(Reporter Niu Chunmei) Actors rub, twist, sweep, point, swing, buckle, turn, twist... Cranes, turtles, Sun Wukong and tigers on the stage came to life, which aroused the excitement of the children in the audience. Yesterday, the Chinese Puppet Theater's new drama "The Return of the Puppet King" premiered, the theater's best repertoire are all connected in a repertoire, although there is no dazzling sound and light, but it attracted the attention of many small audiences.
The cane head puppet that the Chinese puppet theater is good at is completed by manipulating the action with a wooden stick, its internal void, the eyes and mouth can be moved, and a wooden stick or bamboo pole is connected to the neck, and the performer holds two joysticks in one hand to perform, so it is also called "lifting doll". After many years of switching to other genres of repertoire, with the help of the play "The Return of the Puppet King", the classic works of the Chinese Puppet Theater have been concentrated.
"The Return of the Puppet King" brings together the housekeeping skills of the theater and combines the highlights of nine classic cane-headed puppet shows. Among them, "Crane and Tortoise" won the highest honor award of the 7th International Puppet Festival in Hungary. "Xi Chun Fighting Tiger" stood out in the 7th International Puppet Young and Middle-Aged Skills Inheritance Exhibition, and performer Li Yaru won the Gold Award for Best Puppet Technique Inheritance. Works such as "National Carnival" and "Chicken Fight" participated in the 2018 Beijing (Taihu) International Film and Doll Art Festival, which was well received at home and abroad.
Compared with many coliseum children's dramas, puppet shows mainly rely on the hand skills of the actors to perform, and many people worry about whether they can get the approval of small audiences. But judging from the on-site response, the young audience still liked this kind of performance full of Chinese characteristics, and they could also receive the sense of humor transmitted in the performance, and as the plot changed, the scene resounded with happy laughter and nervous screams from time to time. It is reported that on March 9, the play will be performed again.
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