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Soon, the time came to the 27th.

Chen Xiao drove to the Capital Art Theater.

Actor training began today.

The training content is history, familiarity with the role, and repertoire used in the play.

In terms of history, there are history professors on site to guide, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

In terms of familiarity with the role, you need to take a good look to confirm whether the actor has misunderstood.

As for the repertoire, there are also professional teachers to guide.

However, the Shu Guangxiu spinning dance lying fish action and the action of sniffing flowers in"The Drunken Concubine" have not yet been integrated into Peking Opera.

If you want to shoot it, you have to bring some innovation to the Peking Opera in this world.

This matter will be solved in the next few days.

Talk to the Peking Opera master about the idea. If the master can't understand it, he will go up and demonstrate the action himself.

The spinning dance lying fish action has high requirements for flexibility, waist and leg strength, balance ability, etc.

With the blessing of opera Dacheng, and drinking the physical improvement potion.

This action is easy for him.

Chen Xiao got out of the car and walked to the rehearsal room.

Before entering the door, I heard the sound of Zhang Fengyi practicing the Peking Opera"Farewell My Concubine" from inside

""My concubine! The enemy soldiers are attacking from all directions. Follow me and fight your way out."

Chen Xiao pushed the door open and entered.

In the rehearsal room of more than 200 square meters, Zhang Fengyi and Zhang Guorong were wearing costumes and practicing in front of the mirror. There were also eight or nine actors who played the troupe members and were also going to participate in the play. They were standing by and practicing silently.

Chen Xiao turned his head and saw a row of chairs at the door.

A middle-aged man in his forties, Fang Rong, and three crew members were sitting and chatting.

As soon as he came in, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Seeing that everyone was about to come over to say hello, he smiled and waved his hand, motioning for everyone to continue.

Fang Rong stood up and moved to the side to make room for Chen Xiao's seat in the middle.

He smiled and introduced the two of them,"Teacher Liu, this is our chief director Chen Xiao. Director Chen, this is the opera instructor I invited, the famous Peking Opera artist Teacher Liu Jifang"

""Hello, Mr. Liu. Nice to meet you."

Chen Xiao smiled and extended his hand.

He knew about the invitation for another opera director.

Although Fang Rong could sing opera, he was not professional enough. He could be the general artistic director, but he was not good enough to direct Peking opera.

Besides, there were more than 30 people in the crew who needed Peking opera training, and he was too busy to handle it.

"Director Chen, I have long heard of your name. Nice to meet you."Liu Jifang smiled and shook hands with him.

The three of them sat down.

After chatting for a while, the topic shifted to"The Drunken Concubine".

The play"The Drunken Concubine" tells the story of Emperor Minghuang of Tang and Yang Guifei who agreed to have a banquet at the Baihua Pavilion. But Emperor Minghuang broke the appointment at the last minute and went to the West Palace to see Concubine Mei. The concubine could only drink alone.

In the script of"Farewell My Concubine", after Duan Xiaolou got married, Cheng Dieyi parted ways with him and sang"The Drunken Concubine" alone.

Fang Rong looked at the two people in the center of the rehearsal room and sighed,"Teacher Liu, have you thought of how to integrate the lying fish into"The Drunken Concubine"?"

According to the movements drawn by Chen Xiao in the storyboard, the drunken concubine danced and fell down in the classical dance pose of lying fish.

It is very difficult to integrate the movements in classical dance with the drunken concubine.

The lying fish in classical dance emphasizes softness and smoothness. The dancer slowly slides on the ground, and the body is like a fish, showing elegance and softness.

But in the play of the drunken concubine, Yang Guifei can't slide slowly on the ground...

Liu Jifang smiled proudly,"I have looked up some information recently and found a way to integrate it."

As he said, he stood up and walked towards the rack where the costumes were hung.

Chen Xiao's eyes lit up.

Teacher Liu is good. He has completed the integration of classical dance and Peking opera just by looking at his drawings. He is worthy of being a Peking opera master!

