Entertaining Children

  Chapter 125 Choreography

The training location of   Chenxi Dance Group is in a creative park. This was originally an industrial area. With the development of the city, the factory was moved to a nearby suburban county, and a large area of ​​old factories in the industrial area was also abandoned. Later, the place that was favored by people was spacious and spacious. After being bought, it was re-planned and decorated and turned into a creative park in which many so-called avant-garde art groups and organizations settled in.

  Chenxi Dance Troupe rents a dance rehearsal room converted from a large factory building for a long time here, which can be regarded as a fixed venue for their activities.

  The rehearsal room is located in the old-fashioned red-brick building. Before Xiao Yao entered the rehearsal room, he was attracted by the colorful graffiti on the outside wall to stop and watch for a while. Not only the building in the rehearsal room, but many other buildings near the walls on both sides of the road in the park are also covered with various graffiti, which makes people feel like they are in the black area of ​​Brooklyn, New York.

  Xiao Yao didn't think that there was such a place in Yanjing City, so he took out his camera excitedly and snapped at the graffiti on the wall.

Entering the rehearsal room, Xiao Yao found that this place is really good. There are four double-opening windows with a height of 1.5 meters on each wall. The afternoon sun shines in so that the area of ​​nearly 100 square meters is very bright and the entire space is bright. . There is no dust on the clean wooden floor, so I want to use it and clean it often. There is a set of sound systems against the wall, and there are amplifying speakers around the room, which makes the sound effect in the slightly empty space also very good. The only shortcoming is that there seems to be missing a mirror the size of a whole wall.

"Yo, Sister Xi, why did you bring a photographer here? Isn't photography skills good at such a young age?" Cheng Xi took Xiao Yao into the rehearsal room, and immediately some members of the dance troupe came over to say hello and saw Xiao Yao holding hands. Holding the camera, he naturally thought he was a photographer.

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

   "Here, what are you looking for?" A young man wearing a baseball cap crookedly walked over.

Xiao Yao looked at this person and found that he was wearing a baseball cap crookedly, wearing a wide T-shirt, the bottom of his cropped trousers and his trousers are fat, black sneakers, and a silver metal chain is hanging around his neck, with a circle under the chain. A six-pointed star pendant is wrapped in the circle. The whole person is full of hip-hop taste, revealing a strong street style.

"Introduce everyone, this is Xiao Yao. He introduced us to a job opportunity." Cheng Xi pointed to Xiao Yao and said, "Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying have opened a studio and are recruiting a dedicated dance accompaniment team. Xiao Yao It is the son of Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying. He recommended our dance company to his parents' studio. As long as we seize this opportunity and sign a contract with the studio, in the future, after the establishment of our dance studio, we will not worry about it. Fame."

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

   "I just recommend it, it depends on your own ability." Xiao Yao stretched out his hands and pressed it, cooling the cheering crowd.

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

   "Brothers, how about we show the future boss's son?" someone suggested.

   "Okay, come on, open your eyes to Xiao Xiao." Everyone responded.

   "Have the ability, and the second generation of stars to be friends." Chen Chen approached Cheng Xi and said, "By the way, you haven't said anything about looking for me yet."

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

   "Hello, Chen Chen, right? This is Xiao Yao." Xiao Yao took the initiative to stretch out his hand, "I am interested in street culture, please give me some advice."

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

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

   "You will become familiar and play slowly in the future. It will not be easy for us to get together. Let's practice dancing first. Didn't you guys say you want to show Xiao Yao a hand?" Cheng Xi interrupted with a smile.

   "Okay, then I'll wait and see." Xiao Yao smiled, found a chair on the edge of the venue and sat down.

  The entire dance team has about fifteen or six people. It is divided into two parts with Cheng Xi and Chen Chen as the core. There are about seven or eight people on each side. Xiao Yao watched for more than an hour, and it was a feast for his eyes. Except for the absence of tap dance, all the dance types Xiao Yao knew were basically seen in this hour. Not to mention the seven or eight-person ballet and modern dances led by Cheng Xi. There are a few hip-hop dancers led by Chen Chen, and there are various types of hip-hop dance, lock dance, mechanical dance, and break dance. , Handstands, Thomas's maneuvers and other difficult movements are also emerging one after another, giving Xiao Yao a shocking understanding of the strength of this dance team.

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

   "What's the problem, you said." Cheng Xi said. At the same time Chen Chen also stood over.

  "Are you one team or two teams?" Xiao Yao asked strangely: "Why do I see you in two distinct parts? Don't you have any dances done by people on both sides working together?"

