The "good voice" of Shanghai Theatre Academy (STA) has made great achievements again and again recently. In the 2nd Chinese Classics Recitation, Writing and Speaking Contest held by the Ministry of Education and the State Language Commission, teachers of the Shanghai Theatre Academy, namely, Dong Jian, Yang Ming, Wang Qi and Zhang Dapeng, won the first prize of the teacher group of the "Recitation China” Classics Recitation Contest with their recitation piece “Salute, Anti-Coronavirus Pioneers”. Before that, they had won the first prize of the teachers' group in the Shanghai division of the 2nd Chinese Classics Recitation, Writing and Speaking Contest, and were shortlisted for the national finals. In December 2020, the teachers of STA participated in the finals in the form of online live broadcast, and finally won the first prize with the highest score.
(Award Certificate for "Salute, Anti-Coronovirus Pioneerers")
The poem recitation "Salute, Anti-Coronavirus Pioneers" was created by Fang Jun, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Committee of Shanghai Theatre Academy. The emotional interpretation by the teachers of STA gave it great artistic appeal. This original work created by STA has become one of the representative works of fighting COVID-19 with art.
2020 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese people's broadcasting industry, and the "Qiyue Recitation Art Festival & National Recitation Contest for College Students" held by the Ministry of Education and the State Language Commission has also entered its 22nd year. With the theme of " Witness the Power of Voice in Recording the History", the contest this year encouraged contemporary youth to record such heroic and magnificent feats as the fight against COVID-19 and the decisive battle for poverty alleviation etc with voice, convey the power of youth with language, and pay tribute to the great era.
After expert evaluation, a total of 63 works from 51 colleges and universities across the country entered the showcase stage of this year’s contest, and the showcased works of this year’s contest were launched on the APP platform of "xuexi.cn", which further expanded its influence. The recitation pieces "Unfinished Battlefield Diary" and "Spring Breeze, Can You Hear My Heart Beating" recommended by the College of Film of Shanghai Theatre Academy were selected into the showcase session of the 22nd "Qiyue Recitation Art Festival & National Recitation Contest for College Students". Finally, “Unfinished battlefield Diary” (Reciters: Liu Ze, Shi Wenli and Wang Danni; Instructors: Dong Jian and Wang Qi) won the "Special Award for Artistic Expression", and the Shanghai Theatre Academy won the “Excellent Organizer Award.
(Video: "Unfinished Battlefield Diary")
(Audio: "Unfinished Battlefield Diary" and "Spring Breeze, Can You Hear My Heart Beating)
