Finally, in order to show my strength, I even learned the movements of modern ballet, landing on one stilt and spinning 360 degrees on the other leg......

At night, Dongjianshan is still in a boiling state. The sound of the city, the sound of people, the sound of traffic, the sound of horns, the sound of machines, the roar of pile drivers, all kinds of pop music, all come together, day and night. Turning this town into a place where there is no night. The boss of Dalian sent a car to pick up people, and eight commercial vehicles lined up and stopped on the training ground.

Maybe it's been a long time since there has been a large-scale performance, and as soon as the car arrived, the brothers were eager to try, and some couldn't hold back.

The master said to the disciples, "What's the hurry, calm down!" His face sank like water, and he methodically lit the weapons, musical instruments, costumes, and props needed for a stilt Yangge performance. After waiting for the things to be ordered, the master will wave his hand and give an order to let everyone move things into the car.

The party had already begun, and we were the last to arrive. The Dalian boss is indeed spacious, the industrial park covers an area of at least 100 acres, dozens of factories and dormitory buildings are neatly arranged in a row, on the square of the industrial park, a steel structure stage has been erected, the sky blue stage, the colorful lights are flashing, and the beams of lasers are swept down, which is dazzling. The audience was sitting, and the stage was tightly enclosed. Two hosts, a man and a woman, were announcing the curtain, and then there was a round of fashion shows, and models in fancy clothes came out one after another, stepping on the drums of music, and walked on the stage in an orderly manner. The master scolded in a low voice: "What's so beautiful?" The senior brothers reluctantly withdrew their gaze and followed the master around the crowd and walked to the back of the stage.

After the fashion show, it was a few pop singers who appeared. Now the Chinese stage has basically become the world of pop music, and they do have a strong appeal, accompanied by a round of energetic singing and dancing, the atmosphere of the scene suddenly rises.

The applause from the audience was thunderous, wave after wave, and it seemed to be endless. This kind of scene made me feel that the charm of the stage does not come from the lights and flowers, but from the applause and screams from the audience.

By the time the singers finished their performances, the backstage was empty. There are only about 20 people left in the Xie family's class. The master instructed everyone to change their clothes quickly.

We know it's time for the Xie family class to perform. As the last program of the party, Yangge on stilts appeared in the finale.

First, there are martial arts routines. Several senior brothers took turns on the stage, showing a fist and foot kung fu, punching the Quartet, the evil tiger catching the wolf, the dragon head and phoenix tail, Guanyin sitting on the lotus, the carp playing in the water, the monkey stealing the peach, the sea fishing for the moon, sweeping the hall legs, the fairy offering flowers, the beauty in the mirror and so on.

Then another group of senior brothers came on the stage and performed instrumental performances: stick stakes, sand knives, stool stakes, iron forks to the point, white hands to double knives, monkey sticks, light rake to the inner tip, two sticks, fist umbrellas, single rakes, and long sticks.

These senior brothers of mine appeared happily one by one, and when they returned to the background, they became frosted eggplants, and I knew the reason for their loss without asking.

The applause in front of the curtain seemed to be diluted by something, and each time it became more and more scattered. Compared to fashionable entertainment, traditional art is clearly not popular.

After the martial arts routine performance was completed, the audience had basically dispersed, and some staff members came over and were ready to clean up the venue. My heart went cold all at once.

The senior brothers were even more depressed, and there was a depressing smell in the air. Only the master was still as calm as a mountain, sitting there steadily, drinking a cup of tea in his hand.

Seeing this, the senior brother suggested to the master, "Master, let's just withdraw our stilt performance." ”

The master froze for a moment, and the teacup stopped at the edge of his mouth: "What did you say?"

The elder brother said, "Stilts, let's withdraw." No one is watching, don't waste time. ”

With a "dang", the master slammed the cup in his hand onto the table, and his face turned black in an instant. This usually calm man suddenly burst into a rage, which seems to me a bit incredible.

What's even more incredible is that the master would actually do it with the senior brother. There was a crisp sound of "pop", and I saw that the senior brother's head was crooked, and five bright red fingerprints suddenly appeared on his face. The senior brother covered his face and looked at the master in surprise.

The master said, "If you say this, you should fight! The drama is bigger than the sky, don't you know? Because you are still a person who has learned the arts, the sky has fallen on today's long stilt Yangge, and I have to finish the performance." ”

After that, he instructed a few senior brothers to move a set of costumes and props for the stilt Yangge performance from the car, and it can be seen that the master attaches great importance to this performance.

When the preparations were ready, Master called me, "Dexin, come here." ”

I got up and walked up to Master.

