With the continuous heating up of the 70th anniversary commemorative activities of the Beijing Academy of Arts and Humanities, the wonderful and continuous commemorative performance season has also continued to attract attention. After the performance of "Tea House", another stage classic "Ruan Lingyu" met the audience at the theater as scheduled. From June 20th, this work, written by Liu Jinyun and directed by Lin Zhaohua, Ren Ming, and Han Qing, uses poetic language and a flowing stage. Xu Fan, Pu Cunxin, Sun Xing, Miao Chi, Li Zhen and other powerful actors. Deduction, staged a legendary actor's dream life for the audience.
"Ruan Lingyu" premiered in 1994. As another distinctive repertoire on the Beijing People's Art stage, it is not only about a well-known artist, but also about profound human nature. "I think writing a character should be the mentality of writing a character, that is to tear off his shell and write his soul." Liu Jinyun, the former director of Beijing Renyi and screenwriter, once said.
The fluent narrative of the whole play and the conflict of the characters' fate are all making the audience feel the power of tragedy and the permanence of beauty in bits and pieces. In particular, the last paragraph of Ruan Lingyu's classic stage monologue of the whole play, the instantaneous level change, makes the audience have a deeper resonance with Ruan Lingyu's heartfelt cry on the stage, and also sublimates the destruction of beauty into an eternal reflection on human nature.
Today, the classic has gone through 28 years. The two leading actors Xu Fan and Pu Cunxin have also performed across two editions so far. 28 years of stage shaping, on the stage is Ruan Lingyu's wonderful but short life, off the stage is the actor's daily polishing and understanding of the role. "Young actors can work with their seniors, which is a process of learning and growth. We used to know that we were going to learn. When we got to this crew, we knew what we were going to learn when we saw Sister Faner and Teacher Pu." The director of the play is also Han Qing, who plays Xiaoyu in the play, said that the commemorative performance for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the academy is a tribute and inheritance.
Xu Fan, a well-known actor, was admitted to the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama in 1987. After graduation, he joined the Beijing People's Art Theatre. Ruan Lingyu, which premiered in 1994, is her first representative drama. At the age of 27, Xu Fan played Ruan Lingyu, who died at the age of 25. In the past 28 years, she has played this role many times. The 55-year-old told The Paper that this "Ruan Lingyu" was staged as a commemorative performance season for the Academy's celebration. "For me, this performance is of great significance. This time, it is I who truly complete this role. We have to have enthusiasm. No matter how skilled we are, we can't slack off, and no matter how familiar we are, we still have to have a sense of freshness and passion."
Xu Fan said emotionally that this will be his last time playing Ruan Lingyu on stage. "After these six performances, I will no longer play her. In the future, my performance work depends on the arrangement of the theater. After 'Ruan Lingyu', it will be handed over to the young actors in the courtyard. If it is possible, I would like to tell you 28 years ago. In the future, I will continue to appreciate this role under the stage."
Pu Cunxin, who plays Tang Wenshan in the play, is already in his seventies. From Mu Tianpei in the first edition to Tang Wenshan after the rehearsal, he has played two completely different roles in Ruan Lingyu. In his view, an actor must have comprehension, imagination and expressiveness, all of which are indispensable. "For example, when I was arranging the dance in the play with the teacher this time, I would deeply understand the psychology of the character and the environment he was in. What kind of person he was, he gave birth to the appearance and appearance of the character." At this moment, the character is Rich and three-dimensional, "he is like the moon, with light and dark (face)."
Pu Cunxin said that this is also his last appearance in "Ruan Lingyu". He expressed his condolences to a generation of famous actors with the verses in "The Song of Burial Flowers". "The quality is clean and clean, and it is better than polluting the ditch. If you die today, you will be buried, but when will you be buried? The person who buried the flower today is laughing crazy. Who knows who he was buried in the new year? Gradually fall, it is when the beauty is old and dead. Once the spring is over, the beauty is old, and the flowers fall and people die."
