YOUNG Theater 2023 Autumn/Winter Performance Season Released, 31 Units with 93 Performances Linking World Works | Drama | YOUNG

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 18:00 PM

On August 11th, YOUNG Theater released the 2023 Autumn/Winter Performance Season, featuring 93 performances from 31 TV stations from 6 countries, covering various forms such as drama, musicals, body dramas, and puppet dramas. The performance season will continue the three characteristic sections of "Theatre Evolution Theory", "Aerobic Innocence", and "Roaming Chinese Music", and launch a new "Autumn is an International Drama Season" brand, upgrading to the new year's "GOAT Special Youth Drama Exhibition".

"The Theory of Theater Evolution" focuses on the most original and dynamic new and mesozoic theater creators on the domestic performing arts stage, bringing the play "Master and Margaret" directed by Li Jianjun and adapted from the Russian novel of the same name, the award-winning work of Hong Kong director Deng Shurong and the all female Bansha play "King Lear" starring Ye Tong, and the concluding work of the drama series "Before the Court" by the Nine People Republic of China Intellectuals.

In the "Aerobic Innocence" section, "Not Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf", "Mole's Story", and "Forest Story" will form the French Animation Film Music Week to bring artistic enlightenment to Chinese babies; The bilingual music parent-child drama series "Rock School" and "Digimon" enrich children's childhood background.


YOUNG Theater 2023 Autumn/Winter Performance Season Released, 31 Units with 93 Performances Linking World Works | Drama | YOUNG

As a collaboration series between YOUNG Theater and Shanghai Ethnic Orchestra, "Roaming YOUNG National Music" will be showcased at YOUNG Theater. The youth version of "Gardenia Blossoms", "Poetic Music Art", and Shanghai Ethnic Orchestra's New Year Concert will all be showcased at YOUNG Theater, and there will be more collisions with the Yangpu folk music region.

The first "Autumn is the International Drama Season" will kick off in October, with 8 TV shows featuring 24 performances from the UK, France, Germany, and New Zealand, including 1 world premiere, 1 Asian premiere, 3 Chinese premieres, and 2 Shanghai premieres. The opening performance of the original West End musical "The Last Five Years" is the representative work of three Tony Award winners, Jason Robert Brown, and is also one of the classic two person musicals. The modern opera "Nine Songs" participated in the 22nd Shanghai International Art Festival in China. Based on the Chu Ci "Nine Songs", it tells the story of ancient China in a multi national musical language that transcends time and space. The legendary theater troupe Berlin Theatre, founded by German theater master Brecht, made its debut in Shanghai for 125 years and brought the large-scale puppet drama "Brecht's Ghost".

The new works of Shanghai Venus Dance Troupe and Paris Branch, "Farewell Unexpectedly", the British Canine Dance Troupe winning the 2018 Top 10 British Dance Works "Juliet and Romeo", the British Re Theatre Troupe's musical body play "Laughter and Forget Book" that focuses on Alzheimer's disease, and the New Zealand treasure level modern dance troupe Java Dance Troupe's popular "delicacy theater series", "Cheese Waltz", "Cheese Moo Moo", etc. will also take turns to appear on stage.


YOUNG Theater 2023 Autumn/Winter Performance Season Released, 31 Units with 93 Performances Linking World Works | Drama | YOUNG

The second GOAT Special Youth Drama Exhibition will open in September, featuring 6 cutting-edge theatrical works, 3 theatrical performances, 3 cross-border forums, and 2 theatrical appreciation and exchange activities within a month. It aims to create a comprehensive "drama festival" for young theater enthusiasts to share, exchange, and interact with each other. This year's drama exhibition has received 129 entries from 118 young artists, of which 6 cutting-edge works have been selected for the "Theatre on the Scene" exhibition unit, and 3 works will be presented to the audience in the form of theatrical performances. The Statue of a Woman Doing Household chores focuses on the coexistence of "exploitation" and "happiness" in household labor. Will the Rebirth of Oedipus Detect ENFJ? Takes the MBTI personality test as an entry point to explore why the symbolic, fragmented and labeled Internet trend has become a social necessity for contemporary young people. "Beautiful and Beautiful" explores the undefined "beauty". "The Diary of a Madman" is adapted from Gogol's short story of the same name, using multimedia imagery to play the role of an actor's partner and partner, questioning where the real world of daily life and bizarre imagination diverge. The Great Meal reflects the changing times by documenting the attitudes of people from different eras and backgrounds towards food. "Unforgettable Tonight" is a work about the night, and the creator attempts to summarize the most typical night in a sociological way. Add a new "Drama Online" unit, which combines video clips of past works by two curators, Li Jianjun and Bao Rongrong, with on-site guidance and performances, to exchange ideas with the audience.

At the beginning of the new performance season, YOUNG Theater has launched the Green Box OPEN CALL to provide support for more young artists, encouraging diverse, innovative, and sustainable expressions. Green Box is a multifunctional experimental small theater located on the fourth floor of YOUNG Theater, with 168 movable seats. Over the past year, many outstanding youth drama works have been born here or premiered in Shanghai.

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
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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