Ｔｈｒｉｖｉｎｇ　Ｐｅｒｆｏｒｍｉｎｇ　Ａｒｔｓ　Ｍａｒｋｅｔ　ｉｎ　Ｃｈｉｎａ.docVIP

Ｔｈｒｉｖｉｎｇ　Ｐｅｒｆｏｒｍｉｎｇ　Ａｒｔｓ　Ｍａｒｋｅｔ　ｉｎ　Ｃｈｉｎａ 　　The Sound of Yunnan is her third dance drama. Over 40 major companies showed their 　　interest in being a part of it ?C even before it was completed. 　　 　　WE need more laughter to survive the depressing economic situation,” says Wang Ying, marketing director of a creative culture company. “You see comedy has now become the most popular film genre in the cinema. Even drama, which used to be unpopular in places like Shenzhen, now wins great acclaim and even finds success at the box office.” Wang Ying goes on to say, “People in difficult situations desire the arts, performances that will bring them joy and help them to forget their cares and woes.” 　　 　　Wang Ying noticed that since the last half of 2008, tickets for the drama performances she planned all quickly sold out. “We no longer worry about facing a deficit.” 　　Not only in Shenzhen, but across the whole country the performing arts market seems to be thriving. When famous Hong Kong singer Andy Lau held concerts in Shenyang and Changsha last March,ticket sales went far beyond the organizer’s expectations. The Jackie Chan and Friends Concert held last May in the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing attracted an audience of over 50,000 people, easily recouping the costs of the show just on box office receipts alone. In July, the renowned dancer Yang Liping made an impressive box office showing with her latest performance The Sound of Yunnan. The tickets were sold out a week before the show opened. 　　 　　Top-notch Performance 　　Ensures Box Office 　　 　　Yang Liping still believes that only a good performance can ensure box office. She spent a year in Yunnan Province to find inspiration in the landscape to prepareher work The Impression of Yunnan. She also visited Tibetan areas several times to choreograph Tibetan Mystery. Yang Liping evaluates herself as “having a taste for art with the courage to innovate.” Her rich experience as a dancer has helped make her sensitive to