Exhibition and Exchange Content:

Exhibition of the image of the performance companies and groups, cooperation conference, conference and exchang of the performming programs at home and abroad, exhibition and exchange of the video & audio equipment; exchange of the performing arts talents; live classical song and dance shows etc.
 
Time: May18-21, 2006
Venue: No.6 Hall  Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center

The International Performance Hall is a key exhibition hall of the 2nd ICIF, aims on not only to bring the world's best live performances to China, but more importantly, to present China's best live performances to the world. It includes the International Hall, the Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan Hall, the Mainland China Hall,Shenzhen Hall and the Stage Equipment Hall. The total area reaches 7500 square meters.
 
1. Brief introduction of the background

Through the long time fumble and adaptation under the reform and open policy, the sticking point between Chinese and the western performance market becomes very clear, this centralism manifested in the idea, the rule, the fund, the protect of the property right and such kinds of operation & management process. Since long ago, the contact channel of our cultural project and the foreign cultural market is depends on the external assignment of the government and invitation, these two ways to carry on dredges. After China enters WTO, many functions of the government will connect with the world colleague pattern, the government will change "host the culture" into "administrate the culture".

The European and American music drama and many stagecraft treasures had already passed through hundred years' history, its industry operation degree has been quite mature. China's performance market has great potential for the world, they have prepared to attempt in. But China's national excellent performance is also entering into the international market, for example: Yang Liping "Yunnan Image", acrobatic ballet "Swan Lake" of Guangzhou soldier acrobatic troupe, puppet show of Chinese puppet art theatrical troupe and so on. The world performing market is now under a new situation of gathering and development.

Let the overseas high-quality art enter in, prospers the Chines performance market; Let the Chinese national excellent performance go out, brings honor to the Chinese culture, they had already became ultimately. The ICIF provides a communication platform for the China performing arts and the international performance market, this was a opportunity for the Chinese performance industry to accurate and profoundly understands the international performance market; This is a opportunity for the Chinese stage plays to enter the mainstream society of the western developed country; This is the historical connect of Chinese culture industry and the international cultural market in the performance industry.
 
2. Exhibition area and content

International Hall
Purpose£ºProvide the opportunity for the international performance, to develop Chinese Market; Provide opportunity for the Chinese Performance, to learn and exchange.
Exhibition area£ºExhibition area of music Drama ( As "sound of the music", "cat" and so on, of the famous music of Broadway); The Exhibition are of themed fairyland (for example Hollywood World Movie City "007", "Rabbit myna of Warner brothers film industry and so on); The art festival Exhibition Area (for example, the famous American "summer art festival", "Asia art festival" and so on)
Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan Hall
Purpose£ºProvide opportunity for the facture organizations of Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan, to enter into the mainland market; provide opportunity for the domestic manage organization and troop to learn and cooperate, and plan, package, sale the intellect.
Exhibition Area: Exhibition area of Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan.
Mainland China Hall
Purpose£ºExhibit the performance businessman, item  and intellect at home to the international and Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan performance businessman, manage organization, and arts festival organizer, promote the develop of Chinese Excellent National Performance
Exhibition area£ºExhibition area of manage organization¡¢Exhibition area of the groups¡¢Exhibition Area of the national excellence¡¢exhibition area of arts festival¡¢Exhibition Area of Child Drama£¨Like the puppet play, music drama, shadow play and so on.£©
 
Shenzhen Hall
Purpose£ºMake the domestics and foreign performance area get known of Shenzhen, promote the cooperation, item exchange and intellect exchange.
Exhibition Area£ºShenzhen Performing Achievement Exhibition¡¢Shenzhen Troupe¡¢Agency¡¢Scene Program

Stage Equipment hall
Purpose£ºEstablish a exchange platform for the cultural communication, hardware purchase, collection of the projects of the performance businessman, organization, festival organizer at home and abroad.
Content£ºexhibition and exchange of dancing project design, lighting & sound equipment£¬and the spot dancing and singing performance.
 
3. Coordinated Activities

A. Themed Forum.  The topic includes:
Strcture and Trends of Performing Arts Industry in China
Management and Operation of the Foreign Playhouses
The Management Experience of the Performing Market at Home and Abroad
The Operation Mode and Management Rules of the Foreign Large-scale Cultural Industry Group
The Plan, Operation and Management of the Foreign Famous Arts Festival. The Tip of Looking For the Investment.
The Management and Operation of the Small-sized Foreign Performing Groups, Troups, and the Playhouses.
How to Make the Complete Performing Plan.
Lecture on indite experience & skill, by the famous performing fictionist.
Lecture on the Program Manufacture, and Operation Experience, by the Famous Performing People.

B. Set a branch venue in Shenzhen Theater, hold the performance and the themed fairyland activity.
 
4. Participating

(1) Procedures for participating in ICIF
1. Booth booking
Eligible applicants should apply to the organizing committee for booths before Feb. 28, 2006.
2. Contract signing
The organizing committee will sign contracts with exhibitors, who are required to pay booth fee and other charges into the bank account provided by the committee within seven days after signing contracts.
3. Booth confirmation
The organizing committee will give confirmation to exhibitors within three days upon receiving payment and provide them with a copy of Exhibitors' Manual, with instructions on how to prepare for the fair.
4. Documents
Exhibitors are required to submit to the organizing committee required documents, for the purpose of compiling the show catalog and other fair publications before March 31, 2006.

(2) ICIF Schedule    
Registration cut-off time£ºFeb28, 2006
Booth preparation: May 15 to 17
Exhibition period: May 18 to 21
Booth removal: May 22, 2006

Source: ICIF website

Editor: Donald