Yu Ke, born in Jinan, Shandong Province, is a first-class director and screenwriter; he is a member of the Chinese Dramatists Association and the Chinese Dancers Association; he has served as the director of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, and as the assistant director of the technical production department of the 60th Anniversary of the National Day Gala of the capital city, and he has been honored as the Advanced Individual of the Olympic Games, and has been awarded the Contribution Award for the 60th Anniversary of the National Day of the capital city; he is a professional and technical talent who has been granted a State Council Stipend. State Council allowance.
Chinese Name: Yu Ke
Nationality: Chinese
Ethnicity: Han Chinese
Birthplace: Jinan, Shandong Province
Occupation: Director, Screenwriter
Major Achievements: Recognized as an Advanced Individual in the Olympic Games
Representative Works: "The Immortals Go Down to Earth", "Hundreds of Boys in the Springtime"
Sex: Male
Time and place: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Shanghai, China p>Biography
Yu Ke's youth lifted iron water and went to the countryside, drove a lathe and carried a gun; the first contact with the arts is drama; then turned to opera, folk dance performance; later turned to choreography and directing; once in the county-level cultural halls have done theater tutoring and dance choreography, and then in the municipal cultural bureau in charge of the masses of culture and the cultural market, but also through the transfer of the local municipal government offices, and then returned to the cultural and artistic positions, as a large-scale arts and culture. Later, he returned to the post of culture and art, as a large-scale art activities of the general planning and general director work. During the period, took a bachelor's degree, not art, but law and Chinese language and literature.
One, and the kite will be associated, directing, planning dozens of (kind of) national, provincial large-scale festival opening and closing ceremonies and large-scale performance activities.
Mr. Yu Ke was associated with the Weifang International Kite Festival in 1984, and he directed the opening ceremony and large-scale cultural and artistic performances of the twelve Weifang International Kite Festivals off and on (in general). On the personal impact it has had, Director Yu Ke said, "In fact, being a director is not as glamorous as the layman imagines, and the suffering we have experienced and the responsibilities we have shouldered are unimaginable to ordinary people."
When the opening ceremony of the fourth Weifang International Kite Festival was held in 1987, there were large square performances such as the "Kite Dance" by 500 people, which initially showed the prototype of modern large-scale group songs and dances.
When the opening ceremony of the fifth Weifang International Kite Festival was held in 1988, the performance time of the opening ceremony was shifted from the daytime to the night. "The main reason was to use the art of lighting to highlight what the director wanted to highlight, and another reason was because of the light to cover up the ugly, although the lighting effect at that time was not as good as it is now, the busy figure during the preparation of the stadium was not so busy as to be noticed by the audience under the light." Director Yu Ke talked humorously.
In 1990, at the opening ceremony of the 7th Weifang International Kite Festival, Yu Ke, as the deputy director, choreographed and directed large-scale ground and air (airplane parachute jumping) performances such as "Ten Thousand Horses Running", "Fairies Descending to the Earth", "One Hundred Children Haunting the Spring", and "___ Stacking Luohan", which initially formed his personal directing style.
In 1991, the eighth Weifang International Kite Festival opening ceremony, Yu Ke invited 90, 91 two sessions of the country's most famous models came to Weifang, Weifang Stadium held a "10,000 Purple and Red is always spring" large-scale fashion song and dance party, this party is divided into "the messenger of spring", "the summer bloom", "autumn style", "winter blessings" in four chapters, into the cast of 5,000 people, the show From the beginning to the end of the model as the main line, based on the four seasons of fashion group song and dance, the scheduling and rendering of large tones, the stadium will create a beautiful red magnificent scene, the evening show was very successful, from that time onwards, basically established the position of the general director of the Yu Ke.
"Weifang in the early 90's is not very developed, at that time modeling for Weifang people should be a very fresh thing, to use models to engage in large group display is even more strange, so, all aspects of great resistance. To be honest, it took me a lot of effort to get over my own hurdle at that time. But as a director must learn to innovate, innovation is our primary task, if a director is not innovative, then his directing career is basically over. So at that time I was also under a lot of pressure and fought for support from all sides, and the final result proved that I was right, because that gala was a great success and widely praised by all walks of life, which also included some people who were fiercely opposed to me in the beginning."
