What to see in the New Year of the Dragon? A wave of drama is waiting for you

Mondo Finance Updated on 2024-02-03

The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon is coming! During February, the theaters and troupes of Shanghai Grand Theatre Performing Arts Center continued to perform! The year-end Chinese New Year drama "Happy New Year", the original French drama "Don Juan", the original dance drama "Yonghe Nine Years" - Lanting Collection Preface Dance Biography, Mark Sebault ** will be staged one by one. In addition, a wave of aesthetic education activities will also be unveiled in major theaters.

Drama

The original French version of the ** drama "Don Juan".

From now on, -28 14:00/19:30

Shanghai Culture Square, Main Theater.

* Don Juan was written by French composer FĂ©lix Gray in 2003 and brought to the stage in 2004 by Gilles Matheu, director of the French-language play Notre-Dame de Paris, and has been running for 20 years. On the eve of the Lunar New Year, the show will present an audio-visual feast for Shanghai audiences with rhythmic flamenco dancing and brightly colored guitar rhythms.

Broadway immersive new production ** drama

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

From now on-33 14:00/19:30

New Bund 31 Performing Arts Center, Grand Theater.

*Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is an adaptation of Tolstoy's literary masterpiece War and Peace, which appeared on Broadway in 2016 and won the Tony Award in 2017. The New York Times praised it as "the most innovative new show on Broadway since Hamilton." This international production version is produced by Shanghai Grand Theatre, West Bund Grand Theatre and Changyang Culture, and co-produced by Shanghai Grand Theatre Creation Center, West Bund Grand Theatre and Yuhua Culture, and officially landed at Qiantan 31 Performing Arts Center on January 14 for its Asian premiere.

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"Chinese Music Singing China" Shanghai Chinese Orchestra ** Meeting

Cadillac Shanghai ** Hall

The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra's "Chinese Music Sings of China"** will draw inspiration from 5,000 years of Chinese civilization and artistically present the contemporary new look of the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese civilization. It will be divided into five chapters, the first chapter "The Great Spring and Autumn" expresses the depth and splendor of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization; The second chapter, "Drunken Landscape", tells the aesthetic spirit of harmony and harmony in Chinese art. The three chapters of "Accepting a Hundred Rivers" show the broad mind and vision of the Chinese nation; "Tianxingjian" shows the Chinese nation's resolute and resolute internal force; Wu Zhang's "Song of China" expresses his respect for Chinese civilization and his love for the motherland.

"Happy and Peaceful Reunion Year" Lantern Festival ** meeting

Cadillac Shanghai ** Hall

Performance: Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.

On the occasion of the Lantern Festival, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra's "Happy and Peaceful Reunion Year"** will create a happy and peaceful atmosphere for the audience to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new year through a variety of Shanghai-style folk music, bringing a new atmosphere of reunion and festivity. This performance will draw a successful end to the 2023-2024 performance season of the Chinese Orchestra, and also play a wonderful and moving movement for the next happy and peaceful reunion year.

"Flaming Chinese Year" New Year's Celebration ** Meeting

Shanghai Oriental Art Center.

Performance: Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.

Traditional ancient songs, new contemporary works, Chinese and Western blends, and Shanghainese folk music with diverse styles will accompany the audience to welcome another new year and new dreams. This time, the meeting is quite innovative in style, instrumental arrangement and expression. In addition to popular classics such as "Spring Festival Overture" and "Dragon Leap in the East", it also brings together innovative works of Chinese and Western integration such as "Phoenix Dance" and "Chardash", helping the prosperous Chinese New Year with a happy and peaceful nation.

"Enjoying Beethoven" Shanghai Opera House Symphony Orchestra Special Performance

Shanghai Oriental Art Center.

Yu Lu, a young conductor, has been recommended by international conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Jansons, Bychkov, Norrington, etc., and has collaborated with world-class orchestras such as the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Berlin Hall Orchestra, and the Saito Memorial Festival Orchestra, which have attracted the attention of the European and even world music circles. As the Principal Guest Conductor of the Shanghai Opera House Symphony Orchestra, Yu Lu will perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, "The Emperor" and "Symphony No. 8 in F major".

2024 Philharmonic Shanghai New Year Symphony**

Cadillac Shanghai ** Hall Hall.

This performance selects many classic symphonic repertoire, such as Tchaikovsky's three classic ballet works, national classics "Yao Dance" and "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon", Vienna New Year's ** must-listen repertoire "Blue Danube", "Radetzky March" and other works. On the night of the Chinese New Year, let us gather with our family and friends to attend this New Year's symphony feast.

2024 Philharmonic Shanghai New Year Symphony**

Cadillac Shanghai ** Hall Hall.

The Vienna Waltz Orchestra was formed by Professor Chen Lei, the first principal of the Bruckner Symphony Orchestra in Austria, and served as its artistic director. The classic Johann Strauss Waltz and other works performed by Professor Chen Lei as the conductor and principal violinist have been highly respected and loved by the audience and have been held for 25 consecutive years.

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2024 Shanghai New Year ** Party - Philharmonic Light ** Group

Shanghai Grand Theatre Buick Chinese Theater.

The melodious music is fluttering in the ears, and various musical instruments overlap to create a dreamy space, so that the wonderful and moving ** will open the door of the New Year with you.

Andrei Ivanovich piano ** will

Cadillac Shanghai ** Hall

The repertoire presented in this session will span 200 years of classical music, and Russian pianist Andrei Ivanovich will perform the immortal works of five great masters in classical history - Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, which is a rare event of world piano masterpieces.

