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    YU XIANGJUN Piano-Hypermedia Recital

    Nirvanais a piano-hypermedia concert series. It was initiated by young Chinese pianist Yu Xiangjun who studied both in China and Germany. The program of Nirvanamainly focuses on contemporary piano repertoire, especially those with structural tension and sonic expressiveness. Nirvanatries to combine the aesthetics of piano and the vividness of new media art to promote contemporary music with various art forms and technology. The concert continues to present a mixture of various media including piano, electronic music, interactive lighting, graphic scores and responsive visuals. The medialized performance creates a visible and kinetic spatial effect, transforming the musical interpretation into an immersive music experience beyond hearing. The piano music of four Chinese and Western composers from different periods forms an interesting sense of dialogue with the visual interaction design by new media artist, Da Yan. It is not only a dialogue between different musical styles of China and the West, but also a dialogue of creative aesthetics across media and time. PROGRAM (subject to change)Makrokosmos (Volume I &Volume II, excerpts) / George CrumbVibration of the Heavens / Zhibo Xu Commissioned by RAW - CSIAFThree Etudes-tableaux No.3 / Qing ShaoChina Gates / John Adams

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    The Coin of Shengbao

    One day the tipsy Qian Daduan, a sorehead poor scholar, found a copper coin on his way back home. Badly in need of money, he hesitated a lot whether to take it or not. In the end, he made the firm resolution to resist the temptation of wealth and take pains to study.

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    Dance Drama In Retrospect

    In Retrospect takes kunqu opera, Chinese classical dance and contemporary dance as the main forms to express the revival of kunqu opera in peoples mind. Through the separation and integration of movement elements, the graceful style of kunqu opera and the free collision of contemporary dance are combined to tell the cultural collision between modern culture and traditional Chinese culture in different slow and fast rhythms and in different situations of static and dry.

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    Drama Tale of Seeking the Mountain

    Tale of Seeking the Mountain is adapted from Volume Strange, A Taoist From Lao Mountain. Wu was a male intellectual, who departed from Guangdong to seek the Mountain. He had been to Danxia Mountain, Heng Mountain in Hunan, finally he had made his way to Lao Mountain in Shandong, been apprenticed to his mater to learn sorcery. Taoist from Lao Mountain, his master, taught him the spell to be invisible. By the time Wu was home, his mother was long gone. A month in Wonder Land had brought great changes to the world. Wu begged his mater for a reunion with his mother. For exchange of his wish, Wus Life had been given to his mother. Wu saw his mother again but he could no longer stay by her side, for himself was old and aging.

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    Contemporary Fusion Jazz Water Pushes Sand

    The Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) is a portable orchestra for the new millennium. With an emphasis on improvisation, it explores the meeting points between disciplines and cultures, and imagines new musical forms to reflect the energy and diversity of contemporary Australia. Now in its 25th year and led by prolific composer, trumpeter and sound artist, Peter Knight, the Australian Art Orchestra features some of Australias most celebrated jazz musicians. It tours both locally and internationally and has won numerous awards for its work including three Australian Jazz Bell awards, the 2014 AMC/APRA Art Music Award ‘Excellence by an Organisation, the 2013 AMC/APRA Art Music Award ‘Performance of the Year and many others. In Water Pushes Sand, composer Erik Griswold and the Australian Art Orchestra team up with all-star musicians and performers of Sichuan to create a wild intercultural celebration. The ten-piece big band fuses Sichuan melodies and rhythms with modern jazz improvisation, and evoke the vibrant landscape of the Chengdu Provence. Known for its brash and friendly people, spicy food, laid back tea houses, and the distinctive dialects, Chengdu is unique in China. Chengdu-style music is more like blues or early rock and roll than classical music, and combines colours from rustic country folk, street songs and the ear splitting cacophony of gongs and cymbals.

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    Drama Art On Air

    At dead of night, a surprised live webcast about a rehearsal of a stage play was asked to be held, in order to increase publicity. The participants include a has-been singer，an inexperienced artist，a second-rate radio anchor，a web celebrity，an amateur writer，a self-respecting stage manager，an overexcited assistant who keeps making mistakes，and a producer who ignores producing content. With the live time approaching，the casts begin to shift their attention from small talk to rehearsal. They start to revise the play and point out errors to each other，as well as getting tired，becoming selfish，jealous，and complaining…All the things associate with art, work and life in general.

