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National Theatre of China
A landmark building in Beijing
unfoldEight entries with the same name
National Theatre of China
(
National Centre for the Performing Arts
)
Is new."
Sixteen sights of Beijing
One of the landmark buildings, located in the center of Beijing
Tian 'anmen Square
West, the west side of the Great Hall of the People, by the main building and the north and south sides of the underwater corridor, underground parking, artificial lake, green space
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The Chinese National Center for the Performing Arts was built by a French architect
Paul Andrew
Host design, the appearance of the National Grand Theater is semi-ellipsoidal, the length of the east-west long axis is 212.20 meters, the length of the north-south short axis is 143.64 meters, and the height of the building is 46.285 meters
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It covers an area of 118,900 square meters, with a total construction area of about 165,000 square meters, including 105,000 square meters of the main building and 60,000 square meters of underground ancillary facilities, with a total cost of 3.067 billion yuan
[2]
. There are opera house, concert hall, theater, art exhibition hall, restaurant, video shop and other supporting facilities.
In 1958, the National Grand Theatre of China was designated as one of the ten major buildings for the tenth anniversary of the National Day. December 19, 2008 "Luban Award"
[3]
; October 28, 2009 selected in the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China "100 classic and quality projects"
[4]
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- Chinese name
- National Theatre of China
- Foreign name
- National Centre for the Performing Arts [56]
- Geographical position
- 2 West Chang 'an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing
- Floor space
- 118900 m²
- Opening hours
- Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-17:00 closed on Mondays all year round; Ticket collection stops half an hour before closing [5]
- Ticket price
- Off-season (September 1 to April 30 of the following year) 30 yuan/person, peak season (May 1 to August 31 of each year) 40 yuan/person [57] (Tour ticket)
- Floor area
- About 165,000 m²
- Building height
- 46.285 m
- Time of completion
- September 2007
- actor
- Paul Andrew
- Construction cost
- 3.067 billion yuan
- Subsurface depth
- -32.5 meters
- President of the college
- Wang Ning
catalogue
- 1Construction history
- 2Architectural pattern
- ▪Opera house
- ▪odeum
- ▪theatre
- ▪Little theatre
- ▪Fifth space
- ▪Art gallery
- ▪Art exhibition
- 3Architectural feature
- ▪Scheme collection
- ▪Venue structure
- ▪Design feature
- ▪Shell structure
- 4Cultural activity
- ▪Resident body
- ▪Homemade program
- ▪Cooperative play
- ▪Artistic exchange
- ▪Art popularization
In 1958,
Mao Zedong
The president and the Party Central Committee decided to build a number of large-scale public buildings in the capital Beijing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The China National Center for the Performing Arts was approved by the Party Central Committee as one of the ten major buildings for the 10th anniversary of the National Day.
Zhou Enlai
The Prime minister determined the construction site and approved the design plan.
In October 1996, the sixth plenary session of the 14th CPC Central Committee adopted the resolution of the CPC Central Committee on several issues on strengthening the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, pointing out that it should be built in a planned way
National Museum of China
China National Center for the Performing Arts and other key national cultural projects with important influence.
In October 1997, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee entrusted Beijing to build the National Center for the Performing Arts.
In January 1998, the Leading Group for the construction of China National Center for the Performing Arts was established. The owner's committee of the China National Grand Theatre Project, led by Beijing and attended by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Construction, was established, and the architectural design scheme was mainly invited for international bidding. In April of the same year, The State Council issued the Notice of The State Council Approving the Transfer to the State Development Planning Commission for Instructions on the Construction of the National Center for the Performing Arts, approving the construction of the National Center for the Performing Arts project. An international competition for architectural design was launched on the 13th of the same month. In July of the same year, the first round of the international invitation competition for the architectural design scheme of China National Center for the Performing Arts was held
History museum
It attracted 36 design companies from 10 countries to participate in the competition, and a total of 69 schemes were submitted for selection. In August of the same year, in
Museum of Chinese Revolutionary History
A model of the first round of designs is on display. The expert committee is composed of 11 judges, including 8 Chinese and 3 foreigners.
On July 22, 1999, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China discussed and agreed to the architectural design of the China National Center for the Performing Arts, which was designed by Paul Andrew, designer of the Paris Airport Company of France.
Tsinghua University
Matching circular design scheme.
In February 2000, Beijing Urban Construction, Hong Kong Construction and Shanghai Construction Consortium was confirmed as the general contractor for the construction of the National Grand Theatre project through national bidding. Beijing Shuangyuan Supervision company won the bid as the project supervision unit. On April 1 of the same year, the State Planning Commission of China approved the start of the preliminary preparation of the construction site of the China National Grand Theatre project.
On December 13, 2001, the construction of the China National Center for the Performing Arts was officially started.
National Grand Theatre
On May 8, 2007, the water closure test of the artificial lake waterproofing project of China National Center for the Performing Arts was completed
[6]
. On June 15 of the same year, the China National Center for the Performing Arts dismantled the engineering enclosure adjacent to Chang 'an Avenue, and the exterior was officially unveiled
[7]
. In September of the same year, the China National Center for the Performing Arts announced that the project was basically completed
[8]
. In September of the same year, the China National Center for the Performing Arts held an audition.