Mark Sebault** would

Shanghai Culture Square, Main Theater.

German-language actor Mark Seibert has been to Shanghai four times before, for the 2014 Shanghai Culture Square year-end drama "Elizabeth" and the 2016 year-end drama "Mozart!" is well known to Chinese audiences. This time, Mark will return to the stage in Shanghai and join hands with Roberta Valentini, who played Princess Sisi in "Elizabeth" in 2014, to bring a unique ** experience to the audience.

"Voice of Spring" New Year's parent-child ** party

Cadillac Shanghai ** Hall Hall.

This session will capture the cheerful and suitable New Year music in the classics, and weave an elegant and lively New Year's journey. **The repertoire includes Vivaldi's "Spring", Beethoven's "Ode to Joy", Strauss's "Waltz of Spring", "Blue Danube Waltz", "Radetzky March" and other world classics and foreign children's songs, as well as "Four Little Swans" and "Arirang" and other melodious songs familiar to children.

Dance

Original dance drama "Nine Years of Yonghe" - Lanting Collection Preface: Dance Biography

Shanghai Culture Square, Main Theater.

Performance: Shanghai Opera House.

The original dance drama "Nine Years of Yonghe" created by Shanghai Opera House - Lanting Collection Preface is the first dance drama in China with calligraphy works as the theme, telling the story of the inheritance of "Lanting Collection Preface", leading contemporary audiences to find the emotional resonance of ancient and modern people through the long river of history, discovering the artistic charm, cultural heritage and spiritual connotation of calligraphy, and vividly showing the beauty of the elegant Lanting with dance, and continuing the Chinese millennium cultural context.

Original ballet "A Dream of Floating Life".

Shanghai International Dance Center Grand Theatre.

Performance: Shanghai Ballet.

A Dream of Floating Life is an original ballet created by Shanghai Ballet, which brings together the original modern ballet "A Dream of Floating Life", "Hard to Say Goodbye" and "Untouchable" choreographed and directed by Wu Husheng, Deputy Director, Principal Principal Performer and National First-Class Actor of Shanghai Ballet, as well as "Flashing Moments" created and rehearsed by young choreographer Chen Qi. Outline life with ballet vocabulary, give unique thinking and courageous expression to those seemingly ordinary stories, and convey the purest love for art and life.

Moscow Ballet, Russia Ballet Ballet "Swan Lake".

Shanghai Grand Theatre and Grand Theatre.

In 1876 Tchaikovsky created the swan lake**. In 1895, Russian choreographers Petipa and Lev Ivanov re-directed Swan Lake, which is recognized as a classic masterpiece of the Russian school. The famous "White Swan Pas de Deux", "Four Little Swan Dance", "Four Swan Dance" and "Swan Group Dance" in the Moscow Ballet's version of Russia marked the brilliant achievements of ballet art at the end of the 19th century.

Irish tap dance "The Spirit of Dance".

Shanghai Grand Theatre and Grand Theatre.

The world-renowned "Soul of Dance" is the masterpiece of internationally renowned producer David King, and the world tour lasts for 25 years, and it is a dance legend that has been performed by more than 20 million people in the world. Originating in Ireland and full of raw energy, tap dance takes dance performance to new heights by blending Irish tap dancing with dance styles from around the world.

Drama Theatre

The year-end Chinese New Year drama "Happy New Year".

Shanghai Grand Theatre and Grand Theatre.

Happy Twist's year-end New Year's drama "Happy New Year" is adapted from the same name of Xu Yigua**, and cooperates with Zhu Yi, Ma Junfeng, Liu Lingfei, Wutiao people and other gods for the first time to create the heroic dream of a group of little people. This purely "idealistic" drama hopes to make the audience feel a sense of relief from the past and look forward to the future, and I would like to use this drama to give everyone who works hard to live.

Immersive suspense theater "Secret No. 9".

From now on - 20243.15 14:00/19:30

Shanghai Grand Theatre Space 9 (small theater on the fifth floor).

The immersive suspense theater "Secret No. 9" is the world's first offline performance version adapted from the British BBC's gold medal series "Secret No. 9". The play is supervised by the original screenwriter and starring Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, and the domestic director Zhao Miao and the "Santuoqi Troupe" are responsible for unfolding a diverse black humor story in an independent confined space with imaginative creative techniques.

Aesthetic education activities

"Let's Go Bear Hunting Together" Picture Book Drama Workshop

Buick Art Space, Shanghai Grand Theatre.

**Afternoon tea

February 2024 (Monday to Friday working days)

Cadillac Shanghai ** Hall South Hall.

Parent-child reading workshop

Shanghai Grand Theatre A+ Music Reading Space.

Eight-tone small class - long-nosed puppeteer

Cadillac Shanghai Hall B2 Cube.

"Next Stop, Theatre" Art Experience Tour

Shanghai Grand Theatre.

Sea Blue Afternoon Tea

Cadillac Shanghai** Hall 2F

Cadillac Shanghai ** Hall visit appointment

Reserved session: February 3, 2024 (Saturday) 13:30-14:30

February 18, 2024 (Sunday) 14:00-15:00

February 25, 2024 (Sunday) 13:30-14:30

Cadillac Shanghai ** Hall Full hall.

Come to visit the temple - free travel in the New Year

Opening hours: February 10, February 11, February 12, February 13, February 16, February 17.

Available time slots: 10:00-11:00, 11:00-12:00, 12:30-13:30

Cadillac Shanghai ** Hall

Source: Shanghai Grand Theatre Performing Arts Center.

Editor: Liu Yi.

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