A few days ago, the newly compiled North Road Zizi modern drama "Duan Jia Wan" was staged at the Shanxi Grand Theater Small Theater, and artists from the Xinzhou Meilin North Road ZiZi Theater Troupe jointly presented a wonderful drama to the audience. "Duan Jiawan" is based on Liu Guizhen, an outstanding party worker in the country, and is coordinated and directed by the Propaganda Department of the Xinzhou Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, with Pei Fulin, a national first-class director and vice president of the Chinese Opera Directors Association, as the director, Jia Lu, a national first-class screenwriter of the Drama Creation Studio in Puyang City, Henan Province, as the screenwriter, and Su Ruifang, the winner of the "Second Degree Apricot" of Shanxi Drama and the third generation of Jia Pai, as the main actor. North Road Zizi, the afterglow around the beam, the singing voice is gentle, the tune is exciting, driving the sublimation of the audience's emotions.
Before the performance began, the door of the small theater was already crowded and excited, and new friends and old theater fans wore masks in the cold winter, wrapped tightly, looked at the tickets in their hands from time to time, and patiently waited for admission. "Comrade Liu Guizhen and I are fellow countrymen, I have heard about her deeds very early, and this time I learned that "Duan Jia Wan" is going to come to Taiyuan to perform, and I bought tickets early!" An audience member from Taiyuan said excitedly.
Liu Guizhen, a native of Duanjiawan Village, Yukou Township, Dai County, was born in January 1963 and joined the Communist Party of Chinese China in July 1992. In 1978, he served as a barefoot doctor in Duanjiawan Village, Yukou Township, in 1988 as a substitute teacher in the village, in 1996 as the secretary of the village party branch, and in 2003 as the director of the village committee. He has won the honors of National Model Worker, National Most Beautiful Strivers, National Health and Family Planning System Labor Model, National Agricultural Labor Model, National Poverty Alleviation Model, National March 8Th Red Banner Bearer, National Five Good Families and so on.
Step into the years of hard work
"The one across the mountain that is across the water oh kiss, not the next sound; the mountain song that strings up the kiss, two hearts ..." With the melodious melody sounding, a magnificent picture depicting the good mountains and rivers of Duanjiawan slowly unfolded, and the story of poverty alleviation that touched people's hearts officially began.
"Duanjiawan" is a high-quality drama that embodies the main theme, goes deep into life, and takes root in the people, the whole drama is divided into five acts, with the protagonist Liu Yuzhen abandoning the college entrance examination, resolutely returning to her hometown of deep poverty, and devoting herself to the cause of poverty alleviation, telling the story of her adherence to the original mission, taking root in the grassroots frontline, staying in the village to teach, studying medicine to save people, leading villagers to get rid of poverty and get rich in the process, always keeping in mind the first identity of communist party members, and writing the answer sheet of life with loyalty, reflecting her concern for the masses, selfless dedication, The fighting spirit that is not afraid of difficulties.
"In 2020, the mainland has made great historic achievements in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and has won a decisive victory in the decisive battle against poverty. "DuanJiawan" is based on this background to put the real storyline on the opera stage, aiming to reflect the impact of individual efforts on the development of the hometown in the process of poverty alleviation through the intertwining of the fate of small characters and the process of the big times. Screenwriter Jia Lu said when talking about the creation of the script, "When I first heard the story of Gui Zhen's elder sister, I was deeply moved, and I had the inspiration to create a work with vitality, a work that can make people sit down and watch quietly, so that every audience can experience the touch conveyed by the work and absorb the power brought by the work." ”
As the plot gradually unfolds, a plump, vivid and touching image of Liu Yuzhen is established in people's hearts. When seeing Yuzhen fall off a cliff on the way to deliver Chinese medicine to Wangquan's mother, "the sound of calling no one answers, thunder and explosion, wind and rain hit", the audience's hearts also followed suit. "I have everyone's blood and water on my body, I didn't dare to stop my feet when I set up this rudder, and no matter how bitter and tired I was, I had to grit my teeth and go forward, but I said that I was still a woman's family, and even if my hard body could not stand up..." The simple and unpretentious lyrics sang Liu Yuzhen's feelings of serving the people wholeheartedly as the secretary of the village party branch, and also sang the touching deeds of countless village cadres in real life who lit up the hopes of the poor people with their responsibilities and dedication, and composed a song of the most beautiful praise of the contemporary era.
