China News Service, April 21 (Reporter Kang Yuzhan) Mentioning "Evening School", many people will think of a teaching model in which young people 20 or 30 years ago used evening time for re-education in order to improve their professional skills.
Today, in Shanghai, the "night school" has re-entered people's vision in another form.
Recently, the spring class of Shanghai Folk Art Night School in 2021 ushered in a new batch of students.
At 7 pm on the 20th, the Xuhui District Cultural Center, one of the four pilot campuses of the Art Night School, was brightly lit.
The reporter saw on the spot that the teacher of the belly dance experience class was instructing the students on the basic movements of belly dance, while the teacher of the introductory theater performance class was teaching the students theoretical knowledge.
Feng Jing, a Shanghai citizen who lives near the Cultural Center of Xuhui District, told reporters that she has always been interested in belly dancing. It feels a bit stiff. Learning belly dancing has enriched my life after work, and my body has become softer. I hope that there will be more similar activities in the future."
The teacher of the belly dance experience class guides the students in the basic movements of belly dance.
Photo by Kang Yuzhan
Ms. Zheng, a student of the introductory class of drama performance, said that drama can cultivate one's empathy.
To this end, she also enrolled her child in a drama English class. This time she came to the art night school to learn and progress together with her child. "I also saw it accidentally, and then I thought it was quite interesting and participated in it. When my son was performing. , Their teachers are also arranging parents to perform, so I think it’s quite interesting. I can also learn this skill."
The teachers in the introductory class of drama performance taught the students theoretical knowledge.
Photo by Kang Yuzhan
It is understood that in 2021, the Shanghai Folk Art Evening School Spring Class will launch a total of 46 courses, including Hanfu Dance Experience Class, Ukulele Experience Class, Coffee Aesthetics Course, etc., and 1,200 places will be "emptied" in less than 5 minutes. .
"I think in addition to work and family, I should also be able to seek some of my own interests, improve one's quality of life and cultivate one's sentiment. It may be more for children or colleges for the elderly, but I think our age In terms of paragraphs, relatively speaking, there are relatively few.” Mr. Zhao, a “post-85” who lives in Pudong and takes more than an hour to learn by car, believes that the art night school is aimed at young and middle-aged people, tapping interest and cultivating sentiment is one of the reasons for its popularity. One.
Dai Feifei, the curator of the Xuhui District Cultural Center, revealed that 70% of the applicants for the evening school are "post-80s" and 20% are "post-90s", reflecting the high demand for night public cultural services from the working population. Zero basic requirements, a public welfare price of RMB 500 for 12 lessons, and high-level teaching quality can be described as "direct pain points". In the future, more courses will be opened to meet the needs of the public. "Through our entire training, it should be possible to achieve A basic introductory level. Then we will also see whether to set up an advanced class based on the effect of one of the trainees’ training. Our autumn class will offer more courses, and there may be a series of our intangible cultural heritage training. , Static training such as fine arts and calligraphy are also within our consideration." (Finish)