New Yellow River · Dialogue ｜ Zhang Jiqiang: Only talents can hold "Yimeng Mountain" to the highest podium

On the evening of September 15, the closing ceremony of the 13th China Art Festival and the 17th Mandarin Awards Ceremony were held in Xiong'an New District. The national opera "Yimeng Mountain" produced by Shandong won the highest award of the Chinese Culture and Art Government- "17th Chinese Culture and Art Government Award Multi -Chinese Award". "Yimeng Mountain" nearly 200 mass actors, and more than 70 symphony orchestras from the Shandong Song and Dance Theater of the Creative Religious Unit, completely realized the "localization" of talents.

On the morning of the 16th, on the highway in Shandong, Zhang Jiqiang, Dean of Shandong Song and Dance Theater, was interviewed by the New Yellow River to share the bits and pieces of the localized actor conversion of "Yimeng Mountain". The actors participating in the rehearsal are conducting normalized training every day.

Zhang Jiqiang (middle) and "Yimeng Mountain" starred

Return to reputation without humiliating the mission

New Yellow River Reporter: When I took the medals of the Wenhua Awards, did I feel that all the previous efforts and efforts were worth it?

Zhang Jiqiang: Value, affirmative value. Last night, I took the medal and rushed back today. I have always felt that in the past two and a half years, I have been climbing on the mountain, reaching the peak, and psychological pressure when I go down. The highest honor has been achieved, and we should target the new goal to climb.

But for us, welcoming the next challenge is more powerful and capable. We have a large number of outstanding talents. When fighting this kind of battle, when receiving the challenge of the new drama creation, we did not rely on a large number of outsiders a few years ago. This is the biggest change. There is a strict rule to participate in the selection of the Mandarin Award. None of the actors outside the regiment can be invited. In other words, no matter what conditions, there are no conditions to create conditions. It is a top priority to cultivate talents. Only people can hold the boutique "Yimeng Mountain" to the highest podium, the highest art hall. Supported by external forces, neither meets the Ruhua Awards rules, nor is it suitable for the long -term development of the arts academy.

In the premiere stage of "Yimeng Mountain", the actor please. In the past two or three years, we have invited director Huang Dingshan twice for closed training. Huang Dingshan's sentence is very reasonable, saying that it is not modification, not copying, but re -improvement. Improve the quality, not only the actors who are localized, but also, but more importantly, "Yimeng Mountain" must have a new change when performing 200 venues, and constantly polish and improve. This version of "Yimeng Mountain" is definitely not a copy of the premiere version, but a result of constantly polishing and improved, and it has been refined.

New Yellow River Reporter: After the news of the award was returned, how did everyone respond?

Zhang Jiqiang: We are very excited about the actors of the whole hospital now. We have received this great honor and praise, which is also an incentive for us. Now the actors in our house spontaneously organize a welcome team. When we return to our reputation, it is unclear whether there is a gongs and drums, but everyone is waiting for us to go back at the door. The Provincial Department of Literature and Culture attaches great importance to the creation of stage art. The creation and influential repertoires must carry the responsibility on our generation and take this grand prize back. We did not humiliate our mission this time and finished the task.

"Yimeng Mountain" performance scene at the scene of Shandong Song and Dance Theater confessed

Reserve excellent talents for Shandong opera creation reserves

New Yellow River Reporter: Since entering 2020, in just two and a half years, how did "Yimeng Mountain" change the localized actor?

Zhang Jiqiang: After the premiere of "Yimeng Mountain", we continued to polish and improve, and to build higher honors and fine products. In 2020, a chorus was formally established to recruit a group of chorus members with strong professional ability, which can both sing and perform a team. We have also enriched the symphony orchestra, supplemented the shortage of the symphony orchestra, and can complete the large -scale performance of the opera.

The most important thing is that since 2020, the localization of "Yimeng Mountain" localized actors. At the beginning, they were all invited (actors), and the starring did not have our own talents. After 2020, before the Wenhua Awards, we took two and a half years to convert local actors and cultivate local actors. We conduct normalized training like students every day. In the past two and a half years, the starring of "Yimeng Mountain" is training every day. Every day, this is everyone's sense of honor and responsibility.

It is an inevitable law through the talents. In the past two years, we have aimed at the training of talents, so that we have entered the Wenhua Awards. Nearly 200 performers, actors and performers are all local actors of Shandong Song and Dance Theater Essence After two and a half years of talent training and talent supplement, we stood on the tallest stage in the country. They are all actors of Shandong Song and Dance Theater. No one is invited, including starring, group performers and performers.

Many people say, do you have so many vocal actors? In order to be able to further stabilize the team, we trained the performers of the national orchestra into a group in the stage. train.

New Yellow River Reporter: Do you feel proud of the actors of the whole hospital?

Zhang Jiqiang: That must be proud.In addition to the meeting, I was soaked in the rehearsal field all day long and took them to train together all day.This goal is very clear. Two and a half years ago, we came for this goal (winning the Wenhua Award). This is not only for "Yimeng Mountain" to further gain a greater influence in the country and achieve greater honor.Reserve talents and reserve a large number of outstanding talents for the next step of opera creation in Shandong.The new drama is only different, and the talents are different.Not only "Yimeng Mountain", but also more boutiques for opera art. It has a large number of professional and technical personnel and excellent talents. This is very difficult.Therefore, our song and dance theater has glowed through the art of art, and the specialty, artistic, and responsibility of the stage is driven.This change is very big.New Yellow River Reporter: Jiang Dan

Edit: Xing Zhibin

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