Facial | Wang Fang: Singing Kunqu, walking through the ups and downs of life

The interview with Wang Fang was over, farewell, turned around, and hadn't left far. The camera of the follow -up solemnly said to the reporter: "Teacher Wang Fang is definitely the best person I have ever seen temperament."

Wang Fang's temperament was given by Kunqu. At the age of 59, she was accompanied by Kunqu in 45 years in her life. She has won the Chinese Opera Plum Blossom Award twice. Annual Person ". Recently, her first autobiographical "A Full Ting Fang" was published. There is such a sentence on the cover, which is the most appropriate description of Wang Fang, and it is also the most generous praise for the actors: "Who is she played between the stage, who she is."

A dream like a dream, waiting for hope in hard repairs

The fans love to use the word "fairy" to call Wang Fang. As soon as the aria opened, her hands were elegant, she was like a "fairy" who did not eat the fireworks on earth. But this "immortal" will never be born out of thin air, all of which are cultivated from "bitterness".

"Unemployment when graduated" is Wang Fang's same -generation opera performance artist, which is to ridicule his words. In her 20s, she left the school and joined the Sukun Opera Troupe, facing such reality: the theater that was originally filled with people, in the same time, like a dream, the audience disappeared. The opera actor is in a very embarrassing situation, and often does not watch after two or three games. The troupe went out to perform, and without the audience, he turned to a "dock", without the audience, and then turned to the next pier.

At the end of the 1980s, under the impact of the wave of commodity economy, Kunqu operated a long period of downturn. In the best years of life, the actor hopes to achieve something, but he can only "wait". Recalling that at the time, Wang Fang couldn't help but sad. "There is no stage. Every day is a repeated background training. When I go to work, I will wait for get off work, and I am anxious to go home after get off work."

The pain brought by confusion, attacked her and evolved into a negation of yourself. "After learning art, you treat Kunqu as a great thing. Suddenly, no one looks at it, it seems that there is no value." If you can't wait for the audience and can't see the way out, the colleagues and friends around Wang Fang choose to change careers. In order to live, she went to a wedding photography company as a makeup artist, but was not willing to break the unit's performance. She ran on both sides, on the other side, the means of making a living, and the hope of disappointment.

Award -winning children, waiting for the audience to return

"Chicken Soup" loves that in the trough period, people will always "bottom out and rebound". Running and running, Wang Fang really got the opportunity. In 1994, a Beijing performance, she relying on the "Finding Dream" by the teacher, won the first national Kun opera actor exchanges and performance conference for the best performance award. The drama "Looking for Dreams" and "Si Fan" and the Soviet drama "Drunk". With these three dramas, Wang Fang won the highest award "Plum Blossom Award" in 1995, and became the first actor to win the "Plum Blossom Award" in the group. "The winner.

Photo by Wang Lingling from Wang Lingling

The accidental "prize" proved "yourself" to Wang Fang. She suddenly wanted to open, if she was anxious to say "goodbye" to Kunqu at the beginning, there would be no later results.

After the award, the TV station came to interview her: Some young actors felt that there were old artists who would "press" themselves, and there was no chance to show. "Ask me what it feels?" Wang Fang held a completely opposite opinion on this. She thought " It is the old generation of artists that have us today. They give us the accumulation of our lives directly, so that we do n’t need to take a detour anymore. "

The career suddenly went further, and another problem followed. At that time, she and her lover wanted a baby very much. She had been preparing for pregnancy, but two children had miscarriage, and their work was too busy to stop. Fortunately, her lover and her are classmates who are studying drama, and she can support her pursuit of Kunqu. Speaking of it, I went to Beijing to perform again. The second turnaround appeared again. "I found that I was pregnant. I returned to Suzhou and hurried to the inspection. The whole family was happy. Stopped the work, went home to raise a tire, and lay on the bed for six months. "

Soon after that, Kunqu also received strong support from governments at all levels such as the state, provincial, and municipalities, and finally hoped to return to the audience. The empty seat was filled with a little bit, and the lights returned to the opera actor again. At that time, Wang Fang had been "small" in the industry and performed on the stage. He could get eight dollars in one night. It was difficult to compare with thousands of spears of pop singers in the same period, but she was satisfied, because at least, some people listened to the show It's right. Learning to play and studying, you are also learning to be a person

On the day of the interview, Wang Fang was wearing elegant, black jackets, and white bottoming shirts. When he spoke, he always slowly slowly, not slow. She laughed and talked about the past of Xueyi -for Kunqu, I couldn't talk about it at first, but it was just a kind of perseverance that a child was not convinced. "I am young, I can see every game very much."

After I experienced too much, I found that if a person comes along the way, the opportunity cannot fall on his head every time. It is not coming, don't worry, can't catch it, don't be disappointed, as long as it really belongs to you, just grab it. "I often tell the children of the unit that the opportunity is not without. People. "These words were taught by the instructor when they were studying art.

The "temper" of art will be passed down from generation to generation. Wang Fang remembers that the teacher Zhang Jiqing was often ridiculed by her lover. He reached out and pressed the remote control. "The older generation of predecessors got married, and furniture said as props." These cute little mistakes are "practicing merit and magic". the result of. What she felt was gratifying that she could now see the students he taught.

