Guangming.com (Reporter Qiu Xiaoqin) In order to widely solicit opinions and suggestions to better polish and improve the work, on March 26, the National Art Fund-funded project and the first industrial-themed musical "Chasing Dreams" originally created by the ACFTU Art Troupe held a staged rehearsal and expert The seminar was held in Beijing. Li Xiaoxiang, Wang Jian, Sun Mingdi, Tang Ling, Song Qingsong, Jin Shengquan and other art experts, Yao Lianping and other industry experts, media reporter representatives, Qian Lei, Party Secretary and Head of the ACFTU Art Troupe, Executive Deputy Head and Art Director Chen Sisi, Deputy heads Wang Xiaojing, Liu Zhaoyu and some middle-level cadres, all the main creative staff of "Chasing Dreams" and some cast and crew participated in the event.
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The event first invited participants to watch the staged rehearsal results of the play. Chen Jiaquan, deputy director of the Creative and Editing Office of the ACFTU Art Troupe, and Yi Jie, chief director of "Chasing Dreams" introduced the relevant situation of the play respectively. Some actors performed multiple plot clips, allowing everyone to intuitively feel the spiritual theme and artistic quality brought by the work. It not only makes people aware of the subtle details, but also whets people's appetite.
Judging from the play fragments and the existing plot synopsis, "Chasing Dreams" consists of three main acts, a prologue and an epilogue. It tells the story of the protagonist Chen Yuhong, the leader of China's independent research and development project for high-speed rail locomotives, leading the railway builders to overcome their career step by step. Internal conflicts and difficulties with family, partners and competitors, masters and apprentices, colleagues, fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, mothers and daughters, etc., as well as external conflicts and difficulties such as other countries' technological blockade and pursuit of our country, we finally successfully found a way out of our country. The story of Chinese railway people’s own path. From learning from foreign countries in exchange for technology with the market, to overcoming difficulties and limitations to launch the "Fuxing" independently developed by China, and then continuing to set off towards the distant future... Through the growth history of Chinese railway workers, the play shows the spirit of model workers, The spirit of labor and craftsmanship are closely related.
At the subsequent seminar, the creative team introduced the creative background of "Chasing Dreams" to the participants, the script creation and arrangement, and related progress in music, stage design, lighting, visual design, etc., and exchanged their feelings on the creation and arrangement.
Chen Sisi, the person in charge of the "Chasing Dreams" project, said that in recent years, the literary and artistic workers of the ACFTU Art Troupe have continued to delve into the theme of "work", constantly innovated the creation methods of themed staff literary and artistic works, and made the "work" brand famous with practical achievements.
"Continuously polishing a theme through the effort of 'sharpening a sword for ten years' is the attitude that should be taken to create literary and artistic masterpieces." Chen Sisi said, "Chasing Dreams" began to go deep into grassroots collection of creations in 2020, and finally was selected among many theme plans. , selected the theme of China’s high-speed railway, a national business card and independent innovation, as the creative direction. At present, after more than two years of script incubation and five major revisions, "Chasing Dreams" has completed the script creation at the end of last year. After several months of creation and rehearsal, it will premiere in Beijing in late May this year, to the 2024 Railway Union Centenary and the 100th anniversary of China's trade unions in 2025.
Relevant creative staff’s introductions from their respective professional perspectives gave everyone more expectations for this musical. Experts at the meeting commented that "Chasing Dreams" has created a portrait of the Chinese railway people who are unremittingly striving and enterprising. It depicts the vivid practice of several generations of people creating through labor and using technology and wisdom to build a better life. It eulogizes the spirit of model workers, the spirit of labor, and the spirit of craftsmen. Spirit is a masterpiece full of thought, artistry, mass appeal and positive energy.
Qian Lei, director of the play, said that under the care and careful guidance of the ACFTU leaders, the ACFTU Art Troupe will do its best to present this work to the whole society as soon as possible and create a film that will spread widely, be praised loudly, and lead people. , an inspiring masterpiece of stage art in the new era. He said that in the future, the ACFTU Art Troupe will continue to strengthen the ideological and political guidance of employees, conduct in-depth publicity and innovative interpretations of the scientific connotation and practical requirements of new productive forces, and mobilize employees to actively participate in the main battlefield of economic construction. In developing new productive forces and promoting high-quality Give full play to the main role in development.
Source: Guangming.com