The National Ballet of China
's
Swan Lake
", Lanzhou Song and Dance Troupe's "Big Dunhuang Dream", and
Beijing People's Art Theater
's
teahouse
Seven performances were held from September 25 to October 13
[9]
. On December 22 of the same year, the official performance was held at the National Center for the Performing Arts of China
[10]
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On January 24, 2020, the China National Center for the Performing Arts canceled performances and Tours
[11]
. On June 2 of the same year, the China National Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors to the public in an orderly manner and made reservations in advance
[11]
. On June 17 of the same year, the National Center for the Performing Arts was closed to the public
[12]
. On July 21 of the same year, the China National Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors to the public in an orderly manner and made reservations in advance
[13]
. In September of the same year, the China National Center for the Performing Arts was elected a member of the Board of the World Alliance of Theatres
[14]
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On May 8, 2022, the National Center for the Performing Arts of China cancelled the performances from May 9 to 13, 2022, and visited
Activity pause
[60]
. On May 15 of the same year, China National Center for the Performing Arts announced that it would continue to cancel various performances and arts popularization education activities and suspend visits
[61]
. In June of the same year, the China National Center for the Performing Arts reopened
[62]
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On March 12, 2023, the National Center for the Performing Arts of China resumed international performances
[69]
; On May 18, the National Center for the Performing Arts Taihu Dance Art Museum ushered in a new unveiling
phase
[71]
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National Theatre of China
The Opera House is the grandest building in the National Center for the Performing Arts, and is dominated by gorgeous golden colors. It mainly staged opera, dance drama, ballet and large-scale artistic performances. The auditorium of the Opera House has a first floor of the pool and a third floor of the balcony, with a total of 2207 audience seats (including standing seats). The Opera House has an advanced stage with functions of pushing, pulling, lifting, descending and turning, a tilting ballet platform, and a lifting orchestra that can accommodate a three-pipe band
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Wall facing
The Opera house installed a curved metal mesh on the wall, through which sound can pass, and the wall behind the metal mesh is polygon, thus forming a visual arc and a polygon of auditory space, achieving the combination of architectural acoustics and theater aesthetics, making the reverberation time reach 1.6 seconds
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Orchestra pit
The orchestra pit of the Opera House covers an area of 120 square meters, which can accommodate a three-pipe band of 90 people, and can also be raised to the level of the auditorium to become an auditorium. In the orchestra pit, a special lifting platform is specially designed for the conductor, who can appear and end the curtain call in this special way
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proscenium
The stage of the opera house adopts the form of "pin" stage, including the main stage, the left and right side stage and the rear stage. The stage has five functions of push, pull, rise, fall and turn, which can quickly change the scenery. The main stage has six lifting platforms, which can be lifted or lifted individually. There are six lateral moving platforms on the left and right sides, which can be exchanged with the main stage lifting platform to change the scene and participate in the performance
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Under the rear stage, 15 meters from the ground, there is a ballet stage platform stored. After the main stage lifting platform is lowered, the ballet stage can be moved to the main stage platform for ballet performances. This seamless ballet table is also a tiltable ballet table, which can be tilted up to 5.7 degrees. The countertops are made of Oregon wood and have a three-tiered structure for added elasticity that maximizes the protection of the ballerina's toes
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The height of the top of the grid above the stage is 32 meters, and the boom, light bridge and light bridge are suspended in the air through the wire rope. 61 electric boom, 78 rail single point crane, 24 free single point crane, respectively, used for hanging screens and scenes. The light bridge, the light bridge, the light hanger will be 1588 lamps used for performance dotted above the opera stage, and the light response is fast, you can change the shape in a few seconds
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The style of the concert hall is fresh and elegant, suitable for large-scale symphony, folk music, and can hold a variety of concerts, with 1859 seats (including standing seats). The concert hall has the largest pipe organ in China, which can meet the needs of performances of different genres. In addition, the design of digital wall, abstract relief ceiling with modern beauty, GRC wall, turtle back sound reflection board can make the sound evenly and gently diffuse and reflect, so that the concert hall realizes the combination of architectural aesthetics and acoustic aesthetics
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"Treasure of Town Hall" - organ
It's in the concert hall
organ
Elegant shape, full timbre, is China's largest volume, the largest number of plugs, the most pipes, the most rich timbre of one, with 94 stoppers, the number of sound pipes up to 6500. The organ is from a family of German organ makers, Johannes Kreis, and the famous German
Cologne Cathedral
The pipe organ comes from the same family and can meet the needs of different schools of works
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ceiling
The ceiling of the concert hall is transformed into an abstract work of modern art, an irregularly shaped white floating statue of a rolling sand dune or a beach washed by waves. The seemingly messy grooves in the ceiling are actually acoustically designed so that sound can be diffused and reflected, more evenly and softly. The exquisite ceiling is actually a special acoustic diffusion decorative panel. The ceiling is made of fiber gypsum molding board with thick material, which can effectively prevent low-frequency absorption, enhance the low-frequency reverberation time in the hall, and make the bass effect (such as organ, bassoon, cello, etc.) more shocking and infectious. In order to achieve better sound effect, a centralized sound reflection board in the shape of a turtle is also hung under the ceiling, commonly known as "turtle back sound reflection board", its role is to scatter the sound in all directions
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Bandstand and auditorium
According to the characteristics of the concert hall, the modified shoebox design is adopted, that is, the seats are surrounded by the stage, so that the stage is in the central area of the theater, so that the sound can be better spread and spread. The concert hall's bandstand is located on one side of the pool, and the bandstand is 24 meters wide and 15 meters deep, which can meet the performance of a four-pipe band of 120 people. The bandstand consists of a fixed table and three lifting platforms. By controlling the change of the height of the performance platform, a stepped playing table can be formed, and the performance of different instruments can be clearly displayed in front of the audience. The piano lifting platform in front of the bandstand can slowly lift the grand piano into the view of the audience. In order to meet the needs of large choral performances, the seats on the second floor of the auditorium behind the bandstand can be used by a chorus of 180 people
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Wall facing
The wall around the stage of the concert hall uses an acoustic diffusion wall similar to that of the theater. The wall is like a piano key standing up, with ups and downs and irregular arrangement. The size and shape of the concave and convex are accurately calculated by number theory, which can diffuse and reflect the sound from the bandstand, ensure the performers' good self-hearing and mutual hearing, and help the band to better play the performance level. The side walls of the concert hall are decorated with sound diffusion panels similar to the ceiling, and the effect of slight bumps on the surface of the walls is also specially designed. Through these uneven textures, the sound can be evenly diffused and reflected to every corner of the concert hall space. With the combined effect of these tailored designs, the reverberation time of the concert hall can reach 2.2 seconds of high-quality sound
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odeum
odeum
