Meng Jinghui Pioneer Theatre Studies

Meng Jinghui, emerged as an anti-classical dramatist, embarked on a new course as Chinese avant-garde playwright in Later1980s.After decades in the world of the theater continued pursuit and exploration, he not only developed a unique artistic style and got a certain official recognition and attention of the audience, but also access to the huge commercial success, with the box office takings of his works, such as Rhinoceros in love, amounted to over millions.More than twenty years have elapsed since Meng Jinghui entered upon a dramatist career, his creative work have evolved through seven main stages, from the initial precipitation accumulation stage to taking powerful hold of art circles, and to the establishing of Hive theatre and forming in scale. Meng Jinghui is to rebel against old drama concepts and absorbed the new concepts of many Western avant-garde theatre practitioners and theorists, forming a unique dramatic narrative style full of "meng" characteristics. Dramatic narrative is the thing that the practitioner of Text narration, Direction text and Stage narration jointly which should be complementary to each other and Meng Jinghui gives his own special touch to all the creations he does.Meng-style avant-garde drama is imprinted with post-modernisn on culture, showing good interest in the public acclaim. His work s are directed with a humor, playing and Carnival viewing effect that overly seeking the drama form and neglecting the social artistic which is the core value of avant-garde. In his later work, the impetuous commercial characteristic is gradually revealing. We know, in fact, avant-grade drama and commercialization can be compatible, well-behaved commercialization contributes to canonized avant-garde drama. Only having experienced avant-garde to classic can enable "pioneer" has the value and meaning of existence.