Recently, "There is a Play in Beijing Garden - Henan Opera Artist Li Shujian Settled in Beijing Henan Building Media Meeting and Launching Ceremony" was held in Beijing Henan Building.
The Henan Opera immersive small theater resident performance of "Beijing Garden There is a Play" will officially settle in the small theater on the sixth floor of Henan Building in Beijing starting from May 16. Starting from this month, three wonderful opera performances will be performed here every month.
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Henan Opera took the lead in this performance. Excerpts from "Cheng Ying Saves the Orphans" "Beat me with a ruthless stick till my flesh is bruised", "Village Official Li Tiancheng" excerpt "Song of Suffering a Loss", "The Fifth Generation Requesting a Miao" excerpt "The late prince named me a longevity star", "Red Plum under the Guillotine" "The excerpt "Pay the party dues", the excerpt of Henan opera "The Seventh Grade Sesame Official" "The gongs and drums are noisy and the sky is shouting", the excerpt of "Carrying the Sedan Chair" is "Three blasts of cannons are fired outside the mansion gate and the sedan chair is started", the excerpt of Henan Opera "The Lotus Lantern" is "Three The Holy Mother practices in Huashan all year round" and the excerpt "Grooming" from the Henan opera "Brahma Palace" will be presented one by one.
Henan has a rich history and culture and a wide variety of operas and dramas. In addition to the most representative Henan Opera, there are many other types of operas. In this performance, the opera "Li Tianbao" excerpt "The sky is full of dark clouds blown away by the wind", Wan Bang's "Striking the Golden Branch" excerpt "Waiting for the consort to return to the palace to hold a banquet", and the Yue Diao excerpt "Fire Burning the Embroidered House" "Ears can hear it" "The Doorbolt Rings Continuously", excerpts from the drama "Red Flag Canal", and excerpts from the Peking Opera "The Number One Scholar Matchmaker" "From That Day I Met Rokuro in Front of the Formation" will also be available to the audience.
Henan pendant is a traditional folk performing art originating from Henan. With its profound historical and cultural heritage and unique artistic charm, it has become a cultural treasure in Henan and even the whole country. In this performance, "Journey to the West" by Henan Suizi and "Have Something to Say" by the Penkong team, known as the "new calling card of Henan Folk Art in the new era", will allow the audience to appreciate the unique charm of Henan Folk Art.
On the evening of May 17th and 18th, Li Shujian, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Drama Association, Vice Chairman of the Henan Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Chairman of the Henan Drama Association, presented the immersive Henan opera "Cheng Ying Saves the Orphan" and "On the Qingfeng Pavilion", which is also his "loyalty and filial piety" Two important plays in the tetralogy of "Jieyi" Chinese Virtues.
The landing of "Cheng Ying Saves Orphans" starring Li Shujian in a Beijing theater
is the latest step in Li Shujian's "three-step" strategy for Yu dramas.
From January 21st to 23rd this year, the "Yuyuan·Yu Opera·Meeting a Friend" series of performances by Henan opera artist Li Shujian in Shanghai's Yuyuan was held, opening a new model for ancient Henan opera to be performed in Shanghai. The Central Plains culture and the Shanghai culture merged, and the Yellow River civilization and the ocean civilization stirred up. The residency performance in Shanghai has been performed continuously for four months, with three performances per month.
On February 20 this year, "Homeland" Henan Opera performer Li Shujian officially started his immersive residency performance in the small theater of the Henan Art Center. He will perform three times a month and has been performing for three consecutive months.
’s resident performances in Shanghai and Henan are mainly based on Henan opera, with participation from many other opera types; the performances are not limited to regions and types of operas, and they even perform Chinese operas; the participants are not limited to age or genre. ; The stage is boldly innovated, and the traditional stage has been transformed into a catwalk; actors appear from all corners of the small theater, interact skillfully with the audience and even make the audience become "actors", creating a sense of intimacy and immersion... The resident performance subverts the previous The performance method is more relevant to young people, allowing traditional culture to attract a large number of young audiences, and the response is strong.
Li Shujian
Li Shujian introduced that Henan Opera, which has a history of nearly 300 years, has 167 professional Henan opera troupes across the country, and more than 2,100 private literary and art troupes, known as the "Army of 100,000." With a large number of practitioners and a wide distribution area, it ranks first among all local drama types in the country.
