Chapter 57: "The Drunken Concubine" Not only Lies on the Fish, but Also Smells the Flowers

Soon, the time came to the 27th.

Chen Xiao drove to the Capital Art Theater.

Today, actor training began.

The training content is history, familiarity with the role, and the repertoire used in the play.

In terms of history, there are history professors on site to guide, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

In terms of familiarity with the role, he needs to take a good look to confirm whether the actor has misunderstood.

As for the repertoire, there are also professional teachers to guide.

However, the Shu Guangxiu spinning dance lying fish action and the flower smelling action in "The Drunken Concubine" have not yet been integrated into Peking Opera.

If you want to shoot it, you have to bring some innovation to the Peking Opera in this world.

This matter will be solved in the next few days.

Talk to the Peking Opera master about the idea. If the master can't understand it, he will do it himself and demonstrate the action in person.

The spinning dance lying fish action has high requirements for flexibility, waist and leg strength, balance ability, etc.

With the blessing of opera Dacheng, and drinking the physical improvement potion.

This action is easy for him.

Chen Xiao got out of the car and walked to the rehearsal hall.

Before entering the door, I heard Zhang Fengyi practicing the Peking Opera "Farewell My Concubine" from inside.

"My concubine! The enemy soldiers are attacking from all directions. Follow me and fight your way out."

Chen Xiao pushed the door open and entered.

In the rehearsal room of more than 200 square meters, Zhang Fengyi and Zhang Guorong were wearing costumes and practicing in front of the mirror.

There were also eight or nine actors who played the troupe members who also wanted to participate in this play and were standing by and practicing silently.

Chen Xiao looked sideways and saw a row of chairs at the door.

A middle-aged man in his forties, Fang Rong, and three crew members were sitting and chatting.

As soon as he came in, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Seeing that everyone was coming over to say hello, he smiled and waved his hand, indicating that everyone should continue.

Fang Rong stood up and moved a step to the side to make room for Chen Xiao in the middle seat.

He introduced them with a smile: "Teacher Liu, this is our chief director Chen Xiao. Director Chen, this is the opera director I invited, the famous Peking Opera artist Liu Jifang"

"Hello, Teacher Liu, nice to meet you."

Chen Xiao smiled and extended his hand.

He knew about the matter of inviting another opera director.

Although Fang Rong can sing opera, he is not professional enough. It is no problem to be the chief artistic director, but it is not enough to direct Peking Opera.

Besides, there are more than 30 people in the crew who need Peking Opera training, and he is too busy.

"Director Chen, I have heard of your name for a long time. Nice to meet you." Liu Jifang smiled and shook hands with him.

The three of them sat down.

After chatting for a while, the topic moved to "The Drunken Concubine".

The play "The Drunken Concubine" is about Emperor Minghuang of Tang and Concubine Yang agreed to have a banquet at Baihua Pavilion. But Emperor Minghuang broke the appointment and ran to Concubine Mei in the West Palace. The concubine could only drink alone.

In the script of Farewell My Concubine, after Duan Xiaolou got married, Cheng Dieyi parted ways with him and sang the play "Drunken Concubine" alone.

Fang Rong looked at the two people in the middle of the rehearsal room and sighed, "Teacher Liu, have you thought of how to integrate the lying fish into "Drunken Concubine"? "

According to the movements drawn by Chen Xiao in the storyboard script, the concubine was drunk and danced, and fell down with the lying fish movement in classical dance.

It is very difficult to integrate the movements in classical dance with the drunken concubine.

The lying fish in classical dance emphasizes softness and smoothness. The dancers slide slowly on the ground, and their bodies are like a fish, showing elegance and softness.

But in the play of the drunken concubine, Yang Guifei can't slide slowly on the ground...

Liu Jifang smiled proudly, "I have looked up some information recently and found a way to integrate it."

As he said, he stood up and walked towards the rack with costumes hanging.

Chen Xiao's eyes lit up.

Teacher Liu is good. He actually completed the integration of classical dance and Peking Opera just by looking at his drawings.

As expected of a Peking Opera master!