In addition to the actor's textbook-level stage performance, the script style and stage presentation of "Ruan Lingyu" are a highlight. Different from the traditional narrative mode, the play draws on the expression technique of the movie "montage" on the stage of the drama, conducts space-to-space dialogue, alternates time and space, and uses a "play within a play" style series to break the space between reality and imagination, and re-create it. Create a stage narrative. "The form is virtual, but the performance is real. In the combination of virtual and real, the actors use specific performances to realize the connection between the curtains, and the entire stage is flowing." Director Han Qing said.
On the night of the premiere on the 20th, the surging journalists entered the theater early, and saw the introduction of the historical evolution of this drama and the comments of famous artists on the exhibition board of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the theater outside the theater.
"The death of Ruan Lingyu is undoubtedly a tragedy, but what the director pursues is not the shock of a volcanic eruption, nor the weight that is overwhelming, but the sublimation of beauty in destruction and the eternal existence after sublimation. It is like a cold stream flowing through it. If it encounters mountains and rocks, it will also take shape with things, and it is also tactful and euphemistic. He Xilai wrote.
"Shaved head, singing and playing drummer." In the era of Ruan Lingyu's fame, the profession of film actor is still regarded as "cheap" in the subconscious of the world. The unscrupulous tabloid reporters are fascinated by the feudal remnants, and the unscrupulous tabloid reporters are keen on the "peach-colored incident" and "lace news" - the death of a generation of famous actors, there is a real murderer behind it.
The screenwriter Liu Jinyun wrote on this point, "Plays like "Ruan Lingyu" and "Boundless Wind and Clouds" are about artists. After I arrived at Beijing Renyi, I carefully observed these artists and the group of artists, and found that this is a very characteristic The group, the characters in the theater moved in front of my eyes, which aroused my interest in creating. At that time, I really wanted to write a play with the theme of Beijing Renyi artists. Suddenly I read a book called "Ruan Lingyu" one day, and I was touched. I. Borrowing other people's wine glasses, pouring on the block in my chest. By writing Ruan Lingyu, I can instill my analysis of art, my feelings, feelings and regrets about artists into this young woman."
After watching the performance that year, Liu Jinyun also wrote: "She gave birth to smallpox, if she had a pockmarked face because of this, maybe she could live in peace and enjoy her life, but she didn't."
Ren Ming, director of Beijing Humanities and Arts, who passed away due to illness on the evening of the 19th, also directed "Ruan Lingyu". On the booth outside the theater this time, the theater specially set up a showcase to display "Ren Ming's Drama Collection" for the audience to watch and remember. When writing about the play "Ruan Lingyu", the page opened, and Ren Ming wrote: "At the beginning of the creation, the stage set plan for the play "Ruan Lingyu" made the director and the stage designer rack their brains, and came up with six plans successively. Each has its own characteristics, but I still feel that it is not ideal, so that when the actors enter the rehearsal field and start the rehearsal, the stage art plan is finally finalized: a huge empty studio, it looks so ethereal, rich, and fascinating. It is a symbol of the vicissitudes of history, the passage of time, the replacement of the world, and different plays are staged here, different lives, different fates, different joys and sorrows, and the ever-changing, all in it.”
"Good-hearted movie fans, your beloved A Ruan is going away. In the endless years to come, I will sleep on a dark film and lie in a cold box. If there is a chance, my appearance can be seen on the screen. When the show reappeared, those squinting eyes and sweet smiles were always blessings to you." At the curtain call stage, Xu Fan received warm applause from the audience without any surprise.
It is also worth mentioning that the entire performance of "Ruan Lingyu" lasted for two hours. After the premiere ended, a large number of audience lined up outside the Capital Theater, waiting for Xu Fan's car to leave the theater. The audience's pursuit and love for the actor is touching.
This round of performances will last until June 26th. In the next performance season to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Beijing Academy of Humanities and Arts, a series of works will be staged in large and small theaters, ancient and modern Chinese and foreign themes, so stay tuned.
"Ruan Lingyu" premiered in 1994. As another distinctive repertoire on the Beijing People's Art stage, it is not only about a well-known artist, but also about profound human nature. "I think writing a character should be the mentality of writing a character, that is to tear off his shell and write his soul." Liu Jinyun, the former director of Beijing Renyi and screenwriter, once said.
