Performance Review丨Sing Red Ballads and Inherit the Red Spirit The new version of the red children's drama "Soy Ballads" moved Jincheng
The red feelings are touching, and the true feelings interpret the power of faith. On the evening of August 29th, the first stop of the national tour of the new red children's drama "Soy Ballad" (Lanzhou Station) was brilliantly unveiled at the Lanzhou Concert Hall located on the banks of the beautiful Yellow River. The touching story and superb performance lead the audience back to the turbulent era of war, and truly experience the suffering years experienced by the older generation of revolutionary martyrs and the parting of life and death for the victory of the revolution. The whole performance was applauded, making everyone's hearts rise and fall and tears. This is also one of the highlights of the 88 cultural tourism activities planned and launched by our city under the guidance of the action of strengthening provincial capitals.
The new version of "Soy Ballads" met the Lanzhou audience offline for the first time
The new version of the red children's drama "Soybean Ballads" national tour (Lanzhou Station) is guided by the Propaganda Department of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, sponsored by the Gansu Provincial Working Committee for Caring for the Next Generation, the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Gansu Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Lanzhou Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Lanzhou Municipal People's Government, organized by the Publicity Department of the Lanzhou Municipal Party Committee of the CPC and the Lanzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, supported by the Gansu Dramatists Association and the Lanzhou Drama and Dancers Association, and jointly performed by the Lanzhou Symphony Orchestra, Lanzhou Starlight Children's Choir and Lanzhou Concert Hall Choir. Strive to make the provincial capital city show its excellent "connotation" with high-quality and positive energy stage art boutiques. This work is adapted from the memoir of the same name written by Luo Lili, the daughter of revolutionary martyr Luo Yunpeng and the "living radish head", based on his personal experience, and is a children's drama based on the theme of red historical stories that really happened in Lanzhou.
The whole play takes the memories of the elderly Luo Lili as the fulcrum, telling the story: In June 1940, Comrade Luo Yunpeng, deputy secretary of the Gansu Work Committee of the Communist Party of China, his wife Fan Guiying, and their 8-month-old daughter Luo Lili were arrested and imprisoned. When she was four years old, Xiao Lili picked up a soybean she had never seen before in prison, and she was extremely excited to share this seemingly small happiness with everyone around her, and determined that this was the best thing in the world. In the end, Luo Yunpeng was tortured and sacrificed in prison, and Luo Lili grew stronger under the care of his parents and fellow inmates, and began to grow up in pursuit of freedom and ideals.
The play is supported by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Gansu Province, the Lanzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, produced by the Lanzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and created by the Lanzhou Cultural Development Research Center and the Lanzhou Grand Theater. As a representative repertoire of contemporary children's drama creation in Gansu, this work has successively won the "Excellent Exhibition Play" of the 10th China Children's Drama Festival, the "Excellent Exhibition Repertoire" of the 10th Shenzhen Children's Drama Festival, the "Outstanding Performance Repertoire of Drama China" Online Performance, and the "Excellent Repertoire Award" of the 7th Gansu Drama Hongmei Award Competition. The performance of the national tour Lanzhou Station is also the first time that the new version of the children's drama "Soy Ballads" meets Lanzhou audiences offline.
Accept the red culture in the subtle
That night, the curtain of the performance slowly opened, and a touching story with Luo Lili's memories as the fulcrum was told. In the song of "Soy Ballads" composed by Wang Luobin, people's thoughts are brought into that ancient era across time and space. As the storyline pushes, in the terrifying Dashagou Prison, Xiao Lili slowly feels the power of imagination and learns to find the "true beauty" of cruel life. More importantly, her father Luo Yunpeng gave her the courage to dare to fight against evil forces and the infinite hope and hope for "a brand new China" in the hearts of the communists..."Grow up and rush out of the iron gate, the soybeans of the world belong to you!" As written in this song, in the end, Luo Lili grew stronger under the care of his parents and fellow inmates, and began to grow up in search of freedom and ideals.
During the performance, Wang Luobin's unruly nature, Luo Yunpeng's tenacity and unyielding, and Luo Lili's naïve optimism all left an indelible impression on the audience. In this red classic work, everyone was subtly influenced by the red culture, truly felt the strength and indomitability of generations of Chinese communists, rooted the red spirit in the heart of every child, and let the red gene be passed on quietly.
