Chen Shengli, born in Tianjin in 1950, was admitted to the juvenile training team of Tianjin Spark Troupe in 196 1 year, at that time 1 1 year. Because Chen Shengli is smart, handsome, has a loud voice, good waist and legs, and pays equal attention to civil and military affairs; Coupled with his hard work, he jumped from Grade One to Grade Three in less than a year. His arm was broken three times because of practicing martial arts, and he is still disabled. Chen Shengli, who stood the test, stood out among his classmates a few years later. 198 1, Tianjin Xinghuo Troupe changed to Langfang Troupe, 1989 changed to Langfang Troupe.
Chen Shengli has played a major role in several plays, such as On Liangshan, The Edge in the Cabinet, Yang Naiwu and Chinese Cabbage and Yang Sanjie's Complaints. The characters he created, such as Lin Chong, Yue Lei and Yang Naiwu, are vivid, full of flesh and blood, and have considerable skills in singing, reading, doing and playing. 198 1 year, introduced by Wang Suqiu, a famous old Pingju actor in Langfang, Chen Shengli studied under Zhang Defu, a famous minority actor and performing artist in China Pingju Theatre. Under our careful guidance, our artistic skills have made great progress, all of which show the exquisiteness and charm of the "Zhang School" art. His voice is solid and bright, his singing melody is full, his charm is rich, and his appearance, figure and martial arts are good. For example, in the scene of "Visiting the Ancient Times" in The Legend of the Warrior, he performed a very difficult "falling on his knees" action, which vividly portrayed the appearance and heart of scholar Wang Xianke. The whole theater was filled with applause. In Yang Naiwu and Chinese Cabbage, Yang Naiwu, played by Chen Shengli, is a flesh-and-blood and distinctive character. Especially in the play, it is said that "... a sentence is divided into three parts". He reads accurately, fluently and in one go. He really "sings a thousand words and sings four times".
Inherited the essence of Zhang School, played a connecting role, and laid a solid foundation for training new generation actors in the future. From 65438 to 0983, Chen Shengli was transferred from Langfang Pingju Opera Troupe to China Pingju Opera Troupe, where he performed a large number of excellent plays with many famous Pingju Opera Troupes on the same stage, which made him get exercise and made great progress in art. 1987, China Pingju Theatre established three troupes with young and middle-aged rising stars as the backbone, and Chen Shengli devoted countless sweat and painstaking efforts to it. Mr Zhang Defu praised Chen Shengli: "Victory is studious, quick-thinking, enterprising and creative. If an actor doesn't create, he will kill himself. With creation, there is new vitality. Therefore, the life of art is constantly being created! "
The transition from actor to activist
Chen Shengli got good grades as an actor and won the recognition of many audiences. However, it gradually faded out of the audience's field of vision during the career rise. Originally, Chen Shengli turned from the front to the back.
This important change is not a hot head, but a deliberate decision. In the new era when Pingju is declining, the past management concept has long been a thing of the past. Exploring a new management method that conforms to the characteristics of the times is constantly swirling in Chen Shengli's mind. The development of Pingju relies on the charm of Pingju art itself to impress the audience, but in the market economy society, Pingju market needs Pingju people to promote it.
In this era, there is no shortage of good actors in Pingju, and more professionals who love Pingju are needed to constantly push Pingju to the market and let more and more audiences recognize Pingju. Now the drama is not working, it's a bit deserted. Although the government also has a lot of financial support for Pingju, the publicity has been greatly reduced. Many domestic audiences, especially young audiences, have never heard of Pingju from the mass media. They are born in contact with cultures that can become popular by being out of tune, taking pictures and dislocation. I've never heard of Pingju, how can I like it? They have a misunderstanding about Pingju, thinking that Pingju, like Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera, is an elegant art, but it is actually very popular and civilian. Although Pingju is out of date, I think people all over the country listen to and sing it as a popular song. Wonderful aria such as Flowers as Media and Liu Qiaoer are all over the streets, from vendors and pawns to officials, businessmen and literati, humming Ju Ping. No wonder Pingju can't work today, which is related to historical reasons, that is, Pingju has not been understood and recognized by more people.
Chen Shengli has been committed to the revitalization, prosperity and popularization of Pingju, pushing Pingju to a small climax again and again. However, personal ability is limited after all. The great revival of Pingju requires more people like Chen Shengli to keep forging ahead and make selfless contributions to Pingju silently.
With its own advantages and unique network resources, Chen Shengli has made unremitting efforts for the inheritance and development of Pingju. 1985 (or 1986), he took the lead in advocating, planning and organizing a national Pingju concert-Pingju Party Concert, which made dozens of respected old artists such as six-year-old children, Yang Lanfen, Lian Xiaojun, Hua Yuexian, Xing and so on re-enter the stage and record and video, becoming Pingju in the post-Cultural Revolution period.
From 65438 to 0999, he served as the legal person and manager of China Pingju Theatre, and planned the national Pingju master concert to commemorate the first anniversary of the new death, which brought dozens of outstanding successors from all over the motherland onto the capital stage. In 2000, a concert of famous national pingju artists in the new millennium was planned, which allowed Hua Shulan, the founder of Chinese School, Xiao Junting, the founder of Shinohara School, and Xiaohua Yulan, who had been away from Beijing for 50 years, to show their elegance in Beijing. Afterwards, CDs were published one after another, which became a pear garden story passed on by critics one after another. Since 2004, Chen Shengli has been the head of the second troupe of China Pingju Theatre.
