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"Dear comrades-in-arms, I have come to see you." As the curtain opened, an old man in military uniform and wearing a military merit badge led a little girl slowly onto the stage to salute the audience.
Following the memories of the old man, the five chapters of "The Death of the Black Earth", "The Number of The Gathering", "The Night Star", "The Soul of the Hero" and "The Light of Victory" were staged in turn, and the solo singing, group dance, recitation and other ways were integrated, leading the audience through historical time and space. This is an epic song and dance jointly created by teachers and students of Mudanjiang Normal University- "Indelible Faith", which reproduces the glorious course of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army under the leadership of the party to fight for national independence and liberation without fear of hardship and blood.
"The letter that Zhao Yiman left to his son is not only a letter full of infinite affection and tenderness, but also a letter declaring an incomparably firm ideal and belief and a mission of the original heart." Wang Tiemei, the 53-year-old head of the dance department, is the actor of Zhao Yiman in the play, and when she stands on the stage and reads the letter, her tears will always come out of her eyes, "In the era of peace, we have the obligation and responsibility to carry forward the spirit of the Northeast Anti-League and let the spirit of the Northeast Anti-League shine forever." ”
Mudanjiang Normal University uses this song and dance epic as an organic carrier for educating people, and widely absorbs students to participate. Since its premiere in 2016, more than 1,000 students have participated in the performance.
"These young students, in the rehearsal process, have different degrees of 'hanging color', the calf is often a piece of blue, a piece of purple, but they all laughed and said, 'No problem teacher, I don't hurt'." Tian Ye, director of the Practical Teaching Department of the School of Music and Dance, is the actor of the role of Yang Jingyu in the play, and although he feels sad, he is even more proud of the students.
The performance content is also constantly enriched, and the characters of Tian Han and Nie Er, creators of the national anthem "March of the Volunteer Army", were added to the performance in Shanghai. The teachers and students also consulted experts from the China Anti-Corruption League Research Center and appropriately adjusted the background part of the program video.
Once the red seeds take root, they grow into towering trees. "When I first entered my freshman year, I watched the show and was deeply shocked. Now that I have become a performer, it is very honorable to be able to make the spirit of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition known to more people in this way. Liu Tianyang, a student at the Conservatory of Music and Dance, who has participated in more than 20 performances, said.
Since its premiere in 2016, the song and dance epic "Indelible Faith" has been performed 46 times, with an audience of more than 10,000 people.
People's Daily (06/10/2021)