Shanghai Puppetry Troupe's "Nine Colored Deer" has won consecutive awards, with over 30 performances competing in the national exhibition of Nine Colored Deer | Shadow Puppetry | Shanghai

Release time:Apr 13, 2024 21:09 PM

At the beginning of June, the Shanghai Puppetry Troupe's Shanghai style shadow puppetry "Nine Colored Deer" received good news frequently. On June 7th, it won the honor of "Excellent Play" at the 9th National Excellent Children's Drama Exhibition, and on June 6th, it won multiple awards such as the Best Play Award at the 6th Puppetry Shadow puppetry Excellent Play Exhibition.

The quadrennial exhibition of excellent puppet and shadow puppetry performances is the highest standard exhibition activity in the Chinese puppet and shadow puppetry industry. The 6th Excellent Puppet and Shadow Play Exhibition will be held in Yangzhou, Jiangsu from May 30th to June 6th. During the 8-day exhibition, 31 puppet and shadow puppetry troupes across the country met as friends, showcasing the innovative achievements of China's puppet and shadow puppetry industry through 31 plays and 24 performances. On May 31st, the Shanghai Puppetry Troupe's Shanghai style shadow puppetry "Nine Colored Deer" was highly sought after by the audience on the day of its performance at the Shuiyun Theater of the Yangzhou Grand Canal Museum, with no empty seats. In the end, "Nine Colored Deer" won multiple awards, including Best Drama Award, Excellent Text Creation, Director, Composer, Manipulation Performance, and Stage Design.

On June 7th, "Nine Colored Deer" made its debut in Nanchong, Sichuan, and participated in the 9th National Excellent Children's Drama Exhibition hosted by the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Nanchong Municipal People's Government. It exchanged ideas and showcased its charm with 35 different styles and genres of performance programs from across the country, and was awarded the honor of "Excellent Drama".


Shanghai Puppetry Troupe's "Nine Colored Deer" has won consecutive awards, with over 30 performances competing in the national exhibition of Nine Colored Deer | Shadow Puppetry | Shanghai

"The Nine Colored Deer" was first released in 2020 and premiered in 2021. It is adapted from the story of the Dunhuang mural "The Deer King's Birth", with more than 40 shadow puppetry designs and dozens of revisions. Shadow puppetry focuses more on how "Nine Colored Deer" gradually grows from a young deer to a true divine deer. In the story, Jiu Se Lu saved a drowning man who promised to keep it a secret, but betrayed Jiu Se Lu for financial gain and was ultimately punished. The adapted shadow puppetry not only tells the story of Chinese folk mythology, but also reflects thoughts on human nature through dramatic conflicts.

The shadow puppetry stage focuses on the growth of the "Nine Colored Deer", using multimedia technology to restore the magnificent and ancient colors of Dunhuang murals. 30 sets of multimedia lenses are superimposed and used, innovatively combining Dunhuang color scheme, fluorescent shadow puppetry, and traditional shadow puppetry, breaking the traditional performance mode of shadow puppetry window manipulation, and creating a new impression of Shanghai style shadow puppetry that integrates "shadow, reflection, and screen".

The documentary "Elephant Journey" will be released in 2024, and the migration journey of wild elephants in Yunnan will be brought to IMAX screen company | Production | Elephant Journey
The documentary "Elephant Journey" will be released in 2024, and the migration journey of wild elephants in Yunnan will be brought to IMAX screen company | Production | Elephant Journey

IMAX, Singapore Beach Villa Film Co., Ltd., a production company under Blue Ant Media, and China International Communications Group Interpret China Studio announced on July 3 that they will jointly produce the documentary film "Elephant Journey". This film will document the migration journey of wild Asian elephant herds that began in 2020, presenting the habitat of wild elephant herds - the hidden scenery of Yunnan, China, and revealing the stories and little-known secrets between humans and wild elephants. The documentary film has a duration of approximately 90 minutes and is currently being produced in China using IMAX cameras. It is planned to be released in IMAX theaters in 2024. "Elephant Journey" not only presents the relationship between humans and wild elephants, but also records from a new perspective the well-known departure of 16 wild Asian elephants in March 2020

