[Explanation] Among the finalists in the music, dance, drama, and quyi categories of the 19th Qunxing Awards, the group dance "Set Up a Stage" created by Shanghai was successfully shortlisted and will go to the Qunxing Award finals in early September.
Recently, the reporter came to visit the rehearsal site of "Installing the Stage".
According to Gu Fengqing, the director of the show, "Setup" focuses on the behind-the-scenes setters who set up the stage.
There are actors on the stage and setters off the stage. The glamorous and hardships alternate back and forth. This experience has accompanied him for many years and has become a complex in his heart.
Therefore, he created dance works based on this theme.
[Concurrent] Gu Fengqing, director of "Installation"
When I was a child, I was in the army, the literary and art corps of the army.
Then we were also actors and setters at that time, and we grew up with this kind of plot.
It (work) mainly reflects our group literature workers' love for their profession and the stage, and then to bring this ordinary labor scene to the stage, so this theme should be said to be It is also the first time among other works of this kind of dance.
[Commentary] Gu Fengqing said that it is very challenging to bring an ordinary labor scene in front of and behind the scenes of the "Qunwen Front" on the stage, because there is no similar dance work for reference.
In addition to considering where the works come from, how to sort out the structure, and whether the characters are vivid and vivid, it is also necessary to integrate the Shanghai-style urban characteristics of the current era.
In addition, the theme background of cultural benefit is also deliberately integrated.
[Concurrent] Gu Fengqing, director of "Installation"
It is our group of ordinary literary workers, who are performing in order to protect our culture and benefit the people, and to make the stage more brilliant, and then they give silently behind the scenes.
Then after each performance, I immediately returned to the setters in our lives, so I thought it was quite interesting to jump back and forth.
[Commentary] Gu Fengqing admitted that these actors are not all professional actors, they all have their own jobs.
In order to compete for the top prize in the country, everyone is riveting.
[Concurrent] Actor Shen Guize of "Set Up a Stage"
It is hoped that our program "Set Up a Stage" can be on the stage of the finals, together with programs from all over the country, so that more audiences can understand the characteristics of Qunwen and learn about Qunwen's programs.
[Concurrent] Actor Fu Ling of "Set Up a Stage"
(I) used to do auto repairs, and I was also responsible for the installation of the stage, that is, the maintenance of its props, and I also came to the front to be responsible for the performance. I felt that this change of identity was very emotional, and I would cherish such an opportunity.
[Concurrent] Gu Fengqing, director of "Installation"
Basically, we have all kinds of industries. There are auto mechanics and fitness coaches. They are selected from various places. Then we all gather together and work together for this show.
[Explanation] It is reported that the "Stars Award" is the highest national social, cultural and artistic government award established by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to prosper the literary and artistic creation of the masses and promote the prosperity and development of social and cultural undertakings. It is also one of the important standards for measuring the level of social and cultural work in various places.
The selection is held every three years, and the 19th China Stars Awards will be held in September 2022.
Zhang Jian reports from Shanghai
Responsible editor: [Lu Yan]