful People's Art", Beijing People's Art Theater performed five major plays including "Teahouse" and "Mutiny" in Shanghai for one consecutive month, creating a new model of cooperation between famous troupes. At the same time, 10 repertoires led by the Bolshoi Ballet, Germany's Schaubühne Theater, Germany's Pina Bausch Foundation, etc. have placed their "only stop" in China in Shanghai.
's highly exclusive "Shanghai Residency" and "Only Stop" also make the festival a "traffic portal", attracting about 24% of the audience from other provinces and cities, and about 8% from overseas (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) The audience came to Shanghai and met by the Huangpu River. The figures for "The Rite of Spring" are even more exaggerated. All three performances were sold out on the day they opened, and 39% of the audience purchased tickets from across provinces.
Traveling to a city for a movie, what kind of people drag their suitcases to watch a movie in Shanghai?
"Teahouse" (Photography by Dong Tianye)
"Mutiny" (Photography by Dong Tianye) Wang Kai)
"Love can offset all fatigue"
In order to grab discount tickets for Beijing People's Art, Xiao Jiang took the high-speed train from Hangzhou to Shanghai the night before. He waited at the last ticket booth at Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street at 3 a.m., waiting until Tickets will be officially opened at 13:30 pm.
After waiting all night, he grabbed "Teahouse" and "Mutiny" at half price. This "post-90s" person who works in the Internet industry is not unaware of online ticket purchasing channels, but he is not confident in his hand speed and still feels that queuing is safer.
In addition to these two popular dramas with big names and bright stars, he also successively included "Sunrise", "Du Fu" and "Under the Red Flag", and watched 5 dramas in one go.
Discount ticket sales point
"Beijing People's Art South next time, it is so rare, I cherish it very much." Xiao Jiang said with a smile that a trip to Beijing is more expensive and troublesome, and there are not necessarily such good actors in Beijing. The lineup, especially "Tea House" and "Mutiny". After watching the five plays in succession, he found that Beijing People's Art Institute has a sincere attitude towards art. "It never goes through the motions. If there is feedback in the first play, improvements and adjustments will be made immediately in the second play."
received a reporter's message When the call came, Xiao Jiang was riding a shared bicycle to catch the Elfman Ballet's "Russian Hamlet." In the past month, as busy as the art festival has been, he has been very busy, and he has hardly been idle. He has watched "Spartacus" by the Bolshoi Ballet, "La Bayadere" by the Mariinsky Theater Ballet, "The Taming of the Shrew" by Monte Carlo Ballet... and the "Eighth Symphony" by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. I also wanted to watch "The Song", but I had no choice but to get into a car accident.
"There are good performances every day, but they are too dense and the collision is severe." He arranged a timetable for himself. From Friday night to Sunday night, he could schedule 5 plays in one weekend. Can it be tolerated? "It's tiring to line up and buy tickets, but not to watch a show. Love can offset all fatigue." As long as he sees a good show, he feels that the journey is worth it.
Xiao Jiang didn’t dare to calculate how much money he spent. “I’ll do the calculations, and I’ll be frightened. I just don’t count them.” He travels from Hangzhou to Shanghai to watch movies every day. Does his family support him? "Hobbies are very personal things. They also have their own hobbies. Everyone does what they like, respects each other and does not interfere with each other."
"Hamlet" (Photography by Thomas Aurin)
"Every Woman" (Photography by armin smailovic)
"Spiritual enjoyment is higher than material enjoyment"
Ms. Ma made two consecutive trips to Shanghai from Nanjing for the German Schaubühne Theater, which has only one stop in Shanghai. "Hamlet" and "Every Woman" were staged a week apart, with completely different styles, but both received rave reviews.
The stage of "Hamlet" was covered with 4.5 tons of black soil shipped from Germany. The six actors were evenly matched, subverting people's imagination of Shakespeare with their crazy performances. Relatively speaking, Ms. Ma prefers "Every Woman", which is more delicate and heart-warming, and can make people cry along without realizing it.On the
stage, actress Usna received a letter and started a conversation with Heigal, who was suffering from cancer. Ms. Ma still remembers that scene - Hejal said that she hoped to die on a summer afternoon, with the window open and the sound of rain heard, and then playing a Bach song. At this time, it started to rain on the stage. Usna opened the piano cover and began to play Bach's "Gothenburg Variations". Heijal's face disappeared little by little and went away with the sound of the piano.
"We seem to have accompanied her through the last journey of her life." The point of Ms. Ma's tears is that Hejal did not grow old all of a sudden. She was also young. She was a group dancer, spinning on the stage, and her body was very light. "We Still young, death seems far away After watching the play, I began to think about what death is and how to complete the journey of life."
When chatting with the reporter, Ms. Ma had just finished watching the Elfman Ballet's "Russian Hamlet". The "cool drama" left her unsatisfied. This month, she is also a frequent guest at art festivals, including Beijing People's Art Theater "Teahouse" and "Mutiny", Aku Ham Dance Company's "Jungle Book", Bolshoi Ballet's "Spartacus"... Her figure would stay for a day or two every time she came.
