Just after the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, literary and art academies and troupes across the country actively devoted themselves to intense work in order to dedicate themselves to the audience with better performances. To this end, this end launched a special plan to focus on the key new plays created by literary and art academies and troupes in 2022 to see how they can solidly promote artistic creation in the new year and dedicate artistic works to the people.
Large-scale music and dance poetry painting "Sing here and that side and":
The good life of the people of Zhuangxiang is put in the song
Guo Kaiqian
▲ The main creative team listens to the oil tea song of the Dong people (Courtesy of Guangxi Performing Arts Group Song and Dance Theater)
"Sing mountain songs, sing here and there and..." The vast eight gui land not only grows full of grainy rice, but also grows haunting mountain songs. Guangxi is known as the "Sea of Songs", and Liu Sanjie's songs spread all over the world, conveying guangxi's unique national cultural connotation to the world. At the time node when the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held, Guangxi Performing Arts Group will focus on creating and launching a large-scale music and dance poetry painting "Singing Here and Singing That Side and Peace" this year, creating a new cultural business card and new IP for the magnificent Guangxi to go to the whole country and the world.
Cultivating on the fertile soil of national culture, Guangxi's literary and art garden has produced many fine works and excellent works, and many classic works that vividly interpret the unique national cultural charm of Guangxi and depict the magnificent picture of the unity and progress of the sons and daughters of the Eight Gui. "On the new journey toward the second centenary goal, we hope to create a fine performance that not only brings together national classic literary and artistic masterpieces, but also highlights the national cultural value and is full of national spirit, tells the story of today's Guangxi, blows the clarion call of the times, and creates a new situation for the prosperity and development of Guangxi's artistic creation." Wen Haifu, executive director of the large-scale music and dance poetry painting "Singing Here and Over There", said that the play was selected as a support project of the "Guangxi Contemporary Literature and Art Creation Project" of the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and will be used as a fine evening party to welcome and celebrate the 20th National Congress in Guangxi.
The large-scale music and dance poetry painting "Singing Here and That Side" is an ode to the harmonious coexistence of all ethnic groups in Guangxi to create a splendid culture. Wen Haifu introduced that the repertoire will be divided into 3 parts, in the form of song and dance to present the characteristic culture of 12 ethnic groups in Guangxi, liu sanjie songs, there will also be content about ASEAN, through the refinement of the song and dance, food, living habits of ethnic minorities in Guangxi, from clothing, choreography, music, etc. to show Guangxi's rich and colorful national culture, so that the audience can enjoy a pleasing national culture audio-visual feast in the play, and carry out a time and space trip to explore the splendid national culture of Bagui.
The repertoire will also focus on the Gewei culture of Guangxi. In the play, the "singing here and that side" in the song wei becomes "you sing me and that side", "heaven and earth sing and", "landscape singing and", "Jianghai singing and" and "thousands of people singing thousands of people", in order to show that the people of Zhuangxiang are united and forge ahead under the leadership of the party, pioneering and innovating, and the good days are put in the song every day. At the same time, the play will also reproduce some of Liu Sanjie's classic singing segments and relive the classics.
▲ The main creative team went to ethnic minority areas to collect style (Photo courtesy of Guangxi Performing Arts Group Song and Dance Theater)
The large-scale music and dance poetry painting "Singing Here and That Side" was created and rehearsed by the Guangxi Performing Arts Group Song and Dance Theater, the project gathered old, middle and young artists in Guangxi, and the main creative team repeatedly discussed the project topic, ethnic folk culture, and national music creation. From January 10 to 15 this year, the creative team went to Sanjiang, Rong'an, Rongshui, Huanjiang and other ethnic counties to carry out style creation, and the team members visited ethnic villages, museums, non-genetic inheritance centers and bases, watched ethnic minority songs and dances, and learned about local song and dance culture and food culture. "We feel the breadth and depth of Guangxi's national culture. In Sanjiang, we listened to the camellia song sung by the Dong people when they played oil tea, and we were deeply touched by the fact that they could create such a rich song in the very ordinary oil tea. Wen Haifu said that these experiences and gains will become the inspiration and accumulation of creating "This Side Sings That Side and That Side And Peace".
At present, the large-scale music and dance poetry painting "This Side Sings And That Side" is in full swing, and the main creative team is refining the design scheme of the music, stage and costumes of the play, which is expected to meet the audience in early July.
