After participating in "The Great Journey", these artists in Shanghai said: Unforgettable

Source: Wen Wei Po

After taking the stage of "Bird's Nest" to participate in "The Great Journey", these artists in Shanghai said: This performance is unforgettable

■ Reporters of this newspaper, Xuan Jing, Jiang Fang, and Wang Xiaoli

More than 3,000 young people dressed in red formed a glittering party emblem, the fireworks bloomed into the "100" chronicle, and the enthusiastic applause and cheers of tens of thousands of spectators resounded through the night sky... On the evening of June 28, the "Bird's Nest" in Beijing was "burned" by the large-scale sitcom epic "The Great Journey". "2 hours condensed a hundred years, nearly 8,000 actors dedicated, the theme of the whole performance is the party from the people, among the people, serving the people." Director Chen Wei said.

On the stage of this grand theatrical performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, there are familiar "Shanghai faces": Liao Changyong, Wei Song, Huang Doudou, Shi Yihong, Li Jun, An Ping... They ignited "The Great Journey" with superb performances and enthusiasm.

The hero's style reappeared on the stage of Huang Doudou, "This is the most meaningful thing in life!" ”

In the theatrical performance "The Great Journey" celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the scene chorus and dance program "The Battle Flag is Picturesque" made many audiences red-eyed. In fact, this stage hides a "mysterious machine", and there is a flip screen with a length of 30 meters and a width of 9 meters in the center of the ground. The exciting "Battle Song of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army" reverberated, and the large screen slowly rose, restoring the steep peaks of Shangganling. For the famous dancer Huang Doudou, who plays the hero Wang Cheng, this is a great test - he must rush to the top along the 70-degree tilt of the flip screen, "obliquely hanging" in the air above eight meters, shouting "For victory, shoot at me!" ”

At this moment, more than 1,500 actors on the stage sang in unison "Why is the battle flag picturesque..." Huang Doudou hung Weiya, hanging in mid-air, maintaining a sculpture-like state, singing this familiar song in his heart. "As a literary and art worker, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, I can pay tribute to the party through literary and artistic creation with a sincere sense of truth from my heart, which is the most meaningful thing in my life!" Looking back on the performance experience of the day, his mood is still surging forward.

"This specially designed action is very dangerous. I pedaled a wia support center under my feet, grabbed a wia in my hand, and adjusted my center of gravity as the screen moved. "Huang Doudou told reporters that he trained for a long time for this set of technical movements, and every time he waited until the big scene was finished, he began to practice at one or two o'clock in the middle of the night." Although it is only a short scene, many people have paid their hearts for it. From the director team to the choreography team and the WEIA design team, everyone constantly thought about adjusting the use and operation method of the equipment, and finally customized the data of WEIA according to my height, leg length and arm span. ”

When he was a child, Huang Doudou especially liked to watch movies, especially movies with military themes. In his mind, the "good boy" is a heroic warrior, like Huang Jiguang, who defends his family and country, and does not hesitate to sacrifice his life. Wang Cheng, a volunteer soldier portrayed in the movie "Heroes and Children", is a comprehensive image of thousands of heroic characters. Today, in order to reproduce the heroic style on the stage, Huang Doudou has done his best and fulfilled his childhood dream. "Wang Cheng is a role that everyone is very familiar with, and it is very stressful to play such a well-known role." Huang Doudou said, "This performance is not simply a dance, from the theatrical performance to the dance body, and then to the final part of the curtain wall to hang Wea, it is a big test for me." "When "Wang Cheng" took the stage, he performed a performance of playing the melody of the song "My Motherland" with harmonica, and Chen Wei specially practiced him one-on-one for this purpose." The crew strives for excellence in every detail, and must be rehearsed again and again to achieve the best condition. ”

He began to learn to dance at the age of 12, and many of Huang Doudou's experiences were stored in a series of dances. He is the first generation of "Pan Dongzi" in the dance drama "Shining Red Star", and he has also performed the story of Zhang Side. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, on May 23 this year, the dance work "Remembering Zhang Side" created by the Shanghai Youth Literary Association premiered online. Through the blessing of digital technology, Zhang Side, played by Huang Doudou, danced between the paper cuts, making the heroic model figure "jump on the paper", which was loved by the young people of Generation Z. "Literary and art workers in the new era must not only be on the first-class stage, but also take root on the stage at the most grass-roots level." Huang Doudou believes that for the art of dance, only by going deep into the masses can we have inexhaustible vitality and exert more value.

