Pansori Thiab K-Pop Electrify The Timeless Tale Of 'The Trojan Women'

Euripides zaj dab neeg ntawm Cov Poj Niam Trojan tshwm sim tom qab lub caij nplooj zeeg ntawm Troy, raws li cov poj niam Trojan quaj ntsuag cov neeg tuag thiab ntsib lawv lub neej yav tom ntej raws li Greek raug ntes. Txawm hais tias nws yog ib zaj dab neeg thaum ub, nws tseem yog ib lub sijhawm uas tseem niaj hnub txhawb kev hloov pauv.

"Txawm hais tias tau sau yuav luag 3,000 xyoo dhau los nws tseem muaj qhov tseeb heev," said Ong Keng Sen, tus thawj coj ntawm kev tsim khoom yav tom ntej ntawm Cov Poj Niam Trojan ntawm Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). "Nws tseem yog qhov zoo kawg nkaus li cas cov lus piav qhia ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog thiab cov neeg ntes tau ua tsov rog tsis hloov. Yog li ntawd muaj ib yam uas tsis muaj sij hawm uas kuv xav tias yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas yuav tsum tau coj mus rau theem ntau dua. "

Ong txoj kev txhais ntawm qhov xwm txheej thaum ub suav nrog ob qho k-pop thiab cov tsoos Korean daim ntawv ntawm suab paj nruag zaj dab neeg hu ua pansori. Nws tsis yog thawj zaug uas tus thawj coj hauv Singapore tau siv cov kab lis kev cai Asian los txhais cov lus Western classics. Nws staged Richard III nyob rau hauv Nyiv nrog ib kabuki hnub qub thiab coj cov neeg ua yeeb yam los ntawm Nyiv, Thaib, Tuam Tshoj thiab Indonesia ua ke rau ib qho ntawm King Lear. Nws txaus siab los ntawm qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm kev ua yeeb yam hybridization, txawm tias nws yuav siv qhov chaw los ntawm kev coj noj coj ua lossis kev sib koom ua ke.

"Rau kuv, kev ua haujlwm ntawm kab lis kev cai yog hom ntawm lub hauv paus ntawm kuv cov artwork," said Ong. "Tab sis tseem ceeb tshaj qhov uas tseem ua haujlwm ntawm lub sijhawm, lub tswv yim ntawm dab tsi yog ib txwm ua thiab niaj hnub no, thiab dab tsi tseem ceeb lossis tseem ceeb ntawm ib lub hnub nyoog mus rau lwm lub hnub nyoog mus rau lwm lub hnub nyoog."

Cov Poj Niam Trojan yog ib zaj dab neeg hais txog lub sijhawm thiab qhov chaw, tab sis kev ua si ua haujlwm hauv ntau zaus thiab qhov chaw, hais tias Ong. “Nws tau tsiv mus thoob ntiaj teb. Muaj ntau ntau productions ntawm Cov poj niam Trojan, qee zaum ua rau muaj kev tsov rog loj heev. Nyob rau hauv Syria, muaj ib tug version nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no Arab teem thaum lub sij hawm ntawm tsov rog nyob ntawd. "

Lub sij hawm no cov cam yog Korean thiab yog li yog cov suab paj nruag. Thaum Ong thawj zaug tau ntsib cov kev hu nkauj zoo nkauj ntawm pansori, nws zoo nkaus li haum rau Greek kev xwm txheej. Kev hloov kho zaj dab neeg, txawm li cas los xij, tau siv ob peb xyoos.

Nws tau hais tias "Nws siv sijhawm ntev los loj hlob," nws hais. "Daim ntawv thov kom rov sau cov lus rau hauv ib hom paj huam melodic. Lawv yuav tsum tau hloov cov lus kom haum rau ib lub 'meter' thiab qhov no yuav tsum muaj ntau theem ntawm kev sau ntawv. Euripides yuav tsum tau muab txhais ua lus Kauslim thiab rov sau dua kom haum rau qhov ntsuas thiab tom qab ntawd koj yuav tsum muaj tus kws sau nkauj kom haum rau lub suab nkauj uas twb muaj lawm, vim tias pansori muaj cov suab nkauj uas twb muaj lawm, thiab tom qab ntawd feem ntau kuj tseem muaj lwm tus kws sau nkauj uas sau cov suab paj nruag tshwm sim los coj txhua tus. nqes ua ke. Yog li, nws yog txheej txheem sau ntawv nyuaj. "

Lub pansori ib feem ntawm qhov kev ua si tau sau los ntawm Ahn Sook-sun, tus neeg hu nkauj pansori uas tau raug xaiv los ua ib lub teb chaws muaj khoom muaj nqis los ntawm Kaus Lim Kauslim Kev Cai Lij Choj.

“Ms. Ahn Sook-sun tam sim no, kuv xav tias, nyob rau hauv nws 80s thiab nws haum cov lus rau hauv cov suab paj nruag thiab hu nkauj, "said Ong. "Cov nkauj tshiab tau tsim los ntawm tus kws sau nkauj k-pop Jung Jae-il, uas yog tus sau zaj duab xis. Cov kab mob parasite. Ob tus kws sau nkauj no tau tsim ntau qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov opera thiab yog li nws yog qhov kuv nyiam dua rau lub tswv yim no ntawm kev sib xyaw sib txawv ua ke. Nyob rau hauv Greek tragedies muaj monologues los ntawm cov cim tseem ceeb thiab ces muaj ib tug chorus tawm tswv yim txog dab tsi tshwm sim. Yog li, cov chorus yog sau nyob rau hauv ntau k-pop style thiab cov thawj coj hu nkauj nyob rau hauv ib tug ntau tsoos style. "

Tus thawj coj yog thawj zaug tau qhia rau Kaus Lim Kauslim kab lis kev cai thaum ua haujlwm ntawm nws cov masters degree hauv kev kawm ua haujlwm ntawm NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Nws twb tau ua lub tuam txhab ua yeeb yam hauv Singapore, tso rau ntau qhov kev ua yeeb yam hauv ib xyoos, tab sis nws xav kawm kev ua tau zoo hauv cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev nom kev tswv thiab kev coj noj coj ua. "Txhua lub tswv yim ntawm kev nom kev tswv thiab poj niam txiv neej thiab kev coj noj coj ua yog qhov tseem ceeb rau kuv," nws hais.

Thaum ua yeeb yam ntawm Helen, Ong xav kom cov neeg tuaj saib kom paub meej tias nws yog ib tug neeg sab nrauv.

"Vim tias pansori yog ib daim duab tshwj xeeb, cov lus nug yog, leej twg tuaj yeem ua si Helen," nws hais. "Yog hais tias nws yog ob tug poj niam Kauslim ua si Greek Helen thiab Hecuba, poj huab tais ntawm Troy, koj yuav tsis muaj peev xwm tam sim ntawd qhia lawv mus rau lwm lub ntiaj teb. Yog li kuv thawj zaug xav tias tej zaum peb tuaj yeem nrum tus neeg hu nkauj opera los ntawm sab hnub poob, thiab nyob hauv hom opera, txawm hais tias nws yog daim ntawv sib txawv. Tab sis tom qab ntawd nws zoo li cliched xav tias qhov no sab hnub tuaj-sab hnub poob tau ua si tawm heev. Tom qab ntawd kuv xav tias, yog tias peb raug txwv los ntawm txhua tus neeg los ntawm pansori, vim tias koj tsis tuaj yeem cob qhia ib tus neeg los hu nkauj pansori hauv ib xyoos nkaus xwb, cia peb sim tus txiv neej pansori tus neeg hu nkauj ua qhov cuam tshuam rau cov poj niam.

Txawm hais tias Helen ua rau Trojan Tsov Rog los ntawm kev khiav tawm ntawm Paris, nws thov kev hlub tshua hauv kev ua si, liam nws qhov kev ua tsis zoo rau cov vajtswv. Los ntawm muaj ib tug txiv neej hu nkauj ua si Helen, Ong ntxiv cov txheej txheem nyuaj rau cov lus nug ntawm nws qhov txhaum.

"Thaum Helen hu nkauj tias nws tsis yog nws qhov txhaum, nws yog tus vajtswv tsim los coj nws thiab Paris ua ke, nws ua rau tag nrho cov lus nug no," said Ong. “Peb puas muaj kev xaiv txog peb txoj kev sib deev? Tag nrho cov no muaj hnub nyoog laus cov lus nug ntawm xwm vs kev saib xyuas. Yog li, nws ntxiv qee qhov nyuaj tom qab pib qhov sib txawv. Txhawm rau xaiv tus txiv neej pansori tus neeg hu nkauj tam sim ntawd coj tag nrho cov lus nug hauv zej zog thiab nom tswv txog kev sib deev thiab tib neeg nyob ua ke li cas. "

Ong, tus thawj coj ntawm Singapore-based TheatreWorks thiab tau txais 2010 Fukuoka nqi zog rau Kev Ua Yeeb Yam thiab Kab lis kev cai, yog kos rau cov dab neeg classic ntawm kev xwm txheej xws li King Lear, Richard III thiab Cov Poj Niam Trojan vim lawv qhia ib yam dab tsi txog lub ntsiab ntawm qhov nws txhais tau tias yog tib neeg. Nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Cov Poj Niam Trojan nws yog hais txog resilience.

Nws tau hais tias "Thaum lawv nyob hauv ib qho kev kub ntxhov peb pom tias lawv tau ua los ntawm qhov tseeb," nws hais. “Nws tsis yog hais txog kev ua nom ua tswv lawm. Nws los txog rau lo lus nug tseem ceeb ntawm qhov peb tuav mus rau kev ciaj sia thiab dab tsi peb muaj nuj nqis thaum kawg. Qhov no tshwm sim rau cov poj niam no, vim hais tias thaum kawg lawv yuav raug thauj tawm, tab sis lawv yuav ua li cas thiaj li muaj nuj nqis?

Txawm hais tias qhov kev ua si muaj cov neeg ua haujlwm thoob ntiaj teb, cov txuj ci kev ua yeeb yam los ntawm feem ntau National Changgeuk Company ntawm Kauslim Teb, uas tau tsim nyob rau hauv 1962 raws li ib feem ntawm National Theatre ntawm Kauslim. Ong's version ntawm classic ua si thawj zaug hauv Kaus Lim Kauslim hauv 2016, ua raws li kev ua yeeb yam ntawm Singapore International Arts Festival thiab tom qab ntawd tau muag tawm hauv London, Amsterdam thiab Vienna. Kev ua yeeb yam ntawm BAM yuav muaj nyob rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis 18 thiab 19.