's first solo performance, competing for the Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performance Award for Newcomer Leading Role... On July 17, the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe's first special performance of the seventh season of "Five Sons Enrolled", "Min·Xing", opened at the Lyceum Theater. Starring Zhou Yimin, an actor from the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, encouraged herself, "Get out of the comfort zone and enjoy the joy brought by the performance."
html From July 17 to 21, the new season of "Five Sons Enrolled" in Shanghai Kun Opera will continue last year's Kunming Class 4 and Kunming Class 5 Touched when they first appeared as a group, it assembled five young actors including Zhou Yimin from the Sixth Dandan, Ni Xuhao from the Niu Dan, Yuan Jia from the female Dandan, Zhang Weiwei from the old student, and Qian Yuting from the Wu Dan. Polished by famous teachers, challenged themselves, and inherited the past, the five special sessions of the seventh season of "Five Sons Enrolled" are strung together. Since the birth ofin 2009, the "Five Sons" performance season has witnessed generations of young people from Shanghai and Kunming gradually becoming the mainstay of the stage. Gu Haohao, full-time vice chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles and director of the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, said, "Passing on the fire and building a ladder for young actors to grow is our original intention in creating the 'Five Sons Dengke' performance season. We hope that there will be more young actors in the future." Come to the stage of "Five Sons Encourage" to show the new style of Kun Opera people and continue to reach a new level of art. "
html In the "Min·Xing" special performance on July 17, Zhou Yimin performed in "The Romance of the West Chamber·A Good Time" and "The Heroic Heroes·Uncle and Farewell Brother". " and "The Story of a Hairpin - Meeting for a Hairpin" challenge three female matchmakers, Pan Jinlian and Yun Xiang, who are all different in age, personality and circumstances. "I am 29 years old, about to enter my thirties, and want to break through myself."Zhou Yimin
"Farewell, Uncle, Brother" is a new play played by Zhou Yimin. On the 17th, she made her debut as Pan Jinlian. "The first time I saw Kunming University artist Liang Guyin perform "Farewell, Brother, Uncle," I was fascinated. The character she played Pan Jinlian is full of dramatic tension. At that time, I kept thinking about two questions - can I play this role? Is the teacher willing to teach me? Unexpectedly, Teacher Liang readily agreed to teach me "The Romance of the West Chamber". It was Zhou Yimin's first play under Liang Guyin's music studies. "The Story of a Hairpin: Meeting to Seek a Hairpin" was a play taught by her teacher Ni Hong when she was in drama school. "At that time, I was about the same age as Yun Xiang in "A Date to Seek a Hairpin," After 15 years of playing "Meeting for a Hairpin" again, I have some new feelings. "After graduating from Kunming Class 5, Zhou Yimin joined the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, performed, got married and had children, and returned to the stage to play the role of Chunxiang in the full version of "The Peony Pavilion"." Starting from the complete version of "The Peony Pavilion", I truly understood what it is like to be a mature actor. Now, I have a clearer goal - to act more and perform well in Kunqu opera is my lifelong career."
"We are five people who compete for each other's practice rooms." Zhou Yimin revealed that this season's "Five Sons" actors often exchange training and health tips in the WeChat group and encourage each other. "We want the audience to see the actors in Shangkun What's the level?" His father, who is also an opera actor, is also very concerned about Zhou Yimin's first solo performance. "Last week he drove more than 4 hours from Jiangsu to Shanghai to watch me rehearse."
18 "The breeze is coming". In the special performance, Ni Xuhao completed the representative works of Jinsheng, Wu Xiaosheng and Da Guansheng in one go: "The Peony Pavilion: Picking Up Paintings and Calling Paintings", "Yaguan Tower" and "Eternal Life Hall: Weeping Statue of the Welcoming Image". This year is his 20th year of studying Kunqu Opera. ""Pick Up Paintings and Call Paintings" was the first niche opera I learned. Teacher Yue Meiti taught me every word, every move, and it took almost three years. It was the first time. The challenge of "Yaguanlou" is the version taught to me by teacher Wang Kai, which cleverly combines the characteristics of the northern and southern schools. It has a solid foundation and exquisite skills. "
Ni Xuhao
"Weeping at the Image" is the most special. , Ni Xuhao performed it for the first time 8 years after learning it. In 2016, when he was in his early twenties, he studied "Welcoming Statue and Crying Statue" with Kunming University artist Cai Zhengren. "It's difficult for young actors to grasp the passion of Daguansheng. Last year, in the Kunxueguan-based program, Teacher Cai taught me the pinnacle work of Daguansheng, "Iron Crown Picture: Bell Strikes the Palace."" After performing "Iron Crown Pictures: Breaking the Bell and Dividing Palaces" with anxiety. "Blocking the Bell and Dividing Palaces", Ni Xuhao, who was in his thirties, received encouragement from Cai Zhengren: "I can do more Guansheng dramas in the future." It was these words that inspired Ni Xuhao to muster up the courage to challenge "Welcome to the Image" eight years later. picture".
