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BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2023 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

The 2023 Beijing Central Axis International Art Week will be held in Beijing

from August 19 to 27. Under the guidance of the Beijing Municipal Cultural

Heritage Bureau and the Beijing Municipal Office for Conservation and

Management of Beijing Central Axis, it is co-organized by the Beijing Central

Axis Protection Foundation and Beijing State-owned Assets Management Co., Ltd.,

and undertaken by Beijing Artists Management Co., Ltd., and funded by the

Zhongteng Fund jointly established by the Beijing Central Axis Protection

Foundation and Tencent. It will stage 22 performances covering such categories

as stage dramas, dance dramas, concerts, traditional Chinese operas, and shadow

puppets, as well as more than 10 activities such as the theatrical carnival,

Night Talk of the Central Axis, citywalks, immersive tours at museums, and

visits to former residences of celebrities.

The 2023 Beijing Central Axis International Art Week is centered around

"performing arts". During the nine-day Art Week, 22 performances and activities

will be staged at the theaters on the Central Axis, including Beijing Tianqiao

Performing Arts Center, Capital Theatre, Dahua City Center for the Performing

Arts, Beijing Concert Hall, and Jixiang Theater. The Art Week will be opened by

the Peking Opera "The Disappeared Wedding Dress of the Dragon Lady -- Big

Monsters in the Forbidden City", which will be followed by "Natu Returning to

the Song Regime", local traditional opera performances of Beijing, the drama

"Lao Li's Fantasy of Love", the Yue Opera "Dream of the Red Mansion", the

Irmina Trynkos and Pavel Timofeyevsky Duo Concert, the shadow puppet shows

"Shadow Box Journey" and "The Cat God in the Forbidden City", and the

contemporary dance show "Beijing Sonata", covering nearly 10 art categories.

The Art Week will be run through by a series of activities. Focusing on the

topic of the Central Axis and theatrical topics, the 2023 Beijing Central Axis

International Art Week will invite experts and scholars in different fields and

participants interested in the Central Axis culture to participate in night

talks on the Central Axis, tell stories about the dramatists and folk culture

along the Central Axis, and bring the Central Axis closer to the general public

with vivid stories. In addition, sociologists will be invited to take the

participants to two citywalks themed on the Central Axis, including visits to

the former residences of Mei Lanfang, Tan Xinpei, and Cheng Changgeng, and to

the century-old theaters Zhengyi Temple, Anhui Guild Hall, and Jixiang Theater.

Bringing together tradition and modernity, the 2023 Beijing Central Axis

International Art Week will inject elements and vitality of the new era into

cultural heritage, display the artistic styles along the Central Axis,

disseminate the culture of the Central Axis, and let the glorious tangible and

intangible cultural heritage on the Central Axis shine together.

Source: Beijing Artists Management Co., Ltd.