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    Drama：The Maid

    The drama is selected from the famous absurd playwright Jean Genets masterpiece The Maid.This play uses the stage style of puppet opera and modern avant-garde drama style to explain the insurmountable gap between classes. In the real and fantastic play game, the ridiculous and tragic performance of the two maids is vivid and vivid. The stage style established by the use of the globe not only creates a strange and mysterious atmosphere, but also creates a tacit understanding of watching and acting different from realism. It is also the hope and fantasy in the hearts of the two maids.Yearning produces desire, desire multiplies evil thoughts, evil thoughts cause death. Its a murder, a sacrifice, a self-salvation, or a joke from two poor people.

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    Into the Vast World: A night with Huang Ruo

    Huang Ruo:Composer & Conductor Composer Huang Ruo has been lauded by The New York Times for having a distinctive style. His vibrant and inventive musical voice draws equal inspiration from Chinese ancient and folk music, Western avant-garde, experimental, noise, natural and processed sound, rock, and jazz to create a seamless, organic integration using a compositional technique he calls Dimensionalism. Huang Ruos diverse compositional works span from orchestra, chamber music, opera, theater, and dance, to cross-genre, sound installation, architectural installation, multi-media, experimental improvisation, folk rock, and film. His music has been premiered and performed by the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, etc., and conductors such as Wolfgang Sawallisch, Marin Alsop, Michael Tilson Thomas, and James Conlon. His new opera An American Soldier (with libretto by David Henry Hwang) has recently received its world premiere at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis in June 2018, and was named one of the best 10 classical music events in 2018 by The New York Times. His installation opera Paradise Interrupted was premiered at the Spoleto Festival USA in 2015 and was performed at the Lincoln Center Festival in 2016, with future touring planning for Europe and Asia. Another opera, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, was premiered at the Santa Fe Opera in 2014. He served as the first composer-in-residence for Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and will be the visiting composer for the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra in Brazil.Huang Ruo was born in Hainan Island, China in 1976. His father, who is also a composer, began teaching him composition and piano when he was six years old. He received both traditional and Western education at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. His education expanded from Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky, and Lutoslawski, to include the Beatles, rock and roll, heavy metal, and jazz. Huang Ruo was able to absorb all of these newly allowed Western influences equally. After winning the Henry Mancini Award at the 1995 International Film and Music Festival in Switzerland, he moved to the United States to further his education. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in composition from the Juilliard School. Huang Ruo is a composition faculty at the Mannes School of Music in NY, and is the artistic director and conductor of Ensemble FIRE. He was selected as a Young Leader Fellow by the National Committee on United States–China Relations in 2006. Huang Ruos music is published by Ricordi. For more information about the composer and his music, please visit: (www.huangruo.com) Conductor：Zhang LiangSoprano：Huang YingMezzo-Soprano：Yang GuangShanghai Philharmonic Orchestra Programme (subject to change):1. Two Pieces for Orchestra 2. Becoming Another3. An American Soldier、Bound4. Shattered steps -Intermission-1. Still / Motion2. An American Soldier、Bound3. Folk songs for orchestra I：Flower Drum Song from Feng YangII：Love Song from Kang DingIII：Little Blue FlowerIV：The Girl from the Da Ban City

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    Drama SLICES

    On an extremely cold winter night, the freezing senator Mr. Marcel appears on the bed of Margaret, the maid, all out of a cause for keeping himself warm. The maid is driven away by the senators wife who does not know the truth. Amidst misunderstanding, the sudden death of Mr. Marcel, a blasting fuse, ignites all the conflicts. And all the stories begin around his death……The characters in this play, such as Marcels drug-addicted daughter, Mrs. Marcel with a bruised heart and the maid Margaret, are full of contradictions. Amidst the surging undercurrent of drama and emotions, the truths behind all mysteries, start to reveal themselves. The truth as told by each character depicts different stories around Mr. Marcel: The tensions in his family, the wife crying about the heartbreakingly painful surgery, and the nonchalant husband who seems in love with another……Is there any secret behind all these? Whats exactly the truth behind Marcels death?The play depicts the protagonists overlap of destinies under different masks through a multiple narrative method. Slices of life, slices of emotions, slices of mysteries…… The "Rashomon" kind of truth is sketched out with fragments of memories of different characters. The chameleonic actress Ofelia plays multiple characters in this play, another worth-noting highlight. Her flexible switch between different roles injects into the play plentiful layers and exciting suspense and twists.