Large-scale commentary "Daughter":
A gift to the 20th National Congress of the Party
Zhang Jianyou
▲ The critics of the drama "Daughter" conducted an in-depth discussion on the play (Courtesy of Heilongjiang Provincial Drama Art Center)
A few days ago, the Heilongjiang Provincial Drama Art Center, based on the advanced deeds of Teacher Zhang Guimei, a "national outstanding communist party member" and "model of the times," was intensively creating and rehearsing a large-scale commentary drama "Daughter" written by famous playwrights Fei Shoujiang and Chang Xiaohua. It is understood that the play uses the artistic style of traditional opera to enthusiastically praise Zhang Guimei, a good daughter of the party who grew up in Heilongjiang and devoted herself to the mountainous areas of ethnic minorities in Yunnan, and the play is also a tribute play of Heilongjiang Province to the 20th National Congress of the Party.
Born in 1957 in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang Province, Zhang Guimei has been rooted in the impoverished mountainous areas of Yunnan for more than 40 years, devoting all her body and mind to education and child welfare in border ethnic areas, and promoting the creation of China's first free girls' high school. She insists on using red culture to lead education, cultivate students' character of not fearing hardships and bearing hardships, and guide students to remember the gratitude of the party and repay the society. She has been visiting her home for many years, traveling more than 110,000 kilometers, covering more than 1,300 students, retaining students for the school and creating opportunities for students to change their fate with knowledge. With her stoic and persistent struggle and selfless dedication, she interpreted the original mission of communist party members. She helped more than 1,600 girls realize their dreams on the university campus and was affectionately known as "Mama Zhang" by girls.
The commentary drama "Daughter" revolves around the process of the creation of Huaping Girl, the country's first free high school, showing the responsibility of Zhang Guimei as a communist who overcomes difficulties and never returns, and "a piece of Dan heart opens to the sun". The opera is longer than lyrical writing, and the whole drama adopts the narrative technique of prose poetry, which portrays the typical image of the "light of hope" in the eyes of the children as "Mother Zhang" to accompany and illuminate their youth dream journey, and excavates and displays the colorful inner world of Gui Mei's teacher "Cliffside Gui, Plum in the Snow" and the high wind and bright festival of selfless dedication. At the same time, the organic integration of music, dance and customs of ethnic minorities in southwest China also made the whole drama shine.
Guan Bo, director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Drama Art Center, said: "As a national intangible cultural heritage (drama critic) inheritance and protection unit, we must give full play to the advantages of the academy and group, create a temperature, style, taste, profound thinking, exquisite art, excellent production of high-quality masterpieces, while using traditional skills to tell Chinese stories and shape heroic model characters, while realizing the integrity and innovation of the development of Heilongjiang opera." ”
The main theme play "Daughter" created by the Heilongjiang Provincial Drama Art Center is a highlight of the cultural tourism system of Heilongjiang Province this year. According to Yang Baiting, director of the Art Department of the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Twentieth National Congress of the Party is the most important event and core event in the political life of the whole Party and the whole country this year, and the cultural and tourism system of Heilongjiang Province, as an important force in the propaganda and ideological front, regards welcoming the Twentieth National Congress of the Party as the main line of this year's work. Contribute to the victory of the 20th National Congress of the Party to contribute to the strength of Longjiang Cultural Tourism.
It is reported that Heilongjiang Province this year focused on strengthening the creation and performance of the main theme stage works, so as to promote the prosperity and development of Longjiang art. Focusing on the theme of welcoming the Party's 20th National Congress, we will coordinate major realistic themes, historical themes and revolutionary themes, meticulously organize literary and artistic creations to welcome the 20th National Congress of the Party, and create outstanding works of art that show the fruitful achievements of Heilongjiang's political, economic, cultural, social and ecological civilization construction with heart and affection. Continue to carry out winter and summer resident performances and performances to benefit the people such as "sending laughter to the grassroots" and "red literary and artistic light cavalry", and guide art academies and troupes to better play social benefits. Make every effort to prepare for the 13th China Arts Festival, the 17th Wenhua Awards, the 19th Stars Award and other awards and performances. Accelerate the formulation of implementation opinions on deepening the reform of state-owned literary and art academies and troupes and the implementation opinions on promoting the development of tourism and performing arts, and create a new business card of Longjiang. Continue to implement the top-notch artistic talent training program, and encourage the personalized cultivation of top-notch artistic talents and leaders in flexible ways such as "one-to-one", "one-to-many" and "modern apprenticeship system". Strengthen the study of literary and art theory, and improve the work system of literary and art criticism. Strengthen the construction of artistic style and morality, guide the vast number of literary and art workers to advocate virtue and art, and achieve both virtue and art.
