Caption: More than 30 units participated in the 2024 "Dancing the Chinese Dream" Children's Dance Exhibition. Photo courtesy of the interviewee (the same below) Xinmin Evening News (Reporter Lu Zihua, Correspondent Gu Wenxiao) The 2024 "Dancing the Chinese Dream" Children's Dance

Caption: More than 30 units participated in the 2024 "Dancing the Chinese Dream" children's dance performance. Photo provided by the interviewee (the same below)

Xinmin Evening News (reporter Lu Zihua, correspondent Gu Wenxiao) The 2024 "Dancing the Chinese Dream" children's dance performance was held yesterday Held at the "Star Stage" of Shanghai Mass Art Museum. Compared with previous "Dancing Chinese Dream" children's dance boutique performances, this exhibition has a wider range of participants, with 96 submitted works from more than 30 Shanghai primary and secondary schools, youth activity centers, children's palaces, private children's dances and special rehabilitation institutions. Unit organization. The works include tributes to red classics and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. More than 50% of the works are original works by young directors. Among them, original works such as "Yong Mei", "Grow Up Slowly", "Little Fat Chef's Specialty" and "Pujiang Spring Song" appeared on the performance stage for the first time.

Caption: Students used dance to express their love for traditional culture

It is worth mentioning that the work "Little Star" created by the Shanghai Rehabilitation Center for Special Children moved the audience. This dance is performed by a group of children with cerebral palsy known as "angel dancers". When creating and rehearsing, teachers at the rehabilitation center combine art education with daily rehabilitation. Through continuous rehearsal, every "little star" exudes a confident light on the stage. Xin Lili, chairman of the Shanghai Dancers Association, said that she hopes to promote a positive, healthy and uplifting social image of children with special needs through charity performances and interpret the great love of the dance troupe with graceful dance moves.

Caption: With the help of the teacher, each "little star" strives to spread its own light

This event is under the guidance of the Chinese Dancers Association, sponsored by the Shanghai Dancers Association and the Shanghai Youth Activity Center, Shanghai Dance Organized by the Children's Dance Professional Committee of the National Dance Association and the Hand in Hand Art Troupe of the Shanghai Youth Activity Center. Since 2015, the "Dancing Chinese Dream" Children's Dance Exhibition has been held for six times, providing a stage for exchange and display for children who love dance in Shanghai and teachers who are interested in children's dance choreography, and promoting the Yangtze River Delta region The development of children's dance.