The Finnish Gave a Performance of the Drama Two For the Seesaw in GDUFS

May 20th- Two For the Seesaw, a play adapted from the Finnish traditional drama, was performed on May 10th to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the cooperation between the sister cities of Guangzhou and Tampere. The art troupe from the University of Tampere gave a great performance on the south campus auditorium stage.

Fasinating performance on the stage

The underlying theme of the drama was about the emotional appeal between males and females, the basic element of human beings. The director Hannd Eskoca thought the drama was very suitable for the performance. As for the drama itself, a story unfolded about love and marriage, which were threatened by the temptation of money and profit. Later, many audiences reflected that the drama-- Two For the Seesaw made them think about love and the relationship between men and women.

Rich expressions of the actors

The art troupe from GDUFS also gave excellent performances. The instrumental group played the Victory, which consisted of  both classical and modern elements. The dance team also performed a graceful peacock dance. Later members of the art troupes from the both cities sang songs such as the Finnish ballad Oman Kullan Silmat.

This was the University of Tampere's first performance in China. The actors all thought Chinese was the most difficult language in the world and the director also expressed that to give a performance in Chinese was a crazy and daring attempt. In the end, they earned thundering claps of praise from the audience.

During the interview, the director talked about the reasons why he chose this drama. On one hand, the drama shows the features of Finland to the GDUFS students, and on the other hand, the libretto which involved the reflection on humanity and society was quite suitable to perform.

Professors from University of Tampere and the drama director Hannd Eskoca

The reporter interviewed several students and all of them highly praised the art troupe from University of Tampere. One of the students from School of Journalism expressed, "It's amazing for them to remember so many Chinese lines. It's quite unimaginable."  Also, a student from the faculty of Management was deeply impressed by the lines and he said, "They use a lot of proses in ancient Chinese style and the translation is very good."

Group photos between GDUFS and the art troupe from University of Tampere

Source: GDUFS News Website