Recently, a 90-day art festival "2023 Minhang Cultural and Creative Festival - The First International City Xinzhuang Pioneer Fringe Festival Exhibition Season" came to a successful conclusion. It is reported that the Xinzhuang Pioneer Fringe Festival will be held as a national cultural festival in September every year in September at the Suoshisheng Theater of Li'an International Drama Village, so that residents of Xinzhuang Town, Minhang District can experience the charm of "small theater" at the "doorstep" and enjoy more characteristic cultural activities.
From September 21st to December 20th this year, nearly 50 "small theater" dramas were staged in Xinzhuang Town, and the teams participating in the performances came from all over the country, covering puppet shows, shadow puppet shows, magic, circus, dramas, children's plays, ** dramas and other art forms. Click to review the previous report: Minhang opens this exhibition season!Exclusive benefits 34 tickets for you!
During the exhibition season, an appreciation of Chinese opera was also held, bringing together Kunqu Opera, Huai Opera, Shanghai Opera, Huangmei Opera, and Quyi Pingtan, bringing the audience the stories and charm behind the scenes. The organizer also cooperated with Decode Europe to hold the 8th China-Europe Literature Festival, providing activities such as 100 dialogues between Chinese and European writers, European literature salons, and reading corners in the nature of public welfare. More than 2,000 people participated during the season.
"Small theater" refers to the performance in a small viewing space, which has the characteristics of proximity between the actors and the audience, strong immersion, and strong avant-garde. The Xinzhuang Pioneer Fringe Festival is committed to supporting young people's creative dreams and reshaping the value of small theater. As a diverse and inclusive international cultural exchange platform, it is committed to providing young artists with more professional performing arts skills and creative platforms.
This exhibition season has joined hands with a number of internationally renowned directors and talents. Including the drama committee member of the Korean Culture and Arts Council, the director of the Korean Theater Association, the drama artist Lee Hoon-kyung, and the Korean ** artist Lee Ji-hyun. South Korea sent outstanding first-class drama directors to China to carry out a series of activities such as rehearsals, lectures, and cultural exchanges.
From here, we can see the diversity of Chinese small theater culture, its freedom and inclusiveness, so that audiences of all ages can encounter art. Jin Jianbiao, a professor at Daqing University and a drama critic, said that he hoped that China's culture and art could drive international connections and create more works that could show the characteristics of Chinese culture.
The Pioneer Fringe Festival is planned and initiated by Suoshi Culture, relying on Xinzhuang, the sub-center hub of the international city. This method of holding drama art festivals independently by private enterprises is the first in the Yangtze River Delta and even all parts of the country, creating a pioneer in the urban small theater industry and more in line with the needs of urban development. Gu Hanchun, secretary general of the China Private Cultural Industry Chamber of Commerce, said.
Gu Hanchun believes that the first Xinzhuang Pioneer Fringe Festival achieves villages with drama, constituting an innovative model of cultural tourism projects integrating production, research and performance, which is very valuable for reference, "It has opened up a new idea for us, and I hope that Suoshi Culture can replicate the results to more cities and form a platform for local cultural exchanges." ”
At the closing ceremony, the outstanding performance of the Pioneer Fringe Festival was commended, and the award-winning young artistic talents will be included in the "Young Artist Incubation Program", and their outstanding works will be recommended to overseas international city arts festivals for performance and exchange.