Liu Jifang picked up Yang Guifei's water-sleeved costume, put it on, walked to the center of the rehearsal room, clapped his hands to signal everyone to look over, and roughly explained the ins and outs of the matter.

""Liu made a fool of himself."

He looked at the crew member in charge of playing music and said,"Music teacher, please play the music of the Lying Fish segment."

The sounds of instruments such as the huqin, erhu, and yueqin rang out with a brisk rhythm.

After walking a few steps forward and backward, he stepped on the right step, shook his sleeves twice, turned up his sleeves twice, raised his right hand, and flattened his left hand, gradually accelerating his rotation. He withdrew his right foot, squatted and lay on the right side, with his back to the ground, pressing on his right foot, and his whole body lying flat on the stage, with his right hand under his head.

The movements were done in one go, as smooth as flowing water.

The actors who were learning Peking Opera around him covered their mouths in amazement.

Falling to the ground quickly and gracefully while turning in circles is a test of the step design, as well as the actor's ankle strength and waist and back strength. If you are not careful, you will twist your ankle.

Teacher Liu danced smoothly, The movements of his feet were graceful, not at all messy.

In terms of action design and aesthetics, it was perfect.

Liu Jifang slowly stood up, smiled and nodded to the actors around him, and walked back to his seat.

But when he was about to walk back, he suddenly found that the chief director was stroking his chin thoughtfully, and he didn't seem very happy.

He danced well, didn't he?

Didn't the young man understand?

It's okay, if he doesn't understand, just explain it to him.

He took off his costume, took out a tissue to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and sat back in his seat.

Fang Rong grinned and gave him a thumbs up.

Liu Jifang smiled back and turned his head to look at Chen Xiao,"Director Chen, was the step of falling down just now okay? The circle and lying fish movements in the storyboard script are all there."

Chen Xiao nodded,"Very good."

Indeed, I have all the moves, but it doesn't feel right.

The dance is too formulaic.

The drunk concubine spun around and fell to the ground.

There was only one word: drunk.

There was no beauty.

Liu Jifang wiped the sweat off her face and said generously:"Director Chen, you don't have to worry about Guo Rong not being able to dance. He has a foundation in Peking Opera. If he practices well, it won't be a big problem. If it really doesn't work, we can ask for a stand-in!"

Chen Xiao raised his head,"Well, I understand. But I have a small suggestion"

"Speaking"

"Before turning around, it is recommended that you change the action of walking back and forth to smelling flowers, picking flowers and sniffing them gently. Yang Guifei was depressed and drank to relieve her sorrow. Not only wine can relieve sorrow, but flowers can also be used to relieve sorrow. Add beauty and elegance to melancholy."

Hearing this, Liu Jifang frowned and nodded

"The joy of appreciating flowers will dilute Yang Guifei's resentment. It is difficult to handle the combination of joy and sorrow. If it is not handled well, it will be out of place."

Chen Xiao shook his head,"Yang Guifei was indeed emotionally depressed, but she placed her thoughts on the flowers."

Liu Jifang threw the tissue she used to wipe her sweat into the trash can and sighed in her heart.

I have heard that Director Chen demands perfection. When I saw him today, I found that he is really idealistic.

There is no problem in pursuing perfection, but we have to consider the reality, right?

He was asked to integrate the movements of lying fish. He thought about it for a long time before he came up with a way to integrate them.

Now he has to integrate two opposite emotions together.

How to do this?

This is purely paper talk. Whatever you think

, you do it. Director Chen wants to make a move, don't make him, an old man.

He sighed and advised:"Director Chen, our discussion is more like paper talk. It is really difficult to practice. After all, performing Peking Opera is different from talking about ideas."

Chen Xiao nodded thoughtfully,"Indeed, it is the problem I mentioned, paper talk."

Hearing this, Liu Jifang's brows relaxed.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

The chief director listened to his words and knew that he was just talking on paper.

Just as he was thinking this, Chen Xiao beside him suddenly stood up.

"It would take too much time to talk about it, so I'll just demonstrate it. Teacher Liu, can I borrow this costume?"