   "Huh?" Cheng Xi and Chen Chen were strange now. "College style and street style are originally two very different dance styles. We have only seen ballet and modern dance combined, but we have never seen a combination of modern dance and street dance. There is no tune 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. This is also to meet the needs of different performances. If you need a hip-hop style, I need to bring people out. I need a modern ballet. In these academy styles, Cheng Xi leads people out, and we are each responsible for the part that we are good at. Otherwise, why would our team have two captains, me and Cheng Xi?."

Xiao Yao nodded first, and suddenly said to Chen Chen: "I understand what you mean." Then he shook his head to the two of them: "But I don't agree with what you said. Who said that college dance and street dance cannot be combined? Are you together? Never seen it doesn’t mean there won’t be. How do you know if you haven’t tried it.” Having said that, Xiao Yao remembered that there is no movie like "Stepup" in this world, and there is no such thing as "Soyouthinkyoucandance". For dance talent shows, whether in the United States or in China, it seems that no one has tried to combine college dance with street dance.

  In that case, let's try it now. Cheng Xi and Chen Chen’s dance skills and techniques are all right. From the standpoint of height and physique, although Cheng Xi is not as petite as Jenna Diwan, Chen Chentuo, who is 1.8 meters tall and has strong muscles, lifts a height of 1.6 meters. Cheng Xi, with a slender figure, should be fine. It happens that Xiao Yao has a deep memory of the dance performance of the hero and heroine at the end of "Stepup". It's better to let Chen Chen and Cheng Xi restore the dance to see how it works.

Just do it when he thinks of it, Xiao Yao said to Chen Chen and Cheng Xi: "I have an idea that combines college dance and street dance. Now I have a lot of movements and ideas in my mind. I will tell you what you try to do. kind?"

   "You mean...you want to choreograph for us?" Cheng Xi hesitated: "Didn't you still say you want to learn choreography from me at noon? Would you know how to choreograph?"

"No." Xiao Yao said honestly, "It's just that I have some thoughts in my mind, just like pictures. I can only describe to you, and then try to do some demonstrations. I hope you can put them in my mind. The idea came true."

  Xiao Yao doesn’t know how to choreograph and has no idea how to guide dancers. But he stayed a lot in the crew and knew how the director talked to the actors. He could only learn from this method to communicate with Chen Chenchengxi and the others, explaining and demonstrating each action, in this way to let them understand their own. Intent and desired effect.

   "This kid has good physical flexibility and coordination." Chen Chen watched Xiao Yao explain each movement to them one by one. Although they don’t have the beauty of dance troupe members, professional Chen Chen can see at a glance that Xiao Yao’s good physical quality, especially the flexibility and coordination of his body, danced with them. People are not much better than others.

"Of course, they also practice martial arts, not our dance, but martial arts. He just knocked down Xue Gang from our club on the boxing ring this morning. They also practiced for more than ten years. Physical fitness Of course there is nothing to say." Cheng Xi said.

"Xue Gang? That's the muscle monster in your club?" Chen Chen was surprised. "That guy's physique is exactly one size bigger than Xiao Yao. Didn't you say that he has practiced boxing? This man was taken care of by Xiao Yao. Up?"

   "Yes, you said that if he hadn't worked hard for more than ten years, how could he have beaten Xue Gang, it would not be surprising to have this physical fitness." Cheng Xi nodded.

"Guys and sisters," Xiao Yao said when Cheng Xi was chatting with Chen Chen, "Do you understand these actions?" After such a contact, Xiao Yao can be regarded as a member of the dance troupe. They are all familiar with each other, and the title 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 then said: "First, my team has modern dance moves in it. There are also national standard moves. Cheng Xi and the others have street dance moves. It is not difficult for the dance style that we are usually used to, but we have not tried the dance style of the other party. We don't know if we can practice it. Just like this, we learn a few modern dance and national standard dance moves. Cheng Xi and the others learn a few street dance moves. Did they blend the two styles together?"

"Okay," Xiao Yao also raised **** and said: "The first question, you are all professional dancers, it shouldn't be difficult to learn each other's movements from each other. Give you one day and ask you to help each other. Take these actions down. The second question is that facts speak louder than words. There is no background music for this dance. You practiced the movements today, and I will get the background music out when I go back today. I will take the video with me tomorrow. Come over with equipment and musical instruments. Let’s formally rehearse with background music and record the rehearsal. Let’s see how it works."

   "Background music? Are you making it today? Can you make it?" Chen Chen looked at Xiao Yao and said. Although he is very familiar with hip-hop music, he does not have the ability to compose, so it feels incredible for Xiao Yao to say that he will make background music in one day.

   "You'll know tomorrow." Xiao Yao smiled, "It's late, I'll go home first. I'll be here at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, do you have any problems with time?"

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

   "OK, see you tomorrow." Xiao Yao stretched out his fist and touched Chen Chen, and then beckoned with Cheng Xi. It was goodbye.

  (End of this chapter)