Yu Feng, deputy director of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Heilongjiang Province, said: Due to the fact that there are many important events in the party and the state this year, the cultural and tourism system of the whole province has shown the momentum of "carrying guns to fight wars" and "attacking the city and pulling out villages," jumping out of Longjiang to see Longjiang, standing on a high place to see Longjiang, and looking at Longjiang from a high place, and looking at Longjiang in comparison with each other, striving to create stage masterpieces that live up to the times and the people, and embody new responsibilities, promote new development, and display new deeds in the strategy of strengthening the province through culture and tourism.
Peking Opera "Yanyitang":
A revolutionary epic with a unique perspective
Sun Congcong
▲ Stills of Peking Opera "Yanyitang" (Courtesy of Peking Opera House in Shandong Province)
At the recent 2022 Shandong Provincial Culture and Tourism Work Conference, Shandong proposed that artistic creation should innovate and make breakthroughs in producing fine products, talents and benefits, focusing on the 20 major nodes of the party and major national strategies, and this year will focus on polishing and upgrading Peking Opera "Yanyitang" and other plays.
"Yanyitang" is a modern Peking Opera jointly produced by The Beijing Opera House of Shandong Province and the Linyi Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, which was premiered as the opening drama of the 12th Shandong Culture and Art Festival and appeared in the 9th China Peking Opera Festival as a participating play, leaving a deep impression on the audience with its excellent artistic quality and deep patriotic feelings.
The play tells the story of Liu Xiaopu and Liu Yimeng, the leaders of the early party in Shandong, who adhered to their revolutionary beliefs and were killed by reactionary warlords, and Liu Hepu, the principal of the "YanyiTang", obeyed his last wish that "the revolution will not be victorious and will never fall into the ground", and the floating house (the old custom, that is, the four corners of the coffin were raised with bricks and stones, and they were not buried for the time being) were in Sangxing. In the face of national crisis and family changes, Liu Hepu survived from the protection of "the prosperity of the family business and the prosperity of the people", and gradually realized that "if there is no country, there is no home, and only the country is peaceful", and only the Communist Party of China is the hope of the country and the nation.
"Yanyitang" is based on the deeds of the "Yanyitang" of the red revolutionary family in the old district of Yimeng. Since ancient times, "Yanyitang" has had a fine family style of diligent cultivation, family harmony, enlightened democracy, and compassion for the people. After the sacrifice of Liu Xiaopu and Liu Yimeng, the "YanYitang" family recognized the essence of the Kuomintang reactionaries and devoted themselves to following the Communist Party, and during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, a total of 26 people participated in the revolution, of which 6 gave their precious lives.
"The destruction of a family, the rebirth of a nation." Zhou Long, the director of the play, said that from the moment he received the script, he was moved by this legendary story. At the critical juncture of national peril, the "Yanyitang" people resolutely gave up their ego and integrated into the revolutionary torrent, reflecting the revolutionary feelings from individuals to groups, from spontaneity to self-consciousness, and this deep emotion has roots and resonance. He introduced that while digging deep into key events such as "floating houses" and "destroying homes", the creation of the play adheres to the principle of integrity and innovation, adheres to the peking opera itself in singing music, and shapes the characters through a large number of distinctive solo singing and duet singing; the stage performance also breaks the inherent program restrictions, adds modern elements to integrate into the new, and strives to make the image of the revolutionary martyrs stand up and infect people.
Jiang Qingpeng, president of the Shandong Provincial Peking Opera House, introduced that the Shandong Provincial Peking Opera House has always taken the inheritance of red genes and the continuation of red blood as a mission and task. "Shandong is a fertile land for revolution, and many heroic deeds and advanced models have emerged in the revolutionary war years, and we will strive to tap these rich red resources and strive to make greater contributions to creative transformation and innovative development."
Style is the foundation of creation. Since April 2021, the main creators of "Yanyitang" have repeatedly gone deep into Mengyin County, Linyi City. During this period, walk into the Liu Xiaopu, Liu Yimeng Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall and Meng Lianggu Battle Memorial Hall, understand the touching deeds of revolutionary martyrs on the ground, feel the power of ideals and beliefs, and draw inspiration and materials for the polishing and upgrading of the repertoire.
