Stills of "Tea House" Photo by Li Chunguang/Guangming Pictures
On June 12, Beijing Renyi held a symposium to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the academy. Ren Ming, director of the Beijing People's Art Theater, was present at the symposium. On the screen behind him is a picture of Lan Ye, a performer and director of the Beijing People's Art Theater, a recipient of the "July 1st Medal" who passed away not long ago. Xinhua News Agency
On June 12, veteran artists Guo Qihong (middle) and Lv Zhong (right) of Beijing People's Art Theater were awarded honorary plaques at the symposium. Xinhua News Agency
The scene of the symposium commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Beijing People's Art Theater. Photo by Li Chunguang/Guangming Pictures
70 years ago, in the new China, which was waiting to be rebuilt, a theater named after the people was born, and it began to "build a world-class professional theater like the Moscow Art Theater, but with national characteristics and its own style". of tireless exploration.In the past 70 years, Beijing People's Art Theatre has worked hard on the stage, grew up in the torrent of the times, and gained from the precipitation of the years, constantly pushing the thinking and practice of the development direction of socialist literature and art with Chinese characteristics to new heights.
Endless good show
"What is the palace of Chinese drama art? Every time her birthday, it must be a festival for drama fans." According to Song Baozhen, director of the Drama Research Institute of the China Academy of Arts, Beijing Renyi has gone through a path of integrity and innovation in the past 70 years. , to open up the artistic path forward.
Just as the "big day" of the 70th anniversary of Beijing Renyi is approaching, the capital Beijing is in a critical period of epidemic prevention and control.
The long-awaited play is still unavailable, how can I play it?
"Beijing Renyi is Beijing Renyi, and she can always surprise you with continuous innovation." Lin Weiran, the editor-in-chief of "New Script" magazine, admitted that in recent days, she has been enjoying drama "on the cloud".
In order to meet the needs of epidemic prevention and control in the capital, Beijing Renyi has actively expanded its online platform dissemination, and for the first time has launched a limited-time broadcast of classic plays. "Thunderstorm", "Cai Wenji", "White Deer Plain", "Mutiny", "Wotou Guild Hall" and other 5 classic repertoires representing different creative types and styles of Renyi have been broadcast on the "cloud" for several consecutive days. Beijing Renyi strives to provide the audience with the highest Artistic quality stage productions. Through the push of the extended reading content in the early stage and the guided tour of famous artists before the broadcast, the audience has a deep appreciation of the unique charm of Renyi drama.
This move quickly set off a wave of fans watching and discussing the drama online, and the cumulative number of viewers and likes on the entire network exceeded 140 million.
Beginning with "Dragon Beard Ditch" in the early days of the establishment, Beijing Renyi created "Tea House", "Thunderstorm" and "Thunderstorm" under the high standards and strict requirements of "profound life foundation, profound inner experience, and vivid character image". Cai Wenji" and other classic drama works, they have a feeling of compassion, a sharp insight into the world, a thorough analysis and sharp criticism. These drama classics not only bloom on the stage of human art, but also will be treasured forever in the long history of Chinese drama.
In the heart of Feng Yuanzheng, the vice president of Beijing People's Art Theater, whenever there is a crisis, Beijing Renyi has never been absent. From "North Street and South Courtyard" created on the background of fighting against the SARS epidemic, to the earthquake relief work "Life", and then to "Community Neighborhood Committee" created with the theme of fighting against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, a series of original dramas The works continue to demonstrate Beijing Renyi's strong sense of social responsibility and mission.
In the past ten years, Beijing Renyi has always adhered to the creative concepts centered on "people's nature", "nationality" and "epochal nature", adhered to the road of realistic creation, and created a number of excellent plays with heart. "The three classic works of "The Wilderness" were newly rehearsed. On the occasion of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the drama "Night of Fragrant Mountain" was launched, showing the profound Chinese excellent traditional culture in the practice of maintaining integrity and innovation, and profoundly reflecting the rapid development of the motherland. Variety.
"The greatest vitality of Beijing Renyi is that it has always been a 'people's' theater." Ren Ming, director of the Beijing People's Art Theatre, admitted that with the joint efforts of generations of artists, Beijing Renyi has truly grown in the past 70 years. It has achieved deep-rooted life and rooted in the people, taking the people as the object of artistic creation, taking the audience's satisfaction or dissatisfaction as the highest standard for testing art, and using more than 300 ancient and modern Chinese and foreign drama works to interpret the pursuit of "the drama is bigger than the sky" to the greatest extent.
A crop of famous artists
On January 4, 2021, the first day of work in the new year, in the Beijing Renyi Juyin Theater, Lan Lanye, Lv Zhong, Pu Cunxin, Feng Yuanzheng... Many drama performers gathered in the cold for the sake of 14 young people.
