扣人心弦的乐曲和惊心动魄的特技

精彩再现了一个女性复仇的故事。

韦德体彩官网《杨门女将》（照片由伟德网站官方提供）

　　韦德体彩官网推出的《杨门女将》为我们展现了精彩的表演和非凡的音乐，京剧的传统服饰美轮美奂，演员的杂技和武术技法纯熟。《杨门女将》将所有这些优点完美结合，故事情节缓慢铺开，情节随着发展愈发引人入胜。

　　探马从战场带回战报，称杨家的男将士已被敌军所杀，此时，杨家的女将决意上战场挽回败局。她们迫切得到皇帝的允许，最后解除了朝野上下对她们武艺的不信任，获得皇帝许可前去杀敌。

　　这场京剧的第二部分说的是女将们拿起兵器奔赴战场。在山中发现了一条隐蔽的路线，能够帮助她们出其不意地抄敌军的后路，她们布好兵后领兵上阵。通过武术、杂技和程式化动作组合，展示了战斗的情景和满山遍野如火如荼的战争场面。演员的杂技十分震撼，唱腔与动作融为一体，流光溢彩的戏服更为演员的表演增色不少。与西方以心理活动为基础的表演方式不同，京剧演员通过肢体语言和程式化的手势来表现角色的情感。杨家的佘太君在表现痛失亲人的悲哀时，在唱的同时一只手指微微颤抖。在这部作品中，演员们并不只是具体表现角色，而是通过特有的京剧动作和手势向观众传达角色的情感，让观众自己去品味和体会。

　　韦德体彩官网的这部作品引领我们进入了超越西方自然主义的表演王国，展现了对贝尔托•布莱斯特产生深远影响的一种戏剧形式。这是一次令人如痴如醉的文化体验。请千万不要错过这场《杨门女将》！

星级：5星（最高5星）

《杨门女将》

韦德体彩官网

悉尼国家剧院

2016年11月上映

五星：精彩表演，令人难忘，不容错过

作者介绍：凯蒂•莱弗斯，在悉尼工作的作家、导演、制片人和研究员。

Warrior Women of Yang

KATIE LAVERS

Spine-tingling music and breathtaking acrobatics bring tale of women's revenge vividly to life.

Warrior Women of Yang from the Chinese National Peking Opera Company. Photograph via State Theatre.

Warrior Women of Yang from the Chinese National Peking Opera Company presents stunning performances, extraordinary music; fabulous richly-coloured costumes; masterful acrobatics and martial arts. Warrior Women of Yang combines all this with a slow-building story line, which, as it develops, becomes more and more gripping.

When messengers arrive from the battlefield with news that the male warriors of the Yang family have been killed in battle by invading forces, the Yang family female warriors decide to take up arms to avenge their loss. The women struggle to get the Emperor’s approval, but eventually succeed in overcoming the court's widespread lack of belief in their fighting ability and gain the Emperor’s permission to take the fight to the invaders.

In the second half of the show the women warriors take up arms and ride in to battle. Discovering a secret route through the mountains which will enable them to cut off the invaders’ retreat, they position their army and then lead their troops into battle. The fight scenes are conveyed through martial arts, acrobatics, and stylized gesture to show the scuffles and flurries of battle breaking out across the countryside. The acrobatics are stunning – erupting in unison and cannons of movement which crisscross the stage, with the costumes adding spectacular flourishes of colour.

Instead of a Western psychologically-based approach to acting, the performers express the emotions of the characters through physical movements and stylized hand gestures –  the family matriach shows her grief through a delicate fluttering of the fingers of one hand as she sings. In this work the performer does not attempt to embody the character but instead signals the characters’ emotions to the audience through stylized movement and gesture which the spectator then decodes.

This work from the Chinese National Peking Opera Company takes us into the realms of performance beyond Western naturalism, showing the form of theatre that had such a profound influence on Bertold Brecht. This is an opportunity to experience a uniquely fascinating cultural experience. Warrior Women of Yang is not to be missed!

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Warrior Women of Yang

The Chinese National Peking Opera Company
The State Theatre, Sydney
6 November 2016

FIRST PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER, 2016

Five stars: Exceptional, unforgettable, a must see

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Katie Lavers is a writer, director, producer and researcher based in Sydney.