Beijing People's Art Theater remakes classic drama
Beijing is well-known for its old narrow alleyways called hutongs. One hutong is the scene for a play called Xiao Jing Hutong which is being revived at the city's People's Art Theater. Almost three decades after its debut, the play is now being hailed as the new Tea house, a classic piece by Chinese writer Lao She.
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Beijing People's Art Theater launches new dramas
With the Lunar New Year drawing closer, many theaters are launching new shows to attract audiences. Let's head to the Beijing People's Art Theater to see what they've prepared for the new year.
Canteen is the first original drama launched this year by Beijing People's Art Theater. And rehearsals are already underway. It is directed by Gu Wei, with the main characters played by Wang Changli and Zhang Wankun. The drama is set in the canteen of a state-owned factory, and the tells tale of the lives of ordinary people of Beijing in the past 30 years.
We are trying to tell stories of ordinary people, and their thoughts. Now in an age of material wealth, we feel spiritual hunger. The changes in the past few decades are the reflection of our spiritual transition, said Gu Wei.
There are more than 20 characters in the drama. Each actor has their own understanding of the role.
I play 'Yong Jiu'. This character tells us that we need to stick to our own life principles. Be kind and earnest, said Wang Changli.
The drama will be staged on February the 11th in Beijing.
But for the time being, an experimental drama Breeches Role is being staged at Beijing People's Art Theater. The drama is directed by Cong Lin, and performed by three actors. It is the story of the interaction between a kidnapper and a teacher. Instead of playing only one role in a play, the actors in this drama switch their roles through the performance.
By using this unique way of performance, we want to show the audience the importance and charm of Chinese traditional culture, said Cong lin.
The drama will be shown until February the 24th.
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Text description provided by the architects. In Beijing is not all about Olympics. The National Grand Theater, by Paul Andreu is a magnificent and gigantic project finished a few months ago, complementing all the infrastructure been built for the big sports event.
The building is situated in the heart of Beijing on Chang An Avenue next to the Great Hall of the People and about 500 meters from Tian An Men Square and the Forbidden City.
It is a curved building, with a total surface area of 149,500 square meters, that emerges like an island at the center of a lake. The titanium shell is in the shape of a super ellipsoid with a maximum span of 213 meters, a minimum span of 144 meters and a height of 46 meters). It is divided in two by a curved glass covering, 100 meters wide at the base.
During the day, light flows through the glass roof into the building. At night, the movements within can be seen from outside. The building houses three performance auditoriums - a 2,416-seat opera house, a 2,017 seat concert hall and a 1,040 theatre - as well as art and exhibition spaces opened to a wide public and integrated into the city.
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The top concern of the Chinese Kungfu is to settle the relationship between the body and the mind. It emphasizes the “external exercises for bones and muscles and the internal exercises for breath”. All the schools of martial arts stress “presence of mind, breath and strength”, so as to equilibrate Yin and Yang, regulate breath and blood, smoothen channels and collaterals, and build up body and strength. They settle the relationship between “form and content” of Kungfu by settling the relationship between mind and body and the relationship between oneself and his opponent. They all stress “changing according to different opponents”, and “getting opportunities through defending”.
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Often considered an exclusive Chinese art form, Beijing Opera demands acting, singing, dancing and acrobatic talents from its actors.
But despite its noble tradition, Beijing Opera is also largely ignored in China. That is, until now.
And its revival is coming from a very unexpected source -- a British scholar.
At first glance, this performance has all the hallmarks of traditional Beijing Opera - stylish costumes, artistic make-up, music and acrobatics.
But look again. Guo Wang, the King, is in fact a character from a William Shakespeare play -- Oberon from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
His partner, dressed like Chinese empress Ci-Xi (Tseu-si), is actually Titania.
This is Shakespeare, Beijing Opera-style.
And it is being adapted by China's National Beijing Opera troupe, the country's premier opera performers.
The idea came to the play's director, Ghaffar Pourazar, more familiar to the audience in the role of Shakespeare's Puck.
Pourazar is dressed as the popular Chinese Opera character, the Monkey King.
In real life, Pourazar is a British, Iranian-born dancer who fell in love with Beijing Opera back in 1993 during a performance in London.
Five years later, Pourazar moved to China to learn the art form and become the first foreigner to received a Chinese award for his performance with the Beijing Opera.
But Pourazar wanted to take his art one step further.
When Pourazar began learning the role of the Monkey King, he was struck by the resemblance between the Beijing Opera character and Puck, Shakespeare's fairy.
After writing his own adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pourazar gave it to a 70-year-old opera specialist, who translated it into classical Chinese.
In Pourazar's version, Oberon and Titania are fighting over a little boy -
a variation from Shakespeare's play.
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It's a very unique play. Even the Chinese Cultural Ministry, the Chinese troupe and the people who normally resist this kind of change have started to look at it. It is the way to promote the Beijing Opera not only in China, but in the West also.
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To make it easier for the Western public to understand and to preserve the play's unique character, some of the dialogue has been left in English.
Pourazar has also included classical ballet dancing, giving Beijing Opera actors a chance to learn a new skill.
And, to add a little spice, there is not only one Puck but two.
The Monkey King in Beijing Opera is able to magically multiply himself.
Pourazar's version was helped along by Li Guang, one of Beijing's most famous opera directors.
He believes Pourazar's adaptation has sparked the Beijing Opera's rebirth.
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People can understand, of course. It can also attract a young audience. If we keep on playing Beijing Opera's old plays, there will be less and less audience, but if there are new plays, especially with some western influence like this cooperation, then I am sure it will bring the crowd (back) again.
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More than 40 actors are participating in the latest adventure.
And on Friday, the first act of the play was mounted in Beijing before an appreciative audience.
If the play can continue with a successful run, Pourazar hopes to attract sponsors and eventually to bring his version of Beijing Opera to Hong Kong and England.
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