Poster of the musical "Blooming" Photo courtesy of China Oriental Performing Arts Group
China News Service, Beijing, June 21 (Reporter Ying Ni) The musical "Blooming" is based on Zhang Guimei, the winner of the " July 1 Medal " 21 Japanese officials announced the launch of creative arrangements. The play is artistically directed by Lei Jia, a famous singer, national first-class actor, and vice chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association. Singer Tan Weiwei returns to the musical stage after five years. The
musical "Bloom" closely follows the two key words of Zhang Guimei's life: "dedication" and "change". It is adapted from real people and tells the story of her more than 40 years of rooting in the mountains of Yunnan, and her promotion of the establishment of China's first free girls' high school. It has helped nearly 2,000 girls realize their dream of a university campus, retaining students the opportunity to change their destiny with knowledge, and defending every girl’s right to dream with body, mind and love.
The play has gathered an outstanding creative team in the industry: Lei Jia, a famous singer, national first-class actor, and vice chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, serves as the artistic director, national first-class screenwriter Feng Baiming serves as the drama director, and young playwright Feng Bilie serves as the drama director. Screenwriter and all-around musician Shen Dan serves as the composer, and the famous musical and opera director Liao Xianghong serves as the director. It also brings together first-line mainstream musical actors both inside and outside the group who are both popular and excellent in acting, such as Tan Weiwei, Hou Yansong, Yu Yueyue, Yang Zhuqing, Hong Zhiguang. They play important roles in the play and interpret their responsibilities and dreams with affection. This is also Tan Weiwei's return to the stage of a musical after the first five years after the musical "The Love in Memory of Alzheimer". The producer hopes to present the story of a role model through a musical art form that is popular with the public, and to get rid of the facial expressions that tend to appear in the creation of heroes and models. In the process of creating a flesh-and-blood, multi-dimensional role model image, it will show Zhang Guimei's personal emotions, social responsibility and dedication. Heroic qualities such as spirit.
Poster of the musical "Bloom" Photo courtesy of China Oriental Performing Arts Group
It is worth mentioning that this play is a new masterpiece carefully prepared by China Oriental Performing Arts Group to continue the popular dance poetry drama " Only This Green ". From "Green" to "Blooming" of Guimei, from exploring the beauty of Chinese classical art to exploring the beauty of contemporary Chinese humanity in realistic stage plays, China Oriental Performing Arts Group insists on "telling Chinese stories well through art" and is committed to It is an important practice in creating the basic positioning and value pursuit of artistic works that are “muscular, moral, and warm”. The play received the support of the prototype character teacher Zhang Guimei, and was funded by the 2022 National Arts Fund Large-Scale Stage Drama and Work Creation Project.
At the same time, the birth of the musical "Blooming" is a new chapter in the cooperation between Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and China Oriental Performing Arts Group Central District. It is also the first stage art work performed by the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture Ethnic Culture Troupe in cooperation with the Academy directly under the Central Government. As early as the beginning of 2021, the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, together with China Oriental Performing Arts Group and the main creative team, will go to the site to collect information. After a year and a half of careful preparation, they are committed to creating artistic works with Chinese characteristics and Yunnan ethnic characteristics, telling the story of 40 years of hard work rooted in the mountainous areas of Yunnan. The typical deeds of Zhang Guimei, a "new Yunnanese" who was born in Yunnan, are a role model of the times.
The musical "Bloom" is jointly produced by the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, China Oriental Performing Arts Group, Beijing Poly Theater Management Co., Ltd. , People's Daily Online Co., Ltd. , Shenzhen Jucheng Network Technology Co., Ltd., Jiantou ( Jointly produced by Beijing) Culture Co., Ltd. and the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture Ethnic Culture Troupe, and performed by China Oriental Performing Arts Group and the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture Ethnic Culture Troupe. According to the plan, the play will premiere in Beijing in September 2022. After the premiere, it will conduct a national tour at Poly Cinema and Jucheng Cinema.
Source: China News Network
