"Flowers", a drama about Shanghai's social life in the 1990s, quickly aroused heated discussions after it aired. In this popular drama, where Shanghai actors account for an overwhelming proportion, there are quite a few actors who graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy - You Benchang graduated from the Acting Department of 1952, Hu Ge graduated from the Acting Department of 2001, and Ma Yili graduated from the Acting Department of 1994 Department of Acting, Zheng Kai graduated from the Department of Acting in 2004, and Wu Yue graduated from the Department of Acting in 1991...
The characters they created such as Uncle Ye, Mr. Bao, Lingzi, Mr. Wei, and Jinhua are vivid and unforgettable. What inspiration can the growth and creation of actors provide to the teaching of the Department of Acting at Shanghai Theater Academy, and what experiences can be retained? Yesterday, a symposium on artistic creation between "Flowers" and Shanghai Opera - Alumni of the Department of Performance was held. The guests used "Flowers" as an entry point to discuss together.
Teng Junjie, vice chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles and chairman of the Shanghai Television Artists Association, believes that "Flowers" is a benchmark textbook from the perspective of TV drama performance. The works go hand in hand in a variety of ways. The success comes from the seriousness of fighting to the end. All the excitement is the superposition of details and all the moving things come from the eyes that come from the heart. The famous literary critic Mao Shi'an said that "Flowers" describes the unique humanity of Shanghai people and tells history with tenacity. "There is both the carnival of blooming flowers and the sadness of withered flowers."
"Flowers in Bloom" , and there is drama in the theater." Xie Wei, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Theater Academy, said, "The creation of Shanghai Theater Academy has always emphasized the realism style, and educating people, creating, inheriting, and disseminating are the characteristics of performance teaching." At the symposium, Shanghai Theater Academy performed Many senior teachers from the department spoke and discussed the modernization, nationalization and internationalization of performance education. Li Zhenlin, dean of the Shanghai Theater Academy Film School, recalled that Hu Ge once mentioned to him that he provided a lot of personal experience for the role of "A Bao", "Whether actors become this role or replace this role, they all do It is the expression of personal culture."
Li Xuetong, professor of the Performance Department of Shanghai Theater Academy, started from the enrollment discussion and emphasized the importance of "inheritance" to an actor. In his opinion, in the process of selecting students, in addition to the preliminary examination, re-examination, and third examination, the "meeting" link is crucial. "Meeting" means meeting and talking directly with students and getting to know them face to face. "Performance must start with the most detailed aspects. The analysis and understanding of the script and the presentation of the performance have absolutely nothing to do with the students themselves." He said.
The Shanghainese expressions in "Flowers" left a deep impression on Fan Yisong, professor of the Performance Department of Shanghai Theater Academy. "When the actors speak Shanghainese, the characters' images give the audience a completely different feeling from the inside out." He said, “In the Shanghainese version, you can see the director’s true intention and understand the true core of the work.” “Characterization” is a teaching goal pursued by the Performance Department of Shanghai Theater Academy for a long time. Associate Professor Hong Bin once led the classes where Wu Yue and Ma Yili were in, "The acting major is the face of Shanghai Theater Academy. It sows high-quality seeds during the students' learning stage, and more newcomers will definitely appear in the future."
Author: Wang Xiaoli
: Wang Xiaoli Picture: Stills of "Flowers", pictures provided by Shanghai Theater Academy Editor: Jiang Fang Editor: Li Ting
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