Original title:
Zheng Zheng's iron bones compose heroic hymns
——Guangxi's large-scale original acrobatic drama "Hero Tiger Guts" is a tribute to the centenary of the founding of the party
Guangxi News Network -Guangxi Daily reporter Qin Wen
From July 1st to 4th, Guangxi celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, a large-scale original acrobatic drama "Hero Tiger Guts" was brilliantly staged at the Guangxi Culture and Arts Center. The drama is based on the classic film of the same name, organized and produced by the Propaganda Department of the Autonomous Regional Party Committee, jointly produced by the Autonomous Region Cultural and Tourism Department and the Guangxi Cultural Industry Group, and performed by the Guangxi Performing Arts Group Acrobatic Troupe. All the creators of the play were interviewed by the media after the performance, and told the story behind the creation with deep affection.
The trick is wonderful, the drama is good
Pay tribute to the red classic with innovation
In April 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during his inspection of Guangxi that Guangxi is rich in red resources and should make good use of these red resources. The acrobatic drama "Hero Tiger Guts" is an artistic reproduction of the campaign against bandits that took place in Guangxi in the early days of liberation, and through looking back deeply into the depths of history, inheriting the red gene and composing heroic hymns.
Thrilling acrobatics, magnificent and atmospheric choreography, passionate music, brilliant lighting, colorful ethnic elements, modern and diverse stage props and other wonderful presentations. In the performance, the actors used thrilling acrobatic techniques and delicate and vivid performances to let the audience travel through time and space and immerse themselves in the blood-boiling burning years.
"Moving, it turns out that acrobatics and red stories can still be fused like this!" "Thrilling, surprising, amazing, Guangxi acrobatics made the 'tiger hero' live, and the 'tiger hero' made Guangxi acrobatics burn!" "This is a vivid party lesson, paying tribute to the revolutionary martyrs who wrote with their lives loyalty to the party and the revolution!" ...... The warm applause and the overwhelming praise are not only the audience's admiration for this red-themed acrobatic drama, but also their admiration and gratitude to the revolutionary martyrs.
"The acrobatic drama 'Hero Tiger Guts' tells a story of feelings and mountains, showing a dialogue between the living and the dead, and singing an ode to yesterday and today, life and ideals." General director Xing Shimiao talked about the creative process. He revealed that in May last year, in order to greet and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the Propaganda Department of the Autonomous Regional Party Committee proposed to create an acrobatic drama with revolutionary themes that carried forward the main theme and inherited the red gene, and thought of the classic 1958 bandit film "Heroic Tiger Guts" in terms of themes. In the end, it was decided to use the story of the movie "Hero Tiger Guts" and the materials of Guangxi Bandit Suppression to adapt, use a new creative concept, a new stage presentation, a new artistic expression, and a new dramatic structure to create and produce, with rich artistic means to tell the story of the military and civilians in Guangxi, and show Guangxi's multi-ethnic customs and innovative acrobatic skills.
"We use modern art techniques to activate the traditional art of acrobatics, combining a variety of art forms such as simple dramatic lines, newly created songs, folklore and film and television language with acrobatic techniques, forming a unique stage effect that is different from similar stage plays, striving to achieve the organic integration of 'technique' and 'drama' in the choreography, depicting an infinite river of time in a limited stage space, and letting history illuminate the future." Xing Shimiao said.
General Director Xing Shimiao.
Create a high-quality product and climb the peak
Recreate the heroic legend with emotion
The hundred-year journey is magnificent, and the original intention of the hundred-year journey has lasted for a long time. The party committee and government of the autonomous region attach great importance to the creation of key literary and artistic projects on the theme of the centenary of the founding of the party. Draw nourishment from history, draw strength from classics, use the most vivid and vivid art forms to tell the story of Guangxi's red, and use literary and artistic works with profound thinking, exquisite art, and excellent production to present gifts to the centenary of the founding of the party. Under the organization, planning and guidance of the Propaganda Department of the Autonomous Regional Party Committee, the Guangxi Performing Arts Group Acrobatic Troupe officially launched the creation of the acrobatic drama "Hero Tiger Courage" in May 2020. The series has brought together the top domestic creative teams - general director Xing Shimiao, composer Fang Ming, screenwriter He Jiqing, executive director Wang Di, stage designer Shen Qingping, lighting design Liu Wenhao and other first-class artists to join in, setting a "high starting point" for the creation of the play.