Exploring new possibilities, not blindly copying dance dramas, dance drama documentary film "Eternal Radio Waves" started filming on July 1st in Shanghai | Documentary | Movie
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On the morning of July 1st, the rehearsal hall of Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe was transformed into a movie set. The camera, lighting, track, and rocker arm are in place, and through director Zheng Dasheng's monitor, the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe actors can be seen in high-definition shots, with their bodies dancing and the camera moving in perfect coordination. Zheng Dasheng was wearing a hoodie with four words printed on his back: "Be brave.". Making a popular dance drama into a movie does require courage. During the filming process, it was even more important to be bold and meticulous. A dance scene between "Li Xia" and "Little Tailor" was repeatedly filmed. Director Zheng Dasheng stared closely at the monitor. This was the first day of filming for the dance drama documentary film "Eternal Waves", and the set was busy and orderly. This film was directed by the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and co produced by the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe under SMG and Shangshi Film Industry. It also directed the film "1921"

Supporting the stable growth of the cultural and creative industry, Pudong New Area has launched the "Five Ones" refined service industry | Enterprises | Cultural and Creative
Supporting the stable growth of the cultural and creative industry, Pudong New Area has launched the "Five Ones" refined service industry | Enterprises | Cultural and Creative

The 2023 Key Cultural and Creative Enterprises Stable Growth Service Season in Pudong New Area was launched on June 16th. The event is hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Pudong New Area Committee, aiming to integrate comprehensive resources such as government departments, industry experts, entrepreneur representatives, and social institutions, optimize the development ecology of cultural and creative enterprises, and promote higher quality development of the cultural and creative industry. During the activity season, a group of cultural and creative industry stable growth service leading mentors were hired, and at the same time, the "Yiqi Tongxin" service specialist team officially made its debut. In the future, it will create "Five Ones" heartwarming services, namely "one dedicated line", "one email", "one information exchange platform", "one park enterprise interactive WeChat matrix", and "one special coordination specialist team". The team will focus on serving as policy communicators, problem coordinators, and development escorts, continuously optimizing the business environment with down-to-earth and thoughtful services, and enabling enterprises to

A Good Magnolia - Xu Jinping's Traditional Chinese Painting Works Exhibition Appears at the Magnolia | Xu Jinping | Works Exhibition
A Good Magnolia - Xu Jinping's Traditional Chinese Painting Works Exhibition Appears at the Magnolia | Xu Jinping | Works Exhibition

The solo exhibition "A Good Magnolia - Xu Jinping's Traditional Chinese Painting Works Exhibition" by Xu Jinping, a Chinese painter and vice chairman of the Shanxi Artists Association, was held at the Shanghai Xinjinjie Art Space from June 3 to July 10. This exhibition showcases nearly 20 works created by Xu Jinping in recent years with the theme of magnolias. Xu Jinping's flower and bird paintings combine the overall poetic beauty and fresh charm, showing the special charm of the blending of form and spirit. The thousand branches and ten thousand stamens of magnolia flowers in his pen rise up, as if soaking in snow, showcasing a noble temperament against the backdrop of ancient architecture. Xu Jinping uses clever blank space and exquisite techniques to convey the essence and aesthetic taste of traditional Chinese art in his light and natural brushstrokes. The exhibition is under the academic guidance of Mao Shi'an, Vice Chairman of the China Association of Literary Critics. He stated, "Mr. Xu's works..."

Hu Ge: Being caught off guard in the face of life is a worthwhile trip | Liu Jiayin | Hu Ge
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"On July 13, 2021, after reading the script sent to me by Teacher Cao Baoping, Hu Ge and the director added us on WeChat. I saw a topic we usually avoid - death - in the script of" Not Void This Journey ". Eastern culture is not very willing to face death, so people are not very prepared and death catches people off guard. I have a similar experience." "Not Void This Journey" was produced by Cao Baoping, written and directed by Liu Jiayin, and led by Hu Ge, starring Wu Lei. Qi Xi starred, with Bai Ke playing a special role. The movie tells the story of an ordinary screenwriter named Wen Shan who falls behind and begins to make a living by writing eulogies. Through his encounters with various ordinary people, Wen Shan comforts others and gains warmth, ultimately finding his own self