Last night, representatives of the "74-level" Shanghai literary and artistic dramas - Shanghai opera master Mao Shanyu, Yue opera masters Zhao Zhigang and Xu Jie, Huai opera masters Shi Yanping, Pingtan masters Qin Jianguo and Ni Yingchun, film and television actor Wu Yufang, hos

Last night, representatives of Shanghai's "74-level" literary and artistic dramas - Shanghai opera master Mao Shanyu, Yue opera masters Zhao Zhigang and Xu Jie, Huai opera master Shi Yanping, Pingtan masters Qin Jianguo and Ni Yingchun, film and television actor Wu Yufang, hosts Chen Yanhua, Zhang Minquan, etc. Appeared at the Lyceum Grand Theater, recalled the ups and downs of 50 years of artistic career at the 81st Cultural Forum of Liberation Daily, and discussed the inheritance and innovation of China's excellent culture.

On the forum, the artists fondly recalled their academic careers. Zhang Minquan, executive director of the Shanghai Musicians Association, said: "The school is where my artistic dream began, and I have never forgotten it for fifty years. At that time, the opera class had to learn Peking Opera first, so we practiced blanket kung fu and somersaults with the Peking Opera teachers. , everyone is very serious. This dedication to art has benefited us a lot in our artistic career in the following decades."

Fifty years ago, in 1974, Shanghai Hu Opera, Yue Opera, Huai Opera, Song (Dance). Seven literary and art academies, including drama, children's art, Pingtan, and puppetry, have successively recruited students, and a total of 8 schools have been opened. The senior masters and business backbones of these theater troupes went to various districts and suburban villages in Shanghai to select more than 300 people from thousands of primary and secondary school students and enrolled them as academy students.

The "74th grade" students who graduated from the school have experienced the ups and downs of the development of literature and art for decades. Mao Shanyu recalled: "In the 1990s, with the rise of the economic tide and the tide of reform, the theater industry entered a difficult period. Performances gradually decreased and income also decreased. We organized everyone to go to Suzhou , Wujiang and other places. "Fortunately, "there are always a few stubborn people in every profession," Qin Jianguo continued, "The people who stick to it are the precious seeds. There are about one-third of the '74' Pingtan class. One classmate persisted, and they also trained many students and played a role as a link between the past and the future."

To this day, "Level 74" still plays the role of "connection between the past and the future" on the road of art. After Xu Jie retired, he devoted himself to the drama in school project, often teaching in primary schools and kindergartens. He said: "When I entered the school at the age of 11, I followed the teacher and slowly became a Yue Opera actor. Yue Opera needs successors. I retired and I just have time to do this job." Zhao Zhigang also planned the "Golden 50—— "Contemporary Yue Opera performing artist Zhao Zhigang's 50th Anniversary Series" plans to pass on the plays he has performed to young actors, including the newly created all-star version of "Xing Zaju" "The Pretender", which will be released next month Premiered at the Oriental Art Center, it integrates 10 traditional opera types and has 7 "Plum Blossom Award" winners participating in the performance. He said: "Seniors have been innovating, and we have no reason to be conservative. Back then, Yue Opera was popular culture, and now we should also make innovation breakthroughs in opera and make it popular again."

Speaking of artistic inheritance, Principal of the Opera School Affiliated to Shanghai Theater Academy Zhang Jun also revealed good news: after ten years, the Shanghai Opera School’s Huai Opera major will start recruiting students this year, and next year the Shanghai Opera and Yue Opera majors are also expected to start recruiting students.

At the end of the event, representatives of the "74th level" of Shanghai Literature and Art Drama took the stage together and expressed their voices through poetry recitation: "The people need literature and art, and literature and art are for the people. At the beginning of the 50th year, our hearts have not changed, and we are still on the road. I wish that the future will be full of flowers and colorful flowers. All over!"

(Source: Xinmin Evening News)

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