From both historical and artistic points of view,Qinqiang Opera can be considered a significant genre outside the realms of Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera.The research on Qinqiang Opera has long been a focal point in th...From both historical and artistic points of view,Qinqiang Opera can be considered a significant genre outside the realms of Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera.The research on Qinqiang Opera has long been a focal point in the research on local operas with particular emphasis from a local perspective of the Yisu Art Troupe,a key and hot topic in the studies of Qinqiang Opera.Taking the Yisu Art Troupe as a case study to scrutinize and address the intricacies within the process of modernization of traditional Chinese opera proved to be beneficial.Since the 20th century,studies on the Yisu Art Troupe have evolved from scattered and impressionistic self-narratives into systematic and theoretical academic research.In the new century,scholars,such as Xin Xuefeng,Li Youjun,and Guo Hongjun,have been especially diligent with studies in this field.As Xin Xuefeng is relatively unknown due to his emphasis on traditional opera music,Li Youjun and Guo Hongjun have gradually emerged as important contemporary scholars in the study of the Yisu Art Troupe.Guo and Li not only further theorize the study of the Yisu Art Troupe but also conduct in-depth and meticulous studies on the nature of the Yisu Art Troupe,the establishment of the director-centered mode in Qinqiang Opera,the social function,and the playwriting of the Yisu Art Troupe by examining and reflecting it within the broader context of the modernization of traditional Chinese opera in the 20th century.展开更多
With thousands of years' civilization, Shaanxi province is a great cultural province located in the middle reaches of Yellow River in Northwest China. Cultural gene creating territorial feature and humanistic sigh...With thousands of years' civilization, Shaanxi province is a great cultural province located in the middle reaches of Yellow River in Northwest China. Cultural gene creating territorial feature and humanistic sight and constituting historic legend, Shaanxi Acrobatic Art Troupe was founded in 1957 in this land.展开更多
"We performed in the Carnegie Hall in New York City. Builders of the hall could not have dreamed that this premier venue for performing arts in the world would play host to us, a group of special performing artis..."We performed in the Carnegie Hall in New York City. Builders of the hall could not have dreamed that this premier venue for performing arts in the world would play host to us, a group of special performing artists from China. The audiences were enthralled, seeing the charms of the artists from the orient for the first time," says Zhang Jigang, art director of the China Disabled Persons’ Performing Art Troupe (CDPPAT), head of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the General Political Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and the only dancer in China to have won the Century Star title.展开更多
Beijing Lantian Nursery Arts Troupewas established 18 years ago on theback of the Beijing Lantian Nursry.Almost every year for 18 years thetroupe has put on a full-lengthperformance. Its piece this year is "TheMo...Beijing Lantian Nursery Arts Troupewas established 18 years ago on theback of the Beijing Lantian Nursry.Almost every year for 18 years thetroupe has put on a full-lengthperformance. Its piece this year is "TheMother’s Kiss," the mother being themotherland, China. It will be staged onthe People’s Republic’s 50thanniversary. Among the new items, a number ofshort song and dance dramas refresh theaudience. In "Spring Rain Brings HeartyLaughter," a group of children play excitedly inthe rain. They carry large palm leaves on theirheads, splashing in the rain puddles andchasing each other-all natural customs of theDai people. The background behind "Long Red SilkRibbon" is the customs and music of thenorthern Shaanxi on the loess plateau. Childrendance holding a long red ribbon, a ribbonpassed down generation upon generation fromtheir ancestors, from yesterday to today and onto tomorrow. This ribbon is a symbol ofindomitable life or the continuous growth展开更多
基金funded by the National Social Science Fund of China’s project“Research on the Modernization Construction of Chinese Drama Theory in the 20th Century”(Approval Number:19BZW098)。
文摘From both historical and artistic points of view,Qinqiang Opera can be considered a significant genre outside the realms of Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera.The research on Qinqiang Opera has long been a focal point in the research on local operas with particular emphasis from a local perspective of the Yisu Art Troupe,a key and hot topic in the studies of Qinqiang Opera.Taking the Yisu Art Troupe as a case study to scrutinize and address the intricacies within the process of modernization of traditional Chinese opera proved to be beneficial.Since the 20th century,studies on the Yisu Art Troupe have evolved from scattered and impressionistic self-narratives into systematic and theoretical academic research.In the new century,scholars,such as Xin Xuefeng,Li Youjun,and Guo Hongjun,have been especially diligent with studies in this field.As Xin Xuefeng is relatively unknown due to his emphasis on traditional opera music,Li Youjun and Guo Hongjun have gradually emerged as important contemporary scholars in the study of the Yisu Art Troupe.Guo and Li not only further theorize the study of the Yisu Art Troupe but also conduct in-depth and meticulous studies on the nature of the Yisu Art Troupe,the establishment of the director-centered mode in Qinqiang Opera,the social function,and the playwriting of the Yisu Art Troupe by examining and reflecting it within the broader context of the modernization of traditional Chinese opera in the 20th century.
文摘With thousands of years' civilization, Shaanxi province is a great cultural province located in the middle reaches of Yellow River in Northwest China. Cultural gene creating territorial feature and humanistic sight and constituting historic legend, Shaanxi Acrobatic Art Troupe was founded in 1957 in this land.
文摘"We performed in the Carnegie Hall in New York City. Builders of the hall could not have dreamed that this premier venue for performing arts in the world would play host to us, a group of special performing artists from China. The audiences were enthralled, seeing the charms of the artists from the orient for the first time," says Zhang Jigang, art director of the China Disabled Persons’ Performing Art Troupe (CDPPAT), head of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the General Political Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and the only dancer in China to have won the Century Star title.
文摘Beijing Lantian Nursery Arts Troupewas established 18 years ago on theback of the Beijing Lantian Nursry.Almost every year for 18 years thetroupe has put on a full-lengthperformance. Its piece this year is "TheMother’s Kiss," the mother being themotherland, China. It will be staged onthe People’s Republic’s 50thanniversary. Among the new items, a number ofshort song and dance dramas refresh theaudience. In "Spring Rain Brings HeartyLaughter," a group of children play excitedly inthe rain. They carry large palm leaves on theirheads, splashing in the rain puddles andchasing each other-all natural customs of theDai people. The background behind "Long Red SilkRibbon" is the customs and music of thenorthern Shaanxi on the loess plateau. Childrendance holding a long red ribbon, a ribbonpassed down generation upon generation fromtheir ancestors, from yesterday to today and onto tomorrow. This ribbon is a symbol ofindomitable life or the continuous growth