When she got the script of "Deep Love in Mountains and Seas", Fang Yafen resisted at first, "I especially like the roles of Long Grandma and Crazy Woman, which is very dramatic. In the end, Fang Yafen played the role of the Miao family's daughter-in-law Ying Hua, "constantly adjusting in the rehearsal hall, hoping to play a role, just set up one." ”
Acting one and standing one is the common wish of the crew of Shanghai Yue Theatre's latest original drama "Mountains and Seas". As the first batch of key literary and artistic creation projects selected for the theme of "Centenary of the Founding of the Party" and "Comprehensive Well-off", "Mountains and Seas" is being rehearsed intensely, and will appear at the Majestic Theater on October 17 and 18 to participate in the Shanghai exhibition of excellent new stage works of "Art Rising Forward".
"Deep Feelings of Mountains and Seas" tells the story of poverty alleviation between Shanghai and Guizhou. Shanghai fashion designer and volunteer Jiang Wei hopes to rebuild the Miaozhai Bamboo Weaving Cooperative, she and ying hua, the president of the bamboo weaving society, discussed the revitalization of the bamboo weaving development plan, during which she experienced various misunderstandings with Jiang Dahai, the deputy county magistrate in charge of the industry, Jiang Wei's father, and The bamboo weaving master and Ying Hua's mother-in-law Long Apo, and finally released the previous suspicions. At the Shanghai International Arts Festival, the Miao women wore bamboo costumes designed by Jiang Wei and prepared by themselves, and the dragon and phoenix, Tiananmen, ancient city walls and other shapes were full of Chinese charm and strong "deep love for mountains and seas".
"The men went out to work, and Ying Hua wanted to restore the bamboo weaving society, and she had a spirit of competence and independence. In front of her mother-in-law, she should be gentle on the outside and soft on the inside, so many body movements, I give her a sense of strength. Fang Yafen laughed and said, in addition to the "Ying Hua sister-in-law" performance, she also danced Hmong dance in the play, "Surrounded by actors who are more than ten years younger than me, I can't let the audience have a sense of violation, and I try very hard to dance out of the Miao dance characteristics." We danced in complex Hmong costumes, with only two minutes to change our costumes, which required constant training and consolidation. ”
Fan Tingting, who plays Jiang Wei, is accustomed to acting in costume dramas, and when she first encountered the modern drama "Deep Love in Mountains and Seas", her body would unconsciously "end". Director Yang Xiaoqing often reminds her that the performance is relaxed and lifelike. Fan Tingting thanked her colleagues for their constant supervision, "The sisters will stare at me and say, Tingting, you are in the right state today, you want to bounce around like a boy." Everyone has been reminding me and encouraging me, and Teacher Qian Huili also pointed out my feelings and figure to join the xiaosheng actor. ”
In the play, Jiang Wei did not understand the poverty alleviation behavior of her father Jiang Dahai, until she also threw herself into the poverty alleviation team, "from hatred and misunderstanding of her father to understanding her father and loving her father." Xu Jie plays Jiang Dahai, a poverty alleviation cadre in Shanghai, who lamented that Jiang Dahai walks 30,000 steps a day, "I am very tired of walking 10,000 steps, and his 30,000 steps are still walking in the mountains." "In order to quickly get rid of poverty, Jiang Dahai introduced a large number of male laborers to work, and the elderly, women and children stayed in their hometowns." The people left behind want to do things, and there is a large shortage of labor. Jiang Dahai realized this problem, and he wanted to make up for it. Xu Jie deliberately allowed himself to "receive" the performance, "Jiang Dahai is a very simple cadre. I don't want to push him too high. Sometimes as soon as we sing, we 'click' in the eyes of the audience, which is a little too high. Poverty alleviation cadres must have a heart, but I don't want to be too hard and too contrived, then it is not cute. ”
As one of the largest productions in the past 20 years of Shanghai Yue Theatre, "Deep Feelings of Mountains and Seas" gathers the strength of the three troupes of the whole hospital, and there are nearly 160 actors, bands and stage dancers on stage. The crew prepared more than 160 costumes for more than 60 actors. In the 20-minute dance scene, the actors had to change into 4 costumes, and 18 sets of clothes were designed for the catwalk scene at the end. Xu Jie felt the strength of youth like Fang Yafen, "I didn't expect that after so many years in Shangyue, it would be another 'big corps' battle. I went to the rehearsal hall and was a little confused. The children are tall, beautiful, and teacher Jiang Xinguang designed the dance, and the performance has tension. A large band of more than 30 people, the momentum is amazing. ”
Fang Yafen's favorite role of Long Apo was played by Cai Yan, "My first contact with modern drama, not to mention the national style, is very psychological pressure. Cai Yan is an old student in this line, and "Deep Feelings in The Mountains and Seas" plays Lao Dan," After reading through the script, I felt good and enjoyable, searched on the Internet, carried out a lot of preparatory work, and focused on learning the character image of the old Lady of the Miao. ”
Tang Xiaoling, who plays the crazy woman Yunwa, has been playing a decent Danjiao in traditional dramas, "When rehearsing, I will ask the people around me how they feel. Some people said that my performance was the same as everyone else's, and I thought it was wrong, and I didn't show the crazy state of the character. So I've been thinking about it, for example, if I can play with my hair, or when someone else is playing with a line, I'll interject and show the 'difference'. Inspired by the director, I also slowly found the feeling of a crazy woman. ”
"Yue opera cannot be separated from the genre, but I am against the cliché. Genres are meant to serve the characters. Chen Jun, the singer design, was moved by the script of "Deep Love in Mountains and Seas". In his design, the young Miao girls sang and skipped the festival, using the youthful Lü Pai. The heroine Ying Hua is virtuous and patient, played by Yuan Pai actor Fang Yafen, chen Jun mobilizes a lot of singing means to portray Ying Hua. Xu Jie originally sang the Lu Pai, and he proposed to Chen Jun to change Jiang Dahai to singing the Fan Faction, "The Fan Faction is generous and down-to-earth, and the characters are heroic and have a heart. Chen Jun also integrated multi-genre singing into a play for Cai Yan, who played Grandma Long, "She sang well, and the audience will definitely watch it very enjoyably." Chen Jun concluded, "Every creation is a test of the genre, coupled with the characteristics of Miao Song, melted in the music, more beautiful." ”
Source: Author: Zhuge Yi