The opening ceremony of the 17th Weifang International Kite Festival, choreographed and directed by Yu Ke in 2000, reached the pinnacle of the art of song and dance for square groups. The theme of that time was "Flying with the New Century" and was divided into five scenes, "Kite Soul", "Kite Love", "Kite Tide", "Ode to the Kite" and "Fly! Weifang" five times, put more than 15,000 actors and actresses, the performance is unfolded from the ancient scroll - 'Flying Totem', 'ancestor Lu Ban', 'God of War Han Xin', 'geeks Banqiao', until the reality of 'silver threads connecting the four seas, kites spread friendship' of the beautiful home, and thus unfolding the blueprint for the development of Weifang. The organic combination of Shandong folk art and Weifang kites, the use of time and space travel and literary accumulation as a backdrop, so that Yu Ke's dream of many years of innovation one by one to show, becoming an important milestone in Mr. Yu Ke's artistic career.
"Of course, from the end of the session, the opening ceremony of the International Kite Festival with large groups of songs and dances as a model is basically over, the opening ceremony began to change into the north-south style of the big stage, the big theater form. Performance programs to big stars, the director of the original elements less, creative design and rehearsal scheduling ten thousand group performances of the queue, the picture is not, the sense of responsibility and bitterness alleviated a lot."
Yu Ke has his own insights when talking about the sweet and sour of being a director: "I think as a director, you must have your own beliefs, no matter in the poorest and lowest times, or the temptation of official positions in the career, you can not give up, and only by persevering, you will succeed." The fact that Mr. Yu Ke was selected as the director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games proves the result of his persistence over the years. It can be said that the cultural heritage accumulated at the annual Weifang International Kite Festival and his rich directing experience have made him comfortable in controlling all kinds of large-scale scenes.
From 1987 to 2008, he was the director of the opening ceremony of the Weifang International Kite Festival and the large-scale cultural and artistic (group) performances.
In 1992, he served as the opening ceremony of the Hulunbeier Naadam Conference planning and directing work.
In 2001, 2002 and 2003, he was the chief director of the opening ceremony of the China Vegetable Expo and the large-scale cultural (group) performance.
In 2002, he was the artistic director of the second national children's drama performance jointly organized by the Central Committee of the Youth League and CCTV.
In 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007, he was the chief director of the opening ceremony of the Lu-Taiwan Economic and Trade Fair.
In 2004, he was the deputy director of the opening ceremony of the Qingdao International Beer Festival and the large-scale cultural (group) performance.
In 2005, he was the deputy director of the opening ceremony of the China Premier League (Jinan).
In 2006, he was the director and planner of the opening ceremony of Jinggangshan Red Tourism Festival.
In 2006, he worked as the choreographer and director of the opening ceremony of the National Games of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
2007-2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies as a choreographer, director.
In 2009, he was the technical and directing work of "Light Cube" for the 60th anniversary gala of the National Day in the capital city.
In 2010, he directed the opening ceremony of the Guangzhou Asian Games.
Second, the bumpy experience of growing up, the accumulation of life's wealth, the achievement of his cultural and artistic creation career.
Mr. Yu Ke is not a formal art "class" origin, after embarking on the road of art, through many storms, and overcame all kinds of difficulties, and ultimately self-education, and became a well-known director.
Yu Ke was born in the provincial authorities in a cadre family, for the memory of 12 years old, he said very happy. 12 years old, the unprecedented movement came, his father decentralized, he also came with the Zhucheng County. In that special era, his father's family originated from the landlord, and capitalist, Yu Ke naturally became the object of transformation. 15 years old to the countryside, and was assigned to the remote mountainous areas of the factory digging latrines, lifting iron, working 12-16 hours a day. During the daytime, adults rolled their eyes and scolded him; at night, rats ran in groups and bullied him ...... Never done heavy work, he could not lift the iron, the master said straighten up the waist can lift, he will drum up no strength waist upward, the iron suddenly splashed, flying down in all directions, from the roof back to his clothes, drilling into his neck, Yu Ke panic in a hurry to shrink the neck, "ZiLa" drilling pain and the smell of burnt meat together, he endured to go to the Destination (at that time, the hands were scattered by the iron in the pots and pans into nothing), which covered the burned neck, ran out to face the open field crying, no one dared to comfort the young him. Yu Ke tone a little heavy, "At that time, I felt like I was the extra person in the world."
