The Art Troupe of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is responsible for creating and promoting art performances like concerts and plays. The Troupe is dedicated to improving giant panda culture, spreading it fully and effectively, and developing and popularizing the giant panda culture brand with diverse art.
Representative Works:
Panda Teahouse, a musical launched in 2018
Panda Teahouse is all about the national treasure: the giant panda and is full of gems from Ba and Shu cultures – face-changing of the Sichuan Opera, hand-shadow play, and other forms of performance art. It depicts an idyllic scene where giant pandas, their companion animals (red pandas, peacocks, and swans), and their staff live together in harmony at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
Panda Fairy Tale, a musical produced in 2019
Never one to miss an opportunity like the China-Denmark Giant Panda Culture Exchange, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding launched the original Panda Fairy Tale, which is China’s first children’s musical in English. Framed by the trip that the giant pandas Xing Er and Mao Er took to Denmark to further international cooperation on scientific conservation, it combined both China’s and Denmark’s cultures and was performed by children from both countries.
Breaking Through, a 2020 musical
Breaking Through is a new milestone for the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding following Panda Fairy Tale, an English musical for kids made in 2019. It is inspired by research conducted by the Panda Base on wild training and reintroduction for giant pandas and tells the story of two special giant pandas vying in a virtual competition and grow up to see the world outside what they are familiar with.
Secrets to Containing COVID-19 in Futou Mountain
This song and its music video, both created by the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, were both released to global audience on April 20, 2020. Our adorable giant pandas made their music video debut as well. The joyous beat and electric dancing cheered up people who have or were preparing to go back to work. The video was reposted up to 167 times in an hour after the song was released and was lauded by fans.
Children on Futou Mountain
To celebrate the Children’s Day in 2020, the Panda Base’s Art Troupe rolled out a festive song Children on Futou Mountain, looking to help alleviate children from the doom and gloom brought by the pandemic. The song was released on Migu Music on June 1, 2020, and it was played 13,438 times and received 1,884 comments at the same day.
Meet in Chengdu, a performance at the Countdown Gala of Chengdu Universiade
The rap Meet in Chengdu, which the Troupe and Universiade volunteers attended, officially debuted at the stage for the Countdown Gala of the Chengdu Universiade on August 18, 2020. This novel and trendy performance showed to the world: 2021! We’re ready. Let’s meet in beautiful Chengdu. This wonderful audio-visual experience that incorporated diverse cultures and featured rap solos and cute giant pandas celebrated Chengdu’s inclusivity and openness, and its own Tianfu Culture that is characterized by innovation, creativity, elegance, optimism, inclusivity, kindness, and good deeds.
Fantasy, a stage play about giant pandas
Fantasy is the first historical stage play about giant pandas in the world and was produced by the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The play opens on a giant panda keeper looking into giant panda evolution and explores the murky history about how giant pandas, saber-toothed tigers, mammoths, and early-stage Apeman responded to disasters and significant changes in the natural environment, while trying to survive in the middle Pleistocene 300,000 years ago. It is presented as a classical drama performance that also includes singing. It also incorporates traditional Ba and Shu cultures, like a big drum dance, and popular music and conceptual dance. To promote the Sanxingdui site, Jiuzhaigou, and giant pandas and boost tourism in Sichuan, it piques the audience’s interest in traditional Sichuan culture and creates an entertaining play that focuses on giant pandas and spreads giant panda culture while narrating stories of China’s giant panda culture. It lasts about 1 hour.
The Art Troupe of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is responsible for creating and promoting art performances like concerts and plays. The Troupe is dedicated to improving the brand values of giant panda culture, spreading it fully and effectively, and developing and popularizing the giant panda culture brand with diverse and rich art performances.
Pandas’ New Year Greeting and Happiness of Plump Pandas on CCTV Network Spring Festival Gala
The Art Troupe of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was invited to participate in the performances on the CCTV Network Spring Festival Gala twice, celebrating the Chinese New Year with panda-themed works Pandas’ New Year Greeting and Happiness of Plump Pandas. With the sounds of bells and firecrackers, panda cubs play happily. Cute pandas dance and bend down in laughter. Their funny performances charmed all audiences of the Spring Festival Gala.
The Art Troupe of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was invited to participate in the performances on the CCTV Network Spring Festival Gala twice, celebratingthe Chinese New Year with panda-themed works Pandas’New Year Greetingand Happinessof Plump Pandas.With the sounds of bellsandfirecrackers, panda cubsplay happily. Cute pandas dance and bend down in laughter. Their funny performances charmed all audiences of the Spring Festival Gala.
Universiade with Me • Panda Exercise
On March 2, 2022, Universiade with Me• Panda Exercise co-produced by the Art Troupe of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding was officially released on the video channel of the Chengdu Universiade 2021.
Universiade with Me• Panda Exerciseis an artwork which the Base was invited to participate in to promote Chengdu Universiade.Considering the current epidemic scenario, thiswork, from theperspective ofexercising at home, by combining Panda City, the theme music of the Universiade 2022 and cute giant pandas, deeply integrates the spirit of the Universiade with the panda IP and strives to be both entertaining and educational.Universiade with Me• Panda Exercisehas been published and repostedby more than 20 mainstream new media such as People's Daily, People.cn, china.com.cn,chengdu.cn, Universiade Channel, www.hkcd.com, etc.More than 30 collectives and communities, including Chengdu University, responded to the call to exercise.