Beijing News (Reporter Zhou Huixiaowan) On September 10, on Teacher's Day, the 2020 new class of Shanxia School officially graduated. The founder of Shanxia School, Chen Guofu, Zhou Xun, , Chen Kun, and co-founder Shu Qi attended the graduation ceremony, and the co-founder Wuershan sent blessings to the students in a video form.
Finishing Ceremony on site
In 18 months, 19 new performers completed 4,000 lessons together. In the four stages of learning, including "Another Self in Performance", "Literary Adaptation", "Classic Script Snippet Performance", and "Drama and Film and Television Frame Creation", the students learned to settle down and cultivate their perception of life and art, so that aesthetics and self-cultivation can become nutrients for performance and creation. In April this year, the "Art Gallery Plan" of the 2020 new class was launched. The students of the 2020 new class of Yamashita School and the Red Brick Art Museum teamed up to reproduce the three performance works of artist James Lee Byers - "Ten People One Hat", "Breathing (Two Two Hats)" and "Unt Title".
The founder of Yamashita School and several co-founders
In the "industry practice" stage, Qingcong plans to cooperate with Yamashita School again from March to April this year. Qingcong directors watched the stage performance report of the 2020 new class. Since then, the students have also starred in short films of several top ten young directors. In July, under the guidance of the teacher, the students took on the director and performance independently, and participated in the graduation performance "I Pass You Pass Me" in front and behind the scenes of the stage, which was performed in the Shanxia Theater. In September, the third short film of the "Performance Class" series jointly developed by Yamashita School and Nowness will be released soon. Co-founder Shu Qi led the students to learn from the flowing water and the breeze, and staged a dream of stunning the garden.
Zhou Xun spoke to the students on the spot
At the graduation ceremony, the students imitated several clips in the classroom and performed action exercises and voice exercises in the theater. During the exercises, everyone reviewed their learning stories at the foot of the mountain. Several founders gave graduation gifts to the students. Chen Guofu reminded the students that everyone is unique and we should use our roles to "impress more people". Zhou Xun hopes that the experience of Shanxia School can give students another perspective and help them "discover themselves better." Chen Kun sent a message to the students to feel it truthfully, “relax and sincerely” and treat every performance as an exercise. Shu Qi encouraged them to open up their five senses, "Every performance is every touch." Outside the scene, co-founder Urshan also sent blessings through video. He admitted that becoming an actor will face a lot of hardships and hardships. He hopes that the newcomers will maintain respect for performance and love for life and become a lifelong learner.
Yamashita School 2021 Newcomer Class also watched the graduation ceremony throughout. In May this year, they have started an 18-month study and practice, and are about to experience the growth and transformation of performance learning.
Beijing News reporter Zhou Huixiaowan
editor Wu Longzhen proofreading Wu Xingfa
