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Fringe on Campus 2008

Fringe on Campus is an outreach program of “Fringe Shanghai” aimed at offering young people in the city an international perspective of performing arts. Over 1,000 students had already benefited from the outreach activities of “Fringe Shanghai 2006”Fringe on Campus 2008 invited All Theatre Art Association, a professional multi-media theatre group from Hong Kong, to present a Campus Tour and 2 Mask Theatre Workshops in Shanghai. The Campus Tour was brought to nearly 4000 students in 12 schools located in 6 districts. Instead of solely watching the artistic performance, the audience could also go on stage and join in the improvisation activities. Along with the tour, every student got a FREE Fringe Smart Kit –Theatre ABC, which was tailor-made for young people and produced together with the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center. The bilingual book introduced the history of theatre with popular sub-themes such as mask or theatrical games. The Mask Theatre Workshop, facilitated by the artists from All Theatre, brought the joy of theatre to the participants as well as teaching them about mask and performing skills. 

Campus Tour

Mask Drama by All Theater Art Association

 

 

Mask Theater Workshop

Masks are among the first artistic forms of expression dating back to ancient tribal cultures and traditional art forms from around the world. In the hands of actors, masks can become sacred tools that have the power to connect with primal energy and spiritual wisdom. Masks allow those who are interested in performance to quickly embrace new characters and to become uninhibited, enabling performers to freely express their emotions. Students’ interests will be aroused and their comprehension of theatre through masks will be deepened.

 
  

They were encouraged to create plays using their own stories, to rehearse them with professional actors, and to learn to combine acting with theatrical elements such as movement, voice, masks, props and costumes to allow richer artistic expression. At the end of the workshop, participants gave a presentation of their own plays. About 60 participants attended this workshop.

 

  

 

 

In 2008, our Campus Tour visited the following schools:

Deutsche Schule Shanghai
Dulwich College International School Shanghai
Shanghai American School
Shanghai Community International School
SMIC Private School
The British International School , Shanghai (Pudong)
Yew Chung Shanghai International School (Gubei)
Shanghai Aiju Elementary School
Shanghai Cao Yang No. 2 High School
Shanghai Tongbai Senior High School
East China University of Political Science and Law
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology