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In the history of Yue opera, what are the stories of Xiao Ya?

author:The Man in the Iron Mask interprets historical figures

Teacher Xiao Ya, a famous Yue opera actor, graduated from shanghai opera school in 1984, after worshiping the famous Yue opera performance artist Yin Guifang as a teacher, after entering Yin Men under the guidance of many teachers, she has starred in a series of Yin classic repertoire such as "He Wenxiu", "Prince of the Desert", "Pan Wife Suo Wife" and so on, which has had a great impact on the audience. In the late 1980s, the song "The Moon Goes, I Go" sung by Xiao Ya became popular all over the country and was sung in the streets and alleys for a while. In the practice of performance, Xiao Ya gradually formed her own tactful and melodious singing method of singing with song rhythm, and with this unique style, Xiao Ya stood out from many Yin Sect disciples.

We know that she is a famous Yin Pai descendant, but also one of The more beloved disciples of Teacher Yin Guifang, at that time she did a lot of things to promote the art of Yin Pai, such as filming the Yue opera TV series "The Legend of He Wenxiu", and then engaged in a Xiao Ya Yin Pai special session, then can she talk about her interaction with Teacher Yin, she and the teacher, after she came out of the drama school, just stepped on the stage during the time she often went to the teacher's home, and then the teacher taught her to sing, although the teacher is not very convenient, But she will try her best to find a way, in the performance of the teacher invited the director of the movie "Lushan Love" Director Huang Zumo, will ask him to teach her the performance in "Mountain and River Love", analyze this character, in terms of body, she will introduce kunqu opera performance artist Yue Meiti teacher to let Xiao Ya worship her as a teacher. Because she always felt that she had not studied the Yin Sect before, and the Fan Sect Xu Sect Lu Sect that she had previously learned, the Yin Sect only knew a little about it, and knew that its characteristic was the Yin Sect. But since she entered the troupe (Hongkou Yue Opera Troupe), after teacher Yin Xiaofang went to their troupe as the leader of the troupe, it changed her life path, from the Fan Pai Xu Pai she liked to the Yin Pai, which was a bit confusing for her at the time, because in fact, everyone knew that her voice conditions were very high and wide, and at that time she felt that singing Yin Pai was a bit wasteful, but she thought that since the leader gave me this task, I would try it, and then little by little she fell in love with Yin Pai. Xiao Ya she feels that Yin Pai art is not only what people imagine is very stable and very low, the voice is not good to sing it, she feels that this is not right, in fact, the teacher's Yin Pai is very affectionate, she feels that I have to understand and dig out the characters really have to learn too many things. It's not that just to learn the surface of the teacher, her eyes have drama, she is delicate inside, so she watches the teacher perform with her, just like talking to her, I tell you a story like how, very kind, that feminine beauty. As far as Yin Pai is concerned, her teacher is also a female primary school student, and this beauty is fully exerted in her, so we say that she (Yin Guifang) is both virtuous and artistic, and she is also a highly respected artist, Xiao Ya, she really admires her from her heart. When her career was in the sky, she left the Yue opera stage and went abroad, and living abroad was not bad, but when she was living a very happy life, she suddenly returned to Shanghai from abroad to sing Yue opera, at this time the opera stage was not too prosperous, singing was a very difficult thing, why did she come back to continue singing, first of all, she felt that she had a special love for this stage, she always said that in addition to my first life, the second life is the stage, she does not know why, It is to feel that as soon as she stands on the stage, there is a kind of light, a kind of brilliance in the flash, at that time for various reasons she gave up for a while, but after leaving, she still felt that she could not give up, saying that life was too comfortable after going abroad, she always felt that this should not be the life that people of her age should enjoy, there was no spiritual sustenance. But she has not interrupted her hand in the United States, she has never given up, if you give up 10 years, come back to the stage, it must be very strange, and there is nothing on her body, but she is practicing every day, singing every day, so after coming back, she remembers the first concert in 2001, when Yang Xiaoqing came to help her direct, all the audience, including peer teachers after watching it, said that you did not regress, you are more advanced than before going abroad, give her such an affirmation. At that time, after Teacher Yue and other teachers told her, she still remembered, she said that you gave me encouragement, I came back to warm up, I want to try it now, and there is no possibility of this on the stage again, and then everyone gave her affirmation, she said OK, I can return to the stage, and then do a good job for this Yue opera stage, so that the audience can see that I Xiao Ya is back. Because she received a lot of letters, although she was in the United States, but the Shanghai family received a lot of letters, her mother told her that there was a girl who cried for this, couldn't eat and sleep well, didn't want to read books, she felt that she was really a scourge to people, so at that time she really thought, one of them missed themselves, she also missed the stage, missed them, this may be a magnetic field, will call, then year after year to the last year she can't help it, she said I must give up.

