China's First Children's Experimental Theater Premiere in China Raises Concern
, China's first children's experimental theater troupe, the Qutong Opera Troupe, came to Chengdu to participate in the "Eastern Suburb Drama Performance Season" held by Chengdu Fanxing Drama Village ". In two days, there were four consecutive performances of the original play "Red Boy", which was created and acted by children.
, this "children's experimental drama", which is completely different from traditional children's dramas, rewrites Chinese classical stories in contemporary times and integrates children's concerns and views on their own lives and various social issues. It not only makes many audiences come into contact with the form of "experimental drama" for the first time, but also makes people begin to attach importance to children's creation and thinking.
"Children's Experimental Drama" Subverts Traditional Children's Drama
classic "Journey to the West" is a well-known character. He is the son of Niu Mowang and Princess Iron Fan. His martial arts and magic are so extraordinary that even Sun Wukong can't deal with him. In the end, Guanyin subdued Hong Haier and made him a good-money boy. Instead of simply interpreting this traditional story, the Fun Children's Opera Troupe led the children to analyze and think about Hong Haier's life from different angles, thus creating a new work on the theme of "video games" and "going home. In the play, the children who are immersed in the game every day enter a video game of "Red Boy" and must go through customs to leave the game and find their way home. However, some children don't want to go home, but want to stay in the game. Therefore, the children finally struggle with the choice of "going home" or "staying", and leave such thinking to the audience......
play are played by nine young actors between the ages of 6 and 11. They take turns to play various roles such as Hong Haier, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk, Dragon King, Little Demon, etc. At the same time, they also express their understanding and confusion about the "game", "rules", "life" and the relationship with their parents and others. They also try to explore and reflect on various "prejudices" in classic stories. For example, who said that Sun Wukong can kill demons and demons and is a high-end players in the game? Who said that Hong Haier is a dude, only naughty and defeated? Why did Guanyin make Hong Haier a good-money boy? Why don't Tang Priest believe Monkey King, a professional in the field of fighting monsters? This group of young actors on the stage let everyone see performances completely different from ordinary children's dramas or children's programs, free, true, and full of all kinds of children's own ideas.
such a unique work is very new and unfamiliar to all audiences. After watching it, some adult audiences said that they "didn't understand it very well"; but there were many small audiences who were particularly excited and interested.
said: "My two children like this play and these little actors very much. They have been explaining the plot to me on the way home." Another mother sighed, "I thought the child didn't understand it, but I didn't expect it to be much stronger than adults!"
is not only an experimental drama, but also an exploration of art education.
among the little actors in "hong haier" are the children of actors liu ye and wang xuebing. As professional actors with deep feelings for drama and stage, they all support their children to participate in such a drama team. While learning comprehensive art forms, their abilities in all aspects have been improved in an all-round way. Wang Xuebing's son, Wang Yiding, has previously performed with the troupe at the Avignon Theatre Festival in France and the Edinburgh Arts Festival in England, while Liu Ye's children, Noi and Nina, starred in plays for the first time.
, in the communication session after the curtain call of each performance, the children will talk about their growth in the creation and performance of this work. The young actor Wang Xingyi said: "Through participating in this troupe, I learned that drama is a comprehensive art, including art, dance and other conscious content..." Wang Yiding also said: "In addition to performing, we also learned a lot of other knowledge." "I wanted to be a football star, but the drama made me feel the joy of free expression on stage," he said." The youngest 6-year-old member Liu Xiange said that he was not used to being with a group of strangers at first, but later found it "particularly interesting"; the largest member Xu Xihao said: "I think it is incredible that we can complete this performance together., Because it is impossible to rely on the strength of any one of us. But now we can not only memorize our lines and complete the whole performance, but also help each other and grow together with joint efforts, all because we are a united team."
original from Beijing Daily
