A Brief Discussion on the Definition of the Stage Space of Chinese Contemporary Small Theater—Taking the Pioneer Drama as an Example

Abstract

In the early 1980s, under the dual background of the drama crisis and the exploration of new theoretical aesthetics, there was an innovative drama model with new features—the Chinese contemporary small theater drama, and the contemporary Chinese small theater drama stage art as a fresh power, it has carried out all-round rebellion against the traditional theater drama, abandoned the traditional mirror-style stage model in space, reconstructed the theater's activity viewing space, and changed the stage art into theater art, creating a brand new Viewing relationship. This paper will mainly explore the definition of the art space of the Chinese contemporary small theater drama stage.