On March 30th and 31st, for two consecutive nights, the performance "Hotel Anecdotes" reported by the Beijing People's Art 2022 Performance Student Training Class was performed at the Beijing People's Art Experimental Theater. After one year of study and training, the students' gains and progress were all demonstrated in this "graduation drama". The audience also saw the achievements of Beijing People's Art Institute in talent training through watching the performance, and felt the vibrant creations on and off the stage. force. This performance was conducted as a charity performance to recruit audiences.
All the actors of the student class appeared together in the last scene. Still photography/Li Chunguang
It is reported that the holding of this performance training class is an important measure for Beijing People's Art to promote talent cultivation and team building. Feng Yuanzheng, dean of Beijing People's Arts and artistic director of the show, said that it has been exactly one year since the training class for 2022 acting students was launched in April 2023. “In terms of course arrangement, in addition to supplementing and strengthening the basic courses of vocal performance, we also invite Kunqu opera performing artist Wei Chunrong, crosstalk performing artist Li Weijian, and folk art teachers such as Dagu, Qinshu, and Allegro from outside the academy to give lessons, as well as physical teachers, dance Teachers come to give practical opera classes and dance classes. We continue the "student class" route of Renyi, enriching the teaching content, allowing everyone to experience different art categories, although it is very difficult. It’s hard work, but it’s very rewarding. This reporting performance is also a concentrated test of this learning achievement. "
Stills from the first scene Liu Wenyi (left) plays Corin and Du Zijun plays Sam.
"This class of students, we are the best. Initially, 12 students were recruited, and after screening and assessment, 7 were left. Will all these 7 students be able to stay in Renyi? It has not yet been finalized. The theater arts committee will conduct assessments. , we will also consider their overall performance over the past year. At the same time, we will also consider their positioning after entering the theater to see what types of roles they are suitable for and what roles the theater has been lacking in the past three years. Many actors born in the 1960s have retired, and we will add new talent in due course," said Feng Yuanzheng.
“The age of students we have recruited for this class has improved compared to previous classes. They are no longer drama graduates who have just left school, but are around 30 years old, with certain social experience and experience on the stage. Mainly students with performance experience. Therefore, the teaching method is to adopt the method of "acting instead of practicing" to expand the classroom and give students the opportunity to participate in theater performance practice," Tang Ye, the head teacher of the training class, told The Paper. , “Not long after the training class started, I started to work on the creation and arrangement of specific plays. I might have classes with teachers such as Yang Lixin, Pu Cunxin, and Feng Yuanzheng during the day, and then I would play a play in the evening and play a role with two or three lines. All the students in this class participated in the performances of "The Proud Man", including "Zhang Juzheng" and "Farewell My Concubine" from the end of last year to the beginning of this year. The male students all participated in the "Pushing Pillar" on the stage of the previous play. The female students "raised the curtain" in the latter play. "
Stills from the second scene: Du Botao (left) plays Kevin Barney, Song Jianlin plays Dolbiak (middle), and Gong Yuquan plays Neil Simon (left). Right)
"When this class of students came in, the theater took into account the current situation of checking and filling the vacancies in the actor team. For example, we were short of Tsing Yi actors before. After Lu Lu graduated from the Chinese Opera, she has already entered the theater and can play a leading role in the new version of "Sunrise" Starring Chen Bailu. Then the theater is still short of actors in the "young daughter-in-law" category, and students Liu Wenyi and Zhou Qingyun are suitable. It is more suitable to play characters who are both good and evil when they are around thirty-five years old. In addition, we are still short of bookish young students. Gong Yuquan, Song Jianlin, and Du Botao are trained in this direction. Another example is the lack of "Fat Man" in "Teahouse". Liu Chen is ready to step up," Tang Ye said.
's "Hotel Anecdotes" performed this time was performed by seven students from the 2022 Performance Student Training Class of Beijing People's Art.
Stills from the third act Zhou Qingyun (left) stars as Norma Haberly, Liu Chen (right) stars as Roy Haberly
The play is based on the famous contemporary American playwright Neil Simon's "Grand Hotel Suite" It is re-arranged from two works, the one-act play "A Desperate Man" by French writer Gabrielle Dumoray, and the creators used a more modern perspective to complete a stage fusion.
"In 2010, Director Gu Wei directed "Grand Hotel Suite", which was staged in the People's Art Theater until 2017. This work was chosen as the report play not only because the role of the work can give each student a relative An independent performance display space also takes into account the rich characters in the script so that actors can apply what they have learned and inherit the advantages and traditions of Beijing People's Arts in character creation. "Director Zhu Shaopeng said, "I hope the actors can perform character relationships and relationships on the stage. The state of human existence. At the same time, we try a realistic comedy method - we don't just use the form of comedy, but start from people's behavior and thoughts to find out what makes people laugh."
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Three scenes. The play, seven actors, Liu Wenyi, Du Zijun, Gong Yuquan, Song Jianlin, Du Botao, Liu Chen, and Zhou Qingyun respectively played the main roles in the play. "It is very special to be able to have a second chance to learn after engaging in acting work." It’s rare.” The students believed that the creation and arrangement of this work benefited from the teachers’ daily training, and their shoulders gave this creation a solid foundation. At the same time, their performance style reflects the characteristics of Beijing People's Art, combining their own interpretation with the style of People's Art. In the process of character creation, they integrate their understanding of current life and human nature into it, showing a young person's perspective. Comedy, complete a report on learning results.
