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Development and Prospect

2018-09-26

China's Kunqu Opera Art has been declared by UNESCO as "the representative works of oral and intangible heritage of mankind", Hunan Kunqu Opera included. An overview of the oral culture heritage art in the world, most of them are facing difficulties and extinction. Hunan Kunqu Opera should go out on the basis of inheriting and developing. Besides the artistic strength of Kunqu Opera and the dedication and enthusiasm of Kunqu Opera workers, there must be corresponding policy guarantee and practical and effective measures.

 

First, strengthen the organic combination of traditional and modern culture. The combination of tradition and modernity, and retro and fashion has always been a necessary consideration for the healthy development of the art industry. However, for the Chinese opera industry, due to the profound accumulation of their own heritage and the traditional culture represented, we must attach great importance to the choice of methods and specific content in the process of combining with modernity and fashion. For example, we can appropriately reform the contents of the opera, try our best to combine with the real life, and arrange more typical stories closely related to the life of modern residents while retaining the excellent traditional performances. At the same time, we should try to restore the characteristics of traditional opera in singing, reciting and playing to highlight the traditional charm of opera in the process of arranging.

 

Second, cater to public taste and take the route of public acceptance. The principle of art centering on the audience can be summed up as the principle of the combination of ideological, entertaining and mass. First of all, it has a strong ideological character, but the performance should be thoroughly understood, teach through lively activities; pay attention to entertainment, requires that the performance should be sing wonderfully with a silver voice and deep feeling, singing and dancing, singing, dialogue, acting and acrobatic combat well; pay attention to the masses and achieve common appreciation and approachability, so as to enable the audience to get inspiration and education and get the enjoyment of beauty in the theater. As an art form, the indispensable features of Hunan Kunqu Opera are entertainment and appreciation. Therefore, it is necessary to cater to public taste and take the route of public acceptanc. Specifically, the content should be based on the present to find new themes in the hot real life, new characters and new ideas, "close to life, close to reality, close to the masses". The works that capture the hot spots of current society often attract and cultivate new audiences by arousing people's interest and resonance to the greatest extent.

 

Third, promote the Hunan Kunqu Opera campus and community training program.At present, young people who love traditional opera are not few, but their training process is also very difficult. It is of great significance to promote the development of Hunan Kunqu Opera's entry into the campus and the community. Personnel training should be further refined and more sophisticated subjects such as creation, performance and arrangement should be set up. At the same time, efforts should be made to strengthen theoretical and cultural education. We should also develop good communication and cooperation with the social media, actively and systematically publicize the relevant issues, and attract more people with lofty ideals to join the army of development and reform in Hunan Kunqu.

 

Fourth, let Hunan Kunqu Opera merge into the trend of marketization. Many Chinese scholars believe that the marketization of drama is tantamount to the abandonment of literary and artistic significance of drama, and the operation of marketization may reduce its literariness and artistry to some extent. Although market-oriented operation is not the original intention of the opera industry, it is a good thing to make the opera industry pass on and go out. If we only consider its literary and artistic nature, it will not be conducive to the long-term development of drama, and will hinder the spread of Chinese drama. In July 2015, "The Peony Pavilion of Hunan Kunqu Opera Troupe made its first successful appearance in Shenzhen, and the performance took the form of box office distribution with the theatre, which was also a key step for Hunan Kunqu Opera to take a step forward in marketization.

 

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