Modern Express News (reporter Li Ming) On February 25, the "2022 Nanjing Musical Theatre Festival" was officially opened at the Nanjing Poly Grand Theater. In the evening, as one of the blockbuster plays, the "New National Style" musical "Southern Tang Dynasty Lord" will be the first to be staged, with a dreamy and mysterious, delicate texture of the national style aesthetics, interpreting the beautiful and poignant life of Li Yu, the last monarch of the Southern Tang Dynasty and a famous lyricist.
The Modern Express reporter learned that the 2022 Nanjing Musical Theatre Festival will run through the whole year, adhere to the January drama, introduce more high-quality, strongly produced musicals, and meet the diverse aesthetics of Nanjing audiences. A big wave of blockbuster dramas are coming!
In February, "Southern Tang Dynasty Lord" surreally uses the two roles of "lyricist" and "emperor" to represent Li Yu's dual identity, reshaping the sensitive and real experience of life and finding empathy with modern audiences in the most naked and extreme exploration of human nature; in March, the musical "Fan Letter" will depict the spirit of the literati with a romantic narrative and present the audience with a poetic and profound literary scene; in April, the "little sweet drama" "Maybe a Happy Ending" that uses the story of robots to see the human state of mind. Audiences will be invited to embark on a warm and healing journey; in May, the all-star cross-border "Orphans of Zhao" will come with light to present the magnificent epic "Spring and Autumn" with the peak of tragic aesthetics.
In addition, the new national tide musical "The Mandala of the Tang Dynasty" that unlocks the chaotic time and space, the Chinese original musical "The Immortality of the Soul Ferry" adapted by the originator of the network suspense IP are also highly anticipated.
At the press conference, the main creators and main actors of the "New National Style" musical "Southern Tang Hou Lord" also attended the scene to share the stories behind the play. The drama has been polished for more than three years since its incubation, and the collision and fusion between the ancient style and national rhyme and the most fashionable rock and roll electronic music and musical theater artistic techniques are one of the biggest highlights. In the play, there are singing sections with distinct ethnic tonal colors, "The Seventh Day of the First Month of July", "Proverbs: Mo Qing Jiangnan Affair", as well as the National Style Trap Singing Section "Dragon Chair Is There" with guzheng and pipa as the mainstay, and the fairy singing section "Yulou Spring - Evening Makeup First Bright Muscle Snow" with Future Bass.
In terms of using the expression means of Western musicals to show oriental historical figures, the director of the play, Liu Xiaoyi, said that he tried to create an aesthetic expression that belonged to the "Southern Tang Dynasty Lord", "that is, a very mysterious body image of the East." To abandon some of the inherent rules and regulations of musical theater. Song and dance, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are originally artistic means in our traditional Chinese culture. ”
In terms of dance style, "Southern Tang Dynasty Lord" integrates modern dance with Chinese folk dance, and contemporary and traditional. The use of the two extreme temperaments of great tension and great restraint in the oriental poetic body to present the power of the story and the characters adds an unparalleled dramatic texture.
The Nanjing Musical Theatre Festival is hosted by Nanjing Poly Grand Theatre and co-sponsored by Haixiao Culture. The Modern Express reporter learned that the 2021 Nanjing Musical Theatre Festival has a total of 7 plays and 12 performances, and the themes involve healing, suspense, rock and so on. At the same time, through the rich online + offline activities, the communication between the actors and the audience is enhanced, and different forms of activities such as the main creator meeting, backstage exploration class, and post-performance talk are held to deeply interact with the audience.
Yao Lei, deputy general manager of Nanjing Poly Grand Theater, said that last year, because of the brand construction of the musical theater festival, more people entered the theater and fell in love with musicals. "This year, we will build a community of musical theater lovers and creators, create a 'musical theater planet' for those who love musical theater, and let Chinese musical theater continue to shine, heat up, and release new energy."
(Courtesy of Nanjing Poly Grand Theater)