In the dance practice room, rows of poles create horizontal and vertical shadows on the ground.

The sound of squirming and tidying up sounded for a while, and the dancers walked in groups like doors. Yang Ming walked against the flow of people, he saw that the crowd flinched slightly, but soon walked in firmly, Xiao Rui and Rui'er, who were talking next to him, looked at this stranger strangely, and others were also looking at him, Yang Ming was like a delta in the middle of the river, and the flow of people rumbled through him like water.

"Teacher. ”

Chunya was drinking water, she was standing by the wall, in the horizontal window at the top of the dance room, there was just a setting sun, falling on her hair, like fine pieces of gold powder, on the wall behind her, hanging several dancing portraits, blurred faces.

Hearing the voice, Teacher Chunya turned his head, paused for a moment, and then laughed, which made Yang Ming, who had always been a little uneasy, laugh too.

"How are you?"

"Alright. ”

Teacher Chunya and Yang Ming sat on the floor of the dance practice room, she was wearing a dance costume, her body was exquisite, Yang Ming always looked at her body unconsciously. He took off his rest suit, put it on his lap, and adjusted his sitting posture before he got up naturally.

“...... In fact, there hasn't been much change, it's still like that, that is, the old people have retreated a little, and the newcomers have also entered a little. Teacher Chunya looked at Yang Ming with a smile like the moon: "After you had an accident that time, everyone else in that dance was fine, but maybe they were stimulated and left the dance troupe later, do you want to come back to dance?"

"Jump, I just don't know if I can still jump. Yang Ming's expression, which had been soothed during the conversation, gradually became inexplicably obscure again.

Teacher Chunya patted him on the arm, then made him turn around, patted him on the back, and then asked him to stand up and patted his calves and thighs: "I think it's okay, why don't you jump a little?"

"Now?"

"That's right, you come back and jump, then you still have to give you a place by the director, I'll help you see it first." ”

Yang Ming hesitated to say "oh", when Teacher Chunya patted his body just now, he felt that his body didn't seem to be so stiff and weak, and the elasticity and strength of the muscles seemed to still linger on his perceptual tentacles.

He simply danced a short piece of the company's work "The Awakened Wrangler Boy", a modern dance work that draws on elements of Mongolian dance. The movements are relatively small, and it doesn't matter if he's wearing jeans.

After a dance, he looked at Teacher Chunya.

The surprise in Teacher Chunya's eyes made Yang Ming feel a little proud in his heart - yes, he just realized that he danced better than before.

"You're better than you used to dance. ”

Although the goddess teacher already had subtle wrinkles, the former goddess who still had the charm was shocked by her own strength, and it still made Yang Ming's adrenaline secretion accelerated, and he felt the excitement and satisfaction that he had not seen for a long time, Ah, it's good to wake up.

"Do you think