Master raised his head, looked at me with a fixed gaze, and said, "Come on stage for a while, and stabilize your heart for me." Don't embarrass Xie Jiaban. ”

After speaking, he glanced at the senior brother again and said, "You too." ”

Senior Brother lowered his head and didn't say anything, I nodded and said, "Okay, Master." ”

Although I have not officially performed on stage, I have practiced a lot with my senior brother in private, and I am already familiar with the walking, transposition, and cooperation between the two in the performance.

It is said that one minute on the stage, ten years off the stage, although I don't have ten years, two or three years is enough. For this performance, I am sure. Most importantly, I remembered the hard work I had when I learned Zamabu, and my heart became a lot more stable.

The sound of gongs and drums sounded, and the two lions swayed and appeared first to create the atmosphere. I danced with the elder brothers, and the other was the other two senior brothers who were called back by the master. Xie Jiaweizi's stilt Yang song and dance lion has eight basic procedures: worship the front hall, walk to Dawei, double lion meeting, pick green, visit the garden, doze off, walk Dawei, and worship three times.

During the performance, the eight procedures are carried out in turn, and the eight forms of joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, surprise, doubt, drunkenness, and sleep of the lion are expressed in detail.

The time of the whole performance is about 30 minutes, and generally speaking, the two lions can't dance, and they need to change people halfway. But my good brother is the age of the strong, and we finished dancing in one go, and the other lion had to change people once.

The dance is over, and the stage is over. I suddenly found out that my junior sister Xie Ying was here. I was taken aback by her appearance: What is going on? Could it be that tonight's performance is too important, and she is not at ease with Master and Senior Brother?

During the break between gongs and drums, I heard Master shouting in the background, urging the brothers to tie up stilts and dress up for me and my brother.

The stilt performance is different from the general stilt Yangge, the general stilt Yangge steps on the stilt stick and makes a twisting action, but the stilt performance has a drama.

Among them, Xie Jiaban's repertoire is "Jiang Taigong Fishing", two actors stand on stilts one meter and eight meters high, one plays Jiang Taigong and the other plays fish. The two of them used the form of stilt Yangge to vividly express the drama of fishing and being fished.

According to the rules of the Xie family's class, the one who plays Mrs. Jiang is generally the elder, and the one who plays the fish is generally the junior, so I have to play the fish, and the senior brother is Mrs. Jiang. I heard that there are many stories in the performance of "Jiang Taigong Fishing" in history, and under normal circumstances, the ending of the performance is that Jiang Taigong catches the fish;

However, sometimes, the younger generation who plays Yu'er plays a prank, and he will play some cautious eyes, but he will not take the bait, and the actor who plays Jiang Taigong will not be able to do his job, and he will end in failure, and the curtain will end in the applause of the audience.

Tonight, Master's daughter Xie Ying unexpectedly appeared at the performance site, is she afraid of such an accident? Actually, there is no need for her to worry, I am like a brother and sister to the master, where would I do anything to tear down the stage for him?

Just as I was thinking, the gongs and drums sounded again. The senior brother said "up", and he and I stepped on a one-meter-eight high stilt stick and went on stage.

After taking the stage, we got a full house as soon as we appeared.

Because people usually see stilts that are less than 50 centimeters high, they have never seen such stilts.

In addition, in order to shine, Master designed a unique appearance action for us, allowing us to make a tall and short two people play a high-pressure and low, short and tall shape, and people applauded warmly when they saw this rare scene.

I was surprised by the next performance. Suddenly, I entered a state of self-forgetfulness, at this time, I am no longer my mother's son, nor is I the master's apprentice, let alone the artist whose master gave me the name "Xie Dexin", I am just a happy fish with life and soul, swimming happily in the ancient Wei River.

The elder brother wore a white coat and a white beard, picked up a fishing rod and threw it around in the air, looking like a hermit leisurely. I swam around under his fishing rod as the text asked, but I just ignored him.

We walked around the stage three times, and the elder brother still couldn't see the fish on the hook, and immediately made an anxious appearance, while my swimming movements slowly became leisurely. If you don't understand stilts, I think I'm a fish actor who should be more relaxed, but it's not.

People who step on stilts, the more urgent the gongs and drums are, the faster the performance is more relaxed, and the more the gongs and drums are slow and the performance movements are slow, the more tired they are. It's like riding a bicycle, it's normal to ride fast, it's not difficult, but it's the most difficult if it's slower, the speed is slower, and the bike can't fall down. It depends on the actor's skills.

"Jiang Taigong Fishing" is a prescribed action to walk three laps normally, and the next thing is that Jiang Taigong and the fish will fight wits and courage.