Special period, Yu Ke in the factory has done sand turner, lathe worker, iron assayer, political propaganda and many other jobs, do a fine line. A chance opportunity, he participated in the county Mao Zedong Thought literary propaganda team performance. Due to his diligence and good learning, coupled with a strong interest in art and a high degree of talent, he soon showed his head and became a pillar of the literary propaganda team. The pursuit of art trials and tribulations began from then on, he was once admitted to the literature and art soldiers, the political examination did not pass, he cried; and admitted to the Changchun Film Studio actors, the final political examination or take down, he shed tears again. However, Yu Ke has never given up.
Around 1978, because of his outstanding performance, the teacher's recommendation, Yu Ke was transferred to the cultural center work. In the good cultural atmosphere, he took advantage of all possible conditions, night and day to study, and constantly improve their theoretical level. 1982 when the first batch of enrollment of the University of Electricity, Yu Ke was admitted to the Department of Chinese Language and Literature. "Due to the non-off-the-job study, the examination of each course is quite strict, at that time, which city to study together with more than 370 people, three years later can successfully graduate only 13 people, I am one of these 13 people." Mr. Yu Ke said that in the melting pot of the cultural center, he not only drew knowledge of art like crazy, but also studied Chinese language and literature and other aspects of knowledge, so that he step by step to be enriched and perfected.
In embarking on the road of art, there are two teachers he will never forget, the first is Mr. Han Chunyao, who taught the art of drama, and the second is Mr. Pang Baolong, who taught the art of dance. Mr. Han graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in his early years, has a high attainment in theater art. Mr. Pang is the head of the dance section of the Shandong Provincial Qunyi Hall and has extensive practical experience in dance choreography. The devoted teaching of the two gentlemen, their multifaceted and multi-level teaching, strict discipline, and demeanor as a human being, enabled Yu Ke to grow up quickly in terms of artistic knowledge and cultivation, and laid a solid foundation for better improvement of his own artistic level in the future.
But incredibly, Mr. Yu Ke's graduation and degree certificates have nothing to do with art, one is in Chinese language and literature, and the other is in law, and there is no art certificate. But with diligent self-study, the guidance of his mentor, in the early eighties, familiar with the Soviet Union Stanislavski directing system and the Chinese People's Art Jiao Juyin Mr. series of books, so that the road to directing more and more smooth. People who know Yu Ke well say that he is a particularly inspired person, and that his ideas are often unexpected but effective. He smiles and says, "Many people say that I often come up with good ideas in the middle of a conversation, or that I come up with brand new ideas without realizing it. Once or twice, it can be interpreted that way. But for a director, most of the inspiration comes from long-term pondering and thinking, and long-term accumulation of art. Only in this way can the inspiration be instantaneous."
With his outstanding work, a transfer order moved Mr. Yu Ke from the cultural center to work for the city's cultural bureau, in charge of mass culture and the cultural market, which gave him a piece of soil more suitable for his development.
In 1978 (with Mr. Han Chunxiao), he directed the song and dance drama "Who's Got the Biggest Skills", which won the first prize in the CCTV song and dance performance.
In 1979, the play "Who's Got the Biggest Skills" won the first prize of the Song and Dance and Drama Performance of the Culture Department of Shandong Province.
In 1980, the song and dance drama "Hundred Flowers in Bloom" directed by Mr. Han Chunxiao won the second prize in the song and dance performance of Shandong Provincial Culture Department.
In 1981, the dance "Bitter Vegetable Flower" created and choreographed by her was awarded the second prize of mass cultural performance by Shandong Provincial Culture Department.
In 1982, the song and dance drama "I'll Portrait My Grandfather" directed by Mr. Han Chunxiao won the second prize in the Song and Dance Competition of Shandong Provincial Culture Department.
In 1983, the dance "Road" created and choreographed was awarded the first prize in the mass culture performance of the Cultural Department of Shandong Province.
In 1984, the song and dance drama "Snowy Morning" won the second prize of the Cultural Department of Shandong Province.
In 1985, the song-and-dance drama "The Clever Pencil Head" won the second prize in the cultural performance of Shandong Provincial Education Department.
In 1986, the drama "Searching for Roots", which was written and directed, was awarded the first prize in the Drama Tune-up of the Federation of Literature and Art Societies.