In 2007, Chen Shengli hosted the famous version of Thunderstorm, with the aim of cultivating audiences and letting those who really like opera and Ju Ping art enter the theater. With the support of relevant departments, Chen Shengli planned and produced the Pingju art TV series Biography of Liu Qiaoer and Story of Wuyu Village, and played the leading role of Zhao Zhuer in Biography of Liu Qiaoer, supported relevant departments to shoot Bao Gong series and Qin Xianglian, and participated in the overall planning, production and important role performance of Pingju TV series Life and Death Field. In 2008, he served as the manager of China Pingju Grand Theatre.
Today, Chen Shengli is still running around, promoting Pingju around the clock. He cheered for Pingju in Shenzhen's "Talk Show Saturday". No wonder former Minister of Culture Gao Zhanxiang spoke highly of Chen Shengli's work in Ju Ping: "The revitalization of Ju Ping needs artists and activists like Chen Shengli".
A leap from state-run troupe to private troupe
Bobby Chen is a very strict person in his work, so he gives the impression that he is not approachable. But when I first met Chen Shengli, he had just celebrated his 60th birthday. He is not as serious as he thinks, and he is a very amiable artist. Although he is over 60 years old, it seems difficult for him to be associated with the word "flower armor". He looks like a middle-aged man, but he still maintains the spirit and vitality of a young man. Stepping into his sixties, he is still tirelessly pursuing and teaching people. After retirement, he came to Beijing Kong Ling Pingju Troupe as artistic director.
The reason why he came to the private Pingju Troupe was not only moved by the persistence and spirit of Liu Jianguo, the head of the troupe, but also because Chen Shengli wanted to train young actors and create a new generation of Pingju successors through the flexible private Pingju Troupe. Chen Shengli, who has been engaged in drama evaluation all his life, tried to try a brand-new management concept in the state-run troupe, but he never got it. Until his retirement, he was full of youthful blood with his artistic level, personal resources and enthusiasm for drama evaluation. In recent years, Beijing Kong Ling Pingju Troupe has spared no effort to introduce new people and realized the inheritance of Pingju art.
At present, Pingju is not prosperous and faces the test of cultural system reform. Many state-owned academies can only live on government subsidies, and their market adaptability is extremely poor. However, under the leadership of Chen Shengli, Kong Ling Pingju Troupe of Beijing School, as a new force in Pingju, is full of vitality. The troupe, which has just been established for three years, has formed a strong influence throughout the country. Chen Shengli believes that in the declining stage of Pingju performance market, an important reason why the troupe can go against the trend is that it is close to the masses and the lives of ordinary people.
Chen Shengli continues to explore the market, opening up a new world for private Pingju Opera Troupe. Since becoming artistic director, he has resumed the performance of classic plays that have not been performed for many years. Once the traditional famous drama Legend of the Warrior and the modern drama Wildfire and Spring Breeze Fighting the Ancient City were staged, they attracted the keen attention of the industry.
In order to restore the classic dramas that rarely see the stage, realize the purpose of inheritance and development, and let the young and beautiful new generation actors experience the charm of traditional Ju Ping and lay a solid foundation; Through the combination of famous artists and powerful players, it has created a market road; On the basis of becoming stronger and bigger, we will create unique original dramas such as "Green Love Song" and "Kitchen God" on the principle of inheritance. One is the youthful and beautiful modeling and the traditional charm of dance, the other is the strong and powerful master-apprentice band, and the other is the success of self-created drama, which has injected a fresh blood into the drama industry of Beijing Kong Ling Pingju Troupe.
The flexible market mechanism and management mode of private theatrical troupe, together with Chen Shengli's management experience and innovative thinking, enabled him to display his talents. At this time, Beijing Kong Ling Pingju Troupe is increasingly feeling the new vitality brought by the cultural system reform, and has made more and more new achievements under the new system.
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There are not many young people who like opera now, let alone engage in it. Not to mention the underage post-90 s. Chen Shengli is sixty years old, but his body is full of youthful vitality. Under his training and cultivation, a new generation of Pingju actors can gradually provoke the beam.
People always think that these handsome men and beautiful women are just pretending in the troupe and come out to make up the numbers when dancing. Actually, it's wrong. These little actors, both men and women, are not only beautiful but also have some kung fu. As you can imagine from these, this is by no means an overnight achievement. The scenes they rehearsed for many years are always hovering in my mind. Therefore, they are not showy, but real skills.
Whatever the reason, these children have chosen the road of Pingju, at least they are dedicating their youth to the traditional art in China. In a materialistic society, obviously they are thin and helpless. They don't need pity, but they deserve better respect and development. The state should increase its efforts to train small opera actors.
Chen Shengli demonstrated various movements for the actors over and over again. He is too busy to drink water. The new vitality of Pingju witnessed Chen Shengli's unremitting pursuit. Through the close inheritance of old artists and young actors, Kong Lingzheng is blooming in Pingju Baihua Garden with the most dynamic newborn troupe, and Pingju will remain young forever.
Establish an art research institute
In 20 12, Chen Shengli not only served as the chairman of Hongguan (Beijing) Culture Communication Co., Ltd., but also established Beijing Heritage Opera Art Research Institute and Shenzhen Century Opera Art Research Institute as the legal person presidents. On this basis, the large-scale modern Ju Ping Clockwork Tongrentang, jointly created by brother troupes all over the country, has achieved good results in the national tour.