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"Winter training for 39 days, summer training for 3 days". Just as the summer falls, the actors from Shanghai Yue Opera Theater begin their summer training.
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Young actors from the Third Troupe of Shanghai Yueju Theater are practicing their skills.
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Entering the Shanghai Yueju Theater on Fuxing West Road, a 30 meter long alley was filled with vehicles, and security guards occasionally invited actors to move their cars.
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7. August is usually the off-season for performances, and there are still so many people in the theater? With curiosity, the reporter was attracted by the deafening sound of gongs and drums in the rehearsal hall. On stage, a group of actors Xu Biaoxin, Xu Lai, and a group of young actors were rehearsing "Top scorer's Night Watch". The space below was crowded with bands and waiting actors, and although there was air conditioning, the temperature inside was not low. Gu Aijun appeared with a beard hanging on his face, singing it over and over again. The band communicated with him about the details before repeating it. When he stepped back to the side stage, sweat beads had already appeared on his nose. He removed his beard from his skin and used a comb to tidy up his beard.
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Actors Xu Biaoxin and Xu Lai from the Shanghai Yue Opera Troupe are rehearsing the performance of "Top scorer's Night Watch".
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Take a break from your busy schedule and start practicing.
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On stage, see your skills.
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A group of actors, Gu Aijun, rehearsed wearing beards.
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Removing the beard, my face is slightly sweating.
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Xu Lai introduced that the play "Top Scholar Plays Night Watch" has a duration of 160 minutes. She had a scene where she sang in a cotton jacket and even if she was sweating, she had to perform well. During the dog days, actors do not rest, firstly to maintain their state of mind, and secondly to practice basic skills for the annual business assessment. Even at home, it can be combined with household chores, and it has become a habit to keep talking.
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For traditional Chinese opera troupes, summer training not only helps actors improve their personal skills and maintain their state of mind, but also inherits the spirit of traditional Chinese opera. In addition to basic skill training, the hospital has invited teachers from Shanghai Opera School to guide lectures and improve the enthusiasm of actors through group training and rehearsals of traditional Chinese opera.
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Lu Zhiyan, a young actress from the three troupes, practices the silk dance in the Shaoxing Opera sisters on the Stage.
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Teacher Zhou Guosheng provides guidance and skills for young actors in the Third Regiment.
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During training, mute your phone and place it aside.
Xiang Meijia is practicing Water Sleeve Technique.
Young actors practice the basic skills of squatting and turning.
In the practice room, young actors from the three groups kicked and turned under the guidance of Dan teacher Pan Ying and Xiao Sheng teacher Zhou Guosheng, practicing techniques such as Zigong and Long Silk Dance. After two hours of training, sweat soaked the training clothes.
Actor Xiang Meijia from Lao Dan said that through basic skill training, the movements on the body are more standardized, and the skills and details during performance are more accurately grasped. Veteran actor Zhang Aijia said that it's okay to skip a meal, but if you don't practice for a day, you'll become rusty. Sleeping in with the air conditioning on at home during the dog days may be comfortable, but in the practice room, sweating profusely, with guidance from teachers, and making progress every day, that is the happiness of opera actors.