A hip-hop twist for Oliver at arts festival
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APPROPRIATELY enough “The Beginning,” marks the start of the 19th China Shanghai International Arts Festival.
The performance, a symphonic cantata by Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and Shanghai Opera House, will open the festival on Friday, October 20.
An array of cultural performances and art exhibitions will be staged throughout its run till November 19.
A total of 45 theater productions from home and abroad will be presented. In addition, the festival will host an academic workshop, art lectures as well as “a performance fair.”
“The Beginning” cantata has been created by young local composer Gong Tianpeng. It tells the story of the founding of the Communist Party of China in 1921, with Shanghai’s involvement playing a starring role.
Other highlights include Modern Dutch ballet performing “Shoot the Moon,” Bejart Ballet Lausanne’s “The Magic Flute” and Avant Garde Dance’s hip-hop interpretation of the story “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens.
Celebrated American theater director and visual artist Robert Wilson will present “Lecture On Nothing.” And British theater director Peter Brook will bring “Battlefield,” a drama adapted from the Indian epic “Mahabharata.”
This year’s festival will also highlight China’s Belt and Road initiative. Theme forums and interactive programs will be hosted.
Officials said that this year’s festival will extend to almost every corner of the city, from shopping malls, communities and on the campus. For the first time, college and high school students will be invited this year to attend the shows and discuss and comment from their own perspectives.
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