The theater is the most ethnic theater of the National Center for the Performing Arts of China, with Chinese red as the main color. Mainly staged drama, opera, local opera and other performances. The theatre auditorium has a first floor of pool and a third floor of balcony, with a total of 1036 seats (including standing seats). The theater stage has advanced stage machinery and equipment, which can turn unique creations into performance reality. Its unique protruding lip design is very consistent with the characteristics of traditional Chinese drama performance
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proscenium
The theater stage has two styles of "protruding" and "frame", which can be selected and used in accordance with the needs of the play. In the "extended" stage style, the platform at the front of the auditorium rises to become part of the stage, forming an extended lip, and the audience can watch the performance on the stage more closely. When the stage is not raised, this part of the area can be used as a orchestra pit, then the stage looks like a frame, so it is called the "frame" stage style. Theater stage area is divided into main stage and left and right auxiliary stage. The "drum type" turntable installed on the main stage is composed of 13 lifting blocks and 2 lifting platforms, which can be lifted as a whole or lifted separately, and can also create a stage effect of rotating while lifting
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Wall facing
The wall of the auditorium of the theater uses a sound diffusion wall similar to that of the stage wall of the concert hall, which looks like a convex and concave undulation and irregular arrangement of vertical bars. A large number of irregularly arranged concave and convex grooves form sound diffusion and reflection as a whole, which can ensure the uniformity of indoor sound field. The wall is wrapped with special silk cloth, forming a wall pattern mainly in red, alternating with yellow and purple. The light shines on the wall, creating a theater atmosphere with Chinese characteristics at the same time, it can also play a good sound absorption effect
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The small theater is the most diverse possible multifunctional theater in the National Center for the Performing Arts. The overall tone is fresh and elegant, and it can adapt to chamber music, small solo singing, small theater drama, small theater opera, modern dance and other artistic performances. The auditorium has 19 rows and 469 seats (including movable seats). The small theatre was completed in September 2009 and officially opened in October 2009. Its completion and opening not only further expands the performing arts function of China National Center for the Performing Arts, but also enriches the performance function of the existing small theater community in Beijing
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Ceiling and wall
The white relief ceiling of the small theater is similar to that of the concert hall, the sound diffusion wall is similar to that of the theater wall, and the partition wall with insulation and sound insulation effect can make the sound evenly and gently diffuse and reflect
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Stage and auditorium
The small theater uses an end stage. The stage consists of two lifting platforms, which can be lifted as a whole or separately as needed. Soundproof walls and floor-to-ceiling toughened glass walls behind the stage can be folded and shrunk to the left and right ends. After the two walls are fully opened, the sunken outdoor square with an area of more than 500 square meters is presented like a backyard garden, which can be used as the background of the performance or directly as a stage to be incorporated into the performance, providing greater imagination and play space for art creators. The audience seats a total of 469 and can be flexibly adjusted according to the play, including electric retractable stands and movable seats
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In the magnificent building of the National Center for the Performing Arts, there are not only three professional theaters and a multifunctional small theater, but also a large number of public Spaces. Whether it is exquisite architectural design, space furnishings with strong artistic characteristics, or art exhibitions with rich themes, small art performances in various forms
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Artificial lake
The shell is surrounded by a rippling artificial lake with a total area of 35,500 square meters. The lake is like a crystal clear mirror, and the waves and reflections complement each other, together holding up the huge and glittering building in the center. The design concept of the artificial lake water area comes from the Beijing water system, adding a flexible water feature to the central area of Beijing. The artificial lake pool uses the water circulation system to remove turbidity, no ice in winter, no algae in summer
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Cultural square
The artificial lake is surrounded by a green belt with a total area of 39,000 square meters, which cuts off the hustle and bustle of Chang 'an Avenue and forms a large cultural and leisure plaza in the center of the city. The design follows the idea of introducing the natural garden into the city, keeping the overall harmony with the main building of the grand theater, reflecting the appropriate combination between hidden and visible, dense and sparse, and integrating the landscape design concepts such as multilayer and community. The Cultural Square is freely accessible to the public
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Underwater gallery
Through the main entrance of the North gate of the National Grand Theatre to enter the main internal building of the Grand Theatre, you must first pass through the north underwater promenade located under the human lake. The underwater corridor is about 80 meters long and 24 meters wide and is topped with a glass canopy
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Olive Hall
The Olive Hall is an important transportation hub for the Grand Theatre. Through the north underwater promenade to the Olive Hall, the three indoor buildings in sequence are the three professional theaters of the National Center for the Performing Arts of China. In the middle is the opera house, the concert hall on the left and the theater on the right
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Public hall
The public hall has the largest dome in China. The dome is 46 meters above the ground and consists of numerous roots
Brazilian rosewood
Assembled, which is divided into several areas by metal strips. Each mahogany has a different shade of color, and the collage of each area is different, full of changes and levels, as if drawing a rhythmic arc on the sky
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Petal hall
Located on the roof platform of the fifth floor of the Opera House, the Petal Hall has become the most distinctive open space in the Grand Theater due to its unique shape, position and perspective. From here it overlooks the public hall and, through the opening glass curtain wall, offers a panoramic view of both inside and outside the theatre. The small performances and interactive activities brought here all year round allow the audience to feel and love art at close range
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Art data center
The Art Information Center is located on the top floor of the Grand Theatre Concert Hall. The total area is nearly 1400 square meters. As a supporting service organization for the Grand Theatre performances, the Art Information Center mainly collects materials in the field of performing arts, including music, dance, drama, opera books, periodicals, records and music scores
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The Art Gallery is located on the east side of the public hall on the first floor of the China National Center for the Performing Arts, and runs north-south through the outside side of the first floor of the concert hall. As an important part of the cultural and creative industries of the China National Center for the Performing Arts, the Art Gallery includes the China National Center for Performing Arts Souvenir Shop, the China National Center for Performing Arts Audio-Visual Center, the China National Center for Performing Arts Drama Shop, the Tian Tian Art Bookstore and the French Blue Porcelain Art Shop
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Souvenir shop
China National Centre for the Performing Arts Souvenir Shop specializes in all kinds of souvenirs designed by the theatre itself. Each product has been specially designed to integrate the architectural symbol of the Grand Theatre, the characteristics of the performing arts or the classic image of the original play, highlighting the originality and artistry of the Grand Theatre while pursuing high quality
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Audio-visual Center
The audio-visual Center is located on the east side of the public hall on the first floor of the Grand Theater
[18]
. The Audio-Visual Center is dedicated to creating "classical recordings.
