Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the establishment of Zhejiang Performing Arts Group, on August 27, the press conference of "Zhejiang Good Show·Huacai Beijing Autumn-Zhejiang Performing Arts Group 5th Anniversary Beijing Performance Seaso

Beijing News (Reporter Liu Zhen) On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the establishment of Zhejiang Performing Arts Group, on August 27, the press conference of "Zhejiang Good Show Huacai Beijing Autumn-Zhejiang Performing Arts Group 5th Anniversary Beijing Performance Season" was held at Held at the Central Opera House. This performance season aims to showcase the group's outstanding repertoire, including the dance drama "The Wind Rises", the Chinese orchestral music "Broad Waters, Mountains and Seas", the acrobatic drama "Safety", and the dramas "Looking for Her Traces: Zhang Ailing" and "Sifan Lu Xiaoman" , the children's drama "The Glass Castle", six masterpieces will be unveiled in the National Center for the Performing Arts, the Central Opera House, Beijing Erqi Theater and other venues in the golden autumn to meet the general audience.

The press conference of "Zhejiang Good Show·Huacai Beijing Autumn - Zhejiang Performing Arts Group's 5th Anniversary Beijing Performance Season" was held at the Central Opera House. Photo courtesy of Zhejiang Performing Arts Group

According to reports, since the establishment of Zhejiang Performing Arts Group, it has created and staged the operas "Red Boat", "Li Qingzhao", "Dawn on Sheshan Mountain", the musicals "Nan Kong" and "The Birds", the dramas "Ma Xulun", Dozens of Zhejiang-produced literary and artistic masterpieces, including the acrobatic "Umbrella" and the acrobatic drama "All Well", have won the Outstanding Work Award for the "Five One Project" of the Spiritual Civilization Construction of the Central Propaganda Department, the National Ethnic Minority Literature and Art Performance Dream Realization Award, and the Zhejiang Provincial Classic It has been selected for more than 60 national awards including the "Centennial 100 Plays", the National Arts Fund, and the "Symphony of the Times" creation support program funded by the National Stage Arts Quality Project.

The dance drama "The Wind Rises in Dachen" revolves around the ideals and struggles of two generations to "build Dachen Island".

Among the plays performed in Beijing this time, the dance drama "The Wind Rises in Dachen" will be the first to be performed at the National Center for the Performing Arts on September 7th and 8th. It revolves around the ideals and struggles of two generations to "build Dachen Island" . The play was selected into the 2024 performance season of "Watch Beijing in a Big Drama" hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and was also invited to participate in the 70th anniversary performance of the Beijing Dance Academy. Director Guo Haifeng said that the most important thing about this drama is not only to let the audience feel the greatness of the "Dachen Island Reclamation Spirit", but also a vivid expression of the Chinese people's spiritual value of the concept of "home".

After this, the national orchestral music "Broad Waters, Mountains and Seas" will be played at the Central Opera House on September 29. This work is a masterpiece that composer Wang Danhong spent three years collecting on the spot and creating for the Zhejiang Chinese Orchestra. The work consists of 6 movements in total, using national music as the carrier to show the atmosphere of Zhejiang's landscape, the vastness of Zhejiang's sea, and the profoundness of Zhejiang's humanities. Wang Danhong said that from this work, the audience can hear the ups and downs of Wu Opera and Yue Opera, the elegance of Lanting Yashi, and the majesty of the great ship of the times. Through the image of "water", the charm of Zhejiang culture and the great changes in the development of the times in this land are conveyed. , from a trickle to a vast ocean, the auditory tension and structural breadth will change everyone's understanding of Jiangnan music.

The national orchestral music "Broad Water, Mountains and Seas" uses national music as a carrier to show the atmosphere of Zhejiang's mountains and rivers.

The large-scale acrobatic show "Nothing Happens" will be staged at the Erqi Theater in Beijing on October 8. The show is the third work jointly created by Zhejiang Quza and Guo Hongbo. The whole performance is divided into three chapters: "Heaven", "Earth" and "Man". Screenwriter Huang He believes that the play not only maximizes the display of acrobatic skills, but also achieves the organic integration of skills, narrative and emotion, making it a truly flesh-and-blood show. acrobatic drama. Chen Cong, deputy general manager of Zhejiang Performing Arts Group and general manager of Zhejiang Quyi Acrobatic Troupe, said that the acrobatic drama "Nothing Happens" carries the Zhejiang Quyi Acrobatic Troupe's inheritance and innovation of acrobatic art over the past 20 years. The play combines acrobatic skills and cutting-edge sound. The organic integration of photoelectric stage technology, brand-new narrative and emotional expression has just won the 12th National Acrobatic Performance Outstanding Repertoire Award and won unanimous praise from experts. I look forward to this performance bringing the unique charm of Zhejiang acrobatics and the surging spirit of the times in Zhejiang to the Beijing audience.

The large-scale acrobatic show "Nothing Happens" not only maximizes the display of acrobatic skills, but also achieves the organic integration of skills, narrative and emotion.

's dramas "Sifan Lu Xiaoman" and "Looking for Her Traces: Zhang Ailing" will be performed at the Beijing Comedy Theater on October 12th and 13th.Yu Bin, deputy general manager of Zhejiang Performing Arts Group and general manager of Zhejiang Repertory Theater, believes that this time Zhejiang Performing Arts Group brought two excellent humanistic dramas, "Looking for Her Traces: Zhang Ailing" and "Sifan Lu Xiaoman" to perform in Beijing, and borrowed two extraordinary women from the Republic of China period. The theme works bloom "her power" and give care and strength to women today. Among them, "Sifan Lu Xiaoman" debuted in Beijing for the first time, which is of extraordinary significance.

Screenwriter Lin Qiaosi believes that mentioning Beijing is an unavoidable place for Lu Xiaoman. Today I write about Lu Xiaoman because I want to review the life journey of new women in the Republic of China through a contemporary perspective, show their vigorous vitality, and invite the audience to come to the theater to experience it together. This journey of pursuit of love and freedom.

children's drama "The Glass Castle" will be performed at the China Puppet Theater on November 16. The play is adapted from Grimm's fairy tale "Seven Crows". It will be presented with dreamy stage beauty and tell a tender story of growing up. It is also a concrete manifestation of Zhejiang Performing Arts Group (Zhejiang Children's Art Troupe)'s continuous breakthrough in art.

Zhou Ayong, vice chairman and general manager of Zhejiang Performing Arts Group, said, "These six plays interpret the graceful variety and cultural responsibility of 'Poetic Jiangnan, Vibrant Zhejiang' from different angles, different eras, and different ways. Zhejiang Performing Arts Group’s literary and artistic creation is the best example of being the main force in a culturally strong province.”

Editor Wu Longzhen

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