Liao Changyong and Wei Song sang "Pilot" with the most sincere and emotional songs, "All emotions are in the song"

"Pilot! The great Communist Party of China! At the end of the literary performance "The Great Journey", singers Liao Changyong, Wei Song, Yin Xiumei and Yi Hong took the stage to lead the singing, leading the guests to sing the theme song "Pilot". Accompanied by a moving melody, the 16-meter-high golden party emblem rises solemnly and radiantly. 10 giant red flags were formed with song and applause, waving in the wind. "No matter how far away, you are all around us, the faith is eternal, and the original heart is not forgotten." The people are the country, write your mission to undertake..." Brilliant fireworks once again lit up the night sky, pushing the atmosphere of the performance to a climax.

Looking back at the performance scene, liao Changyong, a famous singer and president of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, was full of excitement. "'The Great Journey' is the biggest and most magnificent stage I have ever experienced, with tens of thousands of cast members working together and passionately showing the centenary journey of our party, the Communist Party of China is amazing!" For several nights, he received a rehearsal from the director's team at four o'clock in the morning. "Due to the large number of performers and programs, everyone maintained a high degree of tension in order to ensure that nothing went wrong in the connection. When everyone sang "Pilot", we felt both happy and glorious, and all the hard work was worth it! "This is an incomparable performance, looking back at the centennial journey of the Communist Party of China, the stage and offstage are moved." Everyone sings with all their heart for the people! ”

"The great Communist Party of China, with its magnificent style, high mountains and long waters, stands tall on the journey of the new era..." In order to sing "Pilot", Wei Song, a famous tenor singer and artistic director of the Shanghai Opera House, spent a full 21 days in Beijing, rehearsing with the actors to dedicate the most sincere and emotional singing. Singing "Navigator" with tens of thousands of people in the bird's nest, he said he was "particularly lucky" and "we caught up with the once-in-a-century moment." Wei Song said that from the main performers to the choir of tens of thousands of people that night, "many people shed tears while singing, because the song sang our hearts for the motherland and our deep affection for the party." This newly created song is warm, affectionate, high and shocking, with layers of emotional changes, and a catchy, easy to remember, "This song can't be done without fire!"

Outlining the group portrait of the pioneer model of struggle, Shi Yihong incarnated as a "textile worker"

"The machine roars and the motor rings, and the clouds are woven into a splendid embroidery." In the opera and dance program "Passionate Years" in "The Great Journey", Shi Yihong, a famous Peking opera artist and Meipai Of the Shanghai Peking Opera Theatre, wears a white hat and blue overalls and transforms into a textile worker.

"Passionate Years" tells the story of the industrial, agricultural, and scientific and technological circles after the founding of New China, full of passion, active production, and construction of the great motherland, and outlines the struggle group portraits of Wang Jinxi, Shi Laihe, Lei Feng, Qian Xuesen, Jiao Yulu and a number of pioneer models. Huang Baomei, a recipient of the "July 1st Medal" from Shanghai, is a spinning woman who has witnessed the changes of the times in China's modern industrial development, and she has also provided a lot of inspiration for Shi Yihong to create a good character.

For this performance, the actors began to rehearse half a month ago, and the various positions, details, and cooperation with the extras were quite energetic, often leaving at noon and working until the early hours of the morning, but Shi Yihong did not feel hard, "Being able to participate in the "Great Journey" is the highest honor of the actors." She sighed heartily. In addition, Li Jun, a veteran of the Shanghai Peking Opera House, and An Ping, a famous artist with a flower face, also appeared in "The Years of Passion", decorating scientists and oil workers.