Beijing Renyi seventy -one years to pay tribute to the drama

On June 12, 1952, the Beijing People's Art Theater was officially established at No. 56 Shijia Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing, No. 56 (now 20). This theater named by the people, accompanied by the continuous development of the New China, has been carried out, and carried out the "Create a world -class level like the Moscow Art Theater, but also has national characteristics and its own style theater", " Tire exploration.

In 70 years, more than 300 works in Beijing have used more than 300 works to cultivate generations of artists. They have witnessed the changes of the times with several generations of audiences, and continuously pushed the thinking and practice of the development direction of socialist literature and art with Chinese characteristics to a new height.

▲ Stills performed by Yang Lixin and Xia Liyan

▲ The stills performed by Hamlet, such as Xi Cunxin, Wang Junqi, Liang Guodong, etc.

Classic emergence

In early 1951, Before the birth of Beijing Renren, Jiao Ju, then a professor at Beijing Normal University, was led by the drama "Dragon Subtou". As the foundation of Beijing Renyi, "Longxu Gou" selected the lives of ordinary people near Longxugou in the old Beijing Nancheng as the creative object, describing the changes in the lives of ordinary people in the transformation of this smelly gap. As a result, the older generation of acting artists such as Ye Zi, Zheng Rong, and Zheng Rong created a large number of fresh and agile characters, and infected several generations of audiences.

Starting from the high standards and strict requirements of "deep life foundation, profound inner experience, distinctive character image", Beijing Renyi created a group of "Tea House", "Thunderstorm" and "Cai Wenji" Classic drama works, they have the feelings of compassion, the sharpness of the world, thorough analysis and sharp criticism. These dramatic classics not only bloom on the stage of art, but also treasure in the historical river of Chinese drama forever.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Beijing Renyi has attached great importance to art construction, and strives to present the audience with a variety of styles and quality -level performance on the basis of scientific planning, improving mechanisms, and optimizing processes. On the one hand, Beijing Renyi ensures that the reservation of the repertoire is constantly rehearsing, so that the classics are often new, and on the other hand, they attach great importance to originality, continue to explore the practice of drama nationalization, and strive to create Beijing -flavored works. According to statistics, in the past 10 years, Beijing Renyi has created a total of 87 3,649 places in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign dramas, including 56 large dramas 1951 games and 31 small dramas and 1,698 games.

"The works of Beijing Renyi have always paid attention to the development and real life of the country, which is closely related to the labor and life of millions of people, and is closely linked to the people's emotions." Mo Yanru, vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association.

Chen Yan, vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, Chen Yan, secretary of the party group and vice chairman of the Chinese Drama Association, believes that paying attention to reality is the lifeline of a theater, and it is also the cultural consciousness and historical responsibility of a large theater. "In the 70 years of Beijing Renren, there are heroes of hero historical facts, sincere expressions of the fate of ordinary people, the evolution map of the era, and the dilemma of personal life in the eloquent era." Chen Yan said.

As the Dean of the Beijing People's Art Theater Ren Ming wrote in the "Preface to the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the Academy": "Especially when the state encountered crisis, such as the SARS epidemic in Beijing in 2003, a major earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province in 2008, In 2020, the global new crown pneumonia's epidemic occurred. At the difficult time, Beijing's artwork was never absent and actively acted. With a drama created by a department, the love and concern of the motherland, nation, and people were fully reflected. The strong sense of social responsibility and mission of human artists. "

▲ Camel Xiangzi, who performed by Zhang Yizi, Guo Wei, Yuanwei, Liu Yi, etc.

Talent relay continues

"Beijing Renyi will undoubtedly leave many classic works for us and future generations. We can't help but ask: What created these classic works? Things are in artificial, everything is people." From the perspective of Bo, the success of Beijing's artistic art is not a person, but a group of people -a group of like -minded people came together to become a intensive and high -level artistic integrated creative team.

Indeed, behind the classic works of Beijing Renyi, there are drama writers Cao Yu, Lao She, Guo Moruo, Li Longyun, Liu Jinyun, Guo Qihong, etc., some director Jiao Juyin, Ouyang Shanzun, Xia Chun, Lin Zhaohua, Ren Ming, etc. Diao Guangqin, Shu Xiuwen, Ying Ruocheng, Zheng Rong, Zhu Lin, Zhu Xu, Lan Tianye, Liang Guanhua, Xi Cunxin, etc., as well as a large number of outstanding experts such as stage art. Together, they adhere to the creative spirit of "the drama is bigger than the sky" and the tradition of "a dish", so that they will create so many excellent repertoires.

"The career is prosperous and talent -based. Especially under the current overall situation of promoting the construction of the national cultural center of the capital, under the development needs of the Beijing Renyi Theater's cluster operation and management, we need to adhere to the people -oriented, and to grasp the cultivation of talents and introduce them. Three key issues of talent and good talents. "Feng Yuanzheng, deputy dean of the Beijing People's Art Theater, introduced that in recent years, Beijing Renyi has focused on new opportunities and new challenges for the development of career development. Team structure, improve the construction of drama talents and management echelons.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Beijing Renyi has continuously increased its efforts to cultivate young talents. In 2019, the Beijing Renyi "Performance Student Training Course" was restored to the whole society. Practicing the stage, cultivating young actors who fits the style of Beijing Renyi performances, and inject new forces into the theater actor team. At the same time, give full play to the role of old artists and old actors, do physical and pass on their teachings, teach the lectures for young actors to teach the lectures normal, and the classic drama rehearsals use the new normalization of the old belt. Highlighting results. Theater iteration upgrade

Each country has its own drama culture. Theaters and theaters of different countries and cities have become the most active carriers that carry activation or reflect the drama culture.

The 70th anniversary of the Beijing Renren and Art Construction Academy, from the first theater -the Capital Theater, to today's 5 theater groups, especially with the establishment and opening of the Beijing International Theater Center last year, it has not only made it a new landmark of Beijing culture, but also made it make it, but also made it. Beijing Renyi Development has entered a new pattern.

"The special geographical location of Beijing Renyi and the cultural background of Beijing has created its personality, and it also determines its future. The future audience is not only looking forward to the classics of realism and watching multiple expressions of diversified expressions here. It will also look forward to the pursuit of multiple possibilities of contemporary theater art outside the conventional theater, bringing new aesthetics to the audience. From different perspectives to enhance the urban temperament and extend the influence of the capital culture. "The Chinese Stage Art Society Cao Lin, a professor at the President and Professor of Shanghai Academy of Drama, believes that in the past 70 years, Beijing Renyi has been committed to continuous exploration in the elements and methods of drama space, associating with urban development, and flexible use of technology. Some aspects have played a leading role in the National Theater.

"At present, the medium integration in the context of digital technology has turned online, offline, reality, and virtual cross -time and space communication into reality. If contemporary theater art is re -considered in the 21st century background and techniques, you will find that you will find it. In the future of drama categories, it will expand to a wider space. Recently, a series of online performances conducted in combination with the 70th anniversary of the Beijing Renren and Art Construction Academy have explained this point. Technology will make the theater art connecting closer to the city. "Cao Lin said.

(The pictures of the text are taken by Lu Xu)

Author: Liu Miao

Responsible editor: Gou Xiaoqing

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