"Dream Like a Dream" is a drama to think about life. The growth and tempering of a character in a different state requires the actor to have a great growth and combine his experience and basic skills. "From February 2nd to 4th, the exclusive version of the 2024 "Dream Like a Dream" will be performed at the Shanghai Theater. On January 30, at the press conference of the exclusive version of "Dream Like a Dream", the leading actor Ni Ni revealed, "I do have a new attempt to do, "Dream Like a Dream" has not been performed yet, and I am not sure what will happen in the end. It's better to make it than to say it. It's always weird to say it, what if I don't do it? ”
Ni Ni at the exclusive edition press conference of "Dream Like a Dream".
In the exclusive version of "Dream Like a Dream" in 2024, Ni Ni will once again play "Gu Xianglan C". In her opinion, "Gu Xianglan is a character full of changes, her life is full of ups and downs, love and hate, there is a tough undertone under the gorgeous appearance, and she is a legendary and charming woman." In 2019, Ni Ni starred in the drama "The Cave", which was also written and directed by Lai Shengchuan, and played two roles.
From the first time I came into contact with drama to stand on the stage to act in dramas, my feelings for drama became deeper and deeper. I really know how important drama is to support a person's spiritual energy. The body lines needed for film and television dramas, I'm OK now, but the tension between the body and voice required for dramas is obviously not enough, and it is inferior to that of professional stage actors. During the rehearsal, Ni Ni discussed with Lai Shengchuan and her colleagues how to deal with explosive lines and body movements. "For film and television dramas, actors may not need to be so flamboyant, and the camera will zoom in and capture expressions and bodies. The stage is another way of presentation, I'm slowly getting used to it, finding the right expression, it's really difficult, but it's okay, I'm not afraid of losing face. ”
After several months of continuous rotation, Ni Ni rushed to Shanghai and immediately entered a new round of rehearsals for "Dream Like a Dream", "I have a cold this year, I can't get better, but I'm in a hurry, what should I do if I want to perform in a while?" She joked, "The audience may have to accept a Gu Xianglan with a very 'magnetic' voice." ”
Ni Ni is in the exclusive version of "Dream Like a Dream".
Ni Ni is in the exclusive version of "Dream Like a Dream".
Ni Ni is in the exclusive version of "Dream Like a Dream".
In 2023, Ni Ni will perform 5 performances of "A Dream Like a Dream", and in February this year, she will perform 3 performances of "A Dream Like a Dream", "The number of performances is too small, and the time is not long enough." After the 3 performances of "A Dream Like a Dream", give me a little more time, let me think about how Gu Xianglan should act, and better show her, not in a hurry. ”
Lai Shengchuan recalled, "When "The Cave" premiered, the outside world focused not on Ni Ni's first time acting in a drama or crossover, but discussing her as a professional drama actor, I was very happy, which shows that as soon as Ni Ni came on stage, she had already established her role. ”
After acting in "The Cave", Ni Ni acted in the TV series "Golden Years" again, feeling the nourishment of the stage, "The drama has given me more faith and is not afraid of the camera." The stage does not allow actors to mobilize emotions in advance, pay more attention to the present, and be more relaxed. ”
"Dream Like a Dream" starts with the body and clothing, which are all new challenges. Ni Ni usually doesn't wear high heels, "Gu Xianglan wears high heels, and she has to walk gracefully, which is indeed a bit difficult, especially when turning, one foot is hard, you have to be careful." Gu Xianglan's cheongsam fits very well, and I can't slack off and be elegant. ”
Can you see "The Cave" this year? Ni Ni said, "I can be sure that "The Cave" will not be left behind, and it will grow together with "Dream Like a Dream". Ni Ni is becoming more and more familiar with the theater, "I feel at home when I go to the theater." In the filming of film and television dramas, the emotional expression is not so smooth. I enjoy the emotional ups and downs that drama brings me, which can be released and hearty. ”
In the exclusive version of "Dream Like a Dream", the unique "circular lotus pond" of the Shanghai Theater can rotate itself as a whole, and then cooperate with the actors walking around the stage, so that the audience can feel the story in an immersive way.
In the exclusive version of "Dream Like a Dream", the "Circular Lotus Pond" unique to the Upper Theater can be rotated in its entirety.
In the exclusive version of "Dream Like a Dream", the "Circular Lotus Pond" unique to the Upper Theater can be rotated in its entirety.
Designer Huang Wei remembers that Hu Ge came to see the exclusive version of "Dream Like a Dream", "His time is very tight, he watched the first half on the first day, the second half on the second day, and went backstage to discuss with the director, this is the charm of the stage play." No matter who performs, they can feel differently. ”
Huang Wei led the team to spend two months creating more than 400 sets of costumes and shapes for more than 200 characters in the exclusive version of "A Dream Like a Dream", "The stage performance is immediate, the actors and the audience are so close, unlike film and television dramas, there is no opportunity for correction. Huang Wei read the script repeatedly and discussed with Lai Shengchuan, "Gu Xianglan is like a bird in a cage, and her important clothes have the image of a bird." At the end of the play, when she toasts tea to the Earl, she wears a magpie pattern, symbolizing her release from the cage and true freedom. When Patient Five was not sick, he was like a nomadic couple, dressed in an exotic style that embellished his personality. Piaget loves Chinese culture and often talks about Zhuang Zhou's dream of butterflies, and his shape permeates butterfly elements. The viewer may not notice these details, but they are important when we design. ”
Character costumes have different meanings.
Character costumes have different meanings.
played the article of patient No. 5, and starred in "Thirteen Angles Relationship" and "Treasure Island One Village" in the Shanghai Theater. "There is no such thing as Teacher Lai Shengchuan's play that is not difficult. Last year, I performed "Dream Like a Dream" for the first time, like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit, and it ended before the performance had any flavor. This year, I continued to ponder and slowly grow. ”
An article that plays Patient Five.
In this round of the exclusive version of "A Dream Like a Dream", Fan Guangyao plays the earl, which is the second collaboration between him and Ni Ni after 5 years after 2019's "The Cave". Fan Guangyao watched "Dream Like a Dream" for the first time in the theater, Jin Shijie played the earl, "In the first half, I watched it in the lotus pond, and in the second half, I took the initiative to run to the stands." I rarely sit in the audience as an actor, and I really want to give "Dream Like a Dream" a try. I didn't expect my dream to come true as soon as I made it. Fan Guangyao once performed "Dream Like a Dream" in Taipei, "The actors are different, and the stage is also different. Taipei's Lotus Pond is twice as large as Shanghai's, and the actors are like athletes, walking like running. ”
Fan Guangyao plays the earl.
The exclusive version of "Dream Like a Dream" is another "exclusive version" repertoire newly produced by Shanghai Theater after the exclusive version of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Spring" and the exclusive version of "Treasure Island Village". Lai Shengchuan said that Gu Xianglan's Tianxian Pavilion is on today's Fuzhou Road, "I walk around the Hengfu style area every day, and I feel the past era, including the characters I imagined and invented myself." When I wrote "The Cave", I was also thinking about the road I walked every day, but in fact, the characters in the play have walked it. Shanghai has always given me a lot of creative power. ”
Shanghai has given Lai Shengchuan an endless stream of creative power.