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Shanghai

The Road to a Modern Performing Arts City

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2021

Huang Changyong
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Abstract

From the opening of treaty ports in 1843, the modern history of performing arts in Shanghai traces more than 170 years of development. This history not only summarizes the modern development of Chinese performing arts; it is also representative of the historical development of Chinese urban space and city culture. Theatre arts, culture, and urban development intertwine, as they are refracted through the rise and fall of theatre buildings, yielding a fascinating legacy of cosmopolitan Shanghai.

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TDR , Volume 65 , Issue 2 , June 2021 , pp. 150 - 166
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© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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