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    "A Summer of Drama", the first Beijing Drama Carnival opens

    On August 4, the first "Beijing Drama Carnival" officially opened in the 751 Park. From August 4th to 14th, there will be many colorful and exciting events held here. As one of the important activities of the 10th Beijing Huimin Cultural Consumption Season and the “Chaoyang FUN Life” summer Huimin Consumption Season, the first “Beijing Drama Carnival” has won awards from the Municipal Cultural Resources Center, the Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau, and the Municipal Broadcasting Corporation. Support from TV Bureau, Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau and other units.
    At the opening ceremony, Yan Mingdan, deputy general manager of 751 Park, the initiator of the event, Meng Danfeng, a well-known drama critic and art consultant, and the directors of specially invited dramas all attended the scene to share their joy with the audience. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" performed by the Qfun Children's Experimental Troupe premiered as the opening drama, and then held an opening party and a music Live by guest Wang Jiayi. 751D•PARK Beijing Fashion Design Plaza

    751D•PARK Beijing Fashion Design Plaza

    "Break the constraints of the traditional mirror frame stage", new possibilities in the old industrial park
    The 751 Park covers an area of 220,000 square meters. It was one of the 156 key industrial projects during the national "First Five-Year Plan" period, the only basic comprehensive energy supply company in China's electronic industry system, and one of the three major gas source plants in Beijing. After more than ten years of practice and accumulation in the transformation and reuse of industrial resources and the operation of cultural and creative parks, this international cultural and creative park, 751D·PARK Beijing Fashion Design Plaza, has been transformed, transformed and upgraded from old factories. , a resource integration platform for culture and technology, and was rated as a Beijing-level cultural industry demonstration park.
    The first "Beijing Drama Carnival" hosted by 751 is themed with "Drama Summer". The event has a drama unit and a special unit, and also planned outdoor movie screenings and urban camping market activities. Among them, the drama unit consists of 20 wonderful performances of 9 specially invited plays, 9 outdoor improv/workshops, and multiple talk shows/new comedy/improv comedy performances; the special unit is connected with the Youjishan and Xiaoke Theaters in the 751 Park. The linkage brings live music and a musical directed by Mr. Ke; it also specially planned a 4-night open-air movie screening, and a lively city camping market and other colorful carnival activities, which will allow everyone to enjoy both relaxed and happy, full and interesting "Drama Summer".
    As the initiator of "Beijing Drama Carnival", Yan Mingdan, deputy general manager of 751 Park, said, "We have been exploring new and unique possibilities of 751 as an old industrial resource. This time we introduce drama content and combine various artistic expressions. Form, to carry out more explorations that are more experimental, plastic and rich in temperament, is to create a sense of scene that belongs to 751, showing a more integrated temperament and a more inclusive state." Art consultant Meng Danfeng also believes that Performing and watching plays here will break the constraints of the traditional framed stage, "Let the dramatists be more free to create, and also allow the audience to have an extraordinary spiritual enjoyment!" Stills of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"

    Stills of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"

    "On the Harm of Tobacco" rehearsal photo

    "On the Harm of Tobacco" rehearsal photo

    A rare repertoire, "Welcome the audience with a creation that breaks the deadlock"
    According to Meng Danfeng, the art consultant of the first "Beijing Drama Carnival", the specially invited plays for this event are basically excellent works that have been well received in other drama festivals, "or special creations that are hard to see, and the number of performances for each play. There are only one or two games, and the number of spectators in each game is limited to 300 people, so the opportunity is very rare.”
    The opening play of the first "Beijing Drama Carnival" was "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" performed by the children of the first children's experimental troupe QFUN troupe in China. Meng Danfeng said: "This is not a children's drama troupe, but a children's experimental troupe in which children participate in the creation, develop their imagination, collectively participate in the production of scripts and stage props, and everything related to the stage. They are as rigorous as an adult professional troupe. Trained, created, and passionate about the troupe as their greatest passion in life. They have appeared at two of the top international theatre festivals - Avignon and Edinburgh. Their work is not written by adults For children, but children's gifts to children and adults, about imagination."
    In addition, the specially invited repertoire also includes "The Name of Animals" directed by Xiao Jing, a fusion of the most contemporary script and the best Chinese director's creativity selected by the Berlin Theater Festival; starring He Tao, it was specially transformed for the first desulfurization tower in China The repertoire of Chekhov's one-man play "On the Harm of Tobacco" curated by the architectural "Fashion Corridor"; the absurd drama "Exit" directed by Wen Qi and won the Best Creative Award at the Youth Opera Festival; dance artist Zhan Li based on the fantasy novel "Mirror". "Flower Fate" is the origin of the creation, the modern dance work "Covering Your Eyes to See You" choreographed and directed; the "wild version" "Hamlet" directed by Bai Shangwu and performed by the Experimental Rhapsody Theatre Studio; directed by Cheng Wenming, the experimental drama there The troupe performed the symbolic drama "No Boat", which is based on the five poems of Satoh Makoto, the father of Japanese experimental drama.
    At the opening ceremony, art consultant Meng Danfeng said in his speech, "After the performance industry has experienced a bleak first half of the year, just like the irregular performance venues provided by 751, only by welcoming the audience with creations that break the deadlock can we create artistic excellence. Vitality. I hope that through this drama carnival, the audience in Beijing can see the diversity of drama and the gathering of new forces in drama.” Event Schedule

    Event Schedule

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