"Xiao Lili can't eat anything in prison, soybeans have become the most delicious thing in her heart, and we can have whatever we want, our happy life today is bought by revolutionary martyrs with their lives and blood, we must remember history and cherish today's happy life." After watching the performance, Zhao Yu, a 10-year-old young audience, told reporters excitedly: "I watched the performance while crying, and it was really pitiful to see the childhood radish head living hard in prison and losing his relatives!" ”
Famous theater director Wang Xiaoying rehearsed on-site guidance
The reporter learned that in order for this national tour to bring the stage presentation of the new version of the red children's drama "Soy Ballads" to a higher level, Wang Xiaoying, the artistic director of the play, a famous drama director, former vice chairman of the China Dramatists Association, former executive vice president of the China National Theatre, doctoral supervisor of the Central Academy of Drama and adjunct professor of Shanghai Theater Academy, was specially invited to guide the rehearsal scene of the play, and further polished and improved from many aspects such as actor performance and story rhythm.
"A very important feature of the work "Soy Ballad" is that it enters from a very small angle and unfolds a very rich and touching red story." Wang Xiaoying told reporters: "In this story, there are not only the brave struggles of revolutionaries, but also the parting of life and death between relatives, as well as the legendary story of the western song king Wang Luobin." What the audience sees is not a symbolic hero, but a communist full of fatherly feelings, the influence of the child's heart in that special environment, and the whole story is vivid and intimate. It can be said that behind that soybean is Luo Lili's family affection, family, and the expression of all her beautiful yearning and feelings for the world. ”
He said very pertinently: "The story itself is very rich, and the expression of the stage can be adjusted again, such as this poetic logical structure, the interlaced relationship between different spaces, and the concept of traversal, which can be handled more clearly." There is also an important aspect, that is, the inner passion of the actor's performance, including the external emotions, the expression of the lines and the state of singing in the entire performance, all need this internal passion to support, these details will also directly affect the appreciation experience of the audience offstage. ”
"Such a children's drama work with both character characteristics, distinct local elements, and a thick red cultural core, I hope that the competent authorities at all levels will give more support and help." Wang Xiaoying said sincerely: ""Soy Ballads" is also worthy of more emotions and ideas poured into the creators, so that this work can show its strong poetry and emotions more fully, let this work go further and further, and let the artistic life and ideological value generated by such a small soybean spread farther." ”
Wang Lifu of the National Theatre starred
The new version of the red classic children's drama "Soy Ballads" began script creation in early November 2021, and after repeated revision and polishing of seven drafts, it finally presented a warm and moving red memory in a new storytelling method, which is a work of great significance for interpreting and conveying the red spirit. The play is directed by Wang Xiaoying, written and directed by Zhao Yi, director of Shanghai Zhao Yi Cultural Communication Studio, and Tie Yan, director of the Municipal Cultural Research Center and national second-level screenwriter, as the screenwriter and planner.
In the lineup of this national tour, Wang Lifu, an actor of the National Theatre of China and a graduate of the China Academy of Opera, was specially invited to play Luo Yunpeng, who has led the drama "That Night in Sanwan", "Narathi Love Song", "Mansion Gate" and other excellent works. In addition, Lanzhou Opera Theater actors Na Kun and Pu Jianmin played Wang Luobin and his eldest friend (Hu Runbao) respectively, the elderly Luo Lili and Fan Guiying were played by Lanzhou Grand Theatre National Second-class actors Lu Li and Zhang Li respectively, and the childhood Luo Lili was played by Lanzhou No. 35 Middle School student Da Lingxiao, and the other roles in the play were played by Lanzhou Grand Theatre actors.
It is understood that after the performance of Lanzhou Station, the national tour of the new version of the red children's drama "Soy Ballads" will present two wonderful performances for the audience at 14:30 and 19:30 on September 7 at the Beijing Erqi Theater.
"Beijing is the cultural center of China, with rich cultural resources and historical heritage, and the appearance of this national tour in Beijing is of great significance to the new version of the children's drama "Soy Ballads"." Tie Yan, the playwright's screenwriter and planner, director of the Lanzhou Municipal Cultural Research Center and national second-level screenwriter, told reporters: "This is an important opportunity to display local red stage art masterpieces, which can not only highlight the heroic pictures and touching situations of the stubborn struggle of the older generation of revolutionary martyrs such as 'Northwest Radish Head' Luo Lili and Luo Yunpeng, but also vividly present the legendary and little-known story of 'Western Singer King' Wang Luobin and Luo Lili in prison, expressing to the Beijing audience Lanzhou's local art creation adherence to the red faith. The firm belief in tracing the footsteps of martyrs and promoting the red culture. ”
* Contributed by Lanzhou Cultural Development Research Center
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