NUA becomes winners of several awards at the successful closure of the 2021 University Students Drama Show 

The University Students Drama Show of the 2021 Jiangsu Zijin Culture and Art Festival, from May to December, was hosted by the Publicity Department of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, and co-organized by Jiangsu Dramatists Association, Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts and Jiangsu Federation of Student Art Groups. Under the theme of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the event attracted 86 plays from 56 universities, among which 8 long plays, 10 short plays and 4 opera acts were shortlisted for the final competitive show.

The drama awards of the Show have been unveiled as per the review of a panel of expert judges and their scores for the live performances. The original poetic dance drama Anecdotes of Nanjing by the School of Dance of NUA won first place in the long play category; Xu Wei and Wang Jiawei, faculty members of the School of Dance, were winners of the Outstanding Instructor Award; and NUA took the Outstanding Organization Award.  The award ceremony for the Show was held on December 29 in the Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts as the highlight of the Jiangsu Zijin Culture and Art Festival. Vice Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee Xu Ning, Second-level Counsel of Jiangsu Education Department Li Jinquan and other leading officials of the hosts and organizers attended the ceremony and presented awards to the winners.

Promoting Party history learning and education and being led by core socialist values, all universities participating in the Show have deeply explored stories of school history and culture, representative figures and outstanding alumni. The stories, taking drama as the manifestation pattern, highlight young students under leadership of the Party being bold in innovating, being ready to make sacrifices, striving for excellence as well as their love for the Party and the people, boundless ambition and spirit of youth and vigor, which leads to the emergence of a wide range of excellent theatrical works with time, local, campus characteristics and features of university students.

Under the guidance of the spirit of the important speech by General Secretary Xi Jinping at a major conference of artists and writers, the original poetic dance drama Anecdotes of Nanjing has been created by the School of Dance of NUA integrating into the play the history of Nanjing's founding, folk culture, social hot news, anecdotes, major historical events, and the spirit of Nanjing in the new era. Under the theme of promoting Jiangsu culture, telling Nanjing stories, the performance has recreated the transformation and development of Nanjing in its thousand-year history and captivated the attention of Jiangsu Literature and Art Review, xuexi.cn, Zijin Culture and Art, and other major media outlets.

The poetic dance drama Anecdotes of Nanjing , experiencing three-year rehearsal and elaboration since the premiere at the end of 2019, was listed as an expanded project of ‘Elegant Arts into Campus in Jiangsu Province’ by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education and Department of Finance in 2020, supported by the Jiangsu Provincial Arts Fund for Small Stage Plays or Programs in 2021, and staged at the University Students Drama Show of 2021 Jiangsu Zijin Culture and Art Festival, the 2021 520 Arts Carnival of NUA and other special occasions, receiving wide public attention and praise.

The University Students Drama Show, started in 2018, carries out the primary assessment in the spring semester every year and holds the final competitive show and award ceremony during the Zijin Culture and Art Festival in that year. The Show always insists on originality and college students centered, showcases their creativity and youthfulness, and integrates  ideological and political education with art education so as to cultivate the new generation who will shoulder the responsibility of rejuvenating the Chinese nation. (School of Dance)