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Transformation breathes new life into puppet showsZhao Yongzhuang’s first impression of the China Puppet Theater was bleak.“The facilities were very old,and the children had to suffer mosquito bites while watching the play,”said Zhao,the chairperson of the since-renovated theater.“The occupancy for each show was lower than 10 percent.”The hardship was not exclusive to the China Puppet Theater.According to statistics from the Ministry of Culture,the total number of performances by stateowned art troupes has been declining since the 1980s,from 740,000 in 1985 to 400,000 in 1994.During this time-frame,30-40 percent of the operating funds came from government support.Very few of the theater houses were self-sufficient,let alone profitable.
Transformation breathes new life into puppet showsZhao Yongzhuang’s first impression of the China Puppet Theater was bleak. “The facilities were very old, and the children had to suffer mosquito bites while watching the play, ” said Zhao, the chairperson of the since- renovated theater. “The occupancy for each show was lower than 10 percent. ” The hardship was not exclusive to the China Puppet Theater. According to statistics from the Ministry of Culture, the total number of performances by stateowned art troupes has been declining since the 1980s, from 740,000 in 1985 to 400,000 in 1994. This time-frame, 30-40 percent of the operating funds came from government support. Many few of the theater houses were self-sufficient, let alone profitable.