On January 24, the large-scale musical and dance epic "Liberation of Hainan Island", sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee and created and performed by the Hainan Provincial Song and Dance Troupe, held a press conference in Beijing. As a highlight of the literary and artistic performances during the "Meet in Beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival and the 22nd "Meet in Beijing" International Arts Festival, invited by the Organizing Committee of the "Meet in Beijing" International Arts Festival, all the creators of "Liberation of Hainan Island" went to Beijing on January 24, 2022, and officially performed at poly theater on the 26th and 27th.
As a major battle at the end of the Liberation War, the Battle of Hainan Island lasted 56 days from March 5, 1950 to May 1, 1950. It has created a large-scale sea-crossing landing operation with wooden sailing ships as the mainstay, accompanied by some machine sailing ships, and destroyed the enemy's land, sea, and air "three-dimensional defenses," and has also created a successful example of the People's Liberation Army's large-scale landing operation on the island.
The large-scale musical and dance epic "Liberation of Hainan Island" consists of the prologue "Looking North", the first chapter "Bitter Struggle", the second chapter "Sea Oath", the third chapter "Flying Ferry", and the fourth chapter "Liberation". Taking the progress of the campaign to liberate Hainan Island as the chapter paragraph, the key points and highlights of the campaign preparations, smuggling, forced crossing, beach grabbing, landing, encirclement, and pursuit operations suitable for stage performance are selected as the program units, and the links between the chapters and the scene performances are used, and various artistic means such as music, dance, poetry, and speech are used to display the great achievements and magnificent scenes of the campaign to liberate Hainan Island on the stage, with equal emphasis on momentum and feelings, and the coexistence of historical facts and beliefs.
"Liberation of Hainan Island" is directed by Deng Lin, the national first-class director of the Central National Song and Dance Troupe, and brings together a number of top domestic creative forces, such as Zou Youkai, a famous lyricist of representative works such as "For Whom" and "A Good Big Tree", Qu Yuan, the lyricist of "Legend" and "Heavenly Road", Shu Ziyuan, the author of "The Necklace of the Sun" and "The Lights of Xibaipo", the romantic poet Shu Ziyuan, and the composer of "The Great Wall", "For Whom", Meng Qingyun, the composer of "The Great Wall", has joined the crew and formed a creative "national team". The Hainan Provincial Song and Dance Troupe, formerly known as the Guangdong National Song and Dance Troupe established in 1953, was formally established by the famous mainland singer Guo Song and served as the first head of the troupe (1991) after the establishment of the Hainan Provincial Special Economic Zone in 1988. He has launched original dance poems "The Story of the Li Nationality", original folk dance dramas "Zodiac Po", "Dongpo Hainan" and other excellent plays.
At the press conference, lyricist and screenwriter Zou Youkai spoke first, "The liberation of Hainan Island is a very shocking and very touching chapter in the story of 'Yesterday'. Before Hainan was liberated, Chairman Mao proclaimed the founding of New China on the upper floor of Tiananmen Square. The people of Hainan look forward to the stars, the moon, and liberation. At that time, the People's Liberation Army did not have a navy, no warships, and really relied on hard fighting to win this hard battle. ”
General director Deng Lin said that the liberation of Hainan Island is a major theme in the history of the party, the military and the history of the country, and this "Liberation of Hainan Island" is full of poetic romantic colors. "First of all, I broke all the "three walls" of the stage box set, which is rare in large-scale performing arts activities of the same kind in China. Looking at the stage is like standing on the seashore of Hainan Island, looking at the endless openness of the past. ”
Another bold innovation is that the show has more than 500 costumes from start to finish, all silver. In stark contrast to the pale yellow realist military uniforms of the past, it not only makes the actor's image more sculptural, but also has the texture of the era of industrial civilization. Finally, in order to achieve the unity of poetic style, it is a huge challenge for a local provincial academy, and a step up the steps. Dunlin said.
As an excellent performance in Hainan Province to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, "Liberation of Hainan Island" lasts 90 minutes. From the beginning of February 2021 to the official premiere on June 30 last year, it took 50 days, while the liberation of Hainan Island took 53 days, which is a very tight rehearsal time. In accordance with the work schedule of the "Meet in Beijing" International Arts Festival, the main creative staff led by national first-class director Deng Lin gathered again in January this year to rearrange and revise in more than ten days, fully reproducing the glory and artistic charm of the musical and dance epic "Liberation of Hainan Island".
It is also reported that as an important cultural activity during the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the "Meet in Beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival adheres to "moderate scale, distinctive characteristics, outstanding highlights and rich content". The performance of the musical and dance epic "Liberation of Hainan Island" in Beijing is not only an important display opportunity to perfectly combine Hainan's excellent traditional culture and the historical theme of the Red Classic Revolution, highlighting the heroic pictures and touching situations of the major historical themes - the liberation war of Hainan Island, but also innovatively integrating Hainan folk customs and customs into the program arrangement, showing Hainan's profound cultural heritage to the whole country, and will also greatly promote a new round of cultural construction in the Hainan Free Trade Zone Port.