Chinanews.com, Beijing, July 29 (Reporter Ying Ni) The classic military drama "Soldiers: Events of the Country" premiered on the 28th at the National Theatre of China. The play was selected as the "Excellent Stage Art Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Communist Party" in 2020. "Creative Project"-the "Hundred Years and Hundreds" traditional boutique re-arrangement plan is also the only contemporary military theme work in the plan.
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The drama "Soldiers: National Events" is a realistic military-themed drama created by the Repertory Troupe of the former General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 2013. Through three exercises, it shows the changing Chinese army and national integrity.
The screenwriters Wang Hong, Li Baoqun, and Xiao Li jointly expressed that they want to use this play to show everyone a group of real Chinese soldiers. A hurricane force that "can fight and win wars" is gradually becoming stronger and into the future.
Stills photo by Wang Haochen
The whole play opens with a shocking military exercise. Against the backdrop of the iron turntable and bright red lights, the director Gong Xiaodong and the current rehearsal director Ji Ruixing portrayed an iron-and-blooded road of military training and combat for the audience. Gong Xiao Dong believes, "This play has written a group of'fools' who sacrificed their lives for their careers and their future for their pursuits, but they did not choose to agree to compromise. This is the backbone of the Chinese military."
The rehearsal stage design still uses the original plan, with Sun Dongfeng, Yang Shengli, and Xing Yu as the lead, and the chief lighting designer Xing Xin. The simple and clean abstract light and shadow, and the frequent use of heavy metal music elements have strengthened the excitement of the military exercises and training. The arrangement of the scene and the creation of momentum, like a steel knife piercing the sky, immediately led the audience into the world of soldiers.
"The people of the whole country are looking at us to see if we have the courage to break the arm of a strong man, dare to use the spirit of the body to smash a bloody road"!
In the play, a picture of contemporary military figures is unfolded. In the face of national interests and the great cause of the nation, they did not hesitate to abandon their "selfishness" and charged forward without hesitation.
Liu Dawei plays Yang Tianfang, a military commander who has returned from studying abroad. He inherited the spirit of "Rolling Thunder", dared to speak the truth, and face up to the stubborn illnesses in army building. Whether he insisted on the original plan or suspended and changed the plan due to the sacrifice of personnel is cruelly tested. The character's will and determination.
Chen Qiang, a national first-class actor of the National Theater of China, performed the style of a generation of generals on the stage. Chu Yulin played by him has the spirit of reform and vision. It is not only Yang Tianfang's Bole, but also between the play and Chu Xiaohu played by Yu Heng. The strong relationship between father and son pushed the whole drama to a climax.
Cui Kai, Li Bing and Wu Weidong, outstanding young actors of the National Theater of China, also performed wonderfully this time.
Zhao Yunfei, played by Cui Kai, is like a mirror placed opposite Yang Tianfang, showing two military concepts and attitudes towards life, which is thought-provoking.
The sister-in-law played by Li Bing sticks to the Populus grove with her love for the hero Hai Peng in the play.
Although Zhong Shicheng, played by Wu Weidong, changed his career, he still could not forget his military complex and responsibility.
At the premiere scene, there were many "drama fans" of "Soldiers: Events of the Country". After waiting for many years, I finally saw the play performed again, and I was extremely excited.
Ms. Guo said, “I loved this play many years ago. I saw it again after many years. I was very excited. Although the lineup of the lead cast was changed, it still brought moving and shock, and paid tribute to the Chinese military and the creative team.”
In the rehearsal of real guns and live ammunition, Wang Dawei, Wu Genghua, Gao Ang, Yin Shixian, Li Yiran, Guan Tianpei, Lin Zexu, Seng Gelinqin, Ding Ruchang, Deng Shichang and other modern Chinese historical figures appeared on the stage one after another. Expressing the feelings of the hero who swears to defend his country to the death, this scene touched many audiences.
A veteran audience said: "It is different from the drama I imagined. It does not sing praises blindly. Instead, it confronts some of the problems of our troops directly from the perspective of reflection, and conveys exactly what we need to achieve the goal of strengthening the army. His spirit and courage touched me a lot."
Tian Qinxin, Dean of the National Theater of China, said that the National Theater of Theater took over the banner of military drama this time and injected fresh blood into classic works with a new starring lineup. When re-arranging the drama, it incorporates new features on the basis of "maintaining integrity". The spirit of strengthening the army of the times, bold innovations, in order to attract more young people into the theater, on the occasion of the "August 1st" Army Day, continue the red spirit blood, to celebrate the centennial of the Communist Party of China.
It is reported that the play will be staged in the National Theater Theater of China until August 1 as part of the "Red Performance Season" performance of the National Theater of China.
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