"I will come to watch all the high-quality shows that are not available in Nanjing." Ms. Ma said with a smile that she did not have to buy the most expensive tickets for every show. For example, "Every Woman" cost 180 yuan, which is completely affordable. " Going out for a dinner, 200 yuan per person is normal , I’ll be done with it after just one meal. But after watching a two-hour show, I have endless aftertaste, and the spiritual enjoyment is much higher than the material enjoyment.” She doesn’t find it troublesome to take the high-speed rail frequently, “It takes just one and a half hours to relax.”
"The Rite of Spring" (Photography maarten vanden abeele)
"The Rite of Spring" (Photography by maarten vanden abeele)
"This kind of beauty also has a threshold"
The African version of "The Rite of Spring" by Pina Bausch, the "First Lady of Modern Dance" in Germany, is also only available in Shanghai One stop. In order to pursue this long-awaited dance theater, Fanfan went to extreme lengths and took annual leave from Wuhan to Shanghai.
Many years ago, she watched Pina Bausch's documentary and never forgot "The Rite of Spring". On the day of the ticket opening, the tickets in the front row were sold out quickly. She was not fast enough, so she only grabbed a ticket in row 17. "680 yuan, very worth it!"
On the stage covered with tons of soil, 32 African dancers The dancer danced with abandon, his body covered with sweat and mud, his dance steps were convulsive, torn, hot, and full of primitive power. "I smell the smell of earth, hear the breath of the dancers, and see the dripping sweat." Fanfan said with a smile. The video can give a glimpse of the dancers' more microscopic expressions and states, while the complete composition can be seen on site. From a distance, Like a flowing, beautiful modern painting.
Fanfan stayed in Shanghai for five days in total. "I've come here, but it's not worth staying for just one day." She bought "The Rite of Spring" first, and because it led to a series of subsequent expenses, she bought one and got three for free - it was a hot performance at the Shanghai Cultural Plaza. "Butterfly Dream" and "The Validity of Facts" and "Home Guest" by the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center were also put into pockets, and the most expensive ticket, "Butterfly Dream", cost 1,080 yuan.
"There are performances every night. I have something to do every day. I am so happy." Watching theaters at night and watching exhibitions during the day, Fanfan keeps his schedule full, and he also gave a thumbs up to the exhibitions at Pudong Art Museum and West Bund Art Museum. .
"The people in Shanghai are so happy and the food is so good!" Fanfan said frankly that many good performances can only be found in Shanghai. In fact, Shanghai also has enough cultural atmosphere and market power to digest these performances. "If it is completely impossible to go to Wuhan , I will definitely come out and see.”
will return to Wuhan. On the high-speed train, she detailed to reporters the expenses she had spent in Shanghai these days. The high-speed rail ticket cost about 1,000 yuan and the accommodation fee was about 2,500 yuan... "After life got better, people began to go to the theater to see beautiful things. , but this kind of beauty also has a threshold, and you really need a certain amount of income to support this kind of 'privilege'," she said.
"Spartacus"
"La Bayadere" (Photography by Ye Chenliang)
"I am willing to pay for spiritual enjoyment"
The Bolshoi Ballet's "Spartacus" only has one stop in Shanghai. This "ballet aircraft carrier" has only appeared in China a handful of times, and "Spartacus" is even more rare. Beijing girl Wang Chang did not hesitate to come to Shanghai.
This dance drama is a great "treasure of the group", full of male power and masculine beauty, and also sets a new standard for male hero dance. To this end, the dance company specially sent a superstar lineup of 11 principal dancers to form different casts.
In addition to the prima donnas who have their own unique skills, the huge group dances are even more precious to Wang Chang: the dancers' extremely superior physical conditions, neat formations, and unified styles make people fall in love with them at first sight. Another thing that impressed her was that it was the first time that Mo Da brought a band to China. The Russian band performed Russian music very well, and the coordination between the band and the dancers was also better.
Wang Chang’s good friend Ni Min also flew directly to Shanghai because of "Spartacus". “There’s only Shanghai station, no choice!” he said with a smile. Because the opportunity was rare, he also recommended his friends in Shanghai to buy three copies of "Spartacus."
Moda and Mariinsky can be called Russia's "ballet twin stars". The two landed in Shanghai, seamlessly connected, and the peak showdown was also called the "Lifetime" series by many viewers.
While the "twins" were both in Shanghai, Ni Min spent another 1,080 yuan to watch Mariinsky's "house-keeping drama" "La Bayadere". "Golden Flyer" Kim Kimin's sense of staying in the air amazed him, and "Sister T" Tereshkina's powerful aura also impressed him.
Every autumn, Ni Min comes to the Shanghai International Arts Festival. "Some performances are unique and you have to come." For Wang Chang, coming to Shanghai to watch performances every year has become a normal thing.
"This has been particularly obvious in the past two years. In the past, friends from Shanghai often envied Beijing, but now we envy Shanghai." With flights, drinks and performance tickets, the cost of watching a movie is not low. Nowadays, more and more young people like Wang Chang and Ni Min are willing to pay for spiritual enjoyment and take the initiative to pay out of their own pockets. They are becoming more and more aware of cultural consumption. “Everyone can get happiness and satisfaction from watching performances. , are willing to pay."