Rongbao Zhai
". In conjunction with the Grand Theater's performances of visiting masters and artists, the audio-visual Center has a collection of more than 1,000 artists' CDS and DVDS, covering a variety of art categories
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A good read bookstore
Yihao Reading Bookstore is located on the east side of the public hall on the first floor. With the concept of "creating the most tasteful reading space", it focuses on international cultural trends. Recognizing the core concept of "Art changes life", the National Center for the Performing Arts operates more than 1,000 kinds of books and peripheral products featuring opera, music, dance, drama, Chinese opera and aesthetics
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Ancient Wu embroidery Huangsu embroidery shop
Guwu Embroidery Huangsu Embroidery Art Shop is located in the public hall on the first floor, the southernmost part of the art boutique corridor, adjacent to the entrance of the concert hall
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Drama shop
Located on the east side of the public hall on the first floor, the Drama shop of the China National Center for the Performing Arts is adjacent to the French Blue Porcelain Art Porcelain Shop, specializing in specialty products related to traditional Chinese opera and folk crafts. The purpose of the drama store is to promote traditional Chinese opera and folk crafts, hoping that customers can know more about Chinese opera and get close to it through these products
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Opera La Traviata
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East-west exhibition hall
In the north underwater corridor of the Grand Theater, there is an exhibition hall of 1200 square meters on both sides. There are "China's Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Achievements Exhibition", "China's Peking Opera Art Exhibition", "Ancient Greek Drama Exhibition", "Ancient Greek Opera Exhibition", "Ancient Chinese Opera Exhibition".
Li Lanqing
Seal Cutting Art Exhibition ", "Quintessence oil Painting Art Exhibition" and "Art Ceramics exhibition" and other exhibitions
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Museum of modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is the largest pavilion in the National Center for the Performing Arts, located on the south side of the opera House's roof platform. Since August 2008, it has exhibited "China Shoushan Stone Seal Cutting Art Exhibition", "Art Achievement Exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up", "National Center for the Performing Arts Opening Anniversary Exhibition", "Wonderful Bloom Here - National Center for the Performing Arts Art Achievement Exhibition" and so on. This permanent exhibition introduces and reviews the business history of the National Center for the Performing Arts, showing the growth of the National Center for the Performing Arts through detailed data, pictures and objects
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Art salon exhibition hall
The Art Salon showroom is located
Opera house
The southwest side of the first floor covers an area of 100 square meters to exhibit
China's intangible cultural heritage
Mainly, while taking into account excellent visual art works. The unique semi-circular design of the Art Salon exhibition hall, like a string moon, combines the soft beauty of architecture with the elegance of art, so that the audience can see all the exhibits at a glance no matter where they are. Although the floor-to-ceiling glass door separates the people from the public hall, it also harvests the scenery of the water and sky outside the glass curtain wall of the south of the Grand Theater
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Opera gallery
The first floor of the opera house is surrounded by a winding corridor, and the large copper doors at the east and west ends of the corridor connect with the public hall. There are "Opera Festival repertory Exhibition", "Red Cliff", "Liberation", "Magic Flute" repertory exhibition "and" Germany.
