Beijing, June 6 (Reporter Xu Jing) "On the road to growth, those warm arms, bright faces, and soft soil will give birth to the most fragrant kindness. On the evening of the 2st, with the theme song sounding, the six performances of the children's drama "Dirt Dog Old Black Ran into Trouble" ushered in special guests, and the protagonist of the first two works of the "Rats Yaya" series "Uncle Rats Got Up Late" and the protagonist "Flower Cat Sanya" appeared on the stage to present special Children's Day gifts to the audience.
Produced by Beijing Performing Arts Group and created and performed by Beijing Children's Art Theater (hereinafter referred to as "Beijing Children's Art"), the Beijing-style children's drama "The Old Black Dog Ran into Trouble" is currently performing its first round at the Nanluo Theater until June 6. This summer, the three children's dramas in the series will carry out the "three plays in a row" performance attempt, and Beijing Children's Arts will also upgrade the interactive links and spatial atmosphere, and create a new immersive performance space with the help of the hutong environment of Nanluoguxiang.
A still from the children's drama "The Dirt Dog Old Black Broke into Trouble". Photo by China News Agency reporter Yi Haifei
Building a "growth path" with a stage
The children's drama "The Old Black Dog Broke into Trouble" is adapted from the third work of the famous Beijing writer Ye Guangqian's "Rats Ya" series, which is also the final work of the series. The play follows the core creative team of the first two films, while creating a unified temperament of the three plays, it also seeks greater breakthroughs and innovations, and uses the campus atmosphere of the 20s of the 50th century to bring laughter and emotion to friends of all ages.
As the general director of the "Rats Yaya" series of children's dramas, Beijing Children's Art Young Director Wang Ze said when talking about the original intention of creation, the three works have a strong continuity, the children's drama "Uncle Rats Got Up Late" is like a fantasy chapter in the ignorant period, the children's drama "Flower Cat Three Ya Goes to the Room" is a game chapter for children in the alley, and the children's drama "Dirt Dog Old Black Got into Trouble" is a growth chapter that truly belongs to childhood.
The picture shows the protagonists of the "Rats Yaya" trilogy appearing together. Photo by China News Agency reporter Yi Haifei
Through costumes, styling, props and other means, "The Old Black Dog Broke into Trouble" restores the details of life at that time on the stage as much as possible, and with the help of the sense of humor and affinity of the city of Beijing, as well as the innocence and beauty unique to the campus, the distance between the stage and the audience is narrowed.
It is understood that the stage art of the play adopts the design method of stepped multi-layer platform, and the cascading steps are like a three-dimensional Beijing city, allowing the Summer Palace, hutongs, and schools to extend further in the staggered.
In the play, the trivial folds in life through a small stage, Ju'er Hutong, Fangjia Hutong, Houyuan'en Temple Hutong, Nanluoguxiang... Through creative and interesting stage performances, everyone is brought back to reality, allowing the audience to think more deeply about the city of Beijing. Wang Dong, Dean of Beijing Children's Art, said that Beijing Children's Art will continue to dig deep into the unique aesthetic value of the "Rats Ya" IP and develop the unique Beijing flavor color of the trilogy.
A still from the children's drama "The Dirt Dog Old Black Broke into Trouble". Photo by China News Agency reporter Yi Haifei
This summer will try "three plays in a row"
That night, near the end of the performance of "The Old Black Dog of the Soil", the voice of the original Ye Guangxuan was heard on the scene, bringing people's thoughts back to the growth picture in the old Beijing city.
It is understood that this summer, the three children's dramas in the series will carry out the "three plays in a row" performance attempt, and the three dramas will be staged in turn. At the same time, Beijing Children's Arts will upgrade the interactive links and space atmosphere, and with the help of the hutong environment of Nanluoguxiang, so that the audience can listen, see, eat and play, creating a new immersive performance space for Beijing.
Dong Ning, Deputy General Manager of Beijing Performing Arts Group and Chairman of Beijing Children's Art, said that the "Yaya" trilogy has won praise and applause from the audience from books to the stage, vividly tells the story of the growth of Beijing children, creates a vivid and flexible classic children's image, has Beijing's unique cultural characteristics and stage style, adds new works to the brand of "Beijing Taste Children's Drama", and will become a representative work of children's drama of "Big Opera to See Beijing" cultural business card.
It is reported that the first round of the children's drama "Dirt Dog Old Black Broke into Trouble" will last until June 6 at the Nanluo Theater, and it is expected that the "three plays in a row" will be tried at the end of July, and three children's dramas will be staged in turn during the summer vacation. (End)