Learn the story behind the work
Behind a high-level performance must be the hard work of the main creative team. In the long process of script creation, from the excavation of the theme to the determination of the title, after several revisions and several drafts, a lot of painstaking efforts and enthusiasm of the main creators were poured out. In order to perform this play well, the actors worked overtime to rehearse in a closed manner. One day is used as two days, and it is common to work overtime every night until the early hours of the morning, and strive to present the best performance effect on the stage.
Knowing that she played the heroine Liu Yuzhen, the actor Su Ruifang did a lot of homework behind her back, and personally went to Duanjiawan to have "zero-distance" contact with the prototype Liu Guizhen. After listening to the story of Gui Zhen's eldest sister, Su Ruifang was extremely shocked in her heart, in order to better shape the role, as soon as she had free time, she pulled her partner to "open a small stove" and repeatedly polished the action. "Every character on stage has a life archetype, and every plot is based on real events." Su Ruifang said movingly, "In reality, the situation encountered by Sister Guizhen may be more difficult than that shown on the stage, but she has never forgotten her original intention, rooted in the countryside, held the 'four positions', assumed multiple roles such as leading geese in poverty alleviation, treating diseases and saving people, teaching and educating people, good teachers, and taking root in grassroots good party members, taking it as her duty to lead villagers to get rid of poverty and get rich, and faithfully practicing the sacred mission of a communist party member." Her qualities are worth learning from each of us, and I'm proud to have the opportunity to play her! ”
"The actors used theatrical language to give everyone a heartfelt party lesson, in which Liu Yuzhen vividly interpreted the lofty value pursuit and mission of a rural grassroots cadre with practical actions, and demonstrated the infinite loyalty of a rural grassroots cadre to the party and sincere feelings for the masses, and we were deeply moved." At the scene of the performance, as the plot fluctuated, the audience's emotions were also excited. An old opera fan said in an interview with reporters: "'Duan Jia Wan' is a good work with feelings, bones, morality and temperature, it praises the party, praises the motherland, praises the people, praises heroes, and is full of the beauty of faith and sublime beauty. I applaud and praise this play, and hope to see more such excellent and positive works in the future! ”
Art blends tradition and modernity
"Duan Jia Wan" runs through the whole play with the north road, the scene layout and costume design strive to restore the reality of life, and add modern elements to the stage art forms such as qu art, dance, and music, so that the work has both opera charm and modern tension. At the same time, the stage interpretation and stage production are deeply integrated, and the stage beauty environment of non-real, non-virtual, illusory and real is used to make the space no longer become a restriction of expression, actively serve the thoughts and emotions of the characters, and revitalize the entire stage time and space with a free and freehand aesthetic view.
"I am honored to be the director of the play "DuanJiawan", the process of our creation is a process of learning from the people and being moved by the people, and those cadres and masses who are fighting in the front line of poverty alleviation have given "Duanjiawan" the greatest inspiration and deepest connotation. I hope that through this work, the shock and emotion we have gained in the front line of poverty alleviation will be passed on to everyone, so that the spirit and strength of Guizhen's sister will spread farther and have a deeper impact. Recalling the long process of creation and rehearsal, director Pei Fulin said, "The biggest feature of the play is that it has a strong local flavor and a simple taste for life, the whole work is smooth, the space is free, and it contains in-depth thinking and exploration of life and society." In addition, it is committed to the creative transformation and development of drama art, based on the North Road Zizi, and drawing on drama, song and dance and other art forms, so that the musicality of the work is greatly enhanced, and a new set of performance modes in line with the aesthetics of opera is also explored. ”
Towards the end of the performance, the audience's emotions reached a climax, and the audience was full of admiration and gave the actors a long-lasting applause for their wonderful performances. The audience generally said that the story of the modern drama "Duanjiawan" of the North Road Zizi is touching, the singing voice is beautiful, the ideology, artistry and ornamentation are all good, and the on-site viewing is not only an artistic enjoyment, but also a baptism of the soul and the sublimation of the soul.
"This is a good play, not only the script is well written, the director is well directed, the actors are also very engaged, both inheritance and innovation, reproducing the touching deeds of the secretary of the village party branch and the majority of grass-roots cadres in promoting poverty alleviation and helping rural revitalization in the magnificent process of singing and weeping." In the future, we will arrange more such grounded fine works, dig out more sweet and sour behind precision poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, further display the cultural image of Xinzhou opera, start the North Road Zizi brand, and move and inspire people through literary and artistic works. The head of the Xinzhou Meilin North Road Zizi Troupe said. (Wang Sheng)
Photograph: Fan Tao
Source: Xinzhou Online
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