"'Last night, I had a dream.' Come on, speak louder, say what's in your heart. Imagine that you are in front of the whole school." November 9, 2 p.m., "Meet the Master·Enter the Classics" Pu Cunxin The meet-and-greet meeting was held in the rehearsal hall of the Shangyin Opera Ho

"'Last night, I had a dream.' Come on, speak louder, say what's in your heart. Imagine that you are in front of the whole school." November 9, 2 pm, "Meet the Master·Enter the Classics" "Pu Cunxin's meeting and exchange meeting was held in the rehearsal hall of Shangyin Opera House. Pu Cunxin, the 71-year-old chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association and former deputy director of the Beijing People's Art Theater, squatted down and coached the 5-year-old Hu Yijie to perform "Under the Red Flag". On the side, Hu Yijie's classmates were spinning in circles and loudly said to Pu Cunxin, "I've seen you play Sun Ce!" His childish words made the audience burst into laughter.

Pu Cunxin and Hu Yijie

Pu Cunxin teaches children how to say lines

At 7:30 pm on November 9, "Under the Red Flag" concluded the one-month Beijing People's Art Shanghai residency. During the 23rd China Shanghai International Arts Festival, Beijing People's Performing Arts performed 15 times in Shanghai with "Teahouse", "Mutiny", "Sunrise", "Du Fu" and "Under the Red Flag". Li Ming, President of the China Shanghai International Arts Festival Center, said that Beijing People's Art "Shanghai Home" attracted local Shanghai audiences, and many fans from other places and even overseas "traveled to a city for a festival", making this residency the most popular event in Shanghai during the golden autumn. cultural events.

Only if you perform well can you get the next role.

Like Pu Cunxin , attending classes during the day and acting at night has become the norm for Beijing People's Art actors in Shanghai. They visited Fudan University , Shanghai Theater Academy , and Shangyin Opera House to communicate with students, audiences, and theater lovers.

On the morning of November 8, Feng Yuanzheng, dean of Beijing People's Arts Academy, led the actors to the Shanghai Theater Academy again. What was different from the past was that Feng Yuanzheng sat in the back row of the audience and gave up the podium to seven young actors from the People's Art Theater who graduated from the theater.

Feng Yuanzheng sat silently in the back row

Feng Yuanzheng and Xiao Ying, director of the Performance Department of Shanghai Opera, watched the students communicate

"After graduating from college, I felt that I was pretty good, and I was admitted to the Beijing People's Art Institute. It seemed to be even better. I didn't realize it until I got to the stage. I'm too young." Fang Yangfei remembers that during the Renyi script reading session, he was scolded by director Fu Jia when he performed "God's Beloved", "I adjusted my mentality very quickly, and I immediately knew why I couldn't do it. I have so much to learn."

Liang Guodong rehearsed Yang Lixin directed "Xiaojing Hutong", "On the first day, I went on stage and came off the stage. It was a short scene, and I didn't even remember how I acted. Teacher Yang took care of me. I played steadily. My colleagues who joined the team at the same time did more homework and were more familiar with the drama than me. At that moment, I felt pressure. "

"Don't stop and keep moving forward." Wang Zhuoda in "Zhenghongqi". "Part 2" as a German soldier, "Every scene has to be faced carefully and every detail is done well. Before going on stage, I was thinking about whether my lines could be enunciated more clearly and whether my meaning could be expressed more clearly. , Don’t pass it, just keep it in perspective. In short, make a little progress in each performance, and keep your heart in the play, thinking about it.”

Feng Yuanzheng said bluntly that he has to bear huge pressure in performing arts. In Beijing, Fang Yangfei and other young actors finished "Under the Red Banner" at 10:30 p.m., washed their faces, and rehearsed "Hamlet" with director He Bing until 3 a.m., then continued rehearsing at 1 p.m. the next day and performed in the evening.

"The teacher always said that our combat effectiveness is not strong, and we have intermittent power outages." A junior student asked, "What kind of mentality do senior brothers and sisters have to continue working at high intensity?" Fang Yangfei took Feng Yuanzheng's workshop as an example, "It scares me. I was confused. I couldn’t beat Teacher Yuanzheng in all the races in the workshop. He was so physical. I had to force myself to either not act or to act well.”

The students threw their skills at others. The actors asked questions one after another

"Are you worried that your performance will be buried?" the junior brother asked, which made "Du Fu" actor Yang Mingxin laugh, "Not to mention the crew director, colleagues, stage manager, even the master chef of Renyi Canteen is watching Watching our performance. After I finished the performance, I went to the cafeteria to get food, and the master would say, "It was a good day, the performance was okay.""

In Yang Mingxin's opinion, "Tiantian says I can act, how awesome it is, it's useless. When you perform on stage, there are countless pairs of eyes looking at you. Whether it works or not is up to everyone. Only if you perform well can you get the next role.

Watched "Teahouse" three times and chatted until 1 a.m.

