Entertaining Children

The training location of Chenxi Dance Troupe is in a creative park. It used to be an industrial area, but with the development of the city, the factory moved to a nearby suburban county, and a large area of ​​old factory buildings in the industrial area was abandoned. Later, people took a fancy to the spacious and spacious place here, and after being bought by others, it was re-planned and renovated, and turned into a creative park, where many groups and organizations engaged in so-called avant-garde art settled in.

Chenxi Dance Troupe has rented a dance rehearsal room converted from a large factory building here for a long time, which can be regarded as a fixed activity place for them.

The rehearsal room is located in that kind of old-fashioned red brick building. Before Xiao Yao entered the rehearsal room, he was attracted by the colorful graffiti on the outside wall and stopped for a long time. Not only the building in the rehearsal room, but also the walls of many other buildings close to the roads in the park are covered with various graffiti, making people feel like they are in the black neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

Xiao Yao didn't expect that there was such a place in Yanjing City, so he immediately took out his camera excitedly, and took a quick picture of the graffiti on the walls.

Entering the rehearsal room, Xiao Yao found that the place is really good. There are four double-door windows with a height of 1.5 meters on each of the two walls. The afternoon sun shines in, making the nearly 100-square-meter place full of light, and the whole space is bright and majestic. . There is no dust on the smooth and clean wooden floor, presumably it has been used and cleaned frequently. A set of combined speakers is placed against the wall, and there are amplified speakers on each side of the room, which makes the sound effect in the slightly empty space very good. The only shortcoming is that there seems to be a missing mirror the size of the entire wall.

"Hey, Sister Xi, why did you bring someone who is good at photography? You are so young, can photography skills work?" Cheng Xi took Xiao Yao into the rehearsal room, and immediately some members of the dance troupe came to say hello. Holding a camera, I naturally think that he is a photographer.

"Don't make trouble, this is a distinguished guest of our dance troupe." Cheng Xi smiled and said, "Is Chen Chen here? Everyone, come here, I have something to announce."

"Here, what do you want from me?" A young man with a baseball cap on one side came over and asked.

Xiao Yao looked at this man, and found that he was wearing a baseball cap askew, a loose T-shirt, cropped trousers with fat cuffs, black sneakers, and a silver metal chain hanging around his neck. A pendant with a hexagram wrapped in a circle. The whole person is full of hip-hop taste, revealing a strong street style.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Xiao Yao. He introduced us to a job opportunity." Cheng Xi pointed to Xiao Yao and said, "Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying opened a studio and are recruiting a dedicated backup dance team. Xiao Yao It is the son of Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying. He recommended our dance troupe to his parents' studio. As long as we seize this opportunity and sign a contract with the studio, our dance studio will be established in the future. Famous."

"Oh, there is such a good thing." Everyone cheered.

"I'm just recommending it. Whether it will be successful or not depends on your own abilities." Xiao Yao stretched out his hands and pressed, and said to cool down the cheering crowd.

"We don't lack strength, we just lack opportunities." Someone said confidently.

"Brothers, how about we show off to the son of the future boss?" Someone suggested.

"Okay, come on, open your eyes to classmate Xiao Xiao." Everyone responded one after another.

"If you're capable, you'll be friends with Star II." Chen Chen approached Cheng Xi and said, "By the way, you haven't said what you want from me yet."

"It's not me looking for you, it's this second-generation star friend who wants to know you." Cheng Xi said with a smile, "You are more capable than me. People heard that you can play hip-hop, rap, and graffiti, and they said they want to know you. That's why I came here with me. They came here for you."

"Hello, Chen Chen, right? I'm Xiao Yao." Xiao Yao stretched out his hand and said, "I'm very interested in street culture, please give me your advice in the future.

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"I don't dare to teach you, let's play together and communicate with each other when you have time." Chen Chen smiled politely and extended his hand.

Xiao Yao didn't shake hands with him normally, but took his palm, bumped his shoulder, and punched him lightly on the back with the other hand. This very black and street greeting immediately won Chen Chen's favor, and his smile became brighter and brighter.

"You get to know each other slowly in the future. It's not easy for us to get together. Let's practice dancing first. Didn't everyone say they want to give Xiao Yaolu a hand?" Cheng Xi interjected with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll wait and see." Xiao Yao smiled, found a chair by the side of the field and sat down.

The entire dance team consisted of about fifteen or six people, and it was divided into two parts with Cheng Xi and Chen Chen as the core, with about seven or eight people on each side. Xiao Yao watched for more than an hour, and it was a feast for the eyes. Except for no tap dancing, Xiao Yao basically saw all the dance types he knew in this hour or so. Not to mention the ballet and modern dance of seven or eight people led by Cheng Xi, there are a few hip-hop dancers led by Chen Chen, and they have a complete range of styles, including lock dance, mechanical dance, and break dance. , Handstands, Thomas maneuvers and other difficult movements also emerged one after another, which gave Xiao Yao a shocking understanding of the strength of this dance team.

However, after watching for more than an hour, Xiao Yao also found a problem. So, he couldn't help shouting to stop, walked to the center of the venue and asked Cheng Xi and Chen Chen, "I have a question to ask."

"What's the problem, tell me." Cheng Xi said. At the same time, Chen Chen also stood up.

"Are you one team or two teams?" Xiao Yao asked strangely: "Why do I see you as two distinct parts? Don't you have any dances that people on both sides cooperate with each other to complete?"