In 1987, the photography "Blue Sky Testimony" won the second prize of professional art photography of the Federation of Literature and Art.
In 1988, the creation and choreography of the dance "Doll's Music" won the first prize of the Cultural Affairs Department and Radio and Television Department of Shandong Province (video) transferring the creation and performance, and took part in the Spring Festival Gala of CCTV in the same year.
In 1989, the dance "doll music" was awarded the second prize of Taishan literary creation by the provincial party committee and the provincial government, and the first prize of creation and performance of the national performance; in the same year, the individual was honored by the provincial party committee and the provincial government with the title of advanced children's worker.
In 1990, the creation and choreography of the dance "Tiger Child" won the first prize of Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Radio and Television Department.
In 1991, the song and dance drama "To Whom the Garland is Dedicated" created and directed won the second prize in the cultural and artistic performance of the Department of Culture and the Department of Education of Shandong Province.
In 1992, the dance "Fisherman Boy" created and choreographed by her was awarded the first prize in the Spring Festival Gala Performance of Shandong TV Station.
In 1993, the song "Leaving Spring Leaving Love" composed by Liu Huan became the theme song of the 12th Weifang International Kite Festival (first sung by Liu Huan).
In 1994, the musical "The Adventure of the Little Mountain Eagle" written and directed by Liu Huan won the first prize of Shandong Provincial Drama
Association of Drama Artists.
In 1995, the TV skit "Shiny Gun" written and directed by the director won the Special Prize of Provincial TV Skit Selection.
In 1996, the photography of "The Favored One" won the second prize of professional art photography
photography of the Department of Culture and Literature Union of Shandong Province.
In 1997, the sketch drama "Fire Renewal of True Love" created and directed by the Ministry of Public Security won the second prize of the
Spring Festival Gala.
In 1998 (with others) the choreographed dance "The Storyteller's Child" won the first prize of the Art Education Tuning Show of the Provincial Education Department.
In 1999, the musical "Little Carrot Head" was awarded the Gold Prize for creation and performance in the "Dandelion" Literary and Artistic Performances by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. In the same year, the song "Kite Soul" with lyrics was published in the 11th issue of Songs in 2000, and became the theme song of the 17th International Kite Festival (sung by Tu Meihua).
In 2000, the musical "Mountain Guard" composed and directed by Tu Meihua won the second prize of the National Federation of Literature and Art Music Performance Singing.
In 2001, the musicals "Hailibu" and "Junior Airship", the dances "Kite Dance" and "Gray Magpie", and the dramas "Stubborn Little Red Army" and "Love in Every Corner" won the first prize of the Provincial Department of Education's Quality Education Performance; in the same year, the song "Flying with the New Century" became the theme song of the Seventeenth Weifang International Kite Festival (sung by Liu Wei-Wei and Wu Lin). In the same year, the song "Flying in the New Century" became the theme song of the 17th Weifang International Kite Festival (sung by Liu Weiwei and Wu Lin).
In 2002, the song "Cicada Hunting Fun" was awarded the first prize of the United Nations "Beijing Green Nursery Rhymes";
In 2003, the musical "An Apple" was awarded the first prize of the Shandong Provincial Dramatists Association's New Script Creation.
In 2004, the musical "An Apple" won the gold medal of the second national children's drama competition of the Central Committee of the Youth League and CCTV. I was awarded the Special Contribution Award for Children's Drama in the New Century, and was recognized as a municipal professional and technical talent.
In 2005, she created and directed the textbook musical "An Apple", which was broadcast on the CCTV Children's Channel's "June 1st Party" and won the first prize.
In 2006, the musical "Flying with Love" was awarded the second prize of the National Student Literary and Artistic Concert of the China Education Association.
In 2008, she was honored as an advanced individual in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games.
In 2009, she was honored with the Contribution Award for the activities of the 60th Anniversary of the National Day in the capital.
Three, for education to stay in Beijing, show and give full play to their own artistic expertise and wide range of interests, for the children and youth of the quality of art education to do practical work.
