Venues lay down welcome mat for audiences
3 years, 8 months ago

Venues lay down welcome mat for audiences

China Daily  

A scene from Deling and Cixi. Fans return to theaters and cinemas in numbers Ren Kemei, a chemistry teacher in Beijing, arrived at the city's Tianqiao Performing Arts Center last month for a matinee performance. You Jia, general manager of Mailive, the theater brand of Alibaba's online ticketing platform Damai, said, "The performing arts market was heavily affected by the pandemic, which caused a drastic drop in the number of live performances and ticket revenue. On March 30, a report issued by Mailive on the performing arts scene in China before and after the pandemic emerged stated that venues were confident about restarting performances. According to the report, ticket income for the nation's performing arts market in 2019 reached more than 20 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of nearly 7.3 percent.

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Growing chorus of approval for musicals in China
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Growing chorus of approval for musicals in China

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Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-07 11:17 Annemieke van Dam, a Dutch musical actress, recently won the hearts of Chinese audiences with her portrayal of Mrs Danvers in the German-language musical Rebecca, at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center. Musical lovers have been sharing videos of Van Dam singing the musical's theme song online, with comments such as "the melody's so beautiful …

Growing chorus of approval for musicals in China
Trending News
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Growing chorus of approval for musicals in China

China Daily  

Annemieke van Dam, a Dutch musical actress, recently won the hearts of Chinese audiences with her portrayal of Mrs Danvers in the German-language musical Rebecca, at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center. Musical lovers have been sharing videos of Van Dam singing the musical's theme song online, with comments such as "the melody's so beautiful and keeps ringing in my …

Making a song and dance of it
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1 month ago

Making a song and dance of it

China Daily  

A scene from Rebecca, which was staged in Beijing last week. This surge in popularity was a key topic at a recent forum about musical theater at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on Wednesday and Thursday. Co-initiated by the Tianqiao performing arts center and the Central Academy of Drama, the forum gathered industry leaders, musical producers, directors and performers …

Making a song and dance of it
Trending News
1 month ago

Making a song and dance of it

China Daily  

By Chen Nan | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-11-25 07:50 A scene from Rebecca, which was staged in Beijing last week. This surge in popularity was a key topic at a recent forum about musical theater at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on Wednesday and Thursday. Co-initiated by the Tianqiao performing arts center and the Central Academy of Drama, …

Making a song and dance of it
1 month ago

Making a song and dance of it

China Daily  

A scene from Rebecca, which was staged in Beijing last week. This surge in popularity was a key topic at a recent forum about musical theater at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on Wednesday and Thursday. Co-initiated by the Tianqiao performing arts center and the Central Academy of Drama, the forum gathered industry leaders, musical producers, directors and performers …

Grand Performances take to the stage across city
3 months ago

Grand Performances take to the stage across city

China Daily  

Members of the audience take photos and consult the promotional literature about an international theater festival before the opening of performances in Beijing. Known as a key part of the 2024 Beijing Cultural Forum, the Grand Performances in Beijing program lifted its curtain at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on the evening of Sept 3. Lasting for about …

Theater festival promises performances to remember
6 months ago

Theater festival promises performances to remember

China Daily  

A scene from Prima Facie, a one-woman play featuring Chinese actress Xin Zhilei. The 10th edition of the NCPA International Theatre Festival by the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing will take place from July 6 to Dec 6. "Theater has the power to entertain, provoke thought, inspire change and unite people across cultures and generations," says Wang …

Theater festival promises performances to remember
6 months ago

Theater festival promises performances to remember

China Daily  

A scene from Prima Facie, a one-woman play featuring Chinese actress Xin Zhilei. The 10th edition of the NCPA International Theatre Festival by the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing will take place from July 6 to Dec 6. "Theater has the power to entertain, provoke thought, inspire change and unite people across cultures and generations," says Wang …

Theater festival promises performances to remember
6 months ago

Theater festival promises performances to remember

China Daily  

A scene from Prima Facie, a one-woman play featuring Chinese actress Xin Zhilei. The 10th edition of the NCPA International Theatre Festival by the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing will take place from July 6 to Dec 6. "Theater has the power to entertain, provoke thought, inspire change and unite people across cultures and generations," says Wang …

