More than 100 high-quality plays from home and abroad gather at Beijing Tianqiao Arts Center

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 21 (Reporter Ying Ni) Tianqiao Art Center held an annual press conference in Beijing on the 20th with the theme of "Spring Arrives, All Things Begin the Present", officially announcing the eight major festival exhibitions in 2024, as well as music There are more than 100 high-quality plays in five major genres, including drama, drama, dance drama, parent-child drama and new space theater.

Guests taking photos.

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Thousands of performances are expected to hit a new high throughout the year

　　In the past year, Tianqiao Arts Center staged a total of 211 plays, 968 performances, and a total box office of 160 million yuan. Its operating data exceeded 2019.

　　Xu Xiaohui, general manager of Beijing Tianqiao Shengshi Investment Group Co., Ltd., revealed that in 2024, Tianqiao Art Center will present more than 100 domestic and overseas stage art masterpieces to the capital’s audience. “After comprehensively analyzing various data and making predictions, the total number of performances this year will exceed 1,000 performances, setting a record for the highest number of performances since its opening." He said that Tianqiao Art Center will continue to create original works, incubate high-quality products, promote the capital's literature and art to reach its peak, polish the cultural business card of "seeing Beijing in great dramas", and help Beijing's "performance art" "Du" construction.

　　In 2024, the Tianqiao Arts Center will launch eight major festivals and exhibitions: the Tianqiao International Musical Show will stage 10 top international musicals; the Tianqiao Drama Show will present more than 60 exciting domestic and foreign dramas; the second Tianqiao Dance Performance Season combines tradition and modernity. Dance with classics to inspire contemporary trends; the 8th Tianqiao·Chinese Spring Art Festival has kicked off in early March, with more than 20 good plays currently being performed. This year, a special "New Chinese Voices" unit has been set up; the 8th Lao She Theater Festival and the audience Let’s continue to meet in the golden autumn; the second traditional renewal plan will strengthen the artistic expression of China’s excellent traditional culture in current cultural life; the “Tianqiao·Image” high-definition screening series and the “Little Dot·Big Vision” performance season will add an international perspective to art. color.

The founder and manager of the magic talk show "Wizard's Parlor" label and magician Deng Manman performed live magic.

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A hundred flowers bloom in multi-category plays

　　In 2024, Tianqiao Art Center will continue to focus on the five major art performance categories.

In the musical section, there are original English musicals "Phantom of the Opera", "School of Rock" and "Mamma Mia!"

", French original musicals "Don Giovanni", "Rock of Mozart" and "Notre Dame de Paris", German original musicals "Elizabeth" and "Butterfly Dream" musical version concerts, Chinese original musicals "Southern Wall Project" "Unqualified in the World" ”, “About to Drink”, “The Orphan of Zhao”, “The Twelve Hours of Chang’an” and the Chinese version of the musical “The Count of Monte Cristo” will be staged in turn.

　　In terms of drama, more than 60 excellent domestic and foreign dramas will meet the Beijing audience.

London West End original play "No One Survived", Berlin Theater Company's play "Brecht's Ghosts", Brazil's Warehouse Theater's play "After the Death of Blas Cubas", Hong Kong Repertory Theater's Cantonese play "The First Floor in the World" ”, “Little Island·Fragrance” and “Ambiguous”, as well as the dramas “Treasure Island Village”, “Dreams”, “Five Stories from Lao She”, “Su Mu” and the Broadway comedy “The Expiration Date of Facts” will all be staged.

　　In terms of dance, "Romeo and Juliet" by British choreographer Matthew Bourne's New Adventure Dance Company will come to Beijing for the first time.

The dance poetry drama "Nine Songs" directed by Hu Yang, a young dancer and chief dancer of the China Opera and Dance Theater, will premiere at the Tianqiao Art Center in June.

　　In 2023, Tianqiao Art Center will become the first batch of "new performing arts spaces" awarded in Xicheng District.

Currently, the New Space Theater is working hard to create an immersive magic talk show "The Wizard's Living Room" and plans to welcome the first batch of visitors in May.

Deng Nannan, the founder and manager of the magic talk show "Wizard's Living Room" and a magician who has appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, said, "The Tianqiao is the birthplace of modern interactive magic in China. I will use the Tianqiao trick to add special elements to my performance." Design." In addition, the new space work "Cat God in the Forbidden City" that is loved by the audience will return to Tianqiao in the summer of 2024.

Multiple measures to “bring art into life”

　　Since its establishment, Tianqiao Art Center has attached great importance to the popularization of art education.

From 2015 to 2023, a total of 330,000 citizens participated in 1,729 art education activities organized by Tianqiao Art Center, of which nearly 70% were charity events.

　　This year, Tianqiao Art Center will continue to implement its new mission of cultural and tourism development, focusing on open days, public reading spaces, new performing arts spaces, cultural brands and other fields, and continue to strengthen its cultural competitiveness, enhance cultural tension, and enhance cultural influence.

　　With the theme of "Play Gathers Life and Art Gathers at Tianqiao", Tianqiao Art Center's annual key art promotion event - Art Promotion Week, will kick off from April 20th to 21st, with public performances, stage visits, repertoire workshops, etc. Activities occur throughout the year.

　　The 8th "Poetic Life Festival" focuses on "showcasing Chinese artistic achievements, conveying Chinese artistic perspectives, and gathering diverse humanistic art forms", allowing the public to experience the collision of traditional culture and modern culture in an immersive open day event.

In June, the fourth "Wine, Flag, Play and Drums Tianqiao City" event will launch a college performing arts support plan to provide a display platform for young students.

"2024 South Central Axis Night Bridge" will continue to be based on the Tianqiao Art Center, and through public performances and other cultural activities, it will delve into the historical heritage of the central axis and further activate new forms of regional cultural consumption.

　　In response to the construction of the "Bookish West City", the Central Axis Reading Space on the third floor of the Tianqiao Art Center will continue to create a "public cultural reading space" featuring central axis culture and drama culture, and promote the concept of "urban cultural living room". Invite outstanding playwrights and artists to hold discussions, cultural salons and other activities with the public.

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