Zhang Jiqing and Wang Fang (right) took a group photo

Wang Fang and the children who learn Kunqu opera

Wang Fang regarded Kunqu highly. For her, being an actor is not just a means of making money, but because of his love and pursuit of performing arts. She calls Kunqu as "the lover in his heart", likes it, and feels that it has a pleasant ability. This "likes" forced the actors to refine the performance. A paragraph, a look, a movement, constantly adjusting and changing, it is best to achieve the extreme. "I don't think the audience can feel it completely. In fact, the actor is the actor himself."

So even at the most difficult time. She didn't stop practicing. The stage performed by Kunqu opera was like a fan. Each angle was facing down the stage. If you stop practicing, Kunqu and the actor will become more and more score. Only when the life and the stage cannot be separated, and the style of one move becomes the habit of your own behavior can it be considered to be a natural way.

Appreciate the Kunqu opera, you still have to enter the theater

If it is said that Kunqu in the 1980s was afraid of no audience, and now Kunqu is afraid of losing the young people. One is young audiences, and the other is young students. Today, Wang Fang is still the same as when he just graduated. He is still "running on both sides". She told reporters that there was no way to choose before, and now it is intentional. In her opinion, Kunqu has survived the most difficult time. Although many fast food culture "overtaking", many people returned to the theater.

On the new media platform, many opera performers have settled in, and the camera is very close, with a trick and one style, and there is no tension. The "White Snake Love" released last year combines Cantonese opera and special effects movies, and found more development for opera actors. Sex ... However, she always believes that these are the means of opera culture. "Opera, eventually return to the theater."

Through the camera, not only the stage was frame, but the audience's perspective was also limited. The charm of Kunqu is the drama of the euphemism and the rhythm of raising his hands and feet. These can only be deeply appreciated at the scene. The large and widely -wide theater actually gave the audience a lot of choices. "They are enjoyable and the actors are satisfied."

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In addition to the performance, there are many things she wants to do. For example, selecting excellent talents and making the repertoire more delicate, so as to form a virtuous circle. Occasionally think too much, people will have a headache.

To introduce the advantages of Kunqu, Wang Fangneng kept talking in 151. In each Kunqu, there are too many incompetent cultural materials, which can be adapted into movies and can be adapted into TV series. Moreover, it is naturally attractive for audiences who pay attention to cultural quality.

That's all, attracting the audience to enter the theater but can't be anxious. For more than 40 years of Kunqu Road, she has seen a lot and a lot of light. Her life is dying with the ups and downs of Kunqu opera, because there is no audience, almost unemployed; and because of the plum blossom award, she has been recognized and strengthened. The determination of the road ... to her fortunately, she still insisted here.

At the end of the interview, she especially added a "only hope": "Whether it is a niche, the audience, or an old audience, welcome to watch our performance. This threshold may be a bit difficult, but I want to really step in after it comes in You never regret it. "

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Quickly answer:

S = Sun Qingyun w = Wang Fang

S: Many young fans like to use the word "fairy" to call you, do you know?

W: This is the first time I heard. Thank you for your praise and leave such an impression on everyone. Maybe it is because he has learned opera since he was a child.

S: In addition to Kunqu, what other hobbies do you usually have?

W: Few, what must be said, that is the Soviet opera. The tune of Su opera is clear and gentle, soft and elegant, changing, and has a strong Jiangnan style. S: I heard, are you studying opera and movies recently?

W: Yes, because we want to shoot "Guo Ding Soul", we deliberately watched some opera movies, including "White Snake Love". This form of communication has attracted many fans who were not in our opera industry. It uses modern editing and production methods to present the content that is difficult to show on the stage. It is great, I estimate that after watching the movie, more audiences will think of the theater watching the scene.

S: Getting started in Kunqu, what kinds of tracks will you recommend for everyone?

W: I recommend the classic drama of Kun opera, such as "Peony Pavilion" and "Longevity Hall". The names of these two dramas should be no stranger, and the relevant information is quite rich. It is not very difficult to accept. In fact, Kunqu not only listen to it, but also to see. It's easy to get started, that is, walking into the theater, listening to dramas, watching more dramas. No need to read books first.

Photo by Wang Lingling by Wang Lingling

Photo by Wang Lingling from Wang Lingling

S: Listening to Kunqu in the theater, how can non -opera fans digest and understand if they are not worthy of subtitles?

W: Here is a small story. When our "Longevity Hall" crew went to Belgium, the organizer asked us not to deserve subtitles. At that time, we were puzzled and worried that foreigners could not understand. The organizer explained that local audiences felt that watching subtitles would make them unable to focus on the actors' performances, so they only attached plot profiles on the performance manual. During the performance, we found that there were many "white dots" under the audience. After a closer look, we found that it was a paper towel that everyone wiped tears. You must know that there were only two Chinese in the auditorium at the time. Can understand. Therefore, can foreigners understand that we Chinese people can't understand?

Text | Yangtze Evening News/Zi Niu News Profile reporter Sun Qingyun

The picture is provided by the respondent

Video editing | Wang Yimeng

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Edit: Qin Xiaoyi

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