Chapter 35: Tap Dance Performance
Trinity University.
In 1592, Queen Elizabeth I of England ordered the establishment of a world-class research university modeled after the Oxford and Cambridge universities in order to "educate" Ireland.
It has been around for hundreds of years and is the oldest university in Ireland and arguably the finest in Ireland.
Universities in China are basically built in the same way, but the buildings of these old schools in Europe are full of medieval thick and solemn style, and at first glance they look like looking at a church.
Once inside, it's more like visiting a museum, with countless exquisite murals and paintings placed on the walls, ancient oil lamps and charming students everywhere.
This is the place where Ye Kai has seen the most faces in the East, and there are as many as 300 Chinese students studying in this school, and Ye Kai has heard others speak Chinese in the school no less than three times.
When a person is outside for a long time, it is easy to feel a sense of security in a place where they can hear their native language.
And, that's where the Irish National Tap Dance Troupe performs.
Since the other day, various tap dances have been being performed here, and their tap dances are equivalent to foreign operas and dramas.
They combine these excellent expressions into Irish dance dramas, where you can see high-pitched bel canto, mournful bagpipes, and shocking tap dancing.
Ye Kai came for Riverdance, in order to save his spirit to watch tonight's performance, Ye Kai held back his desire before and never watched any performance here.
He went to a town not far from here to experience activities such as paragliding, hot air ballooning, old churches, and attractions such as Elizabeth Castle.
The biggest difference from China is that the attractions here can't allow Ye Xue to acquire skills or get talent points. It seems that talent points can only be obtained at domestic attractions.
After buying the tickets, Ye Kai entered the auditorium of Trinity University with the college students and tourists.
Ireland has everything you need for a medieval building, and even the Great Hall is imbued with the beauty of ancient Western architecture, and just sitting here is like seeing time.
That's something that a modern Coliseum or Broadway can't do.
Sitting next to Ye Kai was a German named Fergus, who was an international student at Trinity University. Ye Kai happened to know German, so he talked to him about his senses and thoughts about Trinity University.
"Thoughts?" Fergus scratched at his bird's nest-like curls.
"Our country has a long history, and if you ask me what I think of it, I just think the library is cool and magical. I feel like it must be great to make a movie here. ”
Germany's heritage is no shorter than that of the Celts, and Germany's ancestors, the Germanic peoples, have created two world-renowned empires, both the Roman Empire and the German Empire, which were among the best countries in society at that time.
Ye Kai asked the wrong person, he had to ask an Oriental to be right.
There is a saying that is true, distance produces beauty.
The Forbidden City of the East, the Great Wall, and the pavilions and pavilions in the south of the Yangtze River are all very oriental arts, and when they traveled in the past, Oriental people would say, "Well, this is the Forbidden City in my mind." ”
And when people from abroad come to the Forbidden City, they think, "Wow! That's so cool." ”
When the Chinese come to Europe, these two statements will be reversed, because of the growth environment, you don't know the history of Europe, so when you see such a majestic building, you will only be left with the purest amazement.
The show began.
The bass whistle takes the audience into a vast and infinite world, and the magnetic and ancient sound slowly controls the audience's emotions.
During the performance, everyone is watching the performance carefully, and when you sit in the audience, you can see at most four positions, front, back, left, and right, and beyond that, it is black, and only a little light is on the stage.
The light on the stage gradually brightens, and twenty tap dancers use leather shoes as drumsticks to beat a uniform drum beat on the stage. The pace is neat and rhythmic, like the rhythmic style of poetry.
The dancers are held high and glide with their heads held high, giving the illusion that the dancers are not gravity-conscious or have no inertia.
Ye Kai has always felt that there are three kinds of dances that can best cultivate temperament.
Ballet, classical dance, and tap dance.
Sitting in the audience and watching their neat steps, the feeling of high spirits greeted me and showed vitality.
The lights dimmed.
The dancers exited in unison, and then a bright light appeared in the corner of the stage, which was especially dazzling in this dimly lit environment.
The Dancing King is out.
This person is no longer the person Ye Kai saw on TV ten years ago, but he is still very handsome.
Ye Kai didn't understand it very much, even if there were iron plates on the front and back of the shoes. Then the left and right shoes are only four parts that can make sounds.
How did they manage to make the four vocal parts make several sounds a second? Ye Kai hadn't really learned tap dancing, so he was really curious about this.
When the intermission time came, the singers came out and sang an opera.
Tap dancing is very tiring, and the whole play lasts about two hours, with a lot of interludes in between, whether it's opera or an instrumental solo.
One of the reasons why the various performances are split is to give the actors a break, the singer sings to the dancer, and the dancer gives the singer a break when he dances.
Two hours later, Ye Kai left with the crowd.
It's amazing!
Ye Kai has seen performances on the scene before, whether it is a concert or Peking Opera. I went to the company party once, but at that time the noise in the audience was even bigger than on the stage.
So this is the first time Ye Kai has watched a stage performance.
That's great.
really lived up to his expectations, if he had the opportunity next time, Ye Kai would like to see other tap dance dramas, and when he returned to Huaxia, he would also go to see the performance of Peking Opera.
Although Ye Kai has never liked to listen to Peking Opera very much, he is the quintessence of the country, and it is impossible for his own country to be weaker than other countries.
Give yourself another chance to understand the quintessence of the country.
It was dark when he appeared, and it was time for the Irish to have dinner at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, and Ye Kai was also hungry, so he walked out of Trinity University and took a car to Grafton Street to eat.
Grafton Street is one of Ireland's two main shopping streets and the fifth largest in the world, located not far from Ye Kai's hotel.
Grafton Street stretches from St. Stephen's Park in the south to College Park in the north, and Ye Kai's hotel is located in St. Stephen's Park.
This is a place that Ye Kai often comes to these days, returning to his accommodation after a day of travel, drinking a cup of coffee at the café, or ordering a glass of Guinness beer at the bar.
The fatigue of the day is gone.