On the days when Zheng Yunlong starred, there will be people queuing up in advance in front of the Beijing Renyi Gate, just to get closer to Ibn's actor Zheng Yunlong in the wrong renyi small theater. O'Neill's famous play "Desire Under the Elm Tree" was re-staged after many years, and this time, Renyi invited the popular young student Zheng Yunlong. In the dressing room, Zheng Yunlong's position was very neat, his clothes were neatly lying on the chair, and there was only a script and a bouquet of flowers on the dressing table. Because the character is close to his own age, he does not need to spend a lot of time on styling, and his backstage state is calm and ethereal.
Originally a great courtesy, it was so incredible that it was thought to be a fraud
For any actor, the invitation of Beijing Renyi can be regarded as a courtesy, in February this year, vice president Feng Yuanzheng personally invited Zheng Yunlong to the theater to rehearse the play, Zheng Yunlong described the feelings at that time, jokingly saying that "I even thought it was a scam call, because it was too incredible." "At that time, the expedition teacher did not say what kind of play it was, but in June he gave me this script and asked me if I liked it, and I read this script when I was in school and liked it very much." When he decided to come to Renyi to act, Zheng Yunlong had never seen a play in the Capital Theater, only a performance in the Experimental Theater, and perhaps because of this, he did not think too much about whether it was a large theater or a small theater, and decided to come.
Zheng Yunlong, a musical actor, has only acted in three plays so far, and from September to November this year, "Desire Under the Elm Tree" and "Deling and Cixi" have successively appeared on stage. Both plays are good scripts in his eyes, and both are inextricably linked to one person, that is, Pu Cunxin. "I saw Pu Ge when I was a child, and the first time I saw Pu Ge's performance was "Thunderstorm", which was still in Qingdao. The first round of performances of "Deling and Cixi" was also performed by Pu Ge, and "Desire Under the Elm Tree" was staged at the same time as "Thunderstorm" directed and starred by Pu Ge. ”
Originally a Freudian psychoanalysis, it was simple and straightforward for Chinese audiences
As the opening scene of the newly completed Ren yi small theater, "Desire Under the Elm Tree" took the stage in 2007 with a lineup led by Zheng Tianwei and Wang Lei, and this time Yu Mingjia and Zheng Yunlong performed their own taste. As an early work of the American working era, O'Neill was deeply influenced by Freud psychoanalysis, starting from psychological logic and promoting the beauty of human nature with primitive impulses. In this interpretation, director Ren Ming and Jungle emphasize human nature from the text, focusing on showing the beauty of love due to its shortness. Before the rehearsal, Zheng Yunlong specifically watched the 2007 performance version of the video, and had a general understanding of the style and tone of the human art. "The temperament of this play is very primitive, the father-son relationship of this family is deformed, they are all Puritans, they are very single in material feelings, the father is a tyrant personality, Ibn grew up in fear since childhood, and the only way to feel love is from his mother. Therefore, he is resentful of his father, and at first he is with his stepmother Aibi for revenge. The religious beliefs in the play, as well as the primitive impulses of human nature, are foreign to Chinese audiences, so we strive to perform more vividly, and the transmission of love is more direct and simple, so that the audience will be easier to understand. It can be seen that Zheng Yunlong did not use too many techniques except for using a symbolic action of biting his finger to externalize Ibn's heart at the suggestion of Ren Ming, "There is really no skill, and I will not." ”
Originally, I read the script around for three days, but I went to the ground the next day
The first day came to the rehearsal hall located in the Juyin Theater, which was also the first time that Zheng Yunlong and everyone had met, and they were familiar with each other. Director Ren Ming's original plan was to read the script for three days and then start rehearsing on the ground. But after everyone sat together and read the script, Zheng Yunlong's state made Ren Ming immediately decide, "Tomorrow you can go to the ground." Zheng Yunlong commented that the rehearsal of Renyi was "professional, pure, no false head and eight brains", and the decision of dean Ren Ming to prepare to rehearse on the ground the next day was also the biggest recognition given to Zheng Yunlong. When I was in school, I read the original script, and this time for the rhythm and performance, I deleted an hour of play, and this script, Zheng Yunlong read it many times before entering the rehearsal hall. "As a stage actor, who doesn't want to act in such a script, can only say that it is very lucky to have the opportunity."
Renyi pays the most attention to the groove, two months of rehearsal, Zheng Yunlong thinks that he can not enter the system of renyi, "My performance state is definitely very different from others, such a short period of time is difficult to groove, after all, I have not even learned the systematic drama performance, can only absorb and learn from Director Ren Ming in the rehearsal They put forward some good suggestions for me." When "Deling and Cixi" ended, the crew gave Zheng Yunlong a small space to shine his voice, and this performance of "Desire Under the Elm Tree" was a pure and pure drama, but Zheng Yunlong said that during rehearsals, director Ren Ming often joked in order to help him understand the logic of the play: this place is coming. In a word, he understood the psychology and emotions that should be there at this moment. At the North Dance, Zheng Yunlong's performance teacher is Liu Xiaoye, "He will tell us a lot of old artists and classic works, and will vividly imitate the performances of old artists." The impact on us is still very large. ”
Originally tall, it stands tall in the small theater
The stage of the Renyi Small Theater is not long, and the roof is not designed to be high in order not to affect the surrounding residents, and the tall Zheng Yunlong stands in the center of the stage, which seems to be a bit top-to-earth. He described himself as accidentally out of the light zone, and more importantly, too close to the audience, "This interference is not because of the passion play in front of the audience, but the audience's every move will sometimes interfere with the speaking of lines, and at the same time, the amplitude of their performance should also be controlled, not like in the theater." ”
Ren Yi on the invitation to strong foreign aid to star in the play "old-fashioned comedy", Zheng Yunlong once went to the scene to see, not only very like, but also the Russian songs in it can not stop, this time to rehearse the play, he specially managed the staff to ask for those songs, "I rarely listened to Russian songs before, after watching the drama contact, I especially liked it, especially when the last song "Parting". Although drama and musical theater belong to the same stage category, Zheng Yunlong said that he can clearly feel the improvement of his performance by participating in drama, "Last year, I acted in "Deling and Cixi", and later performed musicals, I will feel that it will help a lot." ”
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Guo Jia
Editor/Bow Lifang