Composer Fang Ming.
Screenwriter He Jiqing.
Executive Director Wang Di.
"In order to make the connotation of the repertoire more profound and the content closer to historical facts, the main creative team went into the depths of the mountains of Guangxi in the early stage of the creation and rehearsal to understand the history of banditry that occurred in this hot land more than 70 years ago, and lay a solid foundation for choosing a good theme, establishing a good character, and telling a good story." Tang Chengxi, general manager of Guangxi Cultural Industry Group, told reporters that the process of organizing the creation and rehearsal of "Heroes and Tiger Guts" is the process of the main creative team and cast members going deep into life and taking root in the people, the process of dialogue with revolutionary heroes through time and space, and the process of drawing strength from Guangxi's red history and practicing the original mission. "I hope that by creating an epic acrobatic drama with a new creative concept and artistic pursuit, more party members and cadres can understand the heroic story, feel the heroism, not forget the original intention, and forge ahead."
Learn to be a hero and make a hero.
Ignite the years of passion with youth
In order to artistically reproduce the ups and downs and fierce ambitions of the Guangxi Bandit Campaign in the early days of liberation, all the actors played heroes, learned heroes, strengthened their faith, and tempered their will in the process of creating and rehearsing. Cui Yan, Zhang Jiaen, Liu Weijun, Yang Qingmeng and a group of outstanding young acrobats in Guangxi trained every day with high intensity and intensity, and strived to show the best performances to the audience. Table skills, opponent tops, slings, drill rings, wave bridges... Throughout the performance, the actors' superb acrobatic skills were combined with grand scenes, showing the shocking story of heroes and bandits. At this moment, this group of young people with an average age of early 20s and those Chinese soldiers who sang military songs, were full of ideals, and resolutely went into the mountains to suppress bandits 70 years ago were connected in hearts and blood...
Because of faith, so fearless; because of love, so perseverance. Wang Yuchang, a famous drama performance artist, served as a special actor, and after more than 60 years of art, he was touched by the fighting spirit of the whole team, especially the unremitting efforts of young actors in Guangxi: "I feel like I see my 20-year-old self. They acted so desperately, learned to be a hero, played a hero well, they inspired my old enthusiasm, let me find a long-lost touch, let me have a vigorous vitality. ”
Cui Yan, an actor who plays Zeng Tai, the head of the reconnaissance section, is a young actor in the Guangxi Acrobatic Troupe. In the process of creating and rehearsing, what challenged him was how to use "skill" to make the role into a "drama" and act movingly. To this end, he read a lot of relevant materials, and also went to Liuzhou to visit Mr. Lin Xiaobao, a descendant of Zeng Tai's prototype Lin Tai. This visit gave Cui Yan a deeper understanding of the characters in the play: "In the third act of the play, the bandits were severely tortured in front of Zeng Tai in front of Geng Hao, and when I performed this scene before, I showed the heaviness and grief of Zeng Tai when he faced his comrades-in-arms being tortured by bandits, but after talking with Mr. Lin, I suddenly realized that for an undercover, even if the heart is sad and sad, I can't express my emotions on my face. After some deliberation, Cui Yan successfully played a reconnaissance hero who hid his grief in his heart, turned small love into great love, and resolutely completed the task of his superiors in this scene. Talking about the harvest of participating in "Hero Tiger Guts", Cui Yan excitedly said that he was infected by the heroic and courageous spirit of the protagonist of the story during the acting process, and his yearning for the hero was even stronger: "I submitted an application to the organization to join the party, hoping to dedicate everything to the motherland and the people like the revolutionary ancestors!" ”
(The stills in this edition are all filmed by Deng Hua, a reporter of this newspaper, and provided by Guangxi Performing Arts Group)