Mr. Yu Ke has expertise in playwriting, choreography, photography, video editing, lyrics and poetry, etc.; he has won 16 national (government) creative awards and 29 provincial (government) creative awards. In recent years, Yu Ke has not only participated in several large-scale TV productions, such as: the shooting and assistant director of the TV series "Struggle" in 2006; the planning of the TV series "Breaking into the East" (Part 1) in 2006-2007; he has also served as the scriptwriter and director of the Beijing Primary and Middle Schools' Golden Sail Art Troupe. He has tutored more than ten schools, including Beijing Chaoyang Second Experimental Primary School, Beijing Middle School, Beijing Haidian Zhongguancun Third Primary School and Fourth Primary School, Beijing Daxing Second Primary School, Beijing Xinglong Primary School, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao Jiayuguan School, and Weicheng Experimental School in Weifang.
In 2003, she created and directed the children's TV drama "Special Summer Camp" (40 minutes in length) for the Youth Road Primary School in Weifang, Shandong Province; it won the first prize for creation and performance in the First China Children and Youth Art Festival.
In 2004, for Shandong Province Weifang Youth Road Primary School (in cooperation with Mr. Liang Ming) planned and directed the special folk music performance "Happy Childhood" large-scale quality art exhibition evening party, and made a report performance in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
In 2005, she created and directed the children's TV drama "The Naughty Ghost in the Class" (45 minutes in length) for Cherry Garden Primary School in Weifang, Shandong Province; it was awarded the second prize of the TV drama art creation and performance in Shandong Province.
In 2006, she planned and directed the large-scale quality education comprehensive exhibition evening party "Xiangyang Flowers Blossom" for Xiangyang Road Primary School in Jiaozhou, Qingdao, Shandong Province.
In 2007, she planned and directed the "Happy Classroom", a large-scale comprehensive quality education show for Weicheng Experimental School in Weifang, Shandong Province.
In 2009, she planned and directed the large-scale quality education comprehensive performance evening party for Beijing Zhongguancun No.4 Primary School (Peking University Centennial Auditorium).
In 2010, she planned and directed the large-scale quality education comprehensive performance evening party "Into the Peach Blossom Garden of Goodness" for Jiayuguan School in Qingdao, Shandong Province (Qingdao People's Theater).
In 2010, she planned and directed the large-scale quality education comprehensive performance evening party "Learning Out of the Classroom" for Beijing Chaoyang Xinglong Primary School (Beijing 80th Middle School Auditorium).
In 2011, she planned and directed the large-scale quality education comprehensive performance evening party "Love Home" for Beijing Chaoyang Guanzhuang Central Primary School (Auditorium of Communication University of China).
In 2011, she planned and directed the large-scale cultural celebration evening party "People Holding Up the Chaoyang" for the 27th Teachers' Day (Auditorium of Communication University of China).
In 2012, she planned and directed the renaming ceremony for the Second Experimental Primary School in Chaoyang District, Beijing (Auditorium of Communication University of China).
In 2012, she planned and directed the large-scale quality education comprehensive exhibition evening party "Beijing Youth Beijing Spirit" for the Second Primary School in Daxing District, Beijing (Daxing Theater, Beijing).
In 2013, she planned and directed the large-scale quality education comprehensive performance evening party "A Good Big Home" for the Third Primary School of Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing (China Theater).
In 2013, she planned and directed the large-scale quality education comprehensive performance evening party "Colorful Childhood" for the Second Experimental Primary School in Chaoyang District, Beijing.
In 2013, she planned and directed the Opening Ceremony Ceremony for Beijing Middle School.
In recent years, she has created and directed more than twenty works, including the musicals "Two Little Cowherd Boys", "Learning and Playing", "Granny's Story", the plays "Grandpa's Birdcage", "Energy Saving No Jealousy" and "Sunshine Boys", the dances "Flower Plume Dance", "Eagles Spreading Their Wings" and "Future Teenagers", and the new children's Peking Operas "Wisdom Fights" and "Righteous Excitement of the Monkeys", and so on. (most of the above works won the first prize in Beijing). At the same time, and in the name of the school recommended to Taiwan "Founding Father Memorial Hall", the United States, Lincoln Center, Columbia University, Singapore and other places for cultural exchanges and performances, and won the success and praise.
In fact, Mr. Yu Ke has a saying that is very intriguing: I write and rehearse plays not for awards, not for the jury, not for the arts, only for children and teenagers; children and teenagers to play themselves, they like their own play is the hard way.