On the morning of the same day, the 2019 performance training class of Beijing Renyi ushered in the graduation ceremony, and 14 students officially ended their one-year study. During the year, a teaching group composed of first-line Beijing artists such as Feng Yuanzheng, Yue Xiuqing, Yang Jiayin, Yan Rui, and Yang Mingxin was responsible for the whole teaching guidance. teach.
"It is to test the learning results on the stage. Let each student have the opportunity to demonstrate and truly understand what the spirit of 'one vegetable' is." Feng Yuanzheng said.
Regrettably, just as the 70th anniversary of Beijing Renyi is approaching, the old man Lan Lanye is gone forever. "The old man has said many times that the title of actor is the biggest compliment to him." Yu Zhen, a young actor from Beijing People's Art, still remembers the scene when he played "Tea House" on the same stage with Lan Lanye for the first time, "When the curtain call was over, The old man insisted on pushing me forward and told me that no matter who is playing, the curtain call should be made in the order of roles."
"Mr. Lan gave us a party lesson soon after he was awarded the 'July 1st Medal'. He could call every young man's name, and he liked to talk to you, but he didn't like to be supported." Beijing Renyi Youth Director Yan Rui feels that the greatest wealth of Beijing Renyi is a group of people's artists who create with love, heart and even life like Lantianye.
At the symposium on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Beijing People's Art Theater held on the morning of June 12, 82-year-old drama artist Lu Zhong was invited to the stage of the Cao Yu Theater as a representative of veteran actors. When it was time to speak, the old man choked up as soon as he opened his mouth. "When the theater was 70 years old, I went home again." Lu Zhong fondly recalled his impression of the arts when he was young, "At that time we lived on the 4th floor of the Capital Theater, eating and living with all the old artists. Live like family."
"We waited 8 months for a "Thunderstorm". The old comrades taught them every sentence." In Lv Zhong's view, "teaching by words and deeds" is the soul of Beijing Renyi's education, "Beijing Renyi's work is to study people, Experiencing people and discussing the humanities. The seniors told us, we told our children that the actors of Beijing Renyi must love art, not themselves in art.”
"We always know that youth is the future of the theater." Wang Wenguang, secretary of the party group of Beijing People's Art Theater, introduced to reporters that in the past ten years, Beijing People's Art Theater has been committed to cultivating outstanding talents, top talents and leading talents. Efforts have been made to create an attractive, infectious and moving artistic image on the stage, leaving unforgettable works of art for the audience.
Teaching by words and deeds in the spirit of "no self" is precisely the educating password of Beijing Renyi's famous artists.
It will be like the image of DBS
In the heart of Pu Cunxin, chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association and an actor of Beijing Renyi Drama, Beijing Renyi has gone through an extraordinary 70 years of history, relying on theater, works, and talent teams, these "three treasures".
"Beijing Renyi was built in 1952. At that time, Premier Zhou asked to build the best theater. For Renyi's purchase of equipment, Prime Minister (Zhou) personally watched and reported the budget. Today, we are building in Wangfujing, where an inch of land is expensive. Having a new theater is a real turnaround." Pu Cunxin believes that supporting the prosperity and development of Beijing's arts and crafts is not only a wealth of fine repertoire clusters and top performers, but also a complete set of Chinese lighting, stage art, and props. The most first-class art production talent team.
In 2021, the Beijing International Drama Center, which embodies the Party's concern for the development of literary and art careers, and condenses the expectations of generations of Beijing artists, capital citizens, and audiences, will be completed and opened. Beijing Renyi has officially entered a new chapter in its history with five theaters, the Capital Theater, the Experimental Theater, the Caoyu Theater, the Renyi Theater, and the Juyin Theater.
The curtain of the 70's begins and ends. The vicissitudes of "Longxugou", "Cai Wenji" has a long history, "Thunderstorm" is touching, "Tea House" is a hundred images of all beings... A series of original plays have been performed for a long time under the long-term polishing of Beijing's art, connecting a picture of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign, all-encompassing picture scroll.
70 years can be like a galaxy. Generations of Beijing art artists hold the heart of awe that "the drama is bigger than the sky", and endow the stage with life and soul with profound artistic attainments, creating countless classic images that are still alive today.
70 years rooted in the people. From going to the factory and going to the countryside at the beginning of the establishment of the institute, to going deep into the community today, going deep into life and taking root in the people has always been regarded by Beijing Renyi as the most important and efficient creative method.
70 years of exploration and accumulation. Committed to producing high-quality products and passing on classics, and taking the exploration of the theoretical system of drama with Chinese characteristics as its responsibility, Beijing Renyi has created a unique "Beijing Renyi School of Drama" in the process of building a scholar-style theater.
In 1970, all rivers were included. Since "Tea House" first went abroad in the 1980s to show the "miracle of the oriental stage", to now, more and more high-quality repertoires have gone to the world.
In the past 70 years, Beijing Renyi has made Chinese stories more vivid and vivid in the walk with the people. As the cultural gold card of "seeing Beijing in a big drama", it shows the cultural image of the capital of a socialist country.
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