Modern Express News (Reporter Yu Luwen/photo) "For you like a beautiful flower, like a year of water, it is a question of searching for leisure, in the boudoir self-pity ......" On the afternoon of May 10, the sound of Kunqu opera came from the lecture hall of the School of Arts of Nanjing University. On the same day, Shi Xiaming, a national first-class actor and president of the Kunqu Opera of Jiangsu Performing Arts Group, brought a wonderful lecture to the students with the theme of "Like Flowers and Flowing Years - A Brief Analysis of Kunqu Opera Students' Singing and Recitation Skills".
Where is the beauty of Kunqu Opera? At the beginning of the lecture, Shi Xiaming introduced the beauty of Kunqu Opera to the students, "Kunqu Opera includes the beauty of words, music, dance, costumes, etc., which is a relatively unified art drama with traditional Chinese aesthetics. He showed the students the costumes for practice, performance props and horse whips, etc., and analyzed the sound differences and contrasts between different characters through the singing and recitation norms of Kunqu opera students, demonstrated the pronunciation of the basic characters of Kunqu opera, and showed the different vocal cavity characteristics of Kunqu opera towel students, junior official students, big official students, Lingzi students, and poor students.
Among the students present, many of them were fans of small dramas. Despite coming from different faculties, they are all very interested in Kunqu Opera. From singing, reciting, to body movements, Shi Xiaming brought a wonderful interpretation on the spot. "It is like a beautiful flower for you, like a year of water, it is a question of idleness, self-pity in the boudoir......" The sound of Kunqu opera lingers around the beam, and the teachers and students immerse themselves in the beauty of Kunqu Opera.
"As an actor, do you integrate yourself into some images or spatial imaginations in the context of your stage performance?" "At the time of creation, did the screenwriter and the actors already communicate in the early stage?" After the lecture, the students rushed to ask questions about their doubts, and Shi Xiaming answered them one by one.
"I hope that through today's explanation, you can really enjoy a Kunqu Opera in the theater next time, and through the explanation, you can understand Kunqu Opera more and more in detail, and you can feel the beauty of its words, music, and body from Kunqu Opera." Shi Xiaming told the Modern Express reporter that as an ancient art, the ancient makeup and ancient performance methods of Kunqu Opera have discouraged many modern audiences, and they will feel that it is too sunny and elegant.
"I have met many young audiences, and they all said that they thought it was so beautiful when they watched it for the first time. Through such a perception, I realized that what Kunqu Opera lacks is the frequency and coverage of popularization, so we have been promoting the related activities of traditional opera into schools, hoping that through lectures and performances, more students can get in touch with Kunqu Opera and become interested in Kunqu Opera. Shi Xiaming said.
It is understood that the School of Arts of Nanjing University is committed to deepening the implementation of aesthetic education to infiltrate students, and implementing the Phoenix Zhile Fund Famous Lecture Hall, so as to support the comprehensive improvement of students' cultural understanding, aesthetic perception, artistic expression, creative practice and other core literacy, enrich students' spiritual and cultural life, and make students' physical and mental health, vitality more prominent, and personality more sound.