On May 4, the award ceremony for the 2024 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival and the Shanghai Jing'an Modern Drama Valley "Citizen Theater" Chinese and Foreign Family Drama Competition was held at the Jing'an District Cultural Center Jing Theater. As an important part of the Shang

On May 4, the award ceremony of the 2024 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival and the Shanghai Jing'an Modern Drama Valley "Citizen Theater" Chinese and Foreign Family Drama Competition was held at the Jing'an District Cultural Center Jing Theater.

As an important part of the Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival and the "Citizen Theater" of Shanghai Jing'an Modern Drama Valley, the Chinese and Foreign Family Drama Competition aims to use the power of dramatic art to create a dramatic art atmosphere for citizens where "the city is the stage and everyone is the protagonist". This is not only a feast of dramatic art, but also a practical stage for "social aesthetic education".

This competition launched the online registration channel on March 15, and nearly 2,000 families signed up to participate. The 101 groups of "Beautiful Drama Houses" that were successfully shortlisted in the preliminary round were finally selected into the "Top Ten Popular Houses", "Top Ten Creative Houses", "Top Ten Tacit Understanding Houses", " "Top Ten Performance Houses" and "Top Ten Wonderful Drama Houses" awards.

The entire annual awards ceremony kicked off with the charming music of "tough love". Five young actors from the Little Star Art Troupe musical theater show their cute and charming voices and lively and lively acting skills. In an instant, Lead the audience to immerse themselves in the wonderful world of drama. The carefully choreographed exhibition of masterpieces and the exciting award ceremony used drama as a medium to connect every ordinary and touching life. The "family drama" of truth, kindness and beauty interprets Shanghai's urban spirit of "accommodating all rivers".

"One drama for the whole family", in the growth-oriented performances, "Encountering Beijing Cai", "Yue Opera Chasing Fish", "Jiangnan Yao", "When I Get My Name in Lights" and "Hot Mom's Dream" etc. The joint presentation of the program brought to the audience scenes of warm scenes of family harmony. Father and daughter share the stage, mother and son perform. The warm family team cooperates tacitly on the stage, jointly interpreting the warm power of growth and companionship, and conveys the important value of growing together with wonderful dramatic performances.

The annual Chinese and Foreign Family Drama Competition is now in its fifth year. Many families are connected to this stage because of their love of drama, where they create and grow together. In the family performance, excellent works such as "A Nail", "Rubik's Cube and Instant Noodles", "Zootopia", "Little Assistant", "National Treasure: The Legend of the Painted Wood Maid in Juan's Past Life" are also included Taiwan competition.

As the influence of the competition expands year by year, the drama art of children and adolescents promoted by family drama has sprouted. This year, the organizers were delighted to find that the number of "campus families" spontaneously formed by primary and secondary school students has exceeded 100 groups, setting a new high in previous competitions. Through the deep cultivation of competitions, drama art is gradually being integrated into the after-school life of primary and secondary school students, becoming an indispensable part of their growth path.

At the ceremony, the plays "Shahid Fragments" and "Ordinary and Great" performed by the Red Memorial Chapter presented the deep patriotic feelings in the children's hearts with affectionate performances and touching stories. The children's hip-hop dance "Dancing Boys" presented by the China Welfare Society Children's Palace Little Partner Art Troupe used a vibrant performance to show the passionate spirit of the young people. Children and teenagers are using their own way to show new The style of a young man of the times.

The shining of the light of drama not only warms the hearts of the children, but also lights up the drama honor of the exclusive "family" and becomes a warm memory of family happiness and beautiful life. At the award ceremony, "Top Ten Beautiful Drama Houses", "Top Ten Popular Drama Houses", "Top Ten Performing Drama Houses", "Top Ten Tacit Drama Houses", "Top Ten Creative Drama Houses" and Several honorary awards including the Outstanding Organization Award were finally announced.

These honors are not only an affirmation of each family's outstanding performance, but also an important inspiration for family happiness and a better life. Each award-winning family uses drama as a bond, lights up their lives with art, and delivers the positive energy of a harmonious society.

This year is the fifth year of the Chinese and Foreign Family Drama Competition. Over the past five years, nearly 7,000 groups of families from the Yangtze River Delta region and various provinces and cities across the country have demonstrated their deep emotional bonds and diverse cultural heritage through theatrical performances.Through dramatic art, these families convey family affection, social development, and the spirit of the times. In order to record these touching behind-the-scenes stories and preserve these meaningful stage moments forever, the organizers of the competition compiled these stories into a book and named it "Drama Lights Up Life." The launch of

's new book means that these heart-warming drama stories can be widely disseminated, enlightening people, and allowing people to feel the power and beauty of drama in ordinary lives. At the award ceremony, the organizer gave this special gift of companionship and encouragement to the participating family representatives, hoping to inspire more families to step onto the theater stage and jointly write a beautiful chapter of family drama and happy life.

During the 2024 Shanghai·Jing’an Modern Drama Valley, the Jing’an District Cultural Center, as the “Drama Valley Base Camp”, will simultaneously open the “City-wide Theater” section. For the first time, this year's "Performance in the City" covers the entire area of ​​performance locations. The Jing'an District Cultural Center is the main venue, and branch venues are set up in various streets and towns in Jing'an District from south to north.

More than 30 regional characteristic cultural spaces and more than 80 outstanding mass theatrical performances, together with the "Not Just in the Theater" series of activities and Chinese and foreign family drama competitions, provide literary and art lovers with a more diverse theatrical art experience, highlighting the unique charm of Jing'an's theater landscape. .

A series of drama-themed activities such as drama performances, drama workshops, experience camps, and performance events bring together professional drama talents, drama lovers, and drama families here to build a communication platform for drama art and a leisure space for the drama community to promote The integrated development of drama culture and mass literature and art allows citizens to feel the charm and power of culture while appreciating drama.