The Stuttgart Ballet
and
American Ballet Theatre
Show exhibition, etc
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Theatre circle Gallery
Theater is located in the west of the opera house, the overall style is very national characteristics. The main stage is drama, Beijing Opera, local opera and other performances, and the art exhibition carried out by the theater circle gallery and the small exhibition hall at the entrance of the theater is mainly in the form of "static" art. There have been "Opera Culture Exhibition", "Art Master Retrospective Exhibition", "Sculpture and Small oil Painting Exhibition" and so on
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Concert hall gallery
The Concert Hall Corridor, located on the west side of the concert Hall, is another art exhibition venue of the China National Center for the Performing Arts. Has successfully held"
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
China Performance Exhibition ", "the Third Chinese Symphony Spring Special Exhibition", "Li Lanqing Sketch Exhibition", "Li Lanqing Sketch Exhibition"
Gustav Mahler
With his ten symphonies "and other wonderful exhibitions
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Art Data Center Ring Gallery
Located on the fourth floor of the Concert Hall, the outer Ring Gallery of the Art Information Center, with the theme of "entering the world of records", presents wonderful text and photo exhibitions to the audience all year round, telling the musical story behind records. Has successfully held the "National Grand Theatre member 5th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition","
Herbert von Karajan
100th Birthday Photo Exhibition ", "World Famous Ballet Company Exhibition","
Luciano Pavarotti
First Anniversary of Death Exhibition ", "Royal Violin Exhibition", "International Famous Record Company Brand Exhibition", "World Opera Selection", "World Opera Exhibition"
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelson Bartholdi
Smooth "and"
Lang Lang
Ten Year Retrospective Exhibition
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Principal designer of the National Theatre: Paul Andreu
Paul Andrew was born in 1938
Ecole de architecture de France
And fellow of the French Academy of Architectural Sciences. Andrew designed it
Soekarno-hatta International Airport
,
Cairo International Airport
And Chinese
Shanghai Pudong International Airport
and
Guangzhou New Stadium
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The exterior of the China National Center for the Arts is a steel structure shell, in the shape of a semi-ellipsoid, the length of the east-west long axis of the plane projection is 212.20 meters, the length of the north-south short axis is 143.64 meters, the height of the building is 46.285 meters, slightly lower than the Great Hall of the People 3.32 meters, the deepest part of the foundation reaches -32.5 meters, as high as a 10-story building. The shell of the Grand Theater is made of more than 18,000 titanium metal plates, with an area of more than 30,000 square meters, and only 4 of the more than 18,000 titanium metal plates have the same shape. Titanium metal plate after special oxidation treatment, the surface of the metal luster is very textured, and the same color for 15 years. The central part is the gradual glass curtain wall, which is made of more than 1200 pieces of ultra-white glass. The ellipsoid shell surrounds the artificial lake, with a surface area of 35,500 square meters, and various channels and entrances are located under the water. Pedestrians enter the hall through an 80-meter-long underwater passageway
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Construction technique
National Grand Theatre
There are abundant underground groundwater, and the buoyancy generated by these groundwater can lift a giant aircraft carrier weighing 1 million tons, so huge buoyancy is enough to lift the entire National Grand Theater. The traditional solution is to pump groundwater continuously, but the result of this pumping of groundwater will be the formation of a 5km underground "groundwater funnel" around the Grand Theater, causing the surrounding foundation to settle and even the surface of the building may crack. In order to solve this problem, engineers and technicians have conducted precise research and poured an underground water barrier with concrete from the highest groundwater level to the clay layer 60 meters underground. This huge "bucket", formed by an underground concrete wall, encloses the foundation of the Grand Theatre. The pump is inside the bucket and pulls the water away, so that no matter how much water is pumped inside the foundation, the groundwater outside the bucket is not affected, so the surrounding buildings are safe
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6,750 tons of steel beams to build the largest dome. The shell structure of the National Center for the Performing Arts consists of a curved steel beam, more than 18,000 titanium metal plates and more than 1,200 pieces of ultra-white transparent glass to form a huge sky of 36,000 square meters. The world's largest dome is not supported by a single pillar. The dome is coated with nanomaterials so that when rain falls on the glass surface, it doesn't leave a water stain. At the same time, nanotechnology also greatly reduces the adhesion of dust
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In order to prevent the noise caused by raindrops falling on the dome, which is the size of ten football fields, Tsinghua University conducted repeated experiments. The experiment shows that if there is no effective anti-noise treatment, when the rain falls, the sound inside the dome will be like a thousand drums. The problem of anti-noise between the theater and the theater, between the theater and the outside, is also solved well by using a technology called "sound gate"
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The artificial lake does not freeze in winter. The National Center for the Performing Arts is surrounded by an artificial lake. However, Beijing's winter temperature can sometimes drop below zero degrees Celsius, and how to keep the lake from freezing in winter has become a major problem. The survey found that at a depth of 80 meters, the underground water temperature remained at 13 degrees Celsius. Therefore, through a closed circulation system, the constant temperature of groundwater is injected into the lake, and the water temperature of the artificial lake can be controlled above zero in winter
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In addition, in several years of construction, the National Grand Theater has also overcome a series of technical problems such as ultra-deep foundation construction and signal control inside the theater
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Design concept
The Chinese National Center for the Performing Arts is innovative, avant-garde and unique in its design. It is a combination of tradition and modernity, romance and reality. The large oval shape of the Grand Theatre looks like a "visitor from heaven" on Chang 'an Avenue, and its conflict with the surrounding environment makes it stand out. This "theater in the city, the city in the theater" with a new century to transcend the imagination of the "pearl in the lake" strange posture. The Chinese National Center for the Performing Arts wants to express the inner vitality, the inner vitality under the outer tranquility. A simple "eggshell" with life in it, the Grand Theatre represents the end of one era and the beginning of another
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Theater of the day
World's largest dome:
The entire shell steel structure weighs 6475 tons, and has an east-west long axis span of 212.2 meters, making it the largest dome in the world.
The deepest building in Beijing:
The deepest underground depth of the Grand Theater is -32.5 meters, which is equivalent to digging 10 stories into the ground, making it the deepest building in Beijing.
Largest organ in Asia:
The organ in the concert hall has a total of 6,500 sound pipes, which is the largest organ in Asia and cost 30 million yuan
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National Grand Theatre
The China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra and the China National Center for the Performing Arts Choir are two professional resident performance groups specially established by the Center.
Members of the orchestra and choir are strictly selected and come from all over the world. Many Chinese members have studied and worked abroad. The two groups mainly focus on opera and concert performances, and participate in various cultural exchange activities. The National Center for the Performing Arts implements a new management and operation system for the two groups in accordance with international practices and market operation rules
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China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra
The China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra was established in March 2010 as the resident orchestra of the National Performing Arts Center of China. The orchestra's chief conductor is Lu Jia, the artistic director of music of the National Center for the Performing Arts of China
Chen Zuohuang
As one of the founders of the orchestra, he was awarded Conductor laureate. Young conductor Yuan Ding is the assistant conductor of the orchestra. Every year, the orchestra performs more than 10 operas and dance dramas, and gives about 30 symphonic concerts
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China National Theatre Choir
The China National Center for the Performing Arts Choir was established on December 8, 2009, led by the conductor
Wu Lingfen
As a conductor, many outstanding international and domestic artists provide artistic guidance to the choir. The members are composed of students from art colleges and universities all over the country and those who have studied abroad after strict selection
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Over the years, the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) has effectively integrated a number of excellent artistic resources at home and abroad. From 2008 to 2015, it successfully produced 59 plays (including 21 original plays) and toured 884 performances, attracting 145,000 audiences in 2015, covering various artistic categories such as opera, drama, Peking Opera and dance drama
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The National Center for the Performing Arts of China, together with domestic and foreign conductors and singers, has completed eight opera works, including Pearl Diver, Narcissus, The Merry Widow, Romeo and Juliet, Don Pasquale, Falstaff, The Sweet Wine of Love and Summer Rainbow.