Feng Yuanzheng was once a young actor. In 1988, he came to Shanghai for the Beijing People's Art Theater and had a small role in "The First Floor in the World". "Our generation of actors has grown from youth to maturity. Following the predecessors in carrying the banner of Beijing People's Art, every stage of growth has been witnessed by the Shanghai audience. "Teahouse", "Mutiny", "Sunrise", "Du Fu" and "Under the Red Flag" can reflect the current situation of Beijing People's Arts and its expectations for the future. We hope that this exchange and mutual learning will open a new chapter in Beijing-Shanghai drama exchanges. "

In 2012, Beijing People's Performing Arts toured Shanghai. Zhang Huiqing, general manager of Shanghai Dramatic Art Center, was invited to host the audience meeting of "Bosom Friend" at the Shanghai Grand Theater. "At that time, the director of the expedition was an actor, and I was the head of the Actors Club. Fast forward twelve years. . "Watching "Teahouse" in Shanghai this year was Zhang Huiqing's third time watching "Teahouse." "After watching the play, I chatted with my comrades Yu Rongjun and Tian Shui until 1 o'clock in the morning. The three of us were immersed in discussing performance style, line expressions, The topics of actor echelon training, classic revivals, and theme development cannot be calm. "

During the performance of "Tea House" in Shanghai, "Dream of Red Mansions" was invited to appear at the Beijing People's Art Capital Theater. "When I walked into the People's Art Courtyard, I felt a sense of family-like intimacy. When I visited the Beijing People's Art Museum, I was amazed. sigh in admiration. "Zhang Huiqing recalled, "Last year, the Yuanzheng Dean brought a large team of young backbones to conduct research. We fully communicated on the problems and challenges encountered by the state-owned academies. We found not only differences, but also commonalities. "

The diverse choices of cultural consumption have changed the supply and demand relationship in the performance market, and entering the theater is no longer the only option. "Everyone is constantly thinking about how to cultivate talents, how to produce creations, and how to improve the quality of performances. "During the discussion, Feng Yuanzheng and Zhang Huiqing encouraged each other, "Only by continuously delivering high-quality stage art works to audiences of every era can we be worthy of the generations of efforts our predecessors have made for this cause and dream. "

resonated with the Shanghai audience.

's last performance in Shanghai, "Under the Red Flag," was still polished by Beijing People's Arts. "Everyone was very well prepared for the trip to Shanghai. They spent a long time rehearsing in Beijing and were busy in Shanghai. Rehearse and synthesize. " Actor Liu Hui revealed that the crew has been studying the Shanghai performance of "Teahouse" in the past two days and feeding back "Under the Red Flag". "The director told me to slow down the lines so that the Shanghai audience can understand them clearly. "

" was rehearsing on stage, and I was listening in the audience. The theater was very nice, and everyone could hear what they said softly. "Actor Wang Qianhua has been acting in Beijing People's Art Theater for 28 years, "I am used to the Capital Theater, and when I go to the Shanghai New Theater, for every performance of "Under the Red Flag," I am thinking about the speaking speed, volume, and the feeling of adjusting the lines. "

Shanghai audience enthusiastically checked in at the people's art performance

"Shanghai dialect, I can understand it. Many children came to watch "Du Fu" and recited poems along with the actors, which was very good. Moreover, they also understood the role I played, which made me very happy. "After "Du Fu", Liang Danni starred in "Under the Red Flag". She told reporters that in 1979, her first career film "Ao Lei Yilan" premiered in Shanghai and was directed by Tang Xiaodan.

Yang Lixin is also familiar with Shanghai. "I come to Shanghai often. The subway ride from Hongqiao Railway Station to Shangyin Opera House only takes 35 minutes, which is incredibly fast. He made a gesture of swiping the card, "I'll take the Beijing transportation card. After activation, I can enter the Shanghai subway." Every time the crew said they would send a car to pick me up, I said there was no need to pick me up. The Shanghai subway is convenient and the routes are clear. Shanghai theaters are concentrated, powerful and highly market-oriented. "

Pu Cunxin watched "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "Heroic Sons and Daughters" in Beijing, and this year he watched "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and "Flowers" in Shanghai.

He said that Beijing People's Art Theater's five major plays were hard to find tickets for in Shanghai, which gave actors, especially young people, great encouragement. "Our confidence comes from Shanghai. The magnificent scene in the audience and the thunderous applause, we are young When the actors are inspired, they should hold up the flag, polish the sign, and go back to rehearse well."

When he entered Fudan University, Feng Yuanzheng was deeply inspired, "Several Fudan graduates did not major in drama, but they are working in theaters and troupes. To become the backbone, Beijing People's Art Institute can also consider selecting people from a wider range of majors," he encouraged Fudan students, "Love drama, love art! When art becomes a part of your life, your horizons will broaden. The way you look at things will be different. Because drama has charm and magic. "

"Creating the best art and dedicating masterpieces to the broad audience is the mission and responsibility of literary and art workers." November 9. At the end of the Beijing People's Art Shanghai Residency, Xi Meijuan, Vice Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said, "Every year at the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, the audience can feel the nourishment provided by outstanding artistic works. Artists have the opportunity to learn from excellent Chinese and foreign works and continue to improve the quality of creation and performance, which will leave a profound cultural trace and memory in our lives.”