Theater festival promises performances to remember
6 months ago

Theater festival promises performances to remember

China Daily  

A scene from Prima Facie, a one-woman play featuring Chinese actress Xin Zhilei. The 10th edition of the NCPA International Theatre Festival by the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing will take place from July 6 to Dec 6. "Theater has the power to entertain, provoke thought, inspire change and unite people across cultures and generations," says Wang …

【双语财讯】2023年全国演出市场总体经济规模创新高
8 months, 1 week ago

【双语财讯】2023年全国演出市场总体经济规模创新高

China Daily  

据中国演出行业协会票务信息采集平台数据监测，并结合行业调研综合测算，2023年，全国演出市场总体经济规模达739.94亿元，创历史新高。 People watch performance celebrating the Lantern Festival in Zhuozi county of Ulanqab, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Feb 23, 2024. The scale of China's performance market reached 73.99 billion yuan in 2023, hitting a record high, according to the China Association of Performing Arts. 据中国演出行业协会数据，2023年全国演出市场总体经济规模超739.9亿元，创历史新高。 The figure was revealed by Liu Kezhi, president of the association, at the …

China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales
10 months, 1 week ago

China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales

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A moviegoer collects tickets from an automatic vending machine at a theater in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, February 16, 2024. During the Spring Festival holiday, watching movies is an increasingly popular activity for families and friends in China to celebrate their reunion, a trend that has contributed to the vibrancy of the country's film market in 2024. As of …

China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales
10 months, 1 week ago

China's film market kicks off 2024 with record Spring Festival sales

China Daily  

A moviegoer collects tickets from an automatic vending machine at a theater in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, February 16, 2024. During the Spring Festival holiday, watching movies is an increasingly popular activity for families and friends in China to celebrate their reunion, a trend that has contributed to the vibrancy of the country's film market in 2024. As of …

Beijing sees boom in cultural industries, breaking several records
11 months ago

Beijing sees boom in cultural industries, breaking several records

China Daily  

A scene from The Cat God in the Forbidden City, an original song and dance drama co-produced by the China National Theater for Children and the Palace Museum. Beijing experienced a robust recovery in the cultural industries in 2023, registering a record number of exhibitions and commercial performances, said Huo Zhijing, deputy head of the municipal publicity department, on Monday. …

Beijing sees boom in cultural industries, breaking several records
11 months ago

Beijing sees boom in cultural industries, breaking several records

China Daily  

A scene from The Cat God in the Forbidden City, an original song and dance drama co-produced by the China National Theater for Children and the Palace Museum. Beijing experienced a robust recovery in the cultural industries in 2023, registering a record number of exhibitions and commercial performances, said Huo Zhijing, deputy head of the municipal publicity department, on Monday. …

Musical heralds capital's performing arts season
1 year, 3 months ago

Musical heralds capital's performing arts season

China Daily  

A scene from the original dance drama, The Spring in Yangjialing, performed by students of the Beijing Dance Academy. The Chinese version of the musical, Monte Cristo, was staged at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing on Sept 9, kicking off a two-month-long performing arts season in the capital. Adapted from the Russian musical based on the well-known French …

Musical heralds capital's performing arts season
1 year, 3 months ago

Musical heralds capital's performing arts season

China Daily  

A scene from the original dance drama, The Spring in Yangjialing, performed by students of the Beijing Dance Academy. The Chinese version of the musical, Monte Cristo, was staged at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing on Sept 9, kicking off a two-month-long performing arts season in the capital. Adapted from the Russian musical based on the well-known French …

Venue hosts dramatic celebration
1 year, 6 months ago

Venue hosts dramatic celebration

China Daily  

Young actors and actresses of the Beijing People's Art Theatre perform excerpts of classic plays. In 2022, when Beijing People's Art Theatre had its 70th birthday, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the theater's regular performances to be canceled or postponed. Teahouse, written by Chinese novelist and dramatist Lao She, is a vivid depiction of people from all walks of life during …