Since September 17, 2022, the eight recorded works performed at the National Center for the Performing Arts in China have been broadcast to listeners in many cities and regions across the United States through the Chicago Classical Music Radio Station
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It was jointly produced by the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Shanghai Opera House and Shaanxi Grand Theatre from November 24 to 27, 2022
The opera "Tosca" will appear at the National University
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The National Center for the Performing Arts has established strategic partnerships with 25 foreign theaters, established cooperative relations with 131 embassies in China, and conducted regular cultural exchanges with 385 theaters and troupes. Artists from all over the world come to China to perform, and the China National Center for the Performing Arts is almost always their preferred partner.
China National Center for the Performing Arts launched the "World Music Expo" series of activities in January 2010. The "World Music Expo" comprehensively displays the uniqueness of a country's cultural performing arts through public space exhibitions, small special performances, photo exhibitions and other forms, aiming to protect and promote the intangible cultural heritage of countries and regions in the world, and support, protect and promote the diversity and nationality of culture and art
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From January 6 to 10, 2022, Yip Jintian, known as the "master of Neo-orientalist aesthetics", will appear on stage at the National Center for the Performing Arts Opera House with his first stage production "Love of the Falling City".
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The National Center for the Performing Arts of China has always regarded the improvement of national cultural and artistic quality as the hallmark function of public welfare art institutions, and carried out art popularization education to the public. By 2015, a total of 4,351 performances and 4,011 activities had been meticulously planned and held, with a total audience of more than 3.7 million, for which the China National Center for the Performing Arts invested about 30 million yuan every year
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Weekend concert
The National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA), together with the famous troupe, launches "Weekend Concerts" every weekend, involving various art forms such as symphony, ethnic orchestral music, chamber music, opera, chorus and solo singing. Every Sunday, Chinese and foreign art groups are invited to perform classic songs, and the staff of the Grand Theater will explain the service; Tickets are priced at 40 yuan for all seats and 10 yuan for Grand Theatre members
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Lecture hall on classic art
The "Classic Art Lecture Hall" is one of the public welfare brand projects of the National Center for the Performing Arts throughout the year and every week. It invites many well-known experts, scholars and artists in the field of art at home and abroad to provide more than 300 art lectures and art experience activities throughout the year, covering various art categories such as music, dance, drama and opera
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Into the world of records
China National Center for the Performing Arts often holds a series of activities such as "Into the world of Records" theme lectures, master meetings and music salons, especially for music enthusiasts with a certain foundation. In the theme lecture, experts and music critics will be invited to cooperate with the Grand Theater to introduce classic music and plays to the Grand Theater members, and will cooperate with the international famous record companies and fever audio equipment companies to display and promote classic records and audio equipment
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On December 22, 2019, the China National Center for the Performing Arts held a public Open Day art festival marking the 12th anniversary of its founding
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From June 9 to 19, 2022, "Dunhuang", "Onegin" and "Giselle" of the Central Ballet performed at the National Center for the Performing Arts of China.
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On October 27 and 28, 2022, the dance drama "Heaven Road", produced by China National Center for the Performing Arts and co-produced by Beijing Opera and Dance Theatre, was held
China National Center for the Performing Arts
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On December 22, 2022, China National Center for the Performing Arts held a special program of "15 Years, Art Heart for the People" 15th anniversary live Week
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On December 31, 2022, the Concert Hall of the China National Center for the Performing Arts held the 2023 Beijing New Year Concert to ring in the old and usher in the new
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On December 25, 2021, the Chinese National Center for the Performing Arts staged the Bel Canto version of "Together Into the Future"
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Public performance
Every year, the China National Theater organizes hundreds of public performances and art popularization activities, covering parks, museums, libraries, welfare homes, and even residential communities in rural areas. The NCPA has also turned the subway into a "mobile concert hall" - since 2014, 160 stations on 10 lines of the Beijing subway have been broadcasting music works provided by the Classical music Channel of the theater for 8.5 hours a day
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Public Open Day Art Festival
In line with the concept of "rooted in the people, facing the people, serving the people", the National Center for the Performing Arts of China has designated December 22 as the "Public Open Day Art Festival" every year, so that the people can share the achievements of national cultural development. On the public Open Day in 2015, the Grand Theatre will present four Chinese and foreign classic concerts, operas and concerts from 9 PM to 16 PM.
