According to the obituary of the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe on February 13, Shen Bin, the national first-class director of the troupe and vice president of the Chinese Opera Directors Association, died at the age of 74 at the Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital at 23:16 on February 12 due to ineffective medical treatment.
Shen Bin was born in Shanghai in 1947, and in 1959, he entered the second class of Kunqu Opera of Shanghai Opera School to study martial arts, and studied under Gai Chunlai, Tan Jinlin, Zheng Chuanjian, Fang Chuanyun and other famous teachers of the "Chuanzi Generation".
When the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe was established in 1978, Shen Bin joined the troupe, and in 1986, he entered the Directing Department of the China Academy of Drama for further study, systematically and comprehensively studied the art of opera directing, and became a disciple of director artist Li Zigui.
He has directed the essence version of "Changsheng Hall", "Zhan Hua Kui", "Blood Hand", "White Snake Sequel", "New Butterfly Dream", "JiaShen Ji", "Legend of No Salt", "Shangling Mountain", "False Son-in-law Riding the Dragon", "Chao Ju Ji", "Dragon And Phoenix Shirt", "Lion Roar", "Linchuan Four Dreams Nanke Dream", "Immortal Hall" (one and two books) and many other large-scale plays.
The essence version of "ChangshengDian", which he co-directed, won the Wenhua Repertory Award (top of the list) and the Excellent Director Award of the 7th China Arts Festival, and he was awarded the title of "Kunqu Art Excellent (Director) Creator".
Shen Bin has also directed more than 100 plays for more than ten genres such as Beijing, Yue, Yu, Huai, Wu, Shao, Xi, Yue, Qian, Lei, Yue, etc., such as Peking Opera "Autumn Wind Fu", "Fan Zhongyun", "Towel Red Jade", "Qin Liangyu", Kun opera "Li Qingzhao", "Great General Han Xin", Wu opera "Tie Ling Guan", "Yao Sacrifice Xiang Soul", Yu opera "Princess of the West Lake", "Zhou Gong Fu Zheng", Huai opera "Ancient Han Fei", "Fan Pear Flower", Yue opera "Prince of the Desert", Shao opera "The Battle of Weishui", Qin Lu "Li Bai Chang'an Xing", etc.
His works have won the "Five One Project Award", the Wenhua Award, the Wenhua Director Award, the Wenhua New Repertoire Award, the China Drama Festival Outstanding Director Award and other art awards.
Engaged in opera repertoire director for forty years, Shen Bin has faced the hardships and difficulties of opera reform, and has been confused and wandering, but he has persevered to practice and explore. How to reasonably combine the cultural elements of the opera art ontology with the sense of innovation?
He has been consciously exploring in his creation, and after years of creative practice, he has gradually formed an understanding of the essence of Chinese opera art, "In the end, I decided that opera art with unique personality must have a dramatized way of thinking in new creations." As a result, the creative concept of 'the old is not old, the new is not separated from the original' has been gradually established. ”
Shen Bin loves drama like crazy, once laughed at himself that "nothing in this life, only opera", when teaching, full dedication, vivid expression was also recorded by students and circulated on the Internet.
For inheritance and innovation, he clearly put forward the concept of "the old is not old, the new is not separated from the original", and in 2018, he summarized his experience in 60 years of engaging in opera as the book "Pinlan Exploration - The Road of Kunqu Opera Directors", which was regarded as a "model work" by the opera industry.
Mao Shi'an, a well-known literary and art critic, said that Shen Bin was an important opera director at the turning point of Chinese opera from decline to prosperity, and future generations should learn from his strong responsibility.
After his death due to illness, the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe obituary said: "Mr. Shen Bin has made outstanding contributions to the inheritance, enrichment and development of Kunqu opera repertoire, and has played a great role in promoting the development of the art of opera directors. Mr. Shen Bin is ancient! ”
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Source: Jingchu Network