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    Dance: Fantastic Tango

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    Composition in Action -- Central Conservatory of Music Chamber Opera Show

    Presented by the Composition Department of Central Conservatory of Music, The Chinese Chamber Opera Composition Promotion Project has been successfully held for six seasons. Since the beginning, Prof. Guo Wenjing, a renowned composer and the former chairman of the department, has been serving as the artistic director of the project. This project has made a positive contribution in fostering young talents of music composition, libretto writing and vocal performance.By the invitation of the 2019 China Shanghai International Arts Festivals R.A.W!Land, we carefully selected four students chamber operas to participate in the festival. We will gather rising stage directors, young conductors, and outstanding CCOM student singers to form teams producing these operas. On this unique platform of the Shanghai International Art Festivals Youth Promotion Plan, we would like to present this Composition in Action, advocating the synergies between compositional theory and practice, which has long been implemented throughout the composition program of the Central Conservatory of Music. 1.The Forest of SwanIt is adapted from a true story. In the beautiful and rich Qilu land, there was a paradise. There were beautiful lakes, trees embracing this piece of wetlands tightly. Every year there will be a group of spirits from Siberian fly to this oasis, and play. But with the expansion of the city, the trees along the shore were pushed down, more and more factories has been established. The original blue sky was covered with haze, the original clear lake becomes turbid, also gave off a bad smell. But the swans did not give up this home, they are tenacious to live here. But the pollution became serious and food was declining, some swans had to eat garbage, which led to the sickness of many swans. When the swans went to the edge of despair, the emergence of a young man awakened the conscience of mankind, changed their fate, and changed the lost paradise as well……2.JigokuhenThe story, set in the Heian period, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide and his patron, the cruel and egotistical Hosokawa.The plot of Hell Screen centers on the artist Yoshihide. Yoshihide is considered the greatest painter in the land, and is often commissioned to create works for the Lord of Horikawa, who also employs Yoshihides daughter in his mansion.When Yoshihide is instructed to create a folding screen depicting the Buddhist hell, he proceeds to inflict tortures upon his apprentices, so he can see what he is trying to paint. Supernatural forces seem to be present. one time, Yoshihide speaks in a devilish voice. The story climaxes when Yoshihide asks the lord to burn a beautiful lady in a carriage so he can finish the screen. The lord concedes, but, in a macabre twist, Yoshihide must watch as his daughter and her monkey are the ones who burn.The story ends with the magnificently horrible screen completed.3.I Love Peach BlossomsAt the time of the Tang Dynasty, Feng Yan, a teenager in Yuyang City, committed adultery with Zhang Yings wife. One night, when Zhang Ying returned home drunk, the wife of Zhang hastily hid Feng Yan, but Zhang Ying pressed Feng Yans towel on the chair when he was drunken. And by the time Feng Yan wanted to escape, Zhang Ying beckoned his wife to bring the towel. She quietly came to Zhang Yings side, and at that time the towel was pressed under his body and she had mistaken Feng Yans intention that it was his knife in the waist that he wanted to kill her husband. Then she quietly drew out the knife and handed it to Feng Yan and Feng Yan felt that the woman was ruthless and killed her with it.4.Wang QiA scholar named Wang Qi decides to learn magic arts from Taoist priests on a mountain. One year later when he has made some achievements, he returns home and shows off to his wife. She complaints about his neglect of the family, but he doesnt think so. The reunion of this couple sparks a farce.

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    Look back on Toscany, look into the future—— Toscany painted by Chinese Artist

    Xiyu Guo, a Chinese young artist who graduated from the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, has gained a lot in the three years of life and study in Italy. For example, he won the first prize in the Roberto Togni International Painting Competition in Bormio, Italy, and he was commissioned by the local municipal government to create a large-sized historical-mythological public artwork. Then he was invited by the Regional Council of Tuscany. In the office hall of the Regional Council, a solo exhibition of landscape paintings was held, and its landscape paintings were collected by the official and the President of the Regional Council. With this opportunity of the exhibition, the artist brought his landscape series from Florence, Italy to the Shanghai China International Arts Festival. Visitors can see the artists special depiction of the colors, light, shadow, and figure of the Tuscany landscape, feeling the love of nature and humanity. By nature, the artworks reflect the artists personal feelings of the tight connection to the land, the people of Tuscany, and his inner world.