As early as 20 years ago, when Li Shujian was the leader of the Second Yu Opera Troupe of Henan Province, he was thinking about how to lead the troupe out of trouble. "Opera is performed for the audience. Without an audience, opera loses its lifeline. However, opera has long had the problem of three excesses and three shortages: there are many elderly audiences and few young audiences; there are more performances in rural areas and fewer performances in cities. ; For urban performances, there are many tickets given away, but few tickets purchased."Li Shujian said that creating immersive resident performances in Shanghai, Zhengzhou and Beijing is to retain old audiences, cultivate new audiences, and break the communication bottleneck of "three more and three less" in opera. After all, as an art form, the inheritance and development of Henan Opera The simplest truth is to face the market and accept the test of the market. If Henan Opera wants to have a better future, in the final analysis, it must introduce outstanding young talents and cultivate a new generation of young audiences, whether it is in Shanghai or Zhengzhou. Most of the performances were starred by Li Shujian in the first few performances. After becoming regular, the stage was handed over to young actors. Among these actors, there were both disciples of Li Shujian and disciples of other schools, and they were not even singers of Henan opera or even Henan opera. Actor. Li Shujian said, "As long as you are engaged in opera, I am willing to be a green leaf and behind the scenes. This is because it is my responsibility to build a platform for young opera actors. I go from the stage to the podium, from the front desk to the backstage, just to provide a platform for cultivating new talents. "
" Pathfinder is risky. In order to perform well in the three places, I bravely and shamelessly shuttled between Beijing, Shanghai, and Zhengzhou with the spirit of shedding a layer of skin. I am willing to die for the cause of Henan Opera, and together with the majority of opera people, Strive to reinvent Henan Opera. "Li Shujian also revealed that when this model matures, it will be gradually launched in 17 other provinces and municipalities in Henan Province and fully blossom, opening up a new way for the inheritance and dissemination of opera.
Henan Opera immersive small theater led and created by Li Shujian Why did you choose the three-step "Yu Garden·Jingyuan·Home" initiative for theater performances? Li Shujian said that Shanghai is an international metropolis, and Yu Opera's presence in Shanghai's "Yu Garden" can allow Yu Opera to be refined through exchanges and mutual learning with different cultures. and upgrading, to truly realize "the culture of Henan opera goes abroad", so that the ancient Henan opera can resonate and resonate with the world in the era of globalization. Henan, this magical and rich land, is the root of Henan opera, and it is the "home" of Henan opera. Implementing immersive on-site performances in "Homeland" is a strategy of "consolidating the roots and pursuing innovation".
The capital, Beijing, is a city with a strong cultural heritage and a well-known tourist city at home and abroad. It is the location of the tourism performing arts market. The performance accumulation is rich. As the political and cultural center of the country, Beijing is also the fashion capital and the performing arts capital of our country. Various cultures are exchanged and integrated here, thereby further promoting the development and prosperity of culture.
It is reported that in the performing arts market in Beijing, there are many talents. Each performance forms a unique landscape: Star Theater Village's "Desperate Love" has been performed nearly 3,000 times for ten consecutive years, attracting a large number of young students and white-collar workers to watch; Xiaoke Theater located in the 751d Park Park continues to produce "Steady Happiness" and " "Waiting for You to Love Me" and other 9 musicals with Xiao Ke's distinctive personal style; theaters where "Happy Twist" is stationed such as the Beijing Geological Auditorium, a33 Theater, and Ci Theater were full of laughter, while Deyun Society, Hip-Hop Baggage Shop and even many The categories of resident performances in small talk show theaters have gradually become more refined, and each has a group of loyal audiences.
It is undeniable that after years of development and accumulation, the resident performances in Beijing are blooming, covering dramas, Various forms such as musicals, cross talk, and acrobatics have also produced many classic works that have long been performed in the market. However, this is the first time that Henan Opera, an immersive small theater performance of traditional opera, has been performed.
"600 Kun Opera came to Beijing 2 years ago, Hui Troupe came to Beijing 300 years ago, and now Henan Opera comes to Beijing. We call it coming to Beijing to take the exam. "Li Shujian said bluntly that it is not easy to go to Beijing to take the exam, but he is confident, "Henan Opera is a northern drama and is more easily accepted by northerners, and the ancient Henan Opera will be performed in an environmental and immersive theater that breaks the traditional viewing relationship. Combined with more fashionable cultural consumption patterns and integrated into the leisure life of urbanites, I believe it will provide a variety of styles for the construction of Beijing as a performing arts capital. "Li Shujian said.
