On October 15th, the 17th China Drama Festival China Theater Directors Art Summit Forum was held at the Howard Johnson Pearl Hotel in Jiangcheng. Photo by reporter Xu Weiwei
Yangtze River Daily Wuhan client October 20 news (reporter Wan Xuming) The 17th Chinese Theater Festival is halfway through, and the exchange of dramatists has gradually deepened. On the 19th, the "Shouzheng Innovation - China Theater Performing Arts Summit Forum" was held in Wuhan, and during the discussion that lasted for one day, many famous theater artists and heads of theaters and troupes invariably issued a call for actors to practice steadily, improve their literacy, and embrace the audience.
Practice, cultivate, and practice on the stage
Lou Sheng, a young actor of the new "Plum Blossom Award", was at the performance site of "LinjiangHui". Photo by reporter Xu Weiwei
On the evening of the 19th, Lou Sheng, a young actor from Zhejiang Wuqu Opera Art Research Institute, staged a special performance of folding zi opera, and the super strength of the newly promoted "Plum Blossom Award" opera category surprised the audience and also made people sigh: "Good skills will have good returns." ”
In the forum the next day, the word "practice" was frequently mentioned. Cai Zhengren, a Kunqu opera performance artist who is over eighty years old, lamented: "I recently watched an actor's special scene, the conditions are good, the voice is good, the figure is good, but at the end of the singing, the voice is getting more and more hairy, and it is more and more powerless. "He pointed out that this shows the lack of singing skills." Today's young actors have strong understanding ability and wide range of knowledge, but the strength of practicing and studying is much worse than before. ”
Coincidentally, Hou Yansong, a first-class actor at the National Theatre of China, also mentioned: "At present, dramas have a wealth of performance methods, but when actors deal with complex performances, if the expression of the body is poor and lacking, they will feel powerless." Therefore, we need to practice, we need to learn various skills such as music, dance, martial arts, painting, etc., to awaken the potential ability of the body. Constantly push the limits of your abilities and prepare a well-trained body for the stage. ”
Wang Xiaoping, president of the Zhejiang Wuju Opera Art Research Institute, told the story of how this full-staff high-energy group was refined: "Young actors under the age of 35, as long as they do not perform on the day, are required to practice in the practice room. Starting from the basic skills training, the shoes are broken and the old is replaced at any time. Moreover, this troupe strictly requires no smoking and alcohol before the performance, requiring that when going to the countryside to perform, "you can't pick and choose when eating in a farmer's house, you must clean up by yourself", and requires "an actor who becomes a pillar of strength and does not forget the true color of the screws."
Han Zaifen, vice chairman of the China Drama Association and Huangmei opera performance artist, also has a unique set of training methods: to create an exclusive small theater stage for the Huangmei Youth Troupe of Zaifen, performing five days a week, selling tickets for performances throughout the year, linking the actors' assessment results with performance qualifications and salaries, and truly training actors in the market and on the stage.
Embrace the audience but not kitsch, not be kidnapped by traffic
Famous performing artist Mao Weitao attended the Art Summit Forum in Han. Photo by reporter Xu Weiwei
Mao Weitao, vice chairman of the China Drama Association and Yue opera performance artist, said: "The premise of building a performance system is to create effective works, that is, performances that have an audience and can be loved and recognized by the people. ”
"In the flourishing period of historical opera, it was the layman who was interested in it. If there are only insiders, I think it is a sad thing. Professor Bai Yansheng, director of the Bai Yansheng Opera Research and Communication Center of Shanxi Media College, said: "We can't just serve the old opera fans, we must let more audiences appreciate your good, we can't just close the door and talk to ourselves." Not long ago, Bai Yansheng's team just conducted 7 live broadcasts, with a peak traffic of nearly 20 million people. He reminded: "Performers should have a sense of communication, but they cannot be kidnapped by traffic. There should be real kung fu, real actors, and establish a healthy relationship between watching and acting, rather than reducing the value of self-depreciation in order to pursue poor traffic. ”
Li Shujian, vice chairman of the China Drama Association and Yu opera performance artist, shared his experience of "touching the net", aiming at the dilemma of "more elderly audiences and fewer young audiences; more rural performances and fewer urban performances; more tickets, less private venues and fewer tickets", he can't speak Mandarin and doesn't understand the Internet, and since 2013, he has been exposed to the Internet with the help of students. He joined Kuaishou in March 2020 and has garnered 860 million views of his 878 videos in more than half a year.
【Editor: Ding Fei】
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