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    Towel Puppetry 《Growing Pains》

    Synopsis：A son grows healthily with happiness under the care of his parents. As he grew up, he encountered the education problems that every family may face. An exam of the child broke this originally sweet and harmonious family. The disobedient of fathers hardline, the helplessness of mother, the rebellion of son, all of which make the family to be immersed in predicament...

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    Holographic Projection Costume Show Twins

    In the 18th century, the German classical philosopher Kant proposed the philosophical concept of thing-in-itself, referring to an objective entity that exists outside of peoples feelings and understanding. He believes that peoples perceptual knowledge is produced by the influence of foreign objects. People can only understand the phenomenon that foreign objects act on the senses. We will explore and express the philosophical concept of thing-in-itself through the combination of costumes and holographic projection. Through the holographic projection technology, the physical costumes are divided into virtual three-dimensional images. This image cannot be touched and perceived, and can be compared to an objective entity that exists outside peoples feelings and understandings, that is, the thing-in-itself. In the concept of costume design, we get inspiration from traditional styling and refine it. Using traditional techniques such as tie-dyeing, weaving, and crocheting, combined with the scientific and technological strength of holographic projection technology, the sense of simplicity and the sense of science and technology are intertwined to create a fantastic parallel world.

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    Ceramic Exhibition: Imagination of Zhejiang Ceramic Art

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    How many years have passed?How many songs were there in the past?The familiar face of the past;Go away slowly.Unforgettable, unforgettable, unforgettableEverything that used to be is fading away.The song of fighting youth of the excellent sons and daughters of the Chinese nation ushered in the light of victory of the five-star red flag.The work revolves around the "Five Stars" symbol on the Five Stars Red Flag, with the themes of "JING GANG SHAN Conference", "Long March", "Arrival in YAN AN", "War of Resistance Against Japan", "War of Liberation" and other important symbolic events of the five historical revolutions. Take Chinese excellent traditional folk dance as the performing style. From a unique point of view, it integrates the current national dance, revolutionary spirit, past songs and battlefield dispatch into the Red Five-Star Road under the Five-Star Red Flag, actively publicizes the present and reproduces the revolutionary spirit. Wake up the burning red memory, generation after generation of the song of faith, always inspire us to walk on the road of the Red Five Stars, never forget.

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    Drama Waiting for Farewell

    On March 8, 2014, an airplane disappeared inexplicably from the planet. All 239 people on the passenger plane had no news. Five years have passed and the plane is still missing. The missing things were investigated for several years, and the relevant departments have given up. The only family members who did not give up looking for the victims were none of them who believed that their loved ones had died. Because of long waits and anxiety, many families have been confirmed to suffer from depression, delusions and a variety of mental illnesses. The story begins with this background.A psychiatrist is treating a patient with severe paranoia due to the disappearance of the plane. The patient is addicted to the thoughts of her husband, thinking about living in some of the life fragments. But when she was awake, the hopeless wait would reappear, and she even showed self-harm. So there are two contradictions in the doctor who treated her. Will forgetting be more humane than healing?

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    Themed Charity Exhibition Xi Mi

    The "Xi Mi" themed public welfare exhibition featured cute cats in the campus, which was presented through visual forms such as photos, texts, video, paintings and cultural creations.The content mainly focuses on the life photos of the kittens on campus, the story of their adoption and the interaction between the life of the caring alumni who adopted them. During the exhibition, there will also be a charity sale around "Xi Mi" culture and creation created by the team, promotion of "Xi Mi" love activities, and appeal to more people to save small animals with love.The cats of Shanghai Theatre Academy are the unique scenery in the campus. The love for animals shows the students different charm under the stage. Not being selfish and offering love actively enhances the individuals sense of responsibility and makes them more aware of the value of life. To be a healthy "person" before making art is the order of our predecessors. Our project, in the creation of art, integrates the theme of caring for life and delivering warmth, which is just a kind of compliance and embodiment of the precepts in this new era.

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    Exhibition: Time

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    Exhibition Journey to the East

    The exhibition Journey to the East is the first group exhibition based on the academic theory of Animamix, trend art, and Urbart with the concept of spreading the spirit of oriental trend culture to the public. It is trying to express the new aesthetic trend in the 21st century. Oriental trend culture is deeply influenced by the specific oriental traditional culture, art, philosophy, and aesthetics passing through generations. It could be especially seen from the trend of "national style" which has been really popular these years in China. Journey to the East is the exhibition focuses on the study of Chinese Art Aesthetics and its contributions to the public; also, representing the imagination and exploration of the future.

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