Shanghai Media and Entertainment Group launches the red stage boutique performance season, with 48 performances, party classes and "radio wave" movie screenings

Author:Randy Hahn
Release time:May 27, 2024 13:08 PM

"I believe that the vivid and rich artistic images on the stage will trigger the audience's ideological resonance and deepen their patriotism." said Yu Rongjun, vice president of Shanghai Media and Entertainment Co., Ltd. On May 27, the Shanghai Media and Broadcasting Performing Arts Group's "Red Classic Tribute to Shanghai" red stage boutique performance season announced the program list. It plans to perform 40 performances from May to July and hold 8 literary and art party classes, covering the dance drama "The Wave that Never Dies" , the acrobatic drama "Battle of Shanghai", the drama "The Age of Awakening" and other high-quality performances, literary party classes and the dance drama documentary film "The Eternal Wave" were released.

The Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe's acrobatic drama "Battle of Shanghai" will be performed again at the YOUNG Theater on July 1st and 2nd after being performed at the Shanghai Cultural Square from May 19th to 21st. The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra's "Red Feelings - Theme Concert to Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Shanghai" will be held at the Shanghai Grand Theater on May 27. Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe's dance drama "The Eternal Wave" will hold a new round of residency performances at the Majestic Theater from June 26 to July 1. Shanghai Dramatic Art Center's "Age of Awakening" will be performed at the Anfu Road Drama Building from June 27 to July 1, recreating the pursuit of truth by Chinese intellectuals and passionate young people a hundred years ago. The Shanghai Puppet Troupe's "The Voice of the Newsboy" will be performed at the Xian Lesi Puppet Theater from June 29th to June 30th. It is a puppet musical telling the story of a Shanghai newsboy during the War of Liberation. The Shanghai Light Music Troupe will hold a red classic song concert "Singing the Motherland" at the Poly Shanghai City Theater on June 30 and July 1.

"Red Feelings - Theme Concert to Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Shanghai"

The SMG Performing Arts Group will also organize artists and red literary and artistic masterpieces to go deep into streets, communities, businesses and schools. On May 26, the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra held a charity pop-up event for the orchestral overture "Ode to the Red Flag" in the transfer hall of Shanghai Metro People's Square Station. On May 27, the Shanghai Comedy Troupe brought "Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Shanghai - Special Performance of Little Comedies" to the Tangzhen Cultural Service Center in Pudong New Area to perform performances to benefit the people.

Parallel to the performances, literary and artistic party classes approach the audience in rich and diverse forms. During the performance of "Red Feelings - Theme Concert to Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Shanghai", three famous composers, Lu Qiming, Jin Fuzai and Xi Qiming, who grew up under the red flag of New China and have taken root in Shanghai for many years, were invited to share their art on the spot. "Voice of the Newsboy" will be accompanied by the "Light of China, Inheriting the Future" puppet charity guide and the themed membership activity of "Dialogue with the Newsboy". On July 7th and 17th, the Shanghai Comedy Troupe will hold a music party class "My Motherland" and a folk art party class "Don't Forget the Original Intention" at the Pudong Arts Center. "Never Forget the Original Intention" uses Shanghainese to describe how under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people of the country have become prosperous and strong.

The dance drama documentary film "The Eternal Wave" is jointly produced by the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe and Shangshi Films, a subsidiary of China Media Group. It combines stage performance and film art to explore the "two-way mutual support" model of theaters and cinemas. On May 27, "The Eternal Wave" held a movie tribute screening at Majestic Theater. The film will also be screened during the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Majestic Theater is newly decorated to welcome the film tribute of "The Eternal Wave", photographed by Zhuge Yi

Majestic Theater is newly decorated to welcome the film tribute of "The Eternal Wave", photographed by Zhuge Yi

In recent years, Shanghai Media and Entertainment Group has continued to produce excellent red stage masterpieces, including the musical "The Pretender", the dramas "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", "Heroic Sons and Daughters", "The Wave", the symphony "New Era", and the concert "New Journey" ", New Starting Point", etc. In the future, we will continue to take performance as the central link, continuously launch resident performances and staged performances of outstanding stage art works, promote the prosperity and development of Shanghai's cultural undertakings and cultural industries, and contribute to building the best practice place for Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts strength.

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