The "National Team" is on! Shanghai Opera Art Center holds the 2024 "Intangible Cultural Heritage Opera·Garden Party"
Intangible cultural heritage market, national trend handicrafts, opera performances, salon lectures, opera movies... On June 8, the Shanghai Opera Art Center joined hands with the Shanghai Peking Opera Company, Shanghai Kun Opera Troupe, Shanghai Theater Company, Shanghai Yue Opera Theater, Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe, The Shanghai Pingtan Troupe and Shanghai Wanping Theater created a two-day "Intangible Cultural Heritage Garden Party" at the Wanping Theater to debut in the "2024 Shanghai Cultural Heritage Season".
The 2.0 version of the Opera Aesthetic Education Classroom, "The Treasure Box of Xiwanwan", takes "The Encounter of Opera Flags" and "The Transformation of Weapons in the Liyuan" as its themes. It starts from the traditional opera's "five boxes and one box" regulation and combines the form of blind box opening to unlock the opera. Obey the secrets of Hua Tao. "Opera Dressing Table" brings the entire makeup process of the actors in the classic Yue Opera play "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" to the stage, and also brings a flash mob clip of "Butterfly Lovers".
Handmade opera characters attract the participation of parents, families and white-collar workers
Handmade opera characters attract the participation of parents, families and white-collar workers
An opera flash mob gathered everyone in a circle in the foyer of Wanping Theater
In the "First Experience of Opera" session, citizens followed opera actors to practice Peking Opera movements, learn about the historical origins of Shanghai Opera, and learn the folding fan technique of Yue Opera niche students. In the "Rhythm of Kunqu" percussion interactive show, Gao Jun, a national first-level performer of the Shanghai Kun Opera Troupe, used a hand disc as a medium to blend with the elegant and melodious rhythms of Kun Opera, bringing a unique auditory feast.
Gao Jun, a national first-level performer from the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, used a hand disc as a medium to communicate with the audience
The intangible cultural heritage market jointly launched by the opera "national team" and intangible cultural heritage craftsmen is a highlight of the event. In addition to the special cultural creations, limited seals, and interactive games brought by the Shanghai Opera Art Center and its affiliated units, the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions' "Happiness Express" intangible cultural heritage special performance also came to Wanping Theater, where good intangible cultural heritage items from all districts in Shanghai were gathered. , such as Shanghai-style hydrangeas, gold and jade inlay production techniques, Shanghai lanterns, etc., as well as intangible cultural heritage products from Yunnan, using new consumption scenarios to help the development and inheritance of opera culture and intangible cultural heritage techniques.
This year's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day coincides with the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. Summer paper kite painting, flower-turning dragon dance, dragon boat fun, enjoying rice dumplings, "white snake, green snake" silk dolls and other national trendy handicrafts with the theme of the festival, let you Citizens experienced the comfortable life brought by cultural creativity, food and coffee in the interesting garden party.
In addition to the drop-in and play-time experience, more than 600 reservations are available for the garden party. Online reservations for some popular events were sold out within minutes. Gu Haohao, full-time vice chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Party Secretary and President of the Shanghai Opera Art Center, said that holding the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Garden Party" is not only a close display of the intangible cultural heritage of opera, but also the inheritance of traditional culture. It is a powerful promotion that "transmits the spirit of opera people, integrates intangible cultural heritage into life, stimulates citizens' interest in opera art and intangible cultural heritage skills, continues the city's cultural context, and empowers urban consumption."
The "Guochao Opera Rhythm" opera performance realizes the "two-way rush" between intangible cultural heritage art and Guochao culture. Chen Shaoyun, Shen Renwei, Liang Weiping, Wang Zhiping, Gao Bowen, and Shen Yanli, representatives of famous opera actors from six national-level intangible cultural heritage protection units, made a collective appearance. The classic performances and cross-border integration of six opera types pushed the atmosphere of the garden party to a climax.
Peking Opera Musical Theater "Walking under the Moonlight", "Tradition and New Trend - Exploration of Kun Opera Music in Shangkun's Small Theater", "Three Watching Lanterns" a collaboration between Shanghai Opera and the Sanlin Dragon and Lion Troupe, and the original Shanghai-Vietnam fusion opera song " "Returning to the South of the Yangtze River", Yue Opera "Love in Mountains and Rivers·Sending Letters", "Chasing Fish·Library·Viewing Lanterns", Huai music music "Slow Sound", folk music performance "Shangchun Mountain", opera and dance "Exploring the Window", Pingtan "Butterfly Loves Flowers", The opening chapter of the tanci, "Yingying Plays the Piano", breaks the boundaries of theater and brings the audience closer to the opera.
In the opera hall of Wanping Theater, Lu Su, Shen Yanli, Ji Yanping, Xu Biaoxin, Hai Bo, Huang Junjie, Jiang Xiaobo and others presented "Beijing Cai Three Kingdoms - Modern Inheritance of Traditional Art" and "Natural Beauty·Kun Opera Love" , "The Voice of Shanghai - Listening to the Beauty of Shanghai Opera", "Discussing the Beauty of Yue Opera", "The Golden Dragon and the Ephemera" inheritance version sharing session, "The Palace of Eternal Life in Pingtan", and face-to-face exchanges with fans on the creation, inheritance and development of opera art. develop.
The Peking Opera film "Xiao He Chasing Han Xin Under the Moon" starring Peking Opera performing artist Chen Shaoyun and the Kun Opera film "Handan Ji" starring Kun Opera performing artists Ji Zhenhua, Liang Guyin, Zhang Mingrong and others were screened at Wanping Theater, and the audience enjoyed the light and shadow The beauty of drama.
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