The fluent narrative of the whole play and the conflict of the characters' fate are all making the audience feel the power of tragedy and the permanence of beauty in bits and pieces. In particular, the last paragraph of Ruan Lingyu's classic stage monologue of the whole play, the instantaneous level change, makes the audience have a deeper resonance with Ruan Lingyu's heartfelt cry on the stage, and also sublimates the destruction of beauty into an eternal reflection on human nature.
"Ruan Lingyu" stills photo of this article photo by Li Chunguang
"No matter how familiar we are, we still have to have a sense of freshness and passion"Today, the classic has gone through 28 years. The two leading actors Xu Fan and Pu Cunxin have also performed across two editions so far. 28 years of stage shaping, on the stage is Ruan Lingyu's wonderful but short life, off the stage is the actor's daily polishing and understanding of the role. "Young actors can work with their seniors, which is a process of learning and growth. We used to know that we were going to learn. When we got to this crew, we knew what we were going to learn when we saw Sister Faner and Teacher Pu." The director of the play is also Han Qing, who plays Xiaoyu in the play, said that the commemorative performance for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the academy is a tribute and inheritance.
Xu Fan, a well-known actor, was admitted to the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama in 1987. After graduation, he joined the Beijing People's Art Theatre. Ruan Lingyu, which premiered in 1994, is her first representative drama. At the age of 27, Xu Fan played Ruan Lingyu, who died at the age of 25. In the past 28 years, she has played this role many times. The 55-year-old told The Paper that this "Ruan Lingyu" was staged as a commemorative performance season for the Academy's celebration. "For me, this performance is of great significance. This time, it is I who truly complete this role. We have to have enthusiasm. No matter how skilled we are, we can't slack off, and no matter how familiar we are, we still have to have a sense of freshness and passion."
Xu Fan said emotionally that this will be his last time playing Ruan Lingyu on stage. "After these six performances, I will no longer play her. In the future, my performance work depends on the arrangement of the theater. After 'Ruan Lingyu', it will be handed over to the young actors in the courtyard. If it is possible, I would like to tell you 28 years ago. In the future, I will continue to appreciate this role under the stage."
Pu Cunxin, who plays Tang Wenshan in the play, is already in his seventies. From Mu Tianpei in the first edition to Tang Wenshan after the rehearsal, he has played two completely different roles in Ruan Lingyu. In his view, an actor must have comprehension, imagination and expressiveness, all of which are indispensable. "For example, when I was arranging the dance in the play with the teacher this time, I would deeply understand the psychology of the character and the environment he was in. What kind of person he was, he gave birth to the appearance and appearance of the character." At this moment, the character is Rich and three-dimensional, "he is like the moon, with light and dark (face)."
Pu Cunxin said that this is also his last appearance in "Ruan Lingyu". He expressed his condolences to a generation of famous actors with the verses in "The Song of Burial Flowers". "The quality is clean and clean, and it is better than polluting the ditch. If you die today, you will be buried, but when will you be buried? The person who buried the flower today is laughing crazy. Who knows who he was buried in the new year? Gradually fall, it is when the beauty is old and dead. Once the spring is over, the beauty is old, and the flowers fall and people die."
"Ruan Lingyu" stills
Paying tribute to director Ren Ming's last work, the audience waited hard for "Ruan Lingyu"In addition to the actor's textbook-level stage performance, the script style and stage presentation of "Ruan Lingyu" are a highlight. Different from the traditional narrative mode, the play draws on the expression technique of the movie "montage" on the stage of the drama, conducts space-to-space dialogue, alternates time and space, and uses a "play within a play" style series to break the space between reality and imagination, and re-create it. Create a stage narrative. "The form is virtual, but the performance is real. In the combination of virtual and real, the actors use specific performances to realize the connection between the curtains, and the entire stage is flowing." Director Han Qing said.
On the night of the premiere on the 20th, the surging journalists entered the theater early, and saw the introduction of the historical evolution of this drama and the comments of famous artists on the exhibition board of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the theater outside the theater.
