Weird New Professional
Song Mengting, born in 2003, has been studying Huangmei Opera for seven years. Regardless of cold and heat, she has to practice for more than ten hours every day. Her wish is to become a professional Huangmei Opera actor one day.
Stills of Huangmei Opera performance on the same stage "Hujiazhuang". Photography/Xu Chuang
Song Mengting is a junior student of Anqing Normal University Huangmei Opera performance. Focusing on Huangmei Opera, in 2006, Anqing Normal University established the Huangmei Opera Art Academy, opened the first undergraduate major in Huangmei Opera in the country, and recruited students of Huangmei Opera performance the following year.
On October 1, 2019, conference to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. When the "Beautiful Anhui" float , which was unveiled in full dress, slowly drove past the Tiananmen Square , a "female prince consort" stood on both sides of the horse head wall in the middle of the float. They wore palace flowers in their hats, wore red robes, waved water sleeves, sang the beautiful and graceful Huangmei opera, and showed the Hui style and Anhui charm to the people of the whole country. The actors of these two female princesses are from Anqing Normal University.
What is the major of studying Huangmei Opera? Student Song Mengting said, "Repeated training is necessary. One minute on stage and ten years of hard work off stage. Only after years of continuous practice can one become a professional Huangmei Opera actor."
Teachers and students performed "Sword Rhyme Combination" on the same stage. Stills from the photo/Xu Chuang
In addition to the Huangmei Opera performance major, Anqing Normal University also offers professional directions such as opera instrumental performance, Huangmei Opera director and director, as well as master's art opera professional degree graduate student authorization points.
second-year student Xie Liangquan majored in media major because of his love for traditional art. During the postgraduate entrance examination, he chose the drama research major of , the Huangmei Drama Art School of Anqing Normal University, , across majors.
"Because I have not systematically learned professional knowledge, during the summer vacation before school, I specially contacted the graduate supervisor online. The supervisor gave me a list of books containing more than 60 books, and I finished all of them before school starts." Xie Liangquan said that after graduation, he planned to pursue a doctorate and continue to contribute his own strength in opera research.
In the hometown of Huangmei Opera, a group of famous teachers shine brightly.
87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" Shi Xiangyun actor, national first-class actor Guo Xiaozhen teacher Huangmei opera body teaching
In May 2013, Guo Xiaozhen, the actor of Shi Xiangyun's "Dream of Red Mansions" 1987 version of the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" Guo Xiaozhen was introduced as an expert and a college student at the School of Music and Huangmei Opera Arts of Anqing Normal University and became a full-time teacher to teach Huangmei Opera related courses.
moves from the stage to the podium, from the front to the backstage, for Guo Xiaozhen, this is just another choice in life. "At that time, the school urgently needed professional teachers of Huangmei Opera. The university chose me and I also chose the university. I have the responsibility and obligation to teach these children well." After teaching in
for more than ten years, she taught by words and deeds, analyzing the characteristics of Huangmei Opera singing for students in detail, and paying special attention to cultivating students' love for Huangmei Opera. "They are all people who will stand on the stage in the future to shine. Students must realize the cultural value of Huangmei Opera and calm down to polish the classics left by their predecessors in order to better inherit the Huangmei Opera culture."
Teachers and students performing special performances on the same stage "Magpie Bridge" stills
The Chinese Dramatists Association Vice Chairman and famous Huangmei Opera performing artist Han Zaifen served as the dean of Huangmei Opera Academy, building a high-level practical platform for students' professional growth.
The first dean of Huangmei Opera Art Academy Jin Genshan told Anhui Business Daily Media reporter: "The college adopts the development idea of 'one integration and two basis', with the training of undergraduate and graduate students of Huangmei Opera as the main body, and relying on the school's independent Huangmei Opera Development Research Center and Huangmei Opera Art Troupe to inherit and develop Huangmei Opera." In addition to students majoring in Huangmei Opera, the Huangmei Opera Art Troupe of the school also absorbs students from other majors in the school. Through this form, the popularity of Huangmei Opera and expands the audience.As the first batch of art troupes in the country to enter campuses in 2008, the troupe insists on the national university tour every year, and has performed hundreds of performances so far, which has been widely praised.
Teachers and students performing Huangmei Opera on the same stage. Stills of Huangmei Opera. Photography/Xu Chuang
Over the past decade, many Huangmei talents have emerged here. Many students have achieved great results in national competitions, some have been named the "Top Ten" actors of the first national Huangmei Opera Radio Competition, and some have won awards such as "Red Plum Golden Flower" in the National Professional Opera Competition.
In 2018, Anqing Normal University was selected as the first batch of national Huangmei Opera inheritance bases for ordinary universities in the Ministry of Education. In terms of course construction, the base has offered a number of public opera elective courses for non-art majors in opera, focusing on Huangmei Opera.
School holds guqin and Huangmei Opera General Education public selection course report performance
Even ordinary audiences can now listen to professional Huangmei Opera courses. "Appreciation of Classic Huangmei Opera Reperts" was approved as the Ministry of Education's "Excellent Video Open Class"; "Appreciation of Chinese Traditional Opera Stage Art" was selected as a platform for learning and strengthening the country; "Appreciation of Huangmei Opera" and "Singing Recitation" were launched on the online platform of Tsinghua University School, benefiting many Huangmei Opera lovers.
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