Beautiful floral dresses bloomed brilliantly amid colorful rose bushes, while graceful ballet dancers twirled elegantly against the backdrop of blossoms... On the morning of August 10, a special performance consisting of six acts—including song and dance, solo singing, and Peking Opera—kicked offthe “Colorful Daxing · Blooming Charm” Mass Culture Fashion Season and the Mass Art Competition. Daxing District will set up a professional stage to search for and cultivate “stars among the grassroots.”
Flash Mob Generates Huge Buzz
To fully build up hype for the competition, two weeks before its launch, the Daxing District Culture Commission boldly adopted the globally popular “flash mob” format, showcasing performances in busy commercial squares. At the flash mob events, professional symphony orchestras, ballet dancers, and square dance performers collided in a burst of vibrant energy, vividly demonstrating the flourishing development of grassroots culture in Daxing. This flash mob event not only marked Daxing’s “first flash,” but also won over countless fans on-site and was widely reported by major media outlets.
No Entry Barriers, Broad Participation
As an important part of the “Series of Cultural Activities for Capital Residents” and the “Nanhaizi Culture” activity season, this series of events will revolve around four major themes: “Singing Beijing, Dancing Beijing, Artistic Beijing, and Theatrical Beijing.” Cultural activities mainly in the forms of songs, dances, folk art, and traditional opera will be carried out. There are no entry barriers—participants may include personnel from government agencies, enterprises, and public institutions within the district, members of industry associations, college students and faculty, as well as residents from various villages and communities. Upholding the principles of public welfare and harmony, as well as the philosophy of “the masses perform, perform for the masses, and perform about the masses,” the event will thoroughly mine high-quality works from grassroots artistic creations.
The audition phase will run from August 20 to August 27. Entries will be comprehensively scored by expert judges, with 19 selected to advance to the semi-finals on September 14 and 15. After the semi-finals, nine entries will be chosen to proceed to the finals.
Professional Support Behind the Scenes
To ensure the event becomes a high-quality artistic competition, offering the public a stage of exceptional caliber different from previous ones, and enabling artistic enthusiasts (and groups) to receive professional guidance—thus creating original works that reflect the spirit of Daxing New Area and showcase the positive ethos of its people—the event has invited three groups under the “China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater,” namely its “Folk Orchestra,” “Dance Drama Troupe,” and “Orchestra,” as well as directors and choreographers from national first-class art troupes such as the “National Ballet of China,” “National Peking Opera Company of China,” “China National Traditional Orchestra,” and “National Theatre Company of China.” These resources serve as a guarantee for the effective enhancement of grassroots artistry. Following the launch of the event, through multiple stages including auditions, semi-finals, and finals, a comprehensive display of achievements aimed at elevating the overall cultural strength of the new area will be presented to the people of Daxing.
Background Information
In recent years, with the implementation of the “Urban South Development Action Plan,” the rapid growth of Daxing New City and Yizhuang New City, and the completion of Beijing Daxing International Airport, Daxing has embraced vast opportunities for development, and its cultural sector has been presented with unprecedented prospects. Following the successful hosting of the 2016 World Rose Convention, Daxing District has entered the post-Rose Era, witnessing vigorous growth in grassroots culture. Coinciding with the district’s active efforts to establish itself as a Capital Public Cultural Service Demonstration Zone, local enthusiasm for organizing cultural activities that celebrate the new area and envision its future continues to rise. To provide the public with an opportunity to showcase themselves on a professional stage, the Daxing District Culture Commission organized this event.