Venue hosts dramatic celebration
1 year, 6 months ago

Venue hosts dramatic celebration

China Daily  

Young actors and actresses of the Beijing People's Art Theatre perform excerpts of classic plays. In 2022, when Beijing People's Art Theatre had its 70th birthday, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the theater's regular performances to be canceled or postponed. Teahouse, written by Chinese novelist and dramatist Lao She, is a vivid depiction of people from all walks of life during …

Live performances set the stage for full recovery
1 year, 7 months ago

Live performances set the stage for full recovery

China Daily  

A traditional opera actress interacts with a young audience member in Lucheng district, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, during the May Day holiday. China's market for in-person shows enjoyed a hopeful spring after about three years of stagnation, and the five-day May Day holiday has given it new impetus. Data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism shows that 31,100 commercial shows …

Live performances set the stage for full recovery
1 year, 7 months ago

Live performances set the stage for full recovery

China Daily  

A traditional opera actress interacts with a young audience member in Lucheng district, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, during the May Day holiday. China's market for in-person shows enjoyed a hopeful spring after about three years of stagnation, and the five-day May Day holiday has given it new impetus. Data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism shows that 31,100 commercial shows …

Acting master class
1 year, 7 months ago

Acting master class

China Daily  

Artists of Beijing People's Art Theatre and young actors and actresses of the company's latest training program in Beijing on April 19. For more than 70 years, Beijing People's Art Theatre has been considered the flag bearer of Chinese drama. The three venues are the Capital Theatre, the home of Beijing People's Art Theatre; Juyin Theatre, also located in the …

Beijing People's Art Theater cultivates new talent
1 year, 8 months ago

Beijing People's Art Theater cultivates new talent

China Daily  

Feng Yuanzheng, president of Beijing People's Art Theater. On April 19, Beijing People's Art Theater announced its latest training program for young actors in the capital. In 2019, the theater launched its first training program for young actors, which attracted hundreds of hopefuls from around the country. Feng noted the theater will offer young actors opportunities to perform onstage as …

Art festival kicks off in Beijing
1 year, 8 months ago

Art festival kicks off in Beijing

China Daily  

Musical singers Xia Zhenkai and Xu Yao perform in Beijing on March 22. The launching ceremony of the 7th Spring For Chinese Arts, annual art festival, was held at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing on March 22. During the launching ceremony, Beijing Performing Arts and Culture Innovation and Development Forum was also held, exploring issues such as theater …

New performing arts season kicks off in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei
1 year, 9 months ago

New performing arts season kicks off in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei

China Daily  

Shaanxi People's Art Theater's award-winning play, White Deer Plain. Theaters of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province co-launched a performing arts season with a number of shows to be staged in March, April and May. Supported by Poly Theatre Management, the season will hold over 100 shows ranging from classical music, dance and Chinese plays at six major theaters of Beijing, …

At the center of the world stage
1 year, 9 months ago

At the center of the world stage

China Daily  

In correspondence to the governmental report, An says that Beijing has a strong market foundation and a leading edge in China's performing arts industry, in that it has the largest number of performing arts groups among China's major cities, and ranks highly in terms of both number of theaters and audience sizes. An also advocates bringing performances out of the …

Performers in the spotlight
2 years, 5 months ago

Performers in the spotlight

China Daily  

The band's lead vocalist Hurizha. Some of them are adapting Western art forms into Chinese productions, while the others are keeping the old Chinese arts tradition and work hard to connect with contemporary audiences," says producer Zhang Bo, who works with Bilibili, a co-producer of the documentary. "Even a Chinese audience member who may be familiar with the art forms …

Performers in the spotlight
2 years, 5 months ago

Performers in the spotlight

China Daily  

The band's lead vocalist Hurizha. Some of them are adapting Western art forms into Chinese productions, while the others are keeping the old Chinese arts tradition and work hard to connect with contemporary audiences," says producer Zhang Bo, who works with Bilibili, a co-producer of the documentary. "Even a Chinese audience member who may be familiar with the art forms …

