Joy of Art - Press conference and performance report of the 2nd Cross-Strait Youth Folk Performers Exchange Event. (Photo courtesy of the organizer)
International Online News (Reporters Ma Xiaoye, Wang Ruiying and Wang Yi): On the afternoon of June 27, the press conference and report performance of the 2nd Cross-Strait Youth Folk Performers Exchange Event was held at the Taiwan Hall in Beijing. .
Hao Rong, Dean of the Central Academy of Drama, expressed in his written speech that he hopes that this event can open a new window for Taiwanese students to learn folk art, and that they can work together with students from the mainland to become inheritors of China's excellent traditional culture. and promoters. I also hope to see you all again on the campus of China National Theater and on the stage in mainland China in the future.
Yang Fahang, the resident vice chairman of the Chinese Quyi Artists Association, said in his speech that the China Quyi Artists Association will continue to support the continuation of this event, cultivate a good event brand, and let more and more people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait love folk art, learn folk art, and engage in Young people in folk arts have benefited from it and have jointly become practitioners, inheritors and promoters of folk arts.
As the initiator of the event, Ji Tianyu, a member of the Youth Folk Art Working Committee of the China Music Association and the leader of the Crosstalk Troupe, said that young folk artists on both sides of the Taiwan Strait need direct and in-depth exchanges, learning and common growth. She said: "During the exchanges, we will find that mainland actors have good basic skills and Taiwanese actors have many creative ideas. Once combined, they will be a good cross talker." Ji Tianyu believes that an important role of folk art is to allow people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to understand each other's lives. She said: "Folk art, especially cross talk, is an art of life. Through folk art, everyone can 'hear is believing and seeing is believing.' You will find that life on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is the same. At the same time, laughter can bring everyone closer." She hopes that young folk performers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait can enhance their relationship through exchanges and jointly shoulder the mission of promoting China's excellent traditional culture through cooperation.
Compared with the previous exchange event for the second cross-strait exchange event for young folk performers, more study courses were offered at the Central Academy of Drama, a mainland theater arts institution. Through a two-week exclusive course, we help young Taiwanese folk performers better integrate the drama theory and performance skills they have learned into traditional folk performances. An Chenchu, a member of the cross talk troupe and a Taiwanese youth, said: "The teachers at the Central Academy of Drama compared drama theory with traditional folk arts to help me understand, and I learned a lot from them."
Reporting on performances by students from the Central Academy of Drama and members of the cross talk troupe The collaborative performance of cross talk "Simultaneous Interpretation" kicked off. Subsequently, humorous programs such as "Speaking and Singing", "I Want to Be an Internet Celebrity" and other humorous programs appeared one after another, winning rounds of applause from the audience.
The world of folk arts belongs to the same family, and Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait do not distinguish between each other. They should jointly inherit and carry forward the excellent culture left by our ancestors, so that the hearts of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can get closer and closer through exchanges and cooperation, while inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture. Let’s jointly promote the great historical cause of national rejuvenation.
