Shang Xiaoyun "Lost a Child and Gone Crazy"
"Lost Son and Crazy" is a fold in the whole "Qiankun Fushou Mirror". It is Mr. Shang Xiaoyun's representative repertoire. The protagonist of the play is a tragic character, she was first plotted and forced to get pregnant and escape. He was taken captive by robbers on the way to escape, but fortunately he was let go by the mountain woman, and after the great disaster, he found that the newborn baby was lost in this catastrophe, and he became mad. It was 17 years before the mother and son were reunited. 17 years of encounters, ups and downs, and the emotional changes of the characters are very drastic. In order to express Hu's ups and downs, Shang Xiaoyun designed many strong dance movements. Because Shang Xiaoyun has a solid foundation in martial arts, he portrayed the image of Hu, an ancient woman who suffered from hardships, in the style of literary opera and martial arts, so that the performance of this play still has unique artistic aesthetic value.
Shang Xiaoyun in the play "Crazy for Losing a Son", Shui Sleeve Gong's performance is very heavy, which is an important means of expression to reveal that Hu's heart shook violently after losing his son, and he became mad in fright.
Shang Xiaoyun once summed up his water sleeve skills into 12 words, saying shaking, picking, teasing, throwing, lifting, grabbing, backing, bouncering, swinging, throwing, and turning.
Shaking sleeves, there are small shaking sleeves and large shaking sleeves. The small shaking sleeves and forearms are drooping, and the wrists do not need to be forced, which is used in the performance when the characters are calm; The big shaking sleeves and forearms are drooping, and the wrists are slightly strained, which is used in the performance of the characters when they are excited.
Pick the sleeve, refers to the action of lifting the water sleeve to the wrist with your thumb after shaking off the water sleeve.
Raise the left (or right) arm, use your wrist hard, lift the sleeve with your left hand to the right, lift the sleeve with your right hand to the left, and you can reverse it with both your left and right hands. It is mostly used to "call the head", such as Hu Shi found that his son was lost, and called "Jiao'er" by "calling the head!" My son! Hey, son", that is, there are water sleeves to perform the action.
Raise your sleeves, use your wrists hard, and raise your water sleeves upwards. When showing Hu's madness, he mistakenly recognized Shouchun as a robber who robbed her, that is, he used his sleeves to show her resistance.
Grab the sleeve, the water sleeve sagging, suddenly lift up, press down with both wrists, and grab the water sleeve with both hands. This action is a commonly used performance technique of the old students and flower faces, and the water sleeves of the Danjiao are longer than the water sleeves of the old students and flower faces, and the action of grabbing the sleeves is heavier, and it is often used to express strong emotional changes. For example, the Hu family was put back by the mountain woman, met Shouchun, and after the great disaster, he just calmed down and suddenly remembered his own son. After some bitter recollection, it was concluded that the baby was lost. At this time, the performance action of grabbing the sleeves is used, and then the water sleeves are thrown out violently, supplemented by a stunned facial expression. It is used to express the strong shock in Hu's heart.
Back sleeves, carry the water sleeves with both hands, put the cross shape on the back, and slide the water sleeves down the chest from the back shoulders. For example, when Hu Shi lost his son and sang [crying head], "Looking at the mountains overlapping and overlapping, I don't see the delicate children, my mother's son", there is this figure.
Flick the sleeves, palms facing down, and the tips of the pop sleeves are wavy. If you are frightened, you will have this action before you go crazy.
Flip the sleeves, palms up, water sleeves drooping, four fingers slightly upside down, so that the water sleeves go straight up and down on the wrist. There is this performance in front of Hu's horse.
Swing the sleeves, swing the water sleeves with both hands a little harder, the left hand "turn the sleeve", "back sleeve", and the right hand "flip the sleeve", this group of actions is completed in the "wind nodding" gong and drum.
Throw the sleeves, carry the sleeves on both shoulders, and throw them hard, indicating the meaning of whipping. Carry your shoulders with both sleeves and gently throw out the water sleeves to indicate the action of teasing the baby.
Shang Xiaoyun's 12-character water sleeve skills are rarely used alone, and he combines various water sleeve performance skills in different ways according to the different situations and emotional changes of the characters, accurately and vividly showing the life scenes. For example, the Hu family escaped from Meifu under the protection of the maid Shouchun. In the middle of the walk, I suddenly had pain in my abdomen, and I thought that I might be about to give birth. The master and servant hurriedly found a broken tile kiln and went inside to settle down. When performing Hu's action of entering the kiln, Shang Xiaoyun teased his sleeves, covered his belly, walked in the circle, and sang 3 sentences [Sanban] "Suddenly there was a burst of intra-abdominal pain, thinking that Jiao'er was about to give birth." Shouchun brought me into the cold kiln", and the two of them "closed the fan" into the kiln. In the "phoenix nodding" gong and drum, Hu squatted, raised his right hand, and turned his left hand into a water sleeve. The right hand makes a single cloud hand, forming a tota shape, turning to the right, shaking the sleeves with both hands, and then singing the fourth sentence "Is a man or a woman born early". The movements are clean and intense, which not only shows the action of entering the kiln, but also shows Hu's unbearable pain. Mr. Shang's performance so far always has a strong theatrical effect.