Forum spotlights arts development in post-pandemic era
2 years, 11 months ago

Forum spotlights arts development in post-pandemic era

China Daily  

Director Stan Lai speaks at the forum at the Inside-Out Theater in Beijing on Jan 14, 2022. Recalling his own experience working in the theatrical industry for decades, acclaimed director Stan Lai noted the Chinese theatrical market lacks original content compared to their international counterparts. "I think the biggest difference between today's Shanghai and London is we don't have enough …

Shanghai arts festival reaches out to young audiences with new brand
3 years, 7 months ago

Shanghai arts festival reaches out to young audiences with new brand

China Daily  

A series of performing art projects introduced by China Shanghai International Arts Festival under the new brand ARTRA will take place in June, with the goal of attracting young audiences to live theater. The China Shanghai International Arts Festival will introduce a series of performing art projects in June under the new brand ARTRA, aiming to attract young audiences to …

Venues lay down welcome mat for audiences
3 years, 8 months ago

Venues lay down welcome mat for audiences

China Daily  

A scene from Deling and Cixi. Fans return to theaters and cinemas in numbers Ren Kemei, a chemistry teacher in Beijing, arrived at the city's Tianqiao Performing Arts Center last month for a matinee performance. You Jia, general manager of Mailive, the theater brand of Alibaba's online ticketing platform Damai, said, "The performing arts market was heavily affected by the …

Venues lay down welcome mat for audiences
3 years, 8 months ago

Venues lay down welcome mat for audiences

China Daily  

Actors rehearse for The Devil. For example, Mailive launched a series of performances in 2019 and last year, which were staged nationwide at non-traditional venues such as outdoor arenas. More than 100 performances were held in over 20 Chinese cities, and the report said 40 percent of the tickets were bought by audience members who traveled to watch shows. Deng …

Venues lay down welcome mat for audiences
3 years, 8 months ago

Venues lay down welcome mat for audiences

China Daily  

A scene from Deling and Cixi. Fans return to theaters and cinemas in numbers Ren Kemei, a chemistry teacher in Beijing, arrived at the city's Tianqiao Performing Arts Center last month for a matinee performance. You Jia, general manager of Mailive, the theater brand of Alibaba's online ticketing platform Damai, said, "The performing arts market was heavily affected by the …

Venues lay down welcome mat for audiences
3 years, 8 months ago

Venues lay down welcome mat for audiences

China Daily  

A scene from Deling and Cixi. Fans return to theaters and cinemas in numbers Ren Kemei, a chemistry teacher in Beijing, arrived at the city's Tianqiao Performing Arts Center last month for a matinee performance. You Jia, general manager of Mailive, the theater brand of Alibaba's online ticketing platform Damai, said, "The performing arts market was heavily affected by the …

China may save global cinema from final curtain, expert says
4 years ago

China may save global cinema from final curtain, expert says

China Daily  

Dai Jinhua, Peking University film scholar. Predicting the future of Chinese cinema, Dai says the market had once expanded too fast, with most of its sections ranging from script writing to post production procedure yet to form a mature and standardized system. "The Chinese film industry needs to make progress in a more stable and sound way," she says. Although …

China may save global cinema from final curtain, expert says
4 years ago

China may save global cinema from final curtain, expert says

China Daily  

Dai Jinhua, Peking University film scholar. Predicting the future of Chinese cinema, Dai says the market had once expanded too fast, with most of its sections ranging from script writing to post production procedure yet to form a mature and standardized system. "The Chinese film industry needs to make progress in a more stable and sound way," she says. Although …

China's cultural industry booming amid work resumption
4 years, 2 months ago

China's cultural industry booming amid work resumption

China Daily  

Viewers enjoy a show at Poly Theatre. BEIJING - China is seeing strong momentum in the development of its cultural industry both online and offline, amid the country's resumption of work and production, data released by China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism showed on Sunday. More than 67 percent of internet cafes and over 94 percent of public song and …

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