Liu Jifang picked up Yang Guifei's water-sleeved costume, put it on, walked to the center of the rehearsal room, clapped his hands to signal everyone to look over, and roughly explained the ins and outs of the matter.

"Liu is showing off."

He looked at the crew member in charge of playing music, "Music teacher, please play the music of the Lying Fish segment."

The sound of instruments such as the huqin, erhu, and yueqin sounded, with a brisk rhythm.

After walking a few steps forward and backward, he stepped on the right step, shook his sleeves twice, turned his sleeves twice, raised his right hand, and flattened his left hand, gradually accelerating his circle.

Withdrew his right foot, squatted down to lie on the right side, with his back to the ground, pressing on his right foot, and his whole body lying flat on the stage, with his right hand under his head.

The movements were done in one go, flowing like clouds and water.

The actors who were learning Peking Opera around him covered their mouths in amazement.

In the case of fast circles, falling to the ground quickly and gracefully is a test of the step design, as well as the actor's ankle strength and waist and back strength. If you are not careful, you will twist your ankle.

Teacher Liu danced smoothly, his feet moved gracefully, without any confusion.

In terms of action design and aesthetics, it was perfect.

Liu Jifang slowly stood up, smiled and nodded to the actors around him, and walked back to his seat.

But when he was about to walk back, he suddenly found that the chief director was stroking his chin in thought, and he didn't seem very happy.

He danced well, didn't he?

Didn't the young man understand?

It's okay, if you don't understand, explain it to him.

He took off his costume, took out a tissue to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and sat back in his seat.

Fang Rong grinned and gave him a thumbs up.

Liu Jifang smiled back and looked sideways at Chen Xiao, "Director Chen, is the step of falling down just now okay? The spinning and lying fish movements in the storyboard script are all there."

Chen Xiao nodded, "Very good."

It's all there, but it doesn't feel right.

The dance is too formulaic.

The drunken lady spun around and fell to the ground.

There is only one word for drunk.

Beauty is lacking.

Liu Jifang wiped her sweat and said boldly: "Director Chen, you don't have to worry about Guorong not being able to dance. He has Peking Opera skills. If he practices well, it won't be a big problem. If it doesn't work, we can hire a substitute!"

Chen Xiao raised his head and said, "Yes, I understand. But I have a small suggestion."

"Speaking."

"Before turning around, it is recommended that you change the movement of walking back and forth to smelling flowers, folding flowers and sniffing lightly. Concubine Yang is depressed, so she drinks to relieve her sorrow. It is not only wine that can relieve sorrow, but also flowers. In addition to melancholy, add beauty and elegance.”

Hearing this, Liu Jifang frowned and nodded.

"A happy mood when appreciating flowers will dilute Concubine Yang's resentment. It is difficult to handle one happy and one sad. If it is not handled well, it will be neither fish nor fowl."

Chen Xiao shook his head, "Concubine Yang is indeed emotionally depressed, but she places her thoughts on the flowers."

Liu Jifang threw the tissue she used to wipe her sweat into the trash can and sighed inwardly.

I have heard that Director Chen requires perfection, but when I saw him today, he was really idealistic.

It’s okay to pursue perfection, but you also have to consider reality, right?

When asked to fuse Woyu's movements, he thought about it for a long time before he thought of a way to fuse it.

Now it's time to bring the two opposite emotions together.

How to do this?

This is purely talk on paper, come up with it as soon as you think about it.

Director Chen wants to take the exam, but don’t take the exam because he’s an old guy.

He sighed and persuaded: "Director Chen, when we discuss this, we tend to talk on paper. Practical practice is really difficult. After all, performing Peking Opera and talking about ideas are two different things."

Chen Xiao nodded thoughtfully, "Indeed, it's the problem I mentioned, and it's on paper."

Hearing this, Liu Jifang's brows widened.

I felt relieved.

The chief director can listen to what he says and knows that he is just talking on paper.

Just when he was thinking this, Chen Xiao beside him suddenly stood up.

"It takes too much time to talk about it. Let's just demonstrate it. Teacher Liu, can I borrow this costume?"