顽皮猴子戏剧社用喜剧架起沟通桥梁.docVIP

顽皮猴子戏剧社用喜剧架起沟通桥梁 　　Life in a foreign culture can be exciting， but it can often lead to misunderstanding due to the differences in language and culture. That contributes to widen the gap between local and foreign communities. And breaking down these barriers and bridging the divide is not an easy task. 　　One theater production company in Beijing --- Cheeky Monkey Theater （CMT） --- is trying to use humor and laughter to dissolve the cultural barriers that stand between people. “We want to use laughter and beauty to communicate ideas and push people outside of their cozy boxes of assumptions，” Elyse Ribbons， the founder and the chief producer of the CMT said. 　　For Elyse， it is a natural choice to use theater and improv performances to bridge the culture divide. “Id have to just refer to the Chinese concept of yuanfen as its a very powerful feeling， of being on stage or seeing your work on stage and communicating directly with an audience.” She explained. 　　外国的生活方式听上去总是充满新鲜刺激，但由于语言和文化的差异，人们很容易对其产生误解。这使本土和外来文化间的沟通更加困难。想打破障碍、促进沟通绝非易事。 　　“顽皮猴子戏剧社（CMT）”，一个来自北京的戏剧出品公司，力图通过幽默搞笑的方式化解不同文化间沟通交流的障碍。该剧社的创始人和总监制柳素英说：“我们想用搞笑的方式给大家做出示范，进行思想交流，使人们对外国文化的认识不再局限于他们自己的想象”。 　　柳素英觉得，通过话剧和表演的形式进行文化沟通是她自然而然的选择。“我想借鉴一下中国‘缘分’的概念，因为这是一种很强烈的感觉，无论是自己在舞台上表演还是看见自己的作品在舞台上呈现，都是直接与观众进行沟通。” 　　Cheeky Monkey Theater 　　美好未来靠“坚持” 　　The journey of CMT all began in 2006. 　　After participating in a small play at the Peoples Arts Theater in the Summer of 2006， Elyse took a couple months and wrote the play I Heart Beijing. “I was bitten by the theater bug yet again after the show. Ive been a student of theater arts since I was a child， and have always loved the feeling of a stage.” She laughed. At that time， Elyse was working at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing as a web administrator. The show was produced by her and her friends at the HART Centre for the Arts in 798 in November 2006. 　　顽皮猴子话剧社成立于2006年。 　　2006年夏天，柳素英参与了一个人民艺术剧院的小剧场话剧演出。演出结束后，她花了几个月的时间创作话剧“我爱北京”。“我觉得我被话剧的魅力深深吸引住了。我自幼开始学习剧场艺术，一直对舞台十分向往。”她笑道。那时，柳素英还是美