html In the "Xunyuan Jiayun" special performance on 19th, Yuan Jia performed "Ting Hui", "Broken Bridge" and "Yao Tai" to express the "one body and many sides" of a boudoir girl. The three plays were inherited from her teacher, Kunming Daban artist Zhang Xunpeng. Most actors will choose their own special dramas in special performances. Yuan Jia, like Zhou Yimin and Ni Xuhao, stepped out of their comfort zone. "Broken Bridge" and "Yao Terrace" are completely 'raw dramas' for me. I used to play small and fresh dramas. This time I want the audience to see an unknown side of me. The protagonists in these three plays are all brave and do their best for their own destiny. I want to learn from them to take a brave step."元佳
20日" In the "Wei Yi Kun Hua" special performance, Zhang Weiwei showed the different charms of Kun Opera's craftsmen and civil and military veterans with "Searching for a Taxi" and "Farewell Mother's Arrows". In the Kunqu Academy-based program, Zhang Weiwei learned "Running at Night" from the northern Kunqu opera master Hou Shaokui, "Yunyang Law Field" from the Jiangsu Kunqu opera master Ke Jun, and "Ma Lingdao Sun Jie" from the Suzhou Kunqu opera master Yang Xiaoyong. He also studied "Xu Ce Running for the City" from Chen Shaoyun, a famous master of the Qi School of the Shanghai Peking Opera Theatre. In the special performances of "Searching for a Taxi" and "Father's Arrows", Zhang Weiwei inherited it from Kunming Daban artist Ji Zhenhua, "Teacher Ji reminded us sincerely that acting is about characters, and we must start from the bottom of our hearts, and our accent and enunciation must be clean. Clear, so that the form is displayed on the outside, the movement is cute on the inside, and the value is revealed naturally."
Zhang Weiwei
21 "Yu Li Tingting" special performance, Qian Yuting reviewed Wu Dan through "Hujiazhuang", "Borrowing Fans" and "Hongqiao Gifting Pearls". path to maturity. ""Hujiazhuang" is one of the representative plays of Kunming University artist Wang Zhiquan, and it is also my first play. Every time I rehearse, Teacher Wang will write down a page full of paper. During the performance, she always stood on the side curtain to write I'm in charge." After graduating from Kunming Class 5, she joined the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe. Qian Yuting starred in her first major drama, "Three Strikes of Bone Demons." Hundreds of performances laid a solid foundation for "Borrowing the Fan." After passing the school system, she returned to the theater. I delved into "Borrowing a Fan" and also studied "Giving Pearls from Hongqiao" to Gu, "I often sweat profusely, and when I look up, Teacher Gu's clothes are also wet. After class all afternoon, the teacher patronizes me and talks about playing in the water without even taking a sip. ."
Qian Yuting
In the seventh season of "Five Sons Enrolled", Gu Haohao is one of the busiest teachers. She told Zhou Yimin to pay attention to details such as eyes and performance rhythm, "The audience today is different from before. They will be tired after listening to singing and reciting for more than two hours. So rhythm is very important."
Before the performance started on 17th, Liang Guyin helped Zhou Yimin put together the three performances. I went through the play again in detail, breaking it down and explaining how the emotions in the singing are advanced, the eyes and facial micro-expressions, and the changes in hand, eye, body, and step. "Not only did I learn the new play "Uncle and Farewell Brother", but I also learned by analogy under the guidance of Teacher Liang, and gained a deeper understanding of the plays I had learned before." I sang "Good Times" and "Meeting for a Hairpin" that were familiar to me in my student days again. , Zhou Yimin was in a trance for a moment, "The me at this time and the young me overlap on the stage, heading towards the future me."