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The Story of Jade Hairpin at Shanghai Oriental Art Center

Dates: 11/21/2012

Theatre:

Shanghai Oriental Art Center


No. 425 Dingxiang Road
Pudong New District,Shanghai 200135

Phone: (86-21) 62172426 & (86-21) 62173055

Tickets: 80 - 680 Yuan


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The young people's version of "The Jade Hairpin" Pai Hsien-yung Following the young people's version of "The Peony Pavilion" is another masterpiece, follows the creative team of "The Peony Pavilion", still focused on cross-strait class creative team. In addition to retaining the Kunqu Opera performances, the new version of "The Jade Hairpin" in stage costume design and production are moving minimalist, impressionistic, fashion forward step, the whole play want to create an "Oriental Ink imagery" And the play's costume design is more elegant.

"Jade Hairpin" is a love song collection of painting and calligraphy, traditional Chinese culture can be found here. Producer Pai Hsien-yung spirit of respect for classical but not step by step, to stick to classical, "the use of modern" but not "abuse modern" principle of the the Kunqu classical aesthetics with 21st century aesthetic consciousness run-in standards, and the ancient history of 500 years of performances operas onto the modern stage, bring it back to life and light rejuvenated. The play since its launch in 2009, the previous performances to rave reviews, full Kunqu boom in recent years, not only so many senior Kunqu opera fans to re-attract back to the theater, and the younger generation will germinate love Kunqu their praising traditional Art timeless treasures of Chinese culture.

"Jade Hairpin" Gao Lian. Wrote Regardless Chen Miao often scholar Pan must be positive story of love and marriage. Things to see ancient and modern history of women and the Ming Dynasty "mistakenly places in Lake female Zhenguan in mind. Play write girl Chen Jiao Lin Jin Bingnan under separated from their families, into the Jinling female Zhenguan priests, Farmington wonderful often. View of the main nephew Pan must be positive will try Ladi the passing female Zhenguan, Chen, Pan two after tea of ??Syria, Qintiao, stealing some twists and turns poetry, privately combined, and eventually became the Lian Li ...

"Um cast", "Qintiao" Q "disease" stolen poem "the reminder trial", "Autumn River"

First out "Um cast" the courtiers, daughter Chen Jiao Lin distressed nowhere to go, forced to join the women Zhenguan An Zhu Pan asylum law Prudential and its refuge, borrowing the name Miao often. The coincides scholar Pan must exam the Poor, and sometimes ashamed to go home, temporarily boarding female Zhenguan An Zhu, whose aunt of Um concept.

The second out "Qintiao Lang Lang, Moonlight, Pan must faintly hear a burst of sound of the piano, the sound, and found that Taoist nun Chen Miao often being Caoqin to the. Sounds is because a system their Qingsi, two in the sound of the piano in the interoperability mind love piano probe.

Out "asked the disease" Pan must be positive since Chen Miao after often Caoqin provocative, but also can not understand the real attitude of the other party, so the depression into the disease, it is difficult to distraction. Suitable aunt came to ask patients, Chen Miao often also accompanied visit, words between the dark through a soul. So Pan must suddenly and more leads behind plot to steal poetry set alliance.

The fourth out steal poem "Chen Miao often see Pan Bizheng mind wanders, lyrics ?Xijiangyue] for the Heart, thinking, sleep soundly in Zhuoan. Timely PAN the necessary positive Xianbu roaming, see wonderful often the door ajar and suffering body into the room to see the word in affective Jin Lu, overjoyed, want to steal poetry, accidentally awakened wonderful often. Wonderful pretense often angry, must Mindfulness expressions the wonderful common and can no longer conceal Acacia affection, then is set a Covenant with BHP.

Fifth out "reminder trial female Zhenguan presided Pan method Prudential Seeing nephew Pan must Miao often affective congenial, so urging Pan must is to go to trial, Pan will be positive, although regret and wonderful often, but helpless aunt's a strong reminder to catch also personally escorted Pan must be positive to the river bank and had to leave.

Sixth out of "Autumn River" Chen Miao often heard scholar Pan must be positive hurry to leave, anxious to quickly hire boat - a leaf on the river to catch up, catch up with the PAN must be positive after two reluctant to part again set never negative oath before a bottomless pit and do not .

Cast and Creative team for The Story of Jade Hairpin at Shanghai Oriental Art Center

Starring: Shen Fengying Yu Jiu Lin, Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theatre
Total production: Pai Hsien-yung
Producer: Cai Shaohua, Jenny Chang
Screenplay reorganization: NUTRITION
Art director: the Yue Meiti, Chinese Yi
The total Director: Weng Guosheng
Friendly invited guqin played: LiXiangTing
Art Director: Wang Tong
Costume Design: Wang Tong, Yong Ni
Music Design: Zhou Xuehua
Coordinator: Lv Fuhai
Music Director: Zoujian Liang
The dance Design: Song Huiling
Stage design: Meng-Chao
Lighting design: Huang Zuyan
Calligraphy: Dong Yang Zi
Painting: Hsi Sung
Photo: Xu Peihong
Stage manager: Wang Yaochong Li Qiang
Graphic Design: Ye Pure Xu Liang
Text editor: DU Xin Ying


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