English song and dance in Beijing of the "Yongfeng English song"
August 1988, should be invited by the National Art Schools and Colleges of the second Chinese Dance "Peach and Lee Cup" competition committee, Chao Yang County, Yongfeng English song team came to Beijing, August 3 in the Beijing Dance Academy Square, a trial performance immediately produced a great attraction.
Beijing Dance Academy Square for a trial performance, immediately produce a great attraction, can be said to be a hit. August 5, the British song team in the "Peach and Lee Cup" tournament's opening ceremony performance, the mood of the warm, active atmosphere, and more to win the viewers of the applause.
The Beijing crowd was unfamiliar with the English song and dance from the rural villages of Chaoyang, Guangdong Province. They saw the Yingge players painted with the faces of Li Kui, Yang Zhi and other Liangshanbo heroes, and thought they were going to perform some kind of drama. But when the Yingge gongs and drums sounded, Yingge players dancing mallets and drums, jumped on the stage and danced, that is, they are pleasing to the eye. A wonderful performance, so that the local people, from strangers to the English song to love. They felt that this kind of dance was very powerful. The people in Beijing who saw the performance of Ying Ge praised: Chaoshan Ying Ge is great! Even the Yanbian girls, who are good at singing and dancing, also appreciated the English song. The famous Japanese dancer, Masako Oya, also appreciated the performance and applauded enthusiastically. When the Yingge members went to the store to buy something, many salesmen asked the Yingge members for tickets. Wherever the vehicles full of Ying Ge players stopped, there were crowds of spectators. Chao Yang Ying Ge in Beijing, not only by domestic and foreign art experts, scholars, but also by the capital of the masses warmly welcome, a moment to become Beijing's "hot stuff".
Beijing Dance Academy Chinese dance department director, the second Chinese dance "Peach and Lee Cup" tournament organizing committee, Pan Zhitao, in the process of watching the Yingge performance, could not hold back the joy and excitement in the heart, in the performance of the Yingge team members in the performance of the applause at the same time, heartily and repeatedly called "good! Good! Good! Good!" He said the wonderful performance of Yongfeng Yingge Dance reflects the vitality of Chinese folk dance. He said, if someone wants to ask: where is the root of Chinese dance? We can answer this way: folk dance like Yongfeng Yingge is the root of Chinese dance. He also said that the members of Yongfeng Yingge are all young and energetic, and it seems that folk dance has a successor. It is certain that the root of Chinese dance will never be broken. Ethnic folk dance art can be carried forward, from this peasant Yingge team, we can see "hope" where we can gain confidence ......
Come to the interview in Beijing more than 10 newspaper reporters, see a thousand miles from the South China Sea coast to the first '
To the interview in Beijing more than 10 newspapers, see a thousand miles from the south of the country. The coast of the South China Sea to the motherland's first 'capital to dedicate to the wonderful performance of the farmers Yingge team, aroused great interest, expressed deep concern that Yongfeng Yingge team is worthy of a local characteristics, earthy flavor of the folk dance team. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Fei in his photo posted on August 6 "j dagger Beijing Daily" in the commentary of the news photos, in addition to affirming the wonderful performance of Yongfeng Yingge team, specifically pointed out that "...... the scale of this one farmers dance team to Beijing to participate in professional art exchange activities or the first time! ". Beijing Evening News reporter Huang Zhongjun, under the title of "Pleasing to the eyes and ears", wrote an article praising Yongfeng Yingge, pointing out that "Yongfeng Yingge is the essence of folk dance" (see Beijing Evening News, August 6, 1988). On August 5, Tianjin's Tonight News also reported that the Yongfeng Yingge team gave a wonderful performance at the Opening Ceremony. In addition to broadcasting the television news of the Ying Ge performance on the evening of August 5, CCTV also sent a large filming truck and mobilized a sizable filming team in the afternoon of that day to make a special video recording of the Ying Ge performance. It should also be mentioned that: Yongfeng Yingge team to Beijing before the July 31 "Workers' Daily" has been published entitled "" Chaoyang Yingge dance "will go to Beijing "special article, introduced Yongfeng Yingge style, characteristics.
Gao Zhanxiang, vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, attended the opening ceremony of this year's "Peach and Lee Cup" Dance Competition and first watched the performance of the Yongfeng Yingge Team of Chaoyang County. Ying Ge players are all in high spirits, spirited, plus a few strings of firecrackers burst out of the beads of the sound, as if for the "Liangshan Po good man" to encourage and encourage, and therefore more exciting dance. After the performance, Mr. Gao Zhanshiang, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, was pleased to sign the autograph for the team. Radio, Film and Television Deputy Minister Ma Qingxiong also came to watch the Yongfeng Yingge team performance, he Yongfeng Yingge team to Beijing to show their appreciation and support for the move, and in the "stay directory" on the signature. In Beijing to work in the townspeople love the hometown "specialties"
In Beijing to work in the townspeople, get the hometown English song team for the first time in Beijing to perform the good news, very happy, running around to tell. They rooted in the soil of their hometown English song and dance, compared to the hometown of the "specialties", feel extraordinarily close, extraordinarily valuable, all hope to see it first. On the day of the audition, many villagers came to visit the English singers from their hometowns and watch the performance. Aged, walking disabled retired cadres Peng Dumin also in the company of his wife; Division, with a cane, excitedly came to watch the performance, after watching the deep satisfaction. Yes, leaving home for a long time, working in Beijing for many years of old comrades, once you see the hometown farmers once seen as a child dance is now more vibrant, more overflowing color, how can not be happy?
On the podium
This year's National Art School Chinese Dance "Peach and Lee Cup" tournament, the scale is considerable, high visibility. Participate in the competition, there are 27 dance teams from various provinces and cities across the country, this is a national dance art group of competitive event, many prestigious experts, scholars will also participate. Chaoyang County Yongfeng Ying Ge team enjoyed the honor of being invited as a special representative team in this competition. The leader of the team was invited to the podium. This "please", not only to show respect for all the Yingge team members, but also expressed the folk dance art from the southern border of the motherland cherish and respect.