Beijing Evening News (Reporter Wang Run) The first domestic reality show variety show “Drama New Life” was aired for three weeks and received continuous praise. At the beginning of the first episode of the program, the curator Huang Lei asked a very realistic and very acute question: “Can you make money from drama alone in reality?” As the program unfolded, a group of talented artists chasing ideals not only let Many audiences are interested in drama art, which also makes more people curious and caring about the real living conditions of dramatists. “Are the theater people really so poor?” “What keeps them persistent?” For these persistent theater people, doing drama is definitely not for making money, because drama is not just for their lives.
Liu Xiaoyi: Do the most international Chinese original drama
Liu Xiaoyi, who is called “Wuzhen Luban” in the show, is a treasure boy. Born in 1985, he has been versatile since he was a child. I first studied at a sports school, and later I liked dancing and transferred to an art school. Later, I was admitted to the Beijing Dance Academy with the first grade in my major. He likes dancing, painting, puppets, music, diving, sculpture, and video. He believes that drama is the art that best combines his various hobbies.
Liu Xiaoyi loves art and freedom. After graduating from university, he gave up entering the art troupe, abandoned many stable job opportunities, and formed his own theater troupe with a few like-minded partners. They rented a venue in Changping for rehearsal creation, but everyone was very poor. Eight people slept in a chase shop. One time, they relied on a friend’s 1,500 yuan for a few months. When I was the poorest, I even sold skewers on the street with my buddies. Because of his genuine skewers and enthusiastic service, he was given the nickname “Little Prince on Skewers.”
The body drama “Monster”, directed by Liu Xiaoyi, was performed in Peking University twice, and it was a sensation, but it was also stopped because of the exciting format. But it is precisely because of this play that many people have discovered his talent and creativity. In 2014, he stood out from more than 1,500 applicants and entered the Chinese version of the stage play “War Horse” as a Chinese puppet director. He brought a group of little brothers to live the horse puppet Joey, winning the Chinese and British creative team and the audience. Appreciation, to board the stage of the 2015 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
Thanks to the performance of “War Horse”, Liu Xiaoyi learned the concepts and techniques of European puppet performance. Together with his partners, he created novel forms of “Little Planet” and “Little Soldier Zhang Ga Fantasia”, which are suitable for children and adults. The play won an award at the Edinburgh Festival in England. He believes that the coolest and most desired thing in life is to show children the best and most international Chinese original children’s drama. During the epidemic, Xiaoyi’s team was once again subjected to cruel tests. As there is no performance income, only layoffs and suspension of salary. “In previous years, we could have more than 120 performances each year, but there was no performance for many months last year. We all have family and life pressures. Some have to repay loans and some have to pay rent. Life is really cruel. There is no way.”
Therefore, Liu Xiaoyi participated in the variety show “Drama New Life”. He said: “I hope that this show can let more people understand what we are doing every day, so that more people can enter the theater! I hope this show can give I bring good luck and allow my team to have more performance opportunities! I used to think that going abroad to act is great, but now I hope to bring our works to more Chinese audiences, so that children who have never seen the show can enjoy it. It’s my dream to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas in art education!”
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