Events Calendar Shanghai September 2012

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Drama "The Year, The Boys We Loved" Date: 1st September, :30 Venue: Shanghai Art Theatre - Little Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 120,50 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Peking Opera Peking opera or Beijing opera (simplified Chinese: 京剧 ; traditional Chinese: 京劇 ; pinyin: Jīngjù) is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century.[2] The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China.[3] Major performance troupes are based in Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and Shanghai in the south.[4] The art form is also preserved in Taiwan, where it is known as Guoju ( 國劇 ; pinyin: Guójù). It has also spread to other countries such as the United States and Japan.[5] Peking opera features four main types of performers. Performing troupes often have several of each variety, as well as numerous secondary and tertiary performers. With their elaborate and colorful costumes, performers are the only focal points on Peking opera's characteristically sparse stage. They utilize the skills of speech, song, dance, and combat in movements that are symbolic and suggestive, rather than realistic. Above all else, the skill of performers is evaluated according to the beauty of their movements. Performers also adhere to a variety of stylistic conventions that help audiences navigate the plot of the production.[6] The layers of meaning within each movement must be expressed in time with music. The music of Peking opera can be divided into the Xipi and Erhuang styles. Melodies include arias, fixed-tune melodies, and percussion patterns.[7] The repertoire of Peking opera includes over 1,400 works, which are based on Chinese history, folklore, and, increasingly, contemporary life.[8] Peking opera was denounced as 'feudalistic' and 'bourgeois' during the Cultural Revolution, and replaced with the eight revolutionary model operas as a means of propaganda and indoctrination[9] After the Cultural Revolution, these transformations were largely undone. In recent years, Peking opera has attempted numerous reforms in response to sagging audience numbers. These reforms, which include improving performance quality, adapting new performance elements, and performing new and original plays, have met with mixed success. Continue

Peking Opera Highlights by Shanghai Peking Opera Troupe Date: 2nd September, :30 Venue: Yi Fu Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 80,50,30 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Musical Cats Date: 4th September, :15 Venue: Shanghai Grand Theatre - Lyric Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 880, 680, 650, 580, 550, 480, 450, 380, 350 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Dance "Wild Grass" Date: 5th September, :15 Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center - Opera Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 480, 380, 280, 180, 80 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Dance "Prism" Date: 6th September, :15 Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center - Opera Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 480, 380, 280, 180, 80 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Drama "12 Angry Men" Date: 8th September, :30 Venue: Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center - Drama Salon Ticket Price (RMB): 180, 150 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Old Shanghai Songs Concert Date: 9th September, :30 Venue: Shanghai Concert Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 160 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

MozarteumOrchester Salzburg Concert Date: 10th September, :30 Venue: Shanghai Daning Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 200,300,400,580 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Drama "Murdering Things Past" Date: 12nd September, :30 Venue: Lyceum Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 280,180,150 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Li Shangyin Continue Li Shangyin (simplified Chinese: 李商隐 ; traditional Chinese: 李商隱, ca. 813–858), courtesy name Yishan ( 義山 ), was a Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty, born in Henei (now Qinyang, Henan). Along with Li He, he was much admired and "rediscovered" in the 20th century by the young Chinese writers for the imagist quality of his poems. He is particularly famous for his tantalizing "no title" ( 無題 ) poems. Li had a moderately successful career in the imperial civil service, although he never obtained a high position, either because of factional disputes, or because of his association with Liu Fen ( 劉 蕡 ), a prominent opponent of the eunuchs. Li was a typical Late Tang poet: his works are sensuous, dense and allusive. The latter quality makes adequate translation extremely difficult. The political, biographical or philosophical implications supposed to be contained in some of his poems have been a subject of debate for many centuries in China. His most famous and cryptic poem is called "Jin Se" ( 錦瑟 ) (the title is only taken from the first two characters of the poem, since the poem is one of Li's "no title" poems), which consists of 56 characters and a string of images. His "no title" poems are regarded as "pure poetry" by some modern critics. Although more famous for his sensuous poems, Li indeed wrote in many styles, sometimes be satirical, humorous or sentimental. Moreover, some ancient critics hold that he is the only poet who, in some of his poems, succeeds in imitating the masculine quality of Du Fu's works. In 1968, Roger Waters of the rock band Pink Floyd borrowed lines from his poetry to create the lyrics for the song Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun from the band's second album A Saucerful of Secrets Part of a poem by Li Shangyin is recited by a minor character in the Mortuary in the role-playing video game Planescape: Torment.

Shaoxing Opera "Li Shangyin" by Shanghai Yueju Opera Troupe Date: 13th September, :15 Venue: Yi Fu Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 280, 180, 120, 80, 60Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Musical "Jianzhen's East Journey" Date: 14th September, :15 Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center - Opera Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 580, 380, 280, 180, 80 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Drama "Lost" Date: 17th September, :30 Venue: Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center - Studio D6 Ticket Price (RMB): 80 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Drama "Shylock" Date: 18th September, :30 Venue: Theater of 1933 Old Millfun Ticket Price (RMB): 100,80Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

A Comedy Thriller by Peter Colley (Chinese Version) Date: 19th September, :00 Venue: Xinguang Little Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 580, 380, 280, 180 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Drama "Five Acts of Life / Lao She's Short Stories" Date: 21st September, :15 Venue: Shanghai Culture Square Ticket Price (RMB): 580,480, Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Comedy "The Count of Wulong Mountain" Date: 22nd September, :30 Venue: Shanghai Theatre Academy - STA Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 680, 500, 400, 300, 200 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Drama "Cupid's Accomplice" Date: 25th September, :30 Venue: Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts Ticket Price (RMB): 120, 100 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Comedy''Dangerous Two Tracks'' Date: 27th September, :30 Venue: Shanghai Grand Theatre - Studio Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 120 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Drama "Society" Date: 28th September, :30 Venue: Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center - Studio D6 Ticket Price (RMB): 280, 180, 150, 120 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back

Concert by Shanghai Chinese Orchestra Date: 29th September, :15 Venue: Shanghai Culture Square Ticket Price (RMB): 580, 480, 380, 280, 180 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: , Back