Carmen
Beijing Opera
A surname
", the play"
rough houseplay at weddings
", ballet"
Marco Polo
More than 60 live performances and artistic activities, including excerpts. Receiving more than 10,000 spectators, the National Center for the Performing Arts distributed tickets through more than 40 social channels to heroes, labor models, moral models, community residents, medical workers, Beijing troops, teachers and students from colleges and universities, subway and bus drivers, taxi drivers, capital volunteers and other people in Beijing
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Spring and Autumn - Art school stage art fine performance week
China National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) "Spring and Autumn - Art School Stage Art Performance Week" is an exhibition week integrating teaching practice, art exchange and talent incubation. In 2015, the eighth session was held from October 20 to November 16, with 12 performances with different characteristics presented by nine star colleges and universities at home and abroad. In addition, the National Center for the Performing Arts has also carefully arranged small performances in public Spaces, lectures on art popularization and other activities, creating more opportunities for audiences to meet and communicate with young artists
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Youth concert
"Youth Popularization Concert" is a regular art popularization high-quality activity for young people organized by China National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and Beijing Municipal Education Commission since 2008. It not only shows the achievements of art education, but also enrichis young people's understanding of music knowledge and leads them to enter the music hall. The Grand Theatre will invite artists to direct or co-perform with the school art troupe; It covers various art types such as symphony, folk music, wind music, chorus, etc. The repertoire is both artistic and popular, not only pays attention to classic works, but also considers the appreciation ability and interests of young people; During the performance, play while explaining, and have a live demonstration
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Youth art week
The annual "Youth Art Week" is jointly sponsored by China National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and Beijing Municipal Commission of Education. Since 2009, the annual "Youth Art Week" has been cultivated and explored, and now it has become a mature brand of youth art popularization education for the theater. In 2015, the Youth Week presented 9 performances in one week, and more than 800 primary, middle and high school students in the city successively stepped on the stage to realize their artistic dreams. Compared with previous years, which focused on chorus and children's drama, the Youth Week mainly focused on instrumental music performance and "art star" specialty display, nearly 10,000 performance tickets still continued the tradition of previous years, and were distributed free to students in various districts and counties by the Municipal Education Commission, so that the artistic rain "drip irrigation" to more "flowers of the motherland".
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Young composer scheme
The Young Composers Programme is held annually for one year. The first phase of the program was officially launched in January 2011, including six stages of registration, pre-evaluation, re-evaluation, performance, final evaluation and commission: First of all, we will collect and select orchestral works from young Chinese composers under the age of 40. After pre-evaluation and re-evaluation, 12 works will enter the exhibition, and professional orchestras will be invited by the Grand Theater to perform these works in public. After that, 6 works will be evaluated and enter the final evaluation. In December, the Grand Theatre will again invite professional orchestras to hold the final evaluation and award concert, and perform 6 works in public. The expert jury will listen to the live selection of 3 winners and issue an invitation to commission the work. The expert panel includes well-known composers, conductors and performers at home and abroad. As the host, the Grand Theatre will not only invite the orchestra to perform outstanding works, but also bear the cost support of rehearsal, performance and commissioned creation
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Opera interest training base
Since 2011, the China National Center for the Performing Arts has set up "opera interest cultivation bases" in 153 primary and middle schools in Beijing, covering six urban districts: Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chaoyang, Haidian, Fengtai and Shijingshan. The children of the Opera Base School can enjoy the opera, watch rehearsals and listen to lectures regularly every year. In September 2014, in response to the call of Beijing Municipal Education Commission for "Capital universities and social forces to participate in the development of physical and aesthetic education in primary schools", the China National Center for the Performing Arts established a full range of art education courses covering "song, music, dance, drama, drama, book and painting" together with Beijing Jiaowei Hutong Primary School and Beijing Zizhong Primary School, providing nearly 600 hours of art courses. It covers all grades of primary schools, covers diverse art categories, and organizes students to watch art performances
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IDG world famous masterpieces
In 2013, the China National Center for the Performing Arts announced a partnership
International Data Group
(IDG) has partnered to subsidize ticket prices for Chinese college students with project-only tickets, which will be priced lower than the lowest ticket price for the performance, in order to encourage college students to enjoy world-class artistic performances. The public welfare program, called "IDG World Famous Works", has benefited 185,000 students from 15 universities
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Capital Arts Volunteer Service League
As early as the opening of the operation, the Grand Theater began to recruit NCPA volunteers, in the past few years to fully explore its own advantages and characteristics, a total of nearly 30,000 volunteers to serve the majority of audiences and artists, a total of 120,000 hours of service, covering 28 types of volunteer service positions such as art education, admission guidance, language translation.
In December 2014, the National Center for the Performing Arts of China established the NCPA Volunteer Service Association. On May 27, 2015, the "Capital Art Volunteer Service Alliance" was officially established in the National Center for the Performing Arts. A total of 44 art troupes were assembled, bringing together 7,246 artists. Among them, there are
China National Symphony Orchestra
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Central Opera House
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General Political Department Song and dance troupe
Such art institutions as Beijing People's Arts; Have a pianist
Lang Lang
, violinist
Lv Siqing
Li Biao, percussive musician, comedy artist
Chen Peisi
Such a stage master; There are also a large number of grass-roots literary and art workers in the front line.
On December 19, 2008, China National Center for the Performing Arts won the "Luban Award"
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On October 28, 2009, China National Center for the Performing Arts was selected as one of the "100 Classic and Quality Projects" for the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China.
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The National Center for the Performing Arts of China is a great theater with a great orchestra, choir and production team. I believe the audience will finish watching the opera at the National Center for the Performing Arts.
Aida
After ", go to any theatre in the world to see Aida will be disappointed.
conductor
Zubin Mehta
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In many historic theaters in Europe, they are often insensitive to the creative desires and demands of directors, and they say, "Oh, I see." And then nothing more. But in the National Center for the Performing Arts, the director's ideas will be spared no effort to cooperate, everyone will be excited about a good artistic idea, go all out, and the enthusiasm and humility of the staff here moved me.
(Review by Francesco Michaeli, Director of Aida)
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Paul Andrew's plan is a new, avant-garde building that will be like "a crystal drop of water" when completed, and he will push the Grand Theatre south to the east and west axis of the Great Hall of the People, moving the green space to the north. On Chang 'an Avenue, you have to pass the Great Hall of the People to see the National Center for the Performing Arts, which is a foil to Tiananmen and the Great Hall. This plan has been endorsed by many people inside and outside the industry. The leading group for the construction of the National Center for the Performing Arts decided to recommend this plan to the central government together with the other two advantageous plans. On July 22, 1999, the Politburo Standing Committee decided to adopt Andrew's plan.