"The death of Ruan Lingyu is undoubtedly a tragedy, but what the director pursues is not the shock of a volcanic eruption, nor the weight that is overwhelming, but the sublimation of beauty in destruction and the eternal existence after sublimation. It is like a cold stream flowing through it. If it encounters mountains and rocks, it will also take shape with things, and it is also tactful and euphemistic. He Xilai wrote.
"Shaved head, singing and playing drummer." In the era of Ruan Lingyu's fame, the profession of film actor is still regarded as "cheap" in the subconscious of the world. The unscrupulous tabloid reporters are fascinated by the feudal remnants, and the unscrupulous tabloid reporters are keen on the "peach-colored incident" and "lace news" - the death of a generation of famous actors, there is a real murderer behind it.
The screenwriter Liu Jinyun wrote on this point, "Plays like "Ruan Lingyu" and "Boundless Wind and Clouds" are about artists. After I arrived at Beijing Renyi, I carefully observed these artists and the group of artists, and found that this is a very characteristic The group, the characters in the theater moved in front of my eyes, which aroused my interest in creating. At that time, I really wanted to write a play with the theme of Beijing Renyi artists. Suddenly I read a book called "Ruan Lingyu" one day, and I was touched. I. Borrowing other people's wine glasses, pouring on the block in my chest. By writing Ruan Lingyu, I can instill my analysis of art, my feelings, feelings and regrets about artists into this young woman."
After watching the performance that year, Liu Jinyun also wrote: "She gave birth to smallpox, if she had a pockmarked face because of this, maybe she could live in peace and enjoy her life, but she didn't."
Ren Ming, director of Beijing Humanities and Arts, who passed away due to illness on the evening of the 19th, also directed "Ruan Lingyu". On the booth outside the theater this time, the theater specially set up a showcase to display "Ren Ming's Drama Collection" for the audience to watch and remember. When writing about the play "Ruan Lingyu", the page opened, and Ren Ming wrote: "At the beginning of the creation, the stage set plan for the play "Ruan Lingyu" made the director and the stage designer rack their brains, and came up with six plans successively. Each has its own characteristics, but I still feel that it is not ideal, so that when the actors enter the rehearsal field and start the rehearsal, the stage art plan is finally finalized: a huge empty studio, it looks so ethereal, rich, and fascinating. It is a symbol of the vicissitudes of history, the passage of time, the replacement of the world, and different plays are staged here, different lives, different fates, different joys and sorrows, and the ever-changing, all in it.”
At the end of the performance, Xu Fan (middle) received warm applause from the audience. The Paper reporter Wang Zhengtu
"There will be a trial tomorrow, and tomorrow will be a trial in absentia for the strong of the strong and the weak of the weak. People, listen to me with your kindness and conscience. In this place called the world, I live After 25 years, I have checked my actions, and I have no regrets at all. I should be the plaintiff, the plaintiff." On the stage, Xu Fan in a wedding dress was standing alone. When it seemed real or fantasy, a white canvas fell from the sky, which symbolized the big curtain. Falling, it was like Ruan Lingyu, played by her, was about to walk into a white tomb."Good-hearted movie fans, your beloved A Ruan is going away. In the endless years to come, I will sleep on a dark film and lie in a cold box. If there is a chance, my appearance can be seen on the screen. When the show reappeared, those squinting eyes and sweet smiles were always blessings to you." At the curtain call stage, Xu Fan received warm applause from the audience without any surprise.
It is also worth mentioning that the entire performance of "Ruan Lingyu" lasted for two hours. After the premiere ended, a large number of audience lined up outside the Capital Theater, waiting for Xu Fan's car to leave the theater. The audience's pursuit and love for the actor is touching.
This round of performances will last until June 26th. In the next performance season to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Beijing Academy of Humanities and Arts, a series of works will be staged in large and small theaters, ancient and modern Chinese and foreign themes, so stay tuned.
"Ren Ming's Drama Collection" is displayed in a showcase for the audience to watch and remember Wang Zhengtu, a journalist from The Paper
On the table where the albums of the performance of "Ruan Lingyu" were stacked, some audience members spontaneously put a bunch of flowers on it. The Paper reporter Wang Zhengtu
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