In my impression, the performance team has begun to take shape since its establishment, with a history of 13 years. It is called Dong Sunset Red Art Performance Team, which was established at 200x, 12. Eight retired teachers, including Wang Zufen and Luo Wuzhen, volunteered to recruit middle-aged and elderly people, mainly retired workers, to participate in the activities. The purpose is to make the middle-aged and elderly people in Dong city feel active and happy, and at the same time enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the masses.
At first, the performance team had nothing. They spontaneously funded the purchase of tape recorders, waist drums and other equipment and performance props, and used their evening time to learn to play waist drums and learn to dance. Wang Zufen was the literary backbone of the school when she was a teacher. After retirement, she was elected as a member of the special committee of Dong Lao Sports Association, and everyone unanimously recommended her as a coach. She lived up to expectations, tried her best, carefully organized everyone to try to figure out the basic play of waist and drum, and learned to dance yangko, Lianxiang and square dance.
Wang Zufen pays attention to integrating theory with practice in the training of Lianxiang dance. She told everyone that Lianxiang Dance is a folk dance. The singer used a small bamboo stick about 1 m long, with long holes at both ends and small copper coins in the holes. During the performance, they beat all parts of their bodies with small bamboo sticks. Because it rings repeatedly when hitting bamboo sticks, it is named Lianxiangwu. Its basic steps are forward progress, figure-eight step, step, lunge, step and so on. The bamboo stick can rotate up and down, left and right. You can sing and dance alone or perform in groups of dozens of people. In multi-person dance, you can exchange sticks with each other to form various patterns and shapes. After mastering the basic play and footwork, you can get twice the result with half the effort through practical training. In the square dance training, she first searched online, followed the video recording to learn various square dances, and then passed on what she learned to others to share her happiness with them. The youngest of the players is 50 years old and the oldest is 69 years old, but they encourage each other, overcome difficulties and persistently participate in training. Zhou Xianzhen is old and frail, but she has a soft spot for dancing. Whenever she trains, she can take an active part. When she was unwell, she moved a chair and sat on the training ground, watching others train. She also said optimistically and humorously, "As long as I can hear the training music, I will be happy and I will be much better!" The players all think in one place, work hard in one place, and show great enthusiasm for the same hobbies and careers. Tang Tiancui is nearly seventy years old. She learned waist drum when she was young. She took the initiative to give advice to coach Wang Zufen, studied modern waist drum performance in Yichang and Madian, zhijiang city, and then passed on the skills she learned to other members of the performance team without reservation, so that the performance level of waist drum was continuously improved and she performed waist drum performances in large-scale activities many times.
In recent years, the number of performance teams has increased from 8 to 60, and the performance equipment can be described as "shotgun for cannon". The original small tape recorder was replaced by a large tape recorder, and a DVD player and speakers were added. Performance props are mainly equipped with swords, colored fans, fitness balls and so on. The content and form of the performance are not limited to the performance of waist drum, square dance and national dance, but also extended to the training of health qigong such as six-character tactic, eight-segment brocade, Yijinjing and Wuqinxi. The scope and influence of the performance have also gradually expanded. In August, 200x, on behalf of the East Community Neighborhood Committee, the Sunset Red Art Performance Team participated in the art performance organized by the town committee and the town government to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the founding of the Party. The programs such as Yangko and Lianxiang Dance, which were written and performed by themselves, became an instant hit and were well received by the leaders. 200x 1 1 month, the art performance team assisted the city and town family planning departments to perform in the countryside, and the' China Folk Songs' performed were widely welcomed by the masses. Since 2006, the Sunset Red Art Performance Team has gained fame in dongshi town and even zhijiang city by virtue of its own strength, and won many awards in square dance and sports fitness dance competitions. August 8 is the National Fitness Day every year, and they are invited to participate almost every year. Especially, Baduanjin, a fitness qigong performed in the 200x Olympic Games, won applause and cheers from the audience for its soft, continuous, smooth and dynamic characteristics. The most noteworthy are two square dance competitions, one is 20 1x, and their square dance "Sky Blue" won the third prize. More than a month's training, from overall conception to action arrangement, from queue transformation to final modeling, from costume makeup to formal performance, is closely linked, which embodies the hard work of directors and actors; The other time was the 20 1x farmers' square dance competition, and their square dance "Love with Fire" won the first prize. First of all, I carefully selected the songs. After listening to it again and again, I found Love on Fire cheerful, affectionate and charming, so I chose this song. Secondly, carefully rehearse, carefully design and render the scene of the dance, repeatedly train the basic movements, pay attention to the proper transformation of the queue, emphasize the coordination of the actors' expressions and movements, and deeply study the dance modeling and appearance; Finally, it is to boost morale, increase confidence and officially start. These necessary preparations provide a prerequisite for the complete success of the performance and let them take the lead in the square dance competition. The Oriental Sunset Red Art Performance Team also performs more than 20 performances every year, which has produced considerable economic and social benefits. By participating in different types of cultural activities, their lives become more fulfilling and happy!
"The most beautiful thing is the sunset, warm and calm. The sunset is a flower that blooms late, and the sunset is an aged wine ... "The song" Sunset Red "rang again, interrupting my erratic thoughts and bringing me back to the dance scene from a vivid story. I was deeply infected by the wonderful music, intoxicated by the playful dance, and moved by the elegant taste of middle-aged and elderly people. I couldn't restrain my inner passion any longer, and naturally moved my steps.