上海话剧艺术中心介绍

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　　上海话剧艺术中心是上海唯一一家国家级专业话剧团体，也是中国最优秀的话剧团体之一。中心不仅有着一大批专业的编剧、导演、演员、舞台等创作人员，还拥有三个大小各异、功能齐全的专业演出剧场，每年中心自主创作及交流引进的各色演出达600场，吸引国内外观众十几万人次。上海话剧艺术中心的宗旨是：以自身的博大与包容吸纳全国各地世界各国的艺术家，用形式多样内容丰富的舞台作品吸引更多的观众，在台前幕后所有人员的共同努力下，把上海话剧艺术中心发展成为一家具有国际声望的，且与上海这座城市地位相匹配的现代化世界一流剧院。

　　上海话剧艺术中心建于1995年1月23日，是由原上海人民艺术剧院(始创于1950年)和上海青年话剧团(始创于1957年)这两个著名的话剧表演团体合并而成。上海人民艺术剧院和上海青年话剧团，是新中国成立初期分别由著名戏剧家夏衍、黄佐临和熊佛西先生创建的，在数十年中，先后上演了五百余部中西方古典名著及近现代作品。

　　中心自1995年成立之始，继续进行着新剧目的创作编排，每年在全国范围内开展多次巡演活动，并在剧目、编剧、导演、演员、舞美各方面多次获得梅花奖、金狮奖、白玉兰奖等全国性大奖。除此之外，中心更注重扩大与世界各国的文化交流，学习世界各国优秀戏剧创作的经验。十几年的时间，中心已先后上演了古今中外作品100余部，与英国、美国、法国、澳大利亚、加拿大、俄罗斯、日本、新加坡、罗马尼亚、奥地利、意大利、韩国、爱尔兰、埃及、德国、土耳其等国以及香港、台湾地区的艺术家们开展各种形式的合作及互访演出，参与了包括“莫斯科契诃夫国际戏剧节”、“新加坡国际戏剧节”、“第九届首尔表演艺术节”、“英国国际莎士比亚戏剧节”、“罗马尼亚锡比乌国际戏剧节”在内的多个国际艺术节的演出，获得海内外艺术界的高度评价，在不同国家和地区的观众中引起了强烈的反响。随着不断引进国外原版剧目及制作优秀的当代戏剧作品，中心已在上海培养起了稳固的话剧演出市场，如此更进一步吸引了来自全国各地乃至世界各国的话剧团体前来演出。

　　近年来，上海话剧艺术中心在戏剧教育活动以及公益事业上也卓有成效。中心自2004年以来，组织一年一度的上海市大学生话剧节，迄今为止已连续举办了六届；而从2005年起，自筹资金举办的上海国际当代戏剧季也已连续举办了五届。

　　安福路的话剧演出是上海的一道独特风景线，去安福路看话剧成为当代上海青年的一种时尚文化，一种生活方式，甚至是一种习惯。

　　Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center (SDAC) is the only state-level dramatic company in Shanghai, as well as one of the top companies in China. It has collected a group of professional playwrights, directors, actors, and stage designers. SDAC also has three professional theaters of dierent size and function. SDAC produces and introduces from other companies about 600 shows every year, attracting more than 100,000 audiences from home and abroad. SDAC holds to such principles as: diversity and tolerance that attracts artists from all over the world, refreshing projects that attract

　　more audience. SDAC aims at developing into a world-class theater matching with Shanghai the international metropolis.

　　SDAC was founded on 23 January in 1995, after a merger of two acclaimed theatre companies, the Shanghai People's Art Theatre (founded in 1950) and the Shanghai Youth Drama Troupe (founded in 1957). The Shanghai People’s Art Theatre and the Shanghai Youth Troupe were founded in the early years of the People’s Republic of China by distinguished dramatists Xia Yan, Huang Zuolin and Xiong Foxi respectively. The two companies staged more than 500 plays - classics and modern works by writers home and abroad.

　　Ever since the establishment of SDAC in 1995, the center never stopped bringing out new production, launching several national tours every year. The center also won various national awards for its scripts, directors, actors and artistic designs. SDAC has also given special emphasis on international exchanges, learning from outstanding theatrical practice all over the world. In the past decade SDAC has staged more than 100 plays from home and abroad, as well as working in co-operation with artists from the UK, US, France, Australia, Canada, Russia, Japan, Singapore,

　　Rumania, Austria, Italy, Korea, Ireland, Egypt, Germany, Turkey, as well as China’s Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan Province. SDAC was involved in the Chekhov International Theater Festival in Moscow, the International Theater Festival in Singapore, The 9th Seoul Performing Arts Festiva in Korea, The International Shakespeare Festival in England, Sibiu International Theater Festival in Romania, and so on, winning high praise from home and abroad. With the continuous introduction of foreign projects and production of original plays, SDAC has cultivated a stable market for drama among the Shanghai public, thus attracting even more theatrical groups

　　in and out of China to stage their shows at the center.

　　In the past few years SDAC also made remarkable achievements in dramatic education and public welfare causes. SDAC has held the annual University Students’ Dramatic Festival since 2004, organizing a professional jury team for the festival, providing free tutor and theater for the final contest performance, as well as sponsoring tours of the outstanding projects in Shanghai’s universities. SDAC also hosts the annual ACT Festival since 2005, without taking financial support from the government. Aiming at introducing good contemporary dramatic works to the Shanghai audience, the festival stages dozens of shows in weeks’ time, attracting performers not only from Japan, India, Korea, Malaysia and other Asian countries, but also companies from the US, Norway, Australia, and so on.

　　Also, SDAC joins hands with Shanghai Charity Foundation for charity donations. SDAC has turned the Anfu Road where it’s located a dramatic center for Shanghai. Going to plays on Anfu Road has been part of the pop culture among the Shanghai youth, as a lifestyle, or hobby.