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on the evening of september 3, the "see beijing's big dramas" 2024 performance season officially kicked off at the national grand theater. five artist representatives including tian qinxin, feng yuanzheng, li xincao, chi xiaoqiu, and elada dani jointly opened the performance season. the classic drama "beijing fayuan temple" was performed as the opening drama.

the "see big operas in beijing" exhibition and performance season is hosted by the publicity department of beijing municipal committee of the communist party of china and beijing municipal bureau of culture and tourism. as an important supporting activity of the beijing cultural forum, it is an important brand created by beijing to promote the construction of a "performing arts capital" and polish the cultural business card of "see big operas in beijing". it invites outstanding troupes and high-quality dramas from home and abroad to perform in beijing, creating an art platform for gathering, display and exchange.

five major theme units present an art feast

this year's performance season is themed "arts and culture show new looks and excellent works for the people". it will innovate and upgrade and start again, focusing on launching five major theme units: large theater performances, new performing arts space performances, excellent performances in colleges and universities, drama image screenings, and drama salons. over a two-month period, great dramas and good plays gathered in beijing. more than 50 art troupes and performance organizations performed and screened 114 excellent plays in more than 40 theaters and new performing arts spaces. the rich and colorful performances will continue to light up the capital's stage, presenting a feast of performing arts to the citizens, and fully demonstrating the artistic charm of the "performing arts capital". at the same time, artists and experts in the industry will be invited to lead the "drama observation group", focusing on the performing arts industry and phenomenal works to launch 6 theme salon activities, and appreciate excellent dramas with drama lovers, exchange creative research experiences, and look forward to future development.

excellent domestic and foreign plays will be presented

this year's exhibition season aims to gather excellent domestic and foreign plays for performance in beijing and build a high-end art exchange and cooperation platform. in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between china and france and the china-russia cultural year, efforts will be made to introduce plays from abroad and other provinces and cities. 30 outstanding plays from france, russia, britain, poland and other countries and regions, including the musical "notre dame de paris", the drama "war and peace", the dance drama "romeo and juliet", and the high-definition video drama "hamlet", as well as 16 plays from central and other provinces and cities, including the ballet "the red detachment of women", the drama "dream of red mansions", and the dance drama "wind in dachen", will be staged on the capital's stage, highlighting the internationality and openness of the exhibition season.

27 plays premiered and premiered

this year's exhibition season focuses on creating a debut site for stage art works with a demonstrative effect. 27 plays will be premiered on the exhibition season platform. among them, 9 plays, including the drama "swifts", "crossing mountains and seas", and the musical "going north", will be premiered nationwide. 18 plays, including the drama "zero prayer" and "by the sea", the dance drama "the exploitation of the works of nature" and "kangding love song", the modern peking opera "shan fang lei", the xiang opera "overseas souls in war", and the high-definition opera "carmen", will premiere in beijing, helping to build a "performing arts capital".

13 new performing arts spaces demonstrate new vitality of the industry

this season will feature 28 plays in 13 new performing arts spaces, including the tianqiao art center new space theater, starry theater village, gulou west theater, nanluo theater, happy twist a66 theater, ailehui, pigment hall, and zhengyi temple theater. monologues, magic talk shows, suspense dramas, candlelight concerts and other performances will be staged in a youthful and innovative way, fully reflecting beijing's innovative and creative vitality as a "performing arts capital."

new ways of playing are introduced to further benefit the people

this year's exhibition season will continue to cooperate with damai.com to issue 1.3 million yuan of 100-yuan performance coupons to bring benefits to the audience. in conjunction with the beijing huimin cultural consumption season and the consumption promotion action, we support market entities such as theaters and troupes to benefit the people through discount activities such as full discounts, purchases and gifts, and free performances. 16 high-quality plays were selected to enter the capital's universities. works such as "the pride of heaven", "nie er's song", and "the frog in the well" created and performed by college students were included in the exhibition season for the first time, providing a larger drama stage for young students.

in addition, the exhibition season will launch various "new ways of playing" such as drama flash mobs, open-air performances, ticket exchange, and check-in ticket exchange to liven up the city's drama atmosphere and bring a new experience to the audience. to facilitate citizens to understand performance information, the exhibition season performance information and supporting event information will be released in real time on the wechat public account "big drama beijing information" and the "preview of performances" applet.

appendix: "watching beijing's dramas" 2024 performance season repertoire

grand theatre performance unit (50 films)

new performing arts space performance unit (13 new spaces, 28 works)

excellent performances entering colleges and universities unit (16 pieces)

high-definition stage image performance unit (20 films)

source: beijing daily client

reporter: wang run, fang fei