Giving up the comfortable life in the United States, Xiao Ya returned to the Yue opera stage of her dreams without hesitation, in 2000 Xiao Ya asked the famous opera director Yang Xiaoqing to rehearse xiao Ya Yin Pai Yue opera folding sub-drama for herself, organically integrating some of Yin Pai's classic singing segments and some of the wonderful clips in the new plays she starred in, Xiao Ya used this performance as her own opening play to return to the stage. In 2001, Xiao Ya participated in the rehearsal of the Shanghai Yue Theater celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, playing the protagonist of the play Xiao Jianqiu, after "Early Spring february", Xiao Ya set up an art studio named after herself, becoming the first person in the Shanghai Yue opera industry to embark on the road of a private theater troupe, although this is a road full of risks, hardships and challenges, but Xiao Ya walked very firmly, (at that time) although she experienced a lot of ups and downs in the past three years, Xiao Ya still launched "The Unfinished Love". The Legend of He Wenxiu" two major plays. The drama "The Legend of He Wenxiu" was also filmed by CCTV as an eight-episode Yue opera TV series that was about to meet with the national audience at that time.

Moreover, the road she gave up and returned to China to re-enter the Stage of Yue Opera was not very smooth, and it was also quite bumpy. But she feels that her psychological endurance is still very good, or very balanced to adjust herself, sometimes too tired, sometimes there is resistance, sometimes encounter unpleasant things, she will tell herself that this is what you ask for, what you like, you have to accept everything, good and pleasant unhappy pain and even annoyance, you have to face it to adapt to it, because it is your favorite thing, you say that people want to do something, it is impossible for everything to be very smooth, everything comes, and then let you go on the stage, no. You have to go through this process, this experience, you can come out, so she is still very lucky to come out today. A lot of people want to go and can't get out.

I remember that she said in a public occasion that she had "forced liangshan" to engage in her own "Xiaoya Art Studio", why did she say so, when she came back, she did not expect it to be like this, so she said that she was forced to go to Liangshan. She just thinks that I can in which troupe, for example, I was originally from the Hongkou Yue Troupe, I can go to the Hongkou Yue Troupe, everyone gathers together again, work together to rehearse the performance, for her she is a very simple idea, she thinks it will definitely succeed, but after returning to China, there are almost no people in the troupe, only 3 people, how to sing this drama, this is a problem. Then then it is very difficult for this troupe to maintain, and then she came back this year Shanghai Yue Theater invited her to participate in their performance, for the 80th anniversary of the founding of the party to present the modern drama "Early Spring february", she also wanted to Yue Theater is also a good place, is a big theater, I can learn a lot of things after I go in, I can contact with peers, learn what they can't learn before the troupe, after all, what she thinks in her head is the grand theater thing must be very great and very angry, The result was not as good as she thought, maybe her own adaptability was not good, so she finally decided that I might have to go my own way, how to go, and want to set up her own studio. Had she thought about what would happen if the studio didn't succeed, and she hadn't fallen asleep the night before her studio was founded? She is thinking, because of the kind of momentum that she has always wanted to do, she feels that she must do success, this spiritual belief yearning, that is, wanting to do this thing, this desire is very strong, to the night before everything is done, she did not sleep, a little afraid, really, she is thinking, in case I am set up tomorrow The studio is also established, opened, will also be like some other unsuccessful companies to maintain a year, two years of failure, and then close the door, this is also quite sad and failure should be said, But maybe her personality is different from others, she always feels that this person you can think about a lot of things, difficulties and resistance in all aspects, but if you want to do something, you don't know how to face, how to accept, how to solve, you don't want to do.

At that time, she was alone, and there was no family, and then all her energy was invested in her career all day long, did she feel very lonely in her heart, how could a woman live so hard, did she have this feeling, she didn't feel hard, said lonely sometimes, people are emotional animals, then she always felt that when I did something, she felt very proud and satisfied. She would take her colleagues to a big meal, enjoy it, play, sing, dance, and she would. Sometimes a person in the middle of the night when the person is quiet in a person to go back to this kind of thinking, feel that people are very hard, but also feel a feeling of loneliness, loneliness, but there is no way, they must face it, because if they have a home, they cannot have so much time to do their careers, 24 hours a day, except for 5 or 6 hours of sleep, the rest of the time is given to the career. If there is a home, she cannot dedicate herself to her career so completely, which is also her own choice, you have to bear it, bear everything. At that time, she had now engaged in "The Unfinished Love", including the "Legend of He Wenxiu" that was carried out last year at that time, it should be said that it was not a small production, it cost a lot of money, the state-run theater troupe rehearsal country has a certain amount of financial support, she completely raised funds on her own, then her play was profitable, at that time, it was not yet, because their performances were not completed, but there were many things involved in their performances, such as shooting TV series, recording her song discs, and then going to see the scenes, or participating in international festivals and other festivals. Their purpose is to come out of a big drama, their budget is to say, 50 games to complete to recover the cost, then they only had 30 games, and they are still missing 20 games. But their budget is still relatively accurate, even if you say that when they finish 20 games, their cost will be recovered, but there is not enough time at that time, so she said.

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