From11 to 14 April, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League held the "China Chinese Costumes Week·Blossoms in Shanghai" series of events in Shanghai for the year 2024, with the participation of the China Youth New Media Association, the Shanghai Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the People's Government of Pudong New District, Shanghai as the organizers.
This event was guided by Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts, attracting the youth to experience the beauty of the integration of excellent traditional Chinese culture with modern life, leading the youth to enhance cultural confidence, continue the Chinese cultural vein, actively contribute to the construction of a culturally strong country, and strive to write a new chapter of "youth shouldering the responsibility for Chinese modernization."
Under the organization and coordination of the Shanghai Theatre Academy's Department of Student Affairs and Youth League Committee, students from the College of Dance and the Department of Acting’s Musical Theatre Major, Shanghai Theatre Academy actively participated. With coordinated efforts and collaboration at the university and subordinate college levels, students from the Shanghai Theatre Academy made a splendid appearance at the Chinese Costumes Showcase at the Expo Source and the "Splendid Elegance of Chinese Costumes" at the Children's Art Theatre, bringing a magnificent visual feast to audiences nationwide.
What kind of sparks will fly when the youth of the Shanghai Theatre Academy encounter Oriental aesthetics? Let's take a look at the Theon-site review together!
Chinese Costumes Showcase in front of China Art Museum
The organizers established a traditional Chinese style market and Chinese costume performances at the Expo Source, where students from the Dance Academy of the Shanghai Theatre Academy took part in the showcase. With their graceful dance moves and emotive interpretation, they seamlessly integrated the beauty of Chinese costumes with the rhythm of dance, elegantly unfolding the splendor of China's millennia-old civilization.
(Students from the Shanghai Theatre Academy’s College of Dance make a spectacular dance showcase)
(The showcase attracted a large number of tourists to stop and watch)
(“Traditional Chinese-style Market” is exceptionally bustling)
The Magnificent "Splendid Elegance of Chinese Costumes" Performance
At the Shanghai Children's Art Theater, the "Splendid Elegance of Chinese Costumes" performance was held grandly. The event was divided into four chapters. From the soft tone of Pingtan (i.e. a Chinese traditional form of musical storytelling that combines narration with instrumental performance) to the lingering charm of drama, from the dance with sleeves fluttering like rainbows to the passionately surging songs... fans of Chinese costumes from all over the country enjoyed watching the dances of Chinese costumes, appreciating poetry and songs, and experiencing calligraphy, chess, painting, and more, sharing in the grand Chinese costumes festival and discussing the mission of youth. The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League broadcasted the event live through its WeChat video channel.
Students from the College of Dance and the Department of Acting’s Musical Theatre Major at the Shanghai Theatre Academy participated in the evening gala with their performances, including a variety of song and dance programs starting with the opening dance. They led the audience through time and space to feel the charm of traditional culture, making the beauty of Chinese costumes shine anew in the modern era and injecting youthful vitality into promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture onto the world stage!
(Group Photo of Shanghai Theatre Academy Students Participating in the Gala)
Welcome to the splendid festival in the spring morning, gathering for the dance of joy. In this most beautiful April of the human world, the young talents of the Shanghai Theatre Academy utilized their professional strengths to actively participate in the "China Chinese Costumes Week" series of events, offering a cultural feast of Chinese costumes culture to audiences nationwide with full talent and youthful enthusiasm. In the era of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the youth at the Shanghai Theatre Academy will continue to carry the mission of civilization inheritance and innovation, dance for the people, contribute to the era, and display the style of the youth at the Shanghai Theatre Academy youth on the world stage!
