China News Service, Beijing, August 17th (Reporter Gao Kai) "The stage with a black tone, rendering a depressing and heavy atmosphere" "(Drum beats) with an extremely desolate soundtrack, there is a shock to the soul", in 2021 for the first time with The new Beijing People's Art troupe "The Wilderness", which the audience met, once again took the stage at the Caoyu Theater on the evening of the 16th.

　　That night, "The Wilderness", which was newly created by Beijing Renyi, ushered in the second round of performances.

This new stage work full of modern spirit and traditional aesthetics has undergone the blooming of the first stage and a year of precipitation and accumulation. Now it is back again, showing the audience the young directors Yan Rui and Zhang Keying, Jin Han, Fu Yao, Lei Jia, Lian Xu. The interpretation and interpretation of young actors such as Dong and Wei Ka-shing.

Beijing Renyi re-enacts "The Wilderness" Photo by Shi Chunyang

　　"The Wilderness" is a well-known work by Mr. Cao Yu. It is not only a story of revenge, but also a rich theme of human nature.

Beneath the seemingly grotesque appearance is a profound excavation and interpretation of human nature.

As a new stage work, director Yan Rui believes that this kind of innovation was born on the rich soil of human art and represents the consistent aesthetic standard of human art.

　　From the mystery and horror highlighted in last year's rehearsal to the distortion and deformation emphasized this year, the return of "The Wilderness" has been improved from the core of the play.

Among them, the prominent and vivid characters are the distinctive features of this edition of "The Wilderness". The characters reflect the cruelty of the work, and the themes such as the ultimate struggle of human nature are more vivid.

Beijing Renyi re-enacts "The Wilderness" Photo by Shi Chunyang

　　"Performance is the main body, everything else is a means." During the second round of rehearsal, Yan Rui focused more on the actor's performance.

　　"If it was the passion and energy of youth that infected the audience when we entered the stage early last year, then this year we will have a new improvement after precipitation." Therefore, in this round of performances, accuracy has become the key word of the rehearsal, not only To make the portrayal of the characters themselves more accurate, and to make the psychological connection between the characters more clear, the main creator hopes to let the audience see the progress of the story on the stage, and also feel the psychological activities of people and the psychological space and time between people. staggered.

　　From relying on external rhythms to focusing on the meticulous psychological changes of characters.

Yan Rui said that when the inner struggle and distortion of the characters are expressed more clearly and to the extreme, the power of the final characters to break through the shackles will be stronger.

　　In addition to the actors' performances, the stage presentation of the play has a distinct style, creating a unified aesthetic style for the entire director's performance.

Beijing Renyi re-enacts "The Wilderness" Photo by Shi Chunyang

　　In the play, the rough stage design expresses the "earth feeling" in the original work; folk music is used for onomatopoeia and rendering to enhance the development of the plot and express the psychology of the characters; the dolls produced through the folk paper art serve as the chorus, Take on more space for expression and imagination... These multiple expressions of vision and hearing create a mysterious and grotesque atmosphere in the play.

And this aesthetic style is based on the reference and excavation of traditional culture. "It grows from the roots of traditional culture." Yan Rui said.

And when all the content and forms on the stage are added together, the depression and humanized struggles on that piece of land also accumulate layer by layer, and eventually erupt, burn, and burn into a blazing fire on the stage, giving people a stronger Shocked.

　　It is reported that this round of performances will last until August 28.

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