However, the sudden addition of such a modern structure, seemingly from space, to the west side of the Great Hall of the People has caused great controversy. On June 10, 2000, 140 academicians and 114 architects signed a letter opposing the proposal. In order to be cautious, China's National Development and Reform Commission commissioned an international engineering consulting company to organize a demonstration meeting to conduct a feasibility study and demonstrate the preliminary design of the scheme. They invited more than 40 architects and technical experts to attend, and the debate was fierce. The architecture experts at the conference were evenly split between support and opposition to the proposal; Most technical experts support this solution; The experts at the Arts Council meeting all supported the proposal. China's National Development and Reform Commission once again reported the results of the international engineering consulting company's demonstration to the Party Central Committee, which was approved by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee
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National Grand Theatre
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At the beginning of 2007, the China National Center for the Performing Arts was determined to be under the supervision of the Beijing Municipal government, and clearly positioned as a "public welfare institution", the China National Center for the Performing Arts will be different from other performance venues that operate according to the market. The total annual income of China National Center for the Performing Arts will mainly come from the following sources: state appropriation, operating income and social financing. According to the operation mode of some foreign grand theaters, the proportion of state subsidies for national grand theaters will account for 40%-60% of the entire operating cost of the theater, which will be jointly borne by the central government and the Beijing Municipal Government
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When it opened, the National Center for the Performing Arts set a goal of 800 performances a year. The Grand Theater adopts a three-dimensional ticket price system - according to the arrangement of the season project, 70% of the total ticket volume is for the people's ticket price, 10% is relatively expensive ticket price, which can not only meet the needs of different levels of appreciation, but also respect the law of the performing arts market, and maintain the stability of the domestic performance market order
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In 2014, the Grand Theatre staged 910 performances, with a sales rate of 82.5%. Since the trial operation, the Grand theater has continued to pay attention to the problem of high ticket prices in the domestic performance market, from the initial purchase of programs, to the proportion of homemade programs has been rising, so as to effectively control costs, and the average ticket price has dropped from more than 400 yuan in the first year of opening to more than 200 yuan
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(1) Implementing brand management strategy
The National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is a cultural and artistic venue open to the public and undertakes the responsibility of providing public services to the society. Based on the diversified and all-round cultural and art education, the Grand Theater makes art education serve the broad masses of the people, especially teenagers and ordinary families, and comprehensively guide and improve the cultural quality of the people by holding various performances, exhibitions, holding lectures, conducting master lectures, organizing backstage visits, and conducting remote tutoring.
(2) Focus on resolving the relationship between art and the market
Brand is a symbol with unique cultural connotation and business value. The operation and management of Grand Theater revolve around brand strategy, adhere to the program selection standard of "high standard, high grade and elegant art", mainly promote artistic products, pay attention to communication, brand promotion and pay attention to relevance.
(3) To provide professional and refined management and technical support
The Grand Theater continues to strengthen its integration with the international community, absorb the advanced operating experience of foreign counterparts, and improve the professional level of the overall operation. Pay attention to details in management, implement closed-loop management, strengthen the effective control of management, and effectively improve the degree of refinement of management.
(4) Providing humanized services
Service is the eternal theme of theater management. The Grand Theater closely focuses on the different needs of the troupe, artists and audiences, combines the commonness and individual needs of the service objects, studies the service content and service standards of each link, and constantly improves the humanized quality of service.
(5) Work hard to cultivate the audience
The Grand Theater always attaches importance to the cultivation of the audience, is committed to creating a good environment for the appreciation of elegant art, will cultivate the audience in the service, implement the "drip irrigation project" of members, and rely on communication, education and service to expand the audience
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Mechanism setup
The China National Center for the Performing Arts is located at 2 West Chang 'an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing
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From September 1 to April 30 each year
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1. The National Center for the Performing Arts implements the real-name ticket purchase system. After registering as a user of the National Center for the Performing Arts, individual audiences are limited to one ticket per admission day for each ID card (ID card/other documents), and each order can book a maximum of 10 people.
2. Pre-sale tickets are available on the day of booking if they have not been verified
By 20
Apply for a refund,
No refunds are available after the time limit
After the refund, you can choose another date to book.
After the audience has checked and entered the theater, they cannot return the tickets and refund
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The elderly aged 60 and above can buy the half-price ticket with their ID card or old age card original, students (national public university bachelor degree or below) with their student card original, active military personnel with their military officer card or non-commissioned officer card original, disabled people with their disability card original. For children under 6 years old or 1.2m in height (accompanied by an adult), the departing staff can make an appointment to apply for free tickets with their original leave certificates and the theatre members can apply for free tickets with their own visiting rights
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Public transportation
Tiananmen West Railway Station:
Beijing bus 1, 5 (Nanchang Street station can also), 10 (Stone Stone Hutong station can also), 22 (Stone stone Hutong station can also), 52, night 1.
Beijing power supply Bureau station
Beijing Bus Special No. 2 (get off at Qianmen West Station), No. 9 (get off at Qianmen West Station).
Qianmen West Railway Station:
Beijing bus special 2 road (Beijing Power Supply station can also get off), special 4 road, special 7 road, 9 road (Beijing power Supply station can also get off), 44 road, 67 road, 332 road, 901 road, night 5 road
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Beijing Metro Line 1:
Take Beijing Metro Line 1 to Tian 'anmen West Station and exit C.
Beijing Metro Line 2:
Take Beijing Metro Line 2 to Hepingmen Station and exit B to the ground; Or get off at Qianmen Station and take Exit C to the ground
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Western restaurant
The restaurant is located on the fourth floor of the National Center for the Performing Arts.
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The cafe is located on the east and west sides of the public hall on the first floor of the China National Center for the Performing Arts
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