Five teachers impart secret lines, making jokes when spoken? In the open class of theatrical performances, actors become outstanding performers

Actors with handsome appearances and numerous fans cannot speak up in front of the camera and can only rely on dubbing for help, jokingly known as "acting shells". There are also celebrities who can perform in the original voice, but repeatedly mispronounce their words... How can their lines match the level of online traffic?

On the evening of September 20th, a special dialogue class began at the Duanjun Theater of Shanghai Theatre Academy. "From pronunciation to conveying emotions and ideas, it is necessary to be accurate and not satisfied with 'almost the same'; one must read the entire text thoroughly, not just pick it up and recite it." Professor Wang Su, who has been working in the theater for nearly 40 years, still practices basic lines every day to this day.

As a national mixed online and offline undergraduate course, in the open class of "Language Skills Training" in a demonstrative undergraduate classroom in Shanghai universities, Wang Su, the leader of the drama discipline, invited Zhao Jing, Liu Jiazhen, Di Feifei, and Fang Zhou to contribute famous works on stage, expressing their opinions on dialogue training.

A gathering of renowned teachers

Recitation teaching is an important course in the drama performance department's dialogue class, and recitation is also one of the popular cultural expressions. How to further enhance the teaching of recitation art and the character of recitation activities? From 37 years of teaching and creative performance practice, Wang Su has extracted the key to reciting the Eight Characters: vivid and vivid, with both sound and emotion. "Based on the image provided by the text, using the volume, tone, speed, intensity, stress pauses, and language analogies to depict the scene, presenting colors and emotions, expressing the content and artistic conception of the work." She demonstrated on stage using a short essay of over 100 words, "School is Over".

Recitation is action, recitation is performance, and recitation is the act of transforming the author's words into sound. Wang Su sat on a chair and recited Shi Tiesheng's essay "Memories of Autumn", reproducing the image of the author with disabled legs. When expressing Shi Tiesheng's remorse for his mother's pain, Wang Su clenched his fists with both hands and fiercely pounded his legs. Dramatic performance brings the live audience to the designated scene of the work.

Wang Su

Liu Jiazhen played important roles in many film and television dramas such as "Black Ice", and also served as a host and voice actor. In his view, reciting on stage is a form of performance that requires various elements of theatrical performance: public loneliness, inner vision, emotional memory, language expression, body movements, etc. He recited Guo Xiaochuan's "Marching towards Difficulties" and Qu Yuan's "Crossing the River" on site, cleverly utilizing elements of stage art to present the era atmosphere and character temperament of different characters from ancient and modern times.

Liu Jiazhen

"Reciting classic works from overseas, do not simply imitate foreign accents and tones. You must find a foreign style and specific artistic conception that the work stipulates. Reciting requires skills, which is to better portray various characters." Di Feifei, who has been engaged in film dubbing for a long time, has been devoted to researching sound art in recent years. After reciting a segment from Margaret Duras's novel "The Lover," she said, "Don't see mountains as mountains, see water as water. You should have a clear understanding of mountains and rivers, and use artistic language to depict the ethereal landscape of mountains and rivers, leaving infinite space for imagination for the audience." Some people have suggested that reciting can be introduced as long as you can speak Mandarin. In this regard, Di Feifei emphasized that recitation does not seem to require a "threshold", and after entering, it is found that the "threshold" is above the peak.

Di Feifei

Ark, who has worked in a radio broadcasting position for more than 30 years, believes that stage recitation is completely different from recitation in front of a radio microphone. On the 20th, during an open class, she invited a pipa performer to perform Bai Juyi's masterpiece "The Pipa Tour" with her. "The long narrative poem" Pipa Xing "is composed of seven character sentences. Such strict rules and regulations can easily lead to monotonous and straightforward narration. When introducing the experience of reciting ancient poetry, Fang Zhou used Liu Ning's performance theory of" breaking, supplementing, and establishing ": according to the needs of the work content, he dared to" break the rules ", and then had to" make up "and return to the" rules ", and through" breaking "and" supplementing ", the character image was" established ".". The Ark recited "Pipa Xing", which was surprisingly plain in language processing and utilized many traditional Chinese opera movements, resulting in vivid character images.

Ark

Film actor Zhao Jing's recitation is like performing in front of a camera, with a restrained and meaningful expression. She uses two works, "What Am I" and "Letter from Yang Kaihui", to interpret two completely different and touching emotions: humor and deep affection. "You should read and understand with your heart, experience with your heart, and speak with your heart," Zhao Jing said. "Recitation art is a release and communication of the soul."

Zhao Jing

This event is organized by the Academic Affairs Office, Education and Teaching Center, and the "Reading Studio" of Shanghai Theatre Academy.