After Hu gave birth, he continued to flee, and the baby cried incessantly on the way. Hu sent Shouchun to buy dried cakes. At this time, the golden-eyed leopard, the owner of Bashanzhai, led his soldiers to pass by the earthen platform where the Hu family was resting, and saw that the Hu family was beautiful, so he had a bad intention. Shang Xiaoyun's performance in showing Hu's response to the golden-eyed leopard was very delicate and layered. First of all, Hu Shi found that someone was here, so he hurriedly covered his face with his sleeve and lowered his head to answer the question of the golden-eyed leopard, and his tone was relatively relaxed. The golden-eyed leopard pestered and asked what Shouchun was doing, and Hu's answer became a little impatient, but he reluctantly replied: "I went to buy cakes." At the same time, he shook his sleeves to express displeasure. Peeked at the golden-eyed leopard again, and arched his back: "I think this person must not be a good person."
When the golden-eyed leopard lied that Shouchun had a sudden illness and died, Hu was anxious, and read "Shouchun, Shouchun, you have suffered a lot for me, and you don't want to go halfway, and suddenly die of heartache......" On second thought, "Don't let him fool me. At this time, when he questioned the golden-eyed leopard Shouchun's age, clothing, whether he was wrapped around his head or Tianzu in a calm and calm tone, the golden-eyed leopard's answer was full of loopholes, and the tone of Hu's question gradually intensified, exposing the lies of the golden-eyed leopard step by step. The golden-eyed leopard was annoyed and angry, and the plot took a sharp turn, and he ordered all the minions to rob the Hu family. The golden-eyed leopard and the Hu two were framed, and in the "chaotic hammer" gong and drum, the golden-eyed leopard snatched the baby in Hu's arms, pushed Hu's, Hu Shiyang's left hand water sleeve, was grabbed by the minions, and Yang's right sleeve was grabbed by the minions, this group of figures was very fast, Hu's hands were tied by the minions, his eyes were wide open, and he shouted "son". Shang Xiaoyun's performance made this sudden event very thrilling. The theatrical effect is also very strong.
There is also a figure that was also very strong when he was let go of the mountain woman. Hu Shi unexpectedly got the sympathy of the mountain woman, and was very surprised in his heart, accepted the gift of the mountain woman, and hurriedly turned around and went out. In the gongs and drums of the "Eight Answer Warehouse", lift the sleeves, worship the mountain woman, stand up, turn left, hit the right water sleeve, and then hit the left water sleeve. Then in the rapid "sweeping head" gong and drum sound, the right water sleeve covers the face, the right turns, the left and right reverse water sleeves several times, strides back to cover the sleeves, and appears, and then, suddenly, an arrow step, straight down. This is a group of highly distinctive body combinations of Shang Pai.
Some people say that the performance of the Shang School is hot and fiery, and there are many martial arts performance factors in it. Honestly. It should be noted that Mr. Shang's above several sets of body movements are all choreographed in small places that are generally not paid much attention to by actors - when entering the kiln, being bound, and going out, and it is generally easy to simply show the performance. But Mr. Shang did not let go of these details of the performance, only in this way can he make a strong foreshadowing for the frightening later. If you let go of the performance of these details, the subsequent frightening performance will inevitably be diminished.
After the frightening movements, singing, reading, doing, and dancing are closely coordinated, and the body is heavy and varied. In order to express the joy, anger, crying, and laughter of Hu's gaffe after being frightened, Shang Xiaoyun has a variety of body combinations of grabbing sleeves, turning sleeves, throwing sleeves, raising sleeves, swinging sleeves, throwing sleeves, and back sleeves, all of which are extremely exaggerated performance movements. His madness in this play is the only one, his arms swinging gently from side to side with a staggering motion, a movement that is not used in other plays. The crazy step dance is accompanied by a windswept water sleeve performance with both hands folded to be even more brilliant. This action is to walk with both hands, close the wrists, and turn the water sleeve up to form a petal-like shape; Then put your hands together and turn your sleeves around. Turn up and down to connect the method, and at the same time cooperate with the left and right turns. Turn left with a positive cloud hand, and turn right with a reverse cloud hand. This kind of action vividly expresses Hu's troubled and trance-like demeanor.
Mr. Shang also has the performance skills of Shan Yun Hand Water Sleeve. Whether it's left-handed or right-handed, there's this trick. The essence is to turn the palm up, so that the water sleeve turns in a circle on the forearm, and then turns the circle under the forearm, and the upper and lower sleeves should be coherent. The left and right hands can also make the cloud hand water sleeve at the same time. This kind of water sleeve skill originates from the old water sleeve performance. The difference is that the old student's water sleeves are up and down, with the fluttering of the mustache; Mr. Shang's water sleeves are turned up and down, like a wind and clouds. This kind of water sleeve performance is combined with shaking sleeves, grabbing sleeves, raising sleeves, and wrapping sleeves in Hu's crazy action, and singing the 3 words of "swinging and swinging" [Huilong cavity] is combined with the body movements such as rounding, turning, twisting, and rushing down, which vividly expresses Hu's crazy form.
The use of strong exaggerated means of expression to render and strengthen the complex mentality of the characters is the outstanding feature of the Shang School of performing arts.
Author: Sun Ronghui Excerpt from Chinese Drama 1991-05