Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, July 12 (Reporter Sun Liping) What is the constellation of "Cao Cao" in the Peking Opera "Catching and Releasing Cao"? What is the constellation of "Bai Suzhen" in "Broken Bridge"? ...... The whimsical ideas that seem to be "brain-opening" have become the source of inspiration for the promotion of Peking Opera.
Shanghai Peking Opera celebrities Shang Changrong, Shi Yihong, Li Jun and others joined hands at the Shanghai Peking Opera House on the 11th for the "Platform" for the "Light Up the Eyes of Watching Drama - Peking Opera Traditional Folding Opera Exhibition" activity, and have praised the use of Western constellations to mix and match Chinese Peking Opera, hoping to attract more young people to pay attention to the national essence.
According to reports, the upcoming "Stars and Dots" exhibition and performance in the Shanghai Grand Theatre on September 30 will span 2016 to 2017, with performances divided into 4 seasons and 3 months per season. The three Western zodiac signs unveiled in the first season are Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius, representing the three personalities of "hesitation", "forbearance" and "bravery".
And those who are seated with the personality of these constellations are the six bone old dramas of "Catching and Releasing Cao", "Broken Bridge", "Bei Kiln", "Wu Jia Po", "Dadeng Temple", "Mu Tianwang", and "Picking Hua Che". The protagonists in each old bone drama clearly reflect the "typical personality characteristics" of the three major constellations.
Peking Opera producer Wei Qiao said that western constellations and Chinese Peking Opera seem to be incompatible, but there is no lack of internal commonalities. The idea of using constellations to promote Peking Opera bones and old opera comes from the re-understanding and understanding of Opera by Peking Opera people. Peking Opera is not only highly stylized beauty and hand-eye-body steps, but also has a more vivid humanity, "From ancient times to the present, many forms and values have changed, but the feelings of the characters in the opera, those desires and struggles, are no different from modern people." Today's young people like to use constellations for personality analysis, so why not give the ancient Peking Opera a try? ”
"July 15 is my 70s birthday, so I should be Cancer." As soon as Shang Changrong, a famous Peking Opera performance artist in his seventies, opened his mouth, he triggered heartfelt laughter on the scene. Shang Changrong opened his door and applauded the use of Western constellations to "package" Chinese Peking Opera, believing that "all at once the audience feels that Peking Opera has become younger." He said that he has always been in favor of Peking Opera innovating on two roads, the first is that "classical is not necessarily fashionable", and the second is that Peking Opera people should find ways to "activate tradition and integrate into the times".
It is reported that the "Stars and Dots" exhibition was launched by The Hongyimei Company newly founded by Shi Yihong, and a total of 4 performances were performed every month. Shi Yihong, Li Jun and other famous generals sat in one of them, and the other 3 shows will be dominated by outstanding young actors from the Beijing Academy, giving traditional works a new look of "youth, creativity and vitality". Shi Yihong frankly said that the market risk borne by this exhibition is not small, but as long as it is valuable, it is worth a try, and the mission of being a Peking Opera actor is to integrate it into today's era. (End)