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Many years ago, Chen Juan came to Beijing from Xinjiang to pursue her artistic dreams, was admitted to the beijing broadcasting institute at that time, and then entered the China Oriental Performing Arts Group with reverence. Today, with the maturity brought to her by age and knowledge, Chen Juan is firmly on the road of art.
At the 2020 Guangzhou International Performing Arts Fair, Chen Juan, the host of China Oriental Performing Arts Group, a troupe directly under the Central Committee, was awarded the title of "Gold Medal Host" for the 11th time, after she had been invited to host the Guangzhou International Performing Arts Fair for four consecutive years. In view of her outstanding performance in the art of stage hosting for many years, chen juan won the title of "Gold Medal Entertainer" at the 2021 Guangzhou International Performance Fair under the witness of experts in the Chinese performance industry.
Many years ago, Chen Juan came to Beijing from Xinjiang to pursue her artistic dreams, was admitted to the beijing broadcasting institute at that time, and then entered the China Oriental Performing Arts Group with reverence. Today, with the maturity brought to her by age and knowledge, Chen Juan is firmly on the road of art.
Tianshan Snow Lotus National Flower
Chen Juan was born in Urumqi, Xinjiang, to a simple Hui family. The father is kind and dedicated, often because of the need for work for several months can not go home, the mother is diligent to run the family, often to the children's ears, the family education is very strict. The influence of her parents was deeply imprinted in Chen Juan's heart. "My parents are the best enlightenment teachers in my life," Chen Juan said.
In Chen Juan's memory, she was required to rank among the best in her studies since she was a child, but only this did not satisfy her mother. The mother also wants her to be transparent in her life skills, housework and learning, from eating and walking to financial management, she must pay attention to rules, in the traditional mother's view, these are the skills of survival.
Parents' education is not only in words, but also in deeds. The family lives in the old town where various ethnic minorities live, there is a Uighur widow and elderly family at the doorstep, and the mother will often cook more food, so Chen Juan will send it to the old man; A Uyghur elder sister was abandoned by her husband and brought her child from southern Xinjiang to the provincial capital to make a living, and her parents lent her a house to live in... The kindness of her parents subtly affected Chen Juan, and when she was still in primary and secondary school, she often took the lead in organizing classmates to donate money to the widows and the elderly, and washed and cooked for the elderly in difficult households.
The ethnic minorities in the northwest have always been versatile, and this is the case with Chen Juan, who is both good at learning and learning. From primary school to high school, she has been a small host of various school activities, and as an excellent representative of ethnic minority teenagers, she has followed the art troupe of middle school students composed of students of various nationalities to the coastal areas for art dissemination and exchange in middle school. In these unforgettable days, a seed of chasing dreams gradually sprouted in Chen Juan's heart.
Chinese the highest institution of higher learning
In 2001, when she graduated from high school, Chen Juanyi chose the Beijing Broadcasting Institute, now the Communication University of China, becoming the only student enrolled in the Broadcasting Department of the Guangdong Academy in Xinjiang that year. At the entrance ceremony of the new students, the teacher arranged for Chen Juan to perform the Xinjiang song and dance program as the representative of the new students, and the new students of the whole college remembered the versatile rapunzel.
Chen Juan's specialty lies in the cross-border integration of academic theories, methods, techniques and different artistic vocabularies. She said she would continue to explore and practice in depth.
Chen Juan's university life is busy and fulfilling. In her freshman and sophomore year, in order to change her sharp little voice, in addition to practicing with everyone during the day, she would also practice alone in the dark playground when night fell, "To the Oak Tree", "Butterfly Love Flower Answer Li Shuyi", "Qinyuan Spring Snow", "Dingfengbo", "Lovely China"... The heroic ambition in the text or lingering compassion, through repeated vocal exercises, into Chen Juan's heart, skills grow in the practice, the state of mind in the pronunciation of precipitation. During her time at school, Chen Juan received a scholarship from the school for two consecutive years, which was the first income she received when she just stepped into the threshold of society. Chen Juan gave half of the 2,000 yuan she had obtained to her mother, and the other half to her uncle - that year her mother was on a business trip, and it was her uncle who took Chen Juan to Beijing for the exam to help her realize her dream.
After graduating from undergraduate education in 2005, Chen Juan was selected by Hunan Television, but within half a year, she resolutely decided to give up everything and return to Beijing for further study, looking forward to better development, and was admitted to the Communication University of China again in 2006. The 7 years of Chinese transmission time is not only the accumulation and reserve of knowledge, but also the most popular for Chen Juan is the learning method and way of thinking about problems mastered during this period. Chen Juan, whose school motto "Lide Dedication, Erudition, And Competition", still remembers very clearly, with the growth of age and the enrichment of artistic footsteps, she has more and more profoundly realized the significance of "Lide" ranking first, "virtue and art double Xin" few numbers, but literary and art workers have to use their lives to pursue.
As the host of the national academy, Chen Juan, who is now a famous host, has more rationality after years and knowledge precipitation, and as the host of the national academy, she shoulders more artistic missions: representing mainstream values, disseminating culture as her responsibility, the business card of Chinese culture and art, and the messenger of cultural diplomacy... "Each performance represents the national standard, and every word and deed safeguards the dignity of the motherland." Chen Juan said.
The dream of oriental art
China Oriental Performing Arts Group is a national song and dance troupe established under the cordial care of generations of party and state leaders, formerly known as the Central Song and Dance Troupe, the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe and the China Light Music Troupe. In the first few years of entering the group, Chen Juan did not engage in hosting work, but worked in the performance center for several years related to the performance business. Because she is very familiar with the process before and after the stage, Chen Juan can more flexibly grasp the performance scene, and her understanding and introduction of the repertoire and actors are more accurate.
In 2016, in an interview session with Chinese and foreign experts sponsored by the group, Chen Juan showed a decent and natural, intelligent and agile and funny attitude in the interview with the guests, which left a deep impression on the group leaders and students from all over the world. From that day on, Chen Juan received attention and cultivation from the group, and opened the artistic road to the outstanding young people of the national academy.
Since 2016, Chen Juan's figure can be seen in all performances and activities with the participation of the host. As the special host of more than 20 original song and dance evenings and concerts of the Group in recent years, Chen Juan has participated in domestic and foreign performances such as "Blossoming in the East", "National Color" (overseas performance), concert "Pulse of the Times", "Oriental Good Sound" and so on. In 2019, Chen Juan participated in more than 130 performances, and was invited to participate in important condolence performances with the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Chinese Dancers Association and the Red Cross Society of China as a host for many times. In addition, she has participated in many important condolence performances organized and sponsored by the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Central Civilization Office, as well as the condolence performances in important areas such as the Central Party School, Fuping in Shaanxi, Zhenbao Island, and the Xinjiang Construction Corps, and not only served as the host but also participated in some of the writing work.
Chen Juan believes that the main reason for being able to do a good job in various work is inseparable from the encouragement and encouragement of the group's artist predecessors. The first grand performance he participated in since joining the troupe was the "Spring Festival in All Corners of the World, Cultural China - Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong's Return to the Motherland" held at the Hung Hom Sports Centre in February 2017. The general director of this performance is Mr. Shen Chen, the director of the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, who is known for his strictness in the group. Shen Director from the host's pronunciation, costume details to the ultimate requirements of the rhythm of the scene, let Chen Juan impressed, that is, the drama is bigger than the sky, the details determine success or failure! In 2019, Chen Juan and Teacher Zhu Mingying went to Australia with the troupe to visit and perform, and Teacher Zhu used her own artistic experience to encourage her to chase her dreams and insist on learning, it is never too late. In addition, Chen Juan has cooperated with director Zheng Jun for many times, and his breakthrough in the language style of the stage host and the contextualized design allow Chen Juan to integrate a variety of artistic vocabulary such as shape, performance, recitation, dance and other elements into the hosting practice, forming a distinct artistic style and rapidly improving Chen Juan's comprehensive artistic expression on the stage.
What are the similarities and differences between a TV host and a stage host? Chen Juan, who is active as a stage host, gradually realizes the unique positioning and connotation - it is both a bridge connecting the stage and the seats; It is also the link between the actor and the audience; Or a guide to lead the actors and audiences to climb the artistic aesthetic highland..." On the stage of the China Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, in addition to language expression, the host needs to integrate a variety of artistic vocabulary according to the design of the repertoire, and it must be integrated into the artistic creation of the host part, which requires greater artistic expression. The cross-border integration of academic theories, methods, techniques and different artistic vocabularies is my specialty, and I will continue to explore and practice in depth. Chen Juan said.
Practitioner of cultural self-confidence
The stage of the new era brings challenges and opportunities to artists. In August 2021, China Oriental Performing Arts Group's creation of the dance poetry drama "Only This Green" quickly became popular throughout the country after the performance, and the classic dance fragments appeared at the Spring Festival Gala in 2022 and became a phenomenon-level art work that was hotly discussed nationwide. Inspired by China's green and green peak work "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", this work not only impresses mature audiences, but also attracts young people, once again highlighting the appeal and influence of China's excellent traditional culture, and the vitality of artistic creation rooted in the fertile soil of Chinese culture.
Chen Juan believes that as a host who accompanies the times, it is necessary to look back and understand the cultural heritage of China's five thousand years to enrich herself, but also to look forward, keep pace with the times, and integrate with the times. "Culture can be truly confident, and we post-80s need to play an important role in inheriting the inheritance of China's excellent traditional culture and the dissemination of mainstream values in society." I hope to become the host of the national academy group that understands Chinese culture with heart, tells Chinese stories and Chinese art with affection, and shows cultural self-confidence and oriental beauty. ”
Chen Juan said and did the same, and in those busy days of work, she still insisted on learning, paying attention to accumulation, and publishing papers. He has successively published papers such as "Theme Planning and Value Dissemination of Large-scale TV Literary and Art Galas in the New Era", "Language Style Characteristics and Aesthetic Experience of Large-scale Gala Hosts in the New Era", "Presentation and Operation Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Cultural Elements in Contemporary Stage Art" and other important industry journals such as "China Television".
In addition, Chen Juan also began to carry out the next step of stage sublimation, planning and organizing stage art works that disseminate excellent culture. "China's five thousand years of yangtze river, brilliant civilization shines in the east of the world." The frost dew of the morning, the short song of the wine; The long river desert and the snow are too long, and the smoke and rain life should be regretted. Chinese poetry on tv programs is deeply loved by the audience, how to make it in a richer and more beautiful and more empathetic way to infect the audience at close range, in addition to language, combined with my advantages in the art academy group, we can and poetry to sing, dance to paint poetry history, with poetry Yongzhi, with music lyricism. Chen Juan said.
Chen Juan's "Dream as a Horse - Concert of Classic Poetry and Famous Artists" will kick off on May 15 this year. She hopes to combine the various artistic techniques of recitation, song singing, dance, and poetry repertoire performance, depicting a selection of ancient poems and showing a chinese story that is either lingering or lingering. The whole concert is small and exquisite, fully displaying the subtlety of traditional Chinese musical instruments, and inviting artists with both virtue and art and outstanding cultural young communicators to participate together, which not only reflects the classics, but also reflects the inheritance.
Major events mainstream voices
On the evening of January 17, 2020 local time, a series of celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Myanmar and the launching ceremony of the China-Myanmar Cultural Tourism Year were held in The Second International Conference Center of Naypyitaw, and the heads of state and important leaders of the two countries attended the ceremony, which shows the importance. Chen Juan is the Chinese host of this important state event, and her dignified, elegant and intellectual hosting style has not only been affirmed by the superior leaders, but also highly praised by the Myanmar side, and the performance is extremely successful.
There is not much time left for Chen Juan to prepare for this grand meeting, she went to Myanmar to rehearse in advance on January 14, in just two days, how can she do the hosting work perfectly? Chen Juan thinks that in the international arena of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and foreign countries, in addition to the rigor and appeal of language, the cultural connotation and charm conveyed by the beauty of Chinese women's manners are particularly important. She invited several team teachers as spectators to adjust and practice over and over again on the position of the gaze, the angle and speed of the nod and smile, and the control of the slight forward leaning of the body.
Two years later, recalling the moment when she stood on the stage of the state performance, the torrent of solemnity, sublime and happiness still surged in Chen Juan's heart. "As a young literary and art worker, being able to stand on the stage of friendship and exchanges between China and foreign countries is not only the cultivation of the country, but also the trust of the country, for me, it is not only a state performance of the highest standard, but also my personal participation in the cultural exchange practice of enhancing the friendship between China and Myanmar and practicing the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, which I will never forget." Because of her outstanding performance in the Performance of Chinese and Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Myanmar sent a letter of praise to Chen Juan to the Group.
Whether it is to exchange with the Group during the visit of the Thai Vice Premier to China, or to exchange and disseminate among Chinese and Indian national treasure artists, whether it is to communicate cordially with Princess Pak Hua Devi after the performance of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cambodia, or to host a literary and art evening for dozens of ambassadors at the National Centre for the Performing Arts to tell the charm of Chinese art, Chen Juan has always insisted on passing on the style of a big country and showing the style of oriental women.
("Xiaokang", China Xiaokang Network Exclusive Special Article)
This article was published in the mid-April 2022 issue of Xiaokang