w88 casino News Network (Reporter Liu Xiaojie)12month10日夜7Point, the youth forum series lecture "What is a Musical" co-sponsored by the Organization Department of the Youth League Committee and the Voluntary Service Center of the Insurance College was held in Ningyuan Building224 ClassroomHold successfully.

Youth Forum is an event founded by the Organization Department of the w88 casino Youth League Committee. It is intended to provide a platform for students to exchange opinions on literature and art. Most of the speakers are students who are deeply interested in a certain art category and have extensive research. Through the lectures they hold, it gives more like-minded students the opportunity to share their interests and hobbies and feel the charm of art together, while adding a touch of literary atmosphere to the campus.

The speaker of the lecture "What is a Musical" held that night was from the w88 casino of Finance of w88 casino06grade student Xu Cheng. Xu ChengFormerly served as the president, director and actor of the English Drama Club. He has been rehearsing and discussing musicals for a long time. He has a special liking for musical plots and has his own unique insights.

At the beginning of the lecture, Xu Cheng first introduced the concept of musicals to everyone. He quotes Richard·Rogers’ words “A musical can be in any form as long as it has music” simply explains the definition of a musical, which isMusical theater is a form of drama that uses music and dance to replace the dialogue and action of ordinary dramas. He summarized the origin of musical theater as the fusion of two aspects: the collision and combination of elegant opera and folk songs performed by ordinary people, which ultimately formed the special art form of musical theater. It is generally accepted that he was born in1866Year 9month12日's "The Black Cane" marks the official beginning of the musical.

Xu Cheng, the speaker of this lecture

Then we entered the main content of this lecture: the history of the development of musicals. Xu Cheng roughly summarizes the development of musicals into the following stages: 1.20Century20The transition from musical comedy to musical. At this stage1927Years Cohen and Hamstein II andP.G.The musical "Showboat" created by Wodehouse is a representative work. Musicals gradually developed from simply entertaining to a formal musical form. During the same period, the birth of narrative musicals also played an important role in the development of musicals. 2. From20Century30Era to20Century70The development and heyday of narrative musicals in the 1990s. From the Great DepressionEthel MermanStarring in Porter's "All is Lost" to the golden age of musicals( 1943—1968)Several classic works of Rogers and Hammerstein, the famous masters of narrative musicalsCarousel、South Pacific、 The King and I、 The Sound of Music, from50The era's "My Fair Lady" and "West Side Story" arrived60""Dream Knight" and "Dream Girl" in the 1990s, Xu Cheng used vivid language, changing musical pictures and classic musical fragments to recreate a wonderful musical development history for the audience. 3. The era of European musicals has arrived (1970s-1990s). The model for European great musicals arose in6016508_16589

While introducing the development history of musicals, Xu Cheng also introduced the classic works of musical master Sondheim as well as his outstanding artistic creativity and modern technical artistic techniques, giving everyone a deeper understanding of this musical master. At the same time, he also describes the rise and development of conceptual musicals and musicals in countries other than the United Kingdom and the United States.

Throughout the lecture, Xu Cheng shared his personal understanding and research on musicals with the audience without reservation. The audience also felt the great charm of this art form while understanding the development process of musicals. His humorous language and vivid and specific examples made the audience listen with gusto. The classic musical clips simultaneously displayed to everyone also attracted the audience's attention and inspired the audience's enthusiasm for musicals.

The audience listened carefully to the lecture

Night9At about time, the speakerEnding with a slide show showing posters of musicals in various periods, the Youth Forum lecture series "What is a Musical" came to a perfect end.