About Culture Wuzhen Company Limited
The stylistically unique Wuzhen Theatre Festival has become the most popular
theatre festival in China. Having already become a tradition just since the first
Wuzhen Theatre Festival in 2013, Wuzhen is now about to host its fifth theatre
festival.
In 2015, the drama Lu Xun became the first investment of Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd. in the field of theatre
production, and received grants from the China National Arts Fundand Zhejiang Classic
Cultural Project to make its national tour. Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd, has also
invited a number of performances from home and abroad for local children and
audiences to enjoy. In October 2015, the Muxin Art Museum, named after the artist,
writer, and poet Muxin, was officially opened.
In March 2016, the Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition was
held in the North Silk Factory and the West Scenic District in Wuzhen. Forty
active contemporary artists from 15 countries and regions, including Marina
Abramovic, Florentijn Hofman, Araki Nobuyoshi and Olafur Eliasson were invited
to participate in this exhibition. The exhibits in various media and types including
installation, sculpture, video, photography, action art, painting and sound art
were showcased.
In December 2016, the first Wuzhen International Project, “A Future in
the Visual Arts” was held. The project had four sections, including “Wuzhen
International Summit Forum on Future Visual Arts,” an exhibition entitled “A
Future in the Visual Arts - Weta Workshop and the World of Dr. Grordborts,” “Wuzhen International
Design Competition of Future Visual Concept Arts”and “Wuzhen International
Fund Project of Future Visual Arts.” The project aims to build an integrated
platform for pioneering works, technology, resources and collaborations in the future
visual arts to encourage the sharing of knowledge and technology in the
industry, and to seek diverse development of future visual arts from a global
perspective.
This series of great cultural and art events has made Wuzhen a “window” onto
the extraordinary charm of traditional Chinese culture and the essence of
oriental life, as well as a promoter of traditional culture and an ambassador of
international cultural exchange. On the journey to revive culture and arts in
the future, Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd. will continuously present high quality artistic
performances and cultural exchange projects, endeavoring to become a locally
based, leading force in the diverse cultural performance arena in China.
The establishment of Culture Wuzhen aims at carrying on and developing
Wuzhen’s local culture, spreading Wuzhen’s history of over a thousand years,
expanding resources for tourism, and forming a cultural industry chain with
Wuzhen’s characteristics. The establishment of Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd. adds
heightened cultural activity to the tourism usually associated with Wuzhen,
giving the town a new artistic image.
Culture Wuzhen will be rooted in local culture, advance and enrich local
culture and art, on one hand preserving the
treasures of Chinese culture, and on the other, reaching out to the world to
become a meeting point for the spirit of the cultural arts.
The vision for the development of Culture Wuzhen is to become: an outstanding
“palace” for the nation’s art performances, an important member of the world’s
most influential theatres, a force for arts education and practice, an active
platform for cultural exchanges between China and countries abroad, and a
significant base for cultural creative industry.
Utilizing the nation’s best resources for tourism, Culture Wuzhen aims
at a cultural renaissance, carries out the mission to cultivate local talent
and to nurture people’s aesthetic awareness, and lastly, intends to create a
distinctive Chinese town uniquely devoted to the cultural arts. Building on the
success of the Wuzhen Theatre Festival, Culture Wuzhen developed Wuzhen Theatre
Incubation Base to encourage young artists, and invited performances from
around China and from overseas for the enjoyment of the local inhabitants. We believe the quality of the performances offered in Wuzhen
will continue to climb, and Culture Wuzhen will be the main force for
developing a cultural performance sector.
Members of Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd.
Chen Xianghong President of Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd.
Chen Yu General Manager, Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd.
Qiu Jianwei Assistant General Manager, Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd.
Fan Huiyao Administrative Supervisor, Culture Wuzhen
Co., Ltd.
Lu Huiting Publicity Supervisor, Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd.
Gu Liuxian Ticketing Assistant, Culture Wuzhen Co.,
Ltd.
Wang Zuoquan Arts Education Assistant, Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd.
Pan Hang Performance Assistant, Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd.
Yang Duanchen Performance Assistant, Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd.
ZhangXuan Performance Assistant, Culture Wuzhen Co.,
Ltd.