剧团简介

扬州市木偶研究所 (江苏省木偶剧团)

简  介

扬州杖头木偶源远流长、瑰丽神奇，是国家级非物质文化遗产保护项目、国家文化旅游重点项目、优秀出口文化服务项目。扬州市木偶研究所（江苏省木偶剧团）创建于1957年前身为扬州市木偶剧团，系国内集剧目创作排演、偶型设计制作及木偶艺术人才培养最具规模和影响力的专业艺术团体之一，是一支敢为、敢闯、敢干、敢首创的先进团队。

六十多年来，扬州市木偶研究所坚持以人民为中心的创作导向，创作了大批优秀剧目。包括《孙悟空三打白骨精》《嫦娥奔月》《琼花仙子》《三个和尚新传》《白雪公主》《葫芦娃》《森林王子》《新嫦娥奔月》《再见了熊爸》《神奇的宝盒》《铁道小飞虎》《哪吒传奇》等大型木偶、人偶剧目30多个；根据中外经典名著、戏剧改编移植的《皇帝的新装》《渔夫和金鱼的故事》《武松打虎》《狐假虎威》《新三打白骨精》《校场比武》《满江红》以及《长绸舞》《扇韵》《木偶书法》《板桥作画》《变脸喷火》《戏耍佛珠》《嫦娥舒袖》等传统歌舞、绝技绝活节目100多个。多次荣获国家文华奖、金狮奖全国木偶皮影优秀剧（节）目展演最佳剧目奖、全国木偶皮影中青年技艺展演最佳表演奖、江苏省舞台艺术精品工程奖、江苏省文华奖等众多的奖项，每年均有项目入围国家艺术基金。

长期以来，扬州市木偶研究所始终坚持把市场演出作为中心环节，不断打造扬州木偶新品牌，实现社会效益与经济效益相统一，积极传播扬州“好地方”形象。曾随国家、省市政府代表团出访过亚洲、欧洲、拉丁美洲的50多个国家和地区，被评为全国文化先进集体、江苏省对外文化交流基地、江苏省华侨文化交流基地。

扬州市木偶研究所是中国木偶艺术人才传承培训基地。现有国家级、省级、市级非物质文化遗产杖头木偶项目传承人14人，高级以上职称人员23人，骨干演员34人；相继承办了第四、五、六届全国木偶皮影优秀剧（节）目展演，举办了国家艺术基金资助项目全国“木偶制作人才培训班”、“木偶表演人才培训班”，为全国培养德艺双馨的木偶制作人才和表演人才。

Yangzhou Puppetry Research Institute (Jiangsu Provincial Puppet Troupe)

An Overview

With a long and profound history, Yangzhou's rod puppetry has been designated a nationally protected intangible cultural heritage item, a key national cultural tourism item, and an exemplary item for cultural service export. The Yangzhou Puppetry Research Institute (Jiangsu Provincial Puppet Troupe) was founded in 1957 on the basis of the Yangzhou Puppet Troupe. It is one of the most influential and largest professional artistic groups in China, specializing in the creation and rehearsal of puppet shows, puppet design and production, and the training of puppetry professionals. It is a high-level, professional team that always dares to explore, experiment, and innovate.

For more than 60 years, the Yangzhou Puppetry Research Institute has adhered to a people-centered approach to artistic creativity, and has created a large number of outstanding plays, including more than 30 large puppet and human-puppet shows such as "Sun Wukong Strikes the White Bone Demon”, "Chang'e Flies to the Moon”, "Qiong Hua the Fairy”, "The New Adventures of the Three Monks”, "Snow White”, "The Calabash Brothers”, "The Prince of the Forest”, "The New Tale of Chang'e Flying to the Moon”, "Goodbye, Daddy Bear”, "The Magic Box”, "Tiger Cubs on the Railway", and "The Legend of Nezha". It has also developed over 100 traditional dance and acrobatics plays such as "The Emperor's New Clothes”, "The Fisherman and the Goldfish”, "Wu Song Fights the Tiger”, "The Tiger and the Fox”, "The New Tale of Sun Wukong Striking the White Bone Demon”, "The Martial Arts Contest”, "Man Jiang Hong", "Long Silk Dance", "Fan Rhyme", "Puppet Calligraphy", "Zheng Banqiao Painting a Picture", "Face-changing and Fire-spouting”, "Playing with the Prayer Beads”, and "Chang'e Spreading Here Long Sleeves". It has won numerous awards such as the National Wenhua Award, the Best Plays Award at the “Golden Lion Award” China Puppetry and Shadow Play Festival, the Best Performance Award at the National Youth Puppetry and Shadow Puppetry Skills Exhibition, Jiangsu Provincial Stage Arts Choice Works Award and Jiangsu Provincial Wenhua Award. Every year, the institute wins support from the China National Arts Fund (CNAF) for some of its outstanding works.

Over the years, the Yangzhou Puppetry Research Institute has focused on commercial performance and has steadily advanced the branding of Yangzhou puppetry, achieving both social and economic benefits. It has accompanied government delegations at the national, provincial, and municipal levels to visit more than 50 countries and regions in Asia, Europe, and Latin America, and has been designated a National Outstanding Unit in the Cultural Sector, a Jiangsu Provincial Base for International Cultural Exchange, and a Jiangsu Provincial Base for Overseas Chinese Cultural Exchange. 

The Yangzhou Puppetry Research Institute is also a training base for Chinese puppetry professionals. It has 14 national, provincial, and municipal-level ICH (intangible cultural heritage) inheritors for rod puppetry and 34 elite performers; and 23 of its staff members have obtained professional titles at or above the associate professorial level. It has successively hosted the fourth,fifth and sixth China Puppetry and Shadow Play Festivals, and has undertaken two CNAF-supported programs: the national "Training Session for Puppet Makers" and the "Puppet Performers Training Session”, which trained puppet makers and performers from across the country towards excellence in both artistic talent and ethical standards.