Producers Toolbox: The Way/Dao of the Producer

在过去的十年里，中国大陆的文化产业经历了前所未有的增长。这包括建造数百个新的剧院和艺术中心，为艺术家和观众提供新的机会。与新的基础设施相匹配的人力资源发展是目前的首要任务，而中国的新兴艺术制作人，除了东部沿海地区，几乎没有专业发展或国际交流的机会。为了解决这一问题，并帮助发展英国与中国的新交流机会，瑞森研究中心、米德尔塞克斯大学和北京舞蹈学院之间的现有合作已经扩大到包括艺术部门的合作伙伴——中国的保利剧院集团和英国的中国艺术现在由英国艺术委员会支持。该提案将创建四个试点项目演示，由领先的和新兴的英国制片人，艾玛·格莱斯顿，舞蹈伞；法鲁克·乔杜里，阿克拉姆汗公司；张安庭《当代中国艺术》；和乔安娜·董，表演无限。这些内容将在保利剧院集团在北京、深圳、成都和昆明举办的在线制作人论坛上展示，然后作为在线资源包“制作人工具箱：制作人之路/Dào”的一部分提供。在保利剧院集团举办的活动将允许当地参与者亲自观看大屏幕格式的演讲，并通过现代有效的互联网连接参与演讲后的英中讨论。每场论坛将由北京舞蹈学院副院长徐教授和ResCen研究中心主任Christopher Bannerman教授主持。本次试点项目的英国主持人都是在不同的背景下工作的，他们都有国际合作的经验，他们的材料将为中国艺术界的同事精心定制。此外，所有的演讲者都是公认的在各自领域的成熟或新兴的领导者，他们准备进行生动的对话和交流，并参与任何未来的合作项目。该项目旨在为艺术专业人士之间的持续交流提供第一个关键环节，这些专业人士可以创建新的国际合作项目，并分享如何充分利用现有机会的信息。演讲内容涉及2019冠状病毒病的新现实，包括对数字表演的讨论，以及展望再次有可能与观众进行现场表演的时代。该试点项目还评估了在无法进行传统上在该部门很重要的个人互动时，与中国同事进行交流和网络活动的在线模式的使用。进一步的发展计划包括制作中国制作人的演示文稿，这些演示文稿将在未来的中英在线论坛上展示，然后添加到制作人工具箱中。

Mainland China's cultural sector has seen unprecedented growth in the past decade. This has included the construction of hundreds of new theatres and arts centres that offer artists and audiences new opportunities. The development of the human resources to match the new infrastructure is now a priority and the emerging arts producers in China, beyond the Eastern seaboard region, have few opportunities for professional development or international exchange. To address this issue and to assist in developing the UK's opportunities for new exchanges with China, an existing collaboration between ResCen Research Centre, Middlesex University and the Beijing Dance Academy, has been extended to include arts sector partners - China's Poly Theatre Group and the UK's Chinese Arts Now supported by Arts Council England.The proposal will create four pilot project presentations by leading and emerging UK producers, Emma Gladstone, Dance Umbrella; Farooq Chaudhry, Akram Khan Company; An-Ting Chang, Chinese Arts Now; and Joanna Dong, Performance Infinity. These will be presented at online Producers Forums hosted by the Poly Theatre Group in Beijing, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Kunming and then made available online as part of a resource pack called The Producers Toolbox: The Way/Dào of the Producer. The hosting of the events in Poly Theatre Group venues will allow local participants to attend in person to view each presentation in a large-screen format and to take part in the UK-China discussions that follow the presentations via a modern and effective internet connection. Presentations will also be accessible to a wider audience online throughout mainland China and in Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as in the UK. Each Forum will be moderated by Beijing Dance Academy Vice-President, Professor Xu and ResCen Research Centre Director, Professor Christopher Bannerman. The UK presenters selected for this pilot project work in different contexts, are all experienced in international collaborations and their material will be carefully tailored for Chinese arts sector colleagues. Additionally, all presenters are widely acknowledged to be established or emerging leaders in their fields who are prepared to engage in lively dialogue and exchange, and to participate in any future collaborative projects.The project is designed to make the first critical link enabling an ongoing exchange between the arts professionals who can create new international collaborative projects and to share information on how to make best use of the available opportunities. The presentations address the new Covid-19 realities and include the discussion of digital performance as well as looking ahead to a time when live performance with an audience will again be possible. The pilot project also assesses the use of the online mode for exchange and network events with Chinese colleagues when it is not possible to engage in the personal interactions that are traditionally important in this sector. Further planned developments include the creation of presentations by Chinese producers which will feature at future online China-UK Forums before being added to The Producers Toolbox.