College Drama: From Ivory Tower to Grand Stage
2023-08-16
In July of this year, the Drum Tower West University Drama Public Welfare Exhibition was held in Beijing, with 50 works from 26 universities and 36 theater troupes, with strong online and offline responses. According to statistics, the Golden Hedgehog College Student Drama Festival alone has attracted participation from 32 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities across the country, over 1100 universities, and over 1300 drama clubs. Over the past 20 years, it has attracted hundreds of thousands of people. Nowadays, college dramas not only serve campus culture, but also actively step out of the ivory tower and constantly approach the people. College drama is full of vitality. Dramatize people: gradually becoming a new trend in campus culture. Unlike professional commercial drama, the primary purpose of university drama is to enhance the artistic literacy of college students and serve campus culture. Tao Qingmei, Vice Chairman of the Beijing Evaluation Association and Researcher at the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has long been concerned about the development of campus drama. She said, "College drama is an indispensable part of campus culture, and it is integrated with overall campus life. It is an important attempt for college students to enrich their own culture and fully play the role of aesthetic education. Every rehearsal of college drama can become a vivid classroom for college students, Both can achieve the refinement and sublimation of ideas. The graduation season that has just passed, the red themed graduation drama "The Eternal Waves" produced and adapted by the Dream Works Theater Society of Zhejiang University of Technology, was staged on campus. College students exclaim that this is a special ideological and political course that is touching and shocking. The drama club has launched over 140 red campus dramas, with a total of hundreds of thousands of viewers. Among them, the red stage drama "No Regret Decision" has been selected for the "Action Plan for Promoting Original Cultural Boutique in Universities" by the Ministry of Education. Shenyang Normal University meticulously created and rehearsed the single act modern Peking Opera "Gesang Hua Kai", which combines ethnic music with Peking Opera. It brings the spirit of patriotism and patriotism to the stage, conveying the strength and spirit of perseverance through traditional Chinese opera art, deeply touching the hearts of young students. In May this year, the red campus stage drama "Family Letter", independently created by students from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, premiered; In June, the special performance of the drama "Mr. Xingzhi" at Capital Normal University was held... College dramas were widely sought after by teachers and students, and admission tickets were hard to come by. The performance venue was fully booked. Drama is integrated into the classroom and art, leading young students to appreciate the beauty of culture through it. College drama is an organic component of campus culture, which not only enhances the humanistic qualities of young students, but also unleashes the spiritual power of spring breeze and rain. In Shanghai, various universities carefully select the life experiences of academic masters, educational role models, and other famous figures as creative materials to launch a series of "master dramas". For example, "The Heroes of the Nation" by Tongji University, "Qian Xuesen" by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, "Searching for" Jiang Chunfang "by Shanghai Foreign Studies University," Qian Baojun "by Donghua University, and" He Lvting "by Shanghai Conservatory of Music... College drama has become a new trend in campus culture, infecting every young person silently. Cultivating People through Drama: Becoming the Cradle of Cultivating Professional Talents: The high-quality development of Chinese drama is inseparable from the audience, let alone talents who love and understand drama. College drama can be called the "reservoir" of Chinese drama talents. According to Chen Hong, Deputy Director of China Education Television, the current situation is
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