Mr. Chen Jianbin Member of the Steering Committee of Yau Ma Tei Venue Partnership Scheme
The performance of the traditional Cantonese opera god's birthday drama "Birthday Celebration at Xianghuashan" was very exciting, with a great lineup. The scene and lively atmosphere have not diminished due to the epidemic, and the audience was full of guests and applauded endlessly.
I am delighted to see that the scenes in each link are played by senior and rookie actors respectively, performing on the same stage, each showing their body and skills, and climaxing one after another. The most impressive parts are "Weituo Conquering the Demon", "Guanyin's Eighteen Transformations", "Fairy Dance", "Fairy Delivering Her Son" in reverse palace costume, and the difficult somersaults of the dragon and tiger martial arts masters. I also quite enjoy the melodic gong and drum music.
The most different thing is that the new actors are arranged to perform and perform, which can be regarded as a performance review.
Since 2012, Yau Ma Tei Theatre has been the venue partner of The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong and started to implement the "Cantonese Opera Rising Stars Performance Series". Until now, it has invited many senior Cantonese opera performing artists and seniors to guide and cultivate many emerging actors. It has been doing a lot of inheritance work for the art and culture of Cantonese opera, and has gradually achieved results. They need more practice and performance opportunities to improve themselves. In this year's opera to celebrate the birth of Master Hua Guang, the courage to cast new talents is indeed one of the highlights, which is refreshing for the audience. I wholeheartedly applaud the careful planning and character arrangement of this show.
Ms. Huang Yanfang Member of the Steering Committee of Yau Ma Tei Venue Partnership Scheme
This traditional auspicious opera depicts the immortals congratulating Guanyin on her birthday. The performance is huge and the lineup is huge. There are many ancient performance routines, such as "Fairy Arranging Flowers", "Dragon Subduing Frame", "Fuhu Frame", "Weituo Frame", etc., and many traditional martial arts have been retained.
The actors and dragon and tiger martial arts masters showed off their talents and performed unique skills. Among them, I admired the "Eighteen Transformations of Guanyin" the most. The male actors put on multiple python robes and used their movements to interpret dragons, tigers, generals, prime ministers, fishermen, woodcutter, farmers and readers. It was full of thoughtfulness and fun.
This rookie performance deserves praise for its solid performance.
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