Many experts believe that the Peking Opera "YanYitang" uniquely shows the transformation of a special family, from which it reveals the correctness and historical inevitability of the Communist Party of China leading the Chinese revolution to victory, with a unique perspective and far-reaching meaning, and is a rare red fine product in the field of stage art creation in Shandong in recent years. At the same time, the play is also an exploration experiment led by the provincial academy group to lead the regional literary and artistic creation, led by well-known artists, and synchronously driving young performers to the spotlight to "sing the protagonist".
It is reported that in recent years, in the process of searching for good themes and good stories, the Beijing Opera House in Shandong Province has paid attention to cultivating outstanding young talents, and through the "Opera Famous Artist Studio" and other methods, it has given full play to the advantages of oral transmission of artistic masters, so that the younger generation of performers can be experienced and promoted in the creation of plays, which has been unanimously recognized by the industry.
Acrobatic drama "The Good Life":
Tribute to the strivers
Aledertu
▲ The performance site of the Inner Mongolia Art Theater Acrobatic Troupe (Courtesy of the Inner Mongolia Art Theater Acrobatic Troupe)
Recently, the rehearsal hall of the Acrobatic Troupe of the Inner Mongolia Art Theater is very lively, the realistic theme acrobatic drama "Beautiful Life" has just completed the framework of the play, and the beautiful and romantic drama fragment "Mirror Flower Water Moon" was taken by the director of Inner Mongolia Television Station at a glance and moved to the stage of the 2022 Inner Mongolia Spring Festival Gala. According to Tana, head of the Acrobatic Troupe of the Inner Mongolia Art Theater, under the effective control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the acrobatic drama "Beautiful Life" will enter a new round of comprehensive refinement and rehearsal, and be put on the stage before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
The background of the creation of the acrobatic drama "A Better Life" stems from the comprehensive victory in poverty alleviation, after the comprehensive construction of a well-off society, the mainland is comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, it is based on the proposition of this era, the work focuses on the life of contemporary grassland pastoral areas, and observes the core of rural revitalization, that is, the revitalization of rural talents, the revitalization of rural culture, the revitalization of rural ecology, the revitalization of rural organizations, and the revitalization of rural industries. At the same time, the play takes acrobatic art as the carrier to show that contemporary grassland farmers and herdsmen break traditional thinking in the practice of creating a beautiful life of rural beauty and peasant wealth, and take the theme of "going to the clouds", "using numbers" and "empowering wisdom" to build their hometowns, shaping the new image of contemporary farmers and herdsmen, and telling the Chinese story of the new era. According to Feng Shuangbai, screenwriter of "A Better Life" and chairman of the China Dancers Association, the script used in the rehearsal is now the 11th draft, and it will be revised as the rehearsal deepens to make it perfect. Feng Shuangbai said that he wanted to make a good play with feelings and soul.
He Yanmin, the general director of "Good Life", said when talking about the director's conception that in line with the principle of creating amorphous forms, "Good Life" tries to break the performance style of "acrobatics + dance + mime" that is commonly presented in acrobatic dramas on the stage, explores the real realization of the acrobatic body as the artistic language of storytelling, and focuses on the performance tradition of the actors of the Inner Mongolia Art Theater Acrobatic Troupe" of "one specialty and multiple abilities", with the characteristics of the characters and the needs of the storyline, freely, naturally and reasonably integrate more artistic elements, in the style of light comedy. Let the seemingly simple story reflect the deep ideological connotations. From the aspects of structure, form, language and style, the play artistically presents the beautiful life of rural beauty and peasant wealth to the audience with contemporary aesthetics. "Good Life" explores and breaks through the inherent programs and performance modes of acrobatic skills, so that the thrilling, exciting and feminine ontological characteristics of acrobatics bring wonderful highlights to the advancement of the plot, presenting a new look of acrobatic art. At the same time, the play collects and sorts out the acrobatic elements of ethnic areas, thus injecting some special colors and elements into Chinese acrobatic art.
Li Li, secretary of the party committee and president of the Inner Mongolia Art Theater, said after watching the framework rehearsal: "'The Beautiful Life' is a joyful drama, a happy drama, and a struggle drama. Every scene is filled with scenes of labor and struggle. Although the play is still in the stage of framework play, we can strongly feel when we watch it that a good life is created with struggle and labor. ”
March 1, 2022 China Culture Daily
Special reports were published on the 5th edition
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