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On the evening of October 30, the award ceremony of the 2021 Zijin Culture and Art Festival and the performance of Kunqu opera "Qu Qiubai" were held at the Jiangsu Grand Theatre. Since its launch in September, a number of outstanding theaters and troupes from all over the province have taken to the stage of the Zijin Culture and Art Festival to bring wonderful performances to the audience. After selection, Shi Xiaming and 15 other people won the "Excellent Performance Award", 15 works such as Kunqu opera "Qu Qiubai" won the "Excellent Repertoire Award", 3 works such as the large-scale national orchestra "Ode to the Rivers, Lakes and Seas" won the "Excellent Large-scale Musical Works Award", and 7 units such as the Propaganda Department of the Changzhou Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China won the "Excellent Organization Award".
Outstanding repertoire in the province has bloomed vigorously, and many grass-roots troupe works have won awards
It has been learned that this year's Zijin Culture and Art Festival, co-sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial CPC Committee, the Department of Culture and Tourism of Jiangsu Province, and the Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Literature and Art, with the theme of "A Hundred Years of Glory and Re-Composing a Magnificent Chapter," will display the course of the centenary and celebrate the centennial anniversary with colorful literary and artistic performances and literary and artistic activities, and express the self-confidence and pride of the people of the whole province in embarking on a new journey of modernization. Zhang Aijun, member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and director of the Propaganda Department, and Ma Xin, vice governor of Jiangsu Province, attended the event and presented awards to the winning representatives.
In the list of winners, Jiangsu dramas bloomed. The "Excellent Repertoire Award" works such as Kun opera "Qu Qiubai", tin opera "Candlelight in Front", Su opera "Taihu People's Home", Yang opera "ALian Crossing the River" and so on show the heroism and firm faith of communists in the glory years. The "Excellent Repertoire Award" work Acrobatic Drama "Bridge", the "Repertory Award" work Liuqin Opera "Ancient Town WineRy", and the "Repertory Award" liuqin drama "Pengcheng Children" show the indomitable and courageous mass strength.
In addition, the excellent works of the county-level theater troupe also made the audience shine. Jianhu County Huai Opera Troupe Huai Opera "Gu Family Events", Lianshui County Huai Opera Troupe Huai Opera "Oh, My Brother", Baoying County Huai Opera Troupe Huai Opera "Langqi Baoying Lake" won the "Excellent Repertoire Award".
The music is brilliant. The large-scale national orchestra "Ode to the Rivers, Lakes and Seas", the red original symphony "Centennial Great Cause", and the large-scale vocal group song "Yuhuatai - The Power of Faith" won the "Excellent Large-scale Music Works Award".
The actors are even more star-studded. Shi Xiaming, Wang Fang, Sun Wei, Ji Chunyan, Sui Jianchao, Liang Jinzhong, Jiang Chunmei, Li Xia... They are all outstanding young and middle-aged actors of various dramas, and they bring wonderful performances to the audience in the newly created repertoire of the Zijin Culture and Art Festival, which is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Five plums were released, and the Kun opera "Qu Qiubai" was once again moved to stage
"The old society is completely destroyed, and the new society is created brilliantly..." When the lights on the stage gradually brightened, what appeared in front of the audience was a thin figure. A pair of thin-rimmed round glasses, underneath which are determined eyes, taking firm steps. This person is none other than the revolutionary martyr Qu Qiubai.
△ Qu Qiubai
The award ceremony ended, and one of the winning works of the "Excellent Repertoire Award" of the 2021 Zijin Culture and Art Festival, the Kunqu opera "Qu Qiubai", was once again moved and staged. The Modern Express reporter saw that this work is unique, dividing each scene into day and night. The sky was blue and daylight, and Qu Qiubai, who was arrested, was circling with the Central Command, and although he had experienced all the hardships, his original heart did not change. As night fell, he pondered the stories of his mother, his friend Lu Xun, and his wife Yang Zhihua. The multi-line narrative of day and night collages a real and perceptible Qu Qiubai for the audience.
On the stage, Zhang Manjun, Shi Xiaomei, Ke Jun, Kong Aiping and Shan Wen, five plum blossom award winners gathered again, triggering continuous applause from the audience. Shi Xiaming, played by Qu Qiubai and winner of the "Excellent Performance Award" of the 2021 Zijin Culture and Art Festival, said that the birth of this drama is not easy, this is the first revolutionary modern drama of Kun Theater of Jiangsu Performing Arts Group in the past three decades, "I often say that the process of creating a rehearsal is the process of 're-walking'. "It's a challenge and an opportunity. In 2019, The Kun Opera House of Jiangsu Performing Arts Group created the modern Kun opera "Mei Lanfang Mei Lang of the Year", and in 2020, it created the first Kunqu opera contemporary drama "Jujiang City", both of which participated in the Zijin Culture and Art Festival and won awards. Shi Xiaming said that thanks to such a platform as the Zijin Culture and Art Festival, he will continue to strive to dedicate more good dramas to the audience in the future.
The drama is connected to the stage, and the online and offline drama is addicted
In addition to the Kunqu opera "Qu Qiubai", other award-winning works of the "Excellent Repertoire Award" and the award-winning works of the "Repertoire Award" were also staged during the Zijin Culture and Art Festival, bringing a visual feast to the fans. Since September this year, 2021 Zijin Culture and Art has gone deep into some cities and counties in Jiangsu to carry out activities such as "newly created stage repertoire performances", "newly created large-scale music works performances" and "artistic youth exhibitions", with the participation of award-winning plays and actors. Online, Modern Express + ZAKER Nanjing set up a "watching drama on the cloud" platform, and 27 live performances made fans who could not go to the scene to watch the drama addicted.
Among them, the newly created dramas will be performed from September 15 to September 29, and in 15 days, 10 dramas and 22 newly created good dramas have been launched in Wuxi, Huai'an, Lianyungang and some counties (cities, districts), so that the people can watch the drama at their doorstep.
The drama "Swaying Swing" took the lead on stage in Wuxi, emotionally interpreting the story of Ding Rucheng, a scientist involved in the development of "two bombs and one star", who "married" his cousin Feng Yumei in his later years. The tin drama "Candlelight in Front" and "Liu Hulan" were staged in Yixing on the same day, and the singing voice with the taste of Jiangnan Water Town made the audience intoxicated. In addition to tin opera, Liuqin opera "Pengcheng Children", Huai opera "Big Horn Began to Broadcast", Su opera "Taihu People's Home", Yang opera "Alian Crossing the River" and other original plays of Jiangsu local dramas, using traditional opera to tell modern stories, for opera fans everywhere to send viewing benefits...
The fans are happy, and the theater group is also very happy. This time, Lianshui County Huai Opera Troupe's Huai opera "Oh, My Brother" won the "Excellent Repertoire Award" of the 2021 Zijin Culture and Art Festival, and Zhai Yongjun, the lead actor in the play and the head of the Lianshui County Huai Opera Troupe, also won the "Excellent Performance Award" with this play. He told the Modern Express reporter that for the grass-roots academies, the Zijin Culture and Art Festival is a good display platform, and it can also communicate and learn with other colleges and groups.
Ji Chunyan, a national first-class actor of the Jiangsu Tin Opera Troupe who won the "Excellent Performance Award" of the Zijin Culture and Art Festival for two consecutive years, brought a credible, amiable and lovely Liu Hulan to the audience this time. "I will take this as a new starting point, and I will also exert pressure to create more fine products in the future and bring them to the audience and friends."
The excitement continued, and the small theater activities and college students' drama performances were opened one after another
The Modern Express reporter learned that this year's Zijin Culture and Art Festival has newly set up a "small theater exhibition" link, collecting scripts for young screenwriters in the province, and through training courses, tutor pairing counseling, script reading, etc., about 10 excellent scripts are selected to dock with the academy group, and after completing the rehearsal, they will be displayed and performed in small theaters suitable for performances in Nanjing and universities in Nanjing.
In addition, the "College Student Theater Show" will also start from November 5 and last until November 18. College students from Changzhou Institute of Technology, Nanjing College of Media, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing University, Nanjing Agricultural University and other schools will bring 22 works such as drama, dance drama, opera, sketch, and short drama to be staged at the Jiangsu Grand Theatre. The Modern Express reporter noticed that among them, there are also traditional classic singing sections such as Peking Opera "Yangmen Female General", "Shilang Visiting Mother", and "Mu Guiying Hanging Commander".
Modern Express will also continue to carry out the "We are in the arts" art popularization activity of the Zijin Culture and Art Festival, leading students and the masses into the Jiangsu Xiqu Academy Troupe, popularizing the knowledge of opera, experiencing opera costumes, and understanding traditional culture more deeply.
Modern Express +/ZAKER Nanjing reporter Song Jingwei Li Ming/Wen Niu Huaxin Liu Chang/Photo