"Huh?" Now it was Cheng Xi and Chen Chen's turn to be surprised. "College style and street style are two very different dance styles. We have only seen a combination of ballet and modern dance, but we have never seen a combination of modern dance and hip-hop. They don't match at all. Well." Cheng Xi replied.

"As for the team," Chen Chen continued, "Of course we are a team, but we are also composed of two parts with different styles, which is also to meet different performance needs. If you need hip-hop style, I will bring people out, and you need modern ballet. For those college-style dancers, Cheng Xi leads people out, and each of us is responsible for the part we are good at, otherwise why would our team have two captains, Cheng Xi and me?"

Xiao Yao nodded at first, and suddenly said to Chen Chen: "I understand what you mean." Then he shook his head at the two of them and said, "But I don't agree with what you said. Who said that college dance and hip-hop can't be combined together? Together? Just because you haven’t seen it doesn’t mean there won’t be one, how would you know if you haven’t tried it.” Speaking of this, Xiao Yao remembered that there is no movie like "stepup" in this world, nor is there such a thing as "soyouthinkyoucandance" For dance talent shows, no matter in the United States or China, it seems that no one has tried to combine college dance and hip-hop.

That being the case, it is better to try it now. Both Cheng Xi and Chen Chen have no problem with their dance skills and skills. In terms of height and physique, although Cheng Xi is not as petite as Jenna Diwan, Chen Chen, who is 1.8 meters tall and muscular, is 1.6 meters tall Cheng Xi, who is five and slender, should be fine. It just so happens that Xiao Yao has a deep memory of the dance performance of the hero and heroine at the end of "stepup", so why not let Chen Chen and Cheng Xi restore that dance to see how it works.

Just do it when you think about it, Xiao Yao said to Chen Chen and Cheng Xi: "I have an idea, which is to combine college dance and street dance. Now I have a lot of movements and ideas in my mind. Let me tell you, how about you try dancing? Sample?"

"You mean...you want to choreograph for us?" Cheng Xi hesitated and said, "Didn't you say at noon that you wanted to learn choreography from me? Do you really know how to choreograph?"

"No." Xiao Yao said honestly, "It's just that I have some ideas in my mind, like pictures, I can only describe them to you, and then try to do some demonstrations. ideas come true.”

Xiao Yao doesn't know how to choreograph, and he doesn't know anything about how to guide dancers. But he has stayed in the crew a lot and knows how the director talks to the actors. He can only learn from this method to communicate with Chen Chen and Cheng Xi, explaining and demonstrating one by one action, in this way let them understand their own Intent and desired effect.

"This kid has good flexibility and coordination." Chen Chen said while watching Xiao Yao explain and demonstrate to them one by one. Although he didn't have the same sense of beauty as the members of the dance troupe, those individual dance moves allowed the professional Chen Chen to see Xiao Yao's good physical fitness at a glance, especially the flexibility and coordination of the body. People are not far behind.

"Of course, he also practices martial arts. It's not the dance we dance, but the martial arts. He just knocked down Xue Gang from our club in the boxing ring this morning. He also practiced for more than ten years, and his physical fitness Of course there is nothing to say." Cheng Xi said.

"Xue Gang? Is that the muscular monster in your club?" Chen Chen said in surprise, "That guy's physique is exactly one size bigger than Xiao Yao's. Didn't you say that he also practiced boxing? Xiao Yao took care of this guy gone?"

"Yes, you said that if he hadn't worked hard for more than ten years, how could he beat Xue Gang? It's not surprising that he has this kind of physical fitness." Cheng Xi nodded.

"Brothers and sisters," Xiao Yao recalled that Cheng Xi and Chen Chen were chatting, and called out, "Do you understand these movements?" They are all familiar, and the address becomes casual.

"Understood." Chen Chen said with a smile, "These movements are not difficult, but there are two problems." Chen Chen raised two fingers, and continued: "First, my team has modern dance movements here. There are also national standard moves. Cheng Xi and the others have street dance moves, which are not difficult for the dance style we are usually used to, but we have never tried the other party's dance style moves, so I don't know if we can practice them. Second. , just like we learn a few moves of modern dance and ballroom dance, and Cheng Xi and the others learn a few moves of hip-hop dance, is this a fusion of the two styles?"

"Okay," Xiao Yao also raised two fingers and said, "The first question, you are both professional dancers, it shouldn't be difficult to learn a few moves from each other, I will give you a day, please help each other Take down these movements. The second question, facts speak louder than words. There is no ready-made background music for this dance. You practice the movements today, and I will get the background music out when I go back today. I will bring the video recording tomorrow. The equipment and musical instruments are here, we will formally rehearse with background music, record the rehearsal scene, and see how the effect is, then we will see."

"Background music? Are you making it today? Can you do it?" Chen Chen looked at Xiao Yao and asked. Although he is familiar with hip-hop music, he doesn't have the ability to compose, so it's incredible for Xiao Yao to come up with background music in one day.

"You will know tomorrow." Xiao Yao smiled, "It's getting late, so I'll go back first. I'll come over at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Do you have any time problems?"

"No problem, we're waiting to see how well your choreographer, who is not a choreographer, can make a dance." Chen Chen patted Xiao Yao and said.

"OK, see you tomorrow." Xiao Yao stretched out his fist to touch Chen Chen, and waved to Cheng Xi as goodbye.

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