China Drama Academy Zhang Huoding Peking Opera Chengpai Art Workshop will reproduce "Sister Jiang" and "Suolin Bag"

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Beijing, October 21, China News Network As a striking cultural "business card" of the China Academy of Performing Arts, the Zhang Huoding Peking Opera Chengpai Art Heritage Center will present the Ctrip School's modern drama "Sister Jiang" and the traditional classic play "Suolin Capsule" to perform the series of teaching achievements of the college.

Peking opera is the art of the horns, and how to cultivate high-end talents in opera performance is an important issue facing the cause of opera education for a long time. Zhang Huoding Peking Opera Chengpai Art Heritage Center is based on the China Academy of Performing Arts, radiating the whole country, since the establishment of the workshop in 2016, it has recruited materials for the society, widely extended famous teachers, scientifically designed courses, and attached equal importance to both academic and moral and artistic. The Zhang Huoding Peking Opera Chengpai Art Workshop broke through the conventional education mechanism of xiqu academies and formed a new model for the cultivation of high-end opera performing talents since the new era. Looking back at the results of the workshop in the past five years, it has yielded fruitful results and far-reaching influence.

It is reported that the outstanding students of the workshop will participate in the series of performances on behalf of Li Linxiao, Yin Chanjuan, Pan Yu, Zhai Qian and Yang Xiaoyang, and meet with the audience at the Beijing Tianqiao Art Center on October 23 and 24.

"Drama depends on people acting, and art is passed on by people." The classic repertoire and the extremely rich performance skills of the previous artists are the roots of the inheritance of opera and play a vital role in the growth of young actors. In the past five years, zhang huoding peking opera Chengpai art workshop has always adhered to the principle of integrity and innovation, followed the basic law of the inheritance and development of opera art, cultivated new talents with classic repertoire, promoted teaching with stage practice, and the students continued to achieve self-transcendence in artistic presentation and aesthetic cultivation through the study and performance of chengpai's classic repertoire.

In addition, the opening of basic gong, kunqu opera and theory classes has further enriched the artistic accumulation of the students, and has also accumulated strength for their future career development. Nowadays, these trainees have become the key training objects and reserve talents of their colleges and groups, and they have a certain degree of social attention.

"Suolin Capsule" is a masterpiece of Cheng Pai art collection, which is respected by the world for its profound theme intention, ingenious plot structure, and beautiful singing melody, and has become a long-lasting traditional famous drama on the Peking Opera stage; adapted by Mr. Yan Su himself, the Peking opera "Sister Jiang" premiered by Zhang Huoding, a second-level professor of the China Academy of Performing Arts and a descendant of the Cheng Pai, is the first modern drama of the Cheng School since the founding of New China, and the singing sections such as "Red Meizan" and "Embroidered Red Flag" in the play have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. At that time, the students of the workshop will recreate the classics in the artistic interpretation of tradition and modernity, so as to show the stage skills of shaping the characters.

It is worth mentioning that the "four beams and four pillars" of the two performances are all performed by the famous Peking opera artists of the three troupes of the National Peking Opera House, outstanding young actors and outstanding young teachers of the China Academy of Performing Arts, who are all outstanding talents cultivated by the China Academy of Drama, which not only highlights the spirit of "passing on the help" of the opera people, but also reflects the firm cultural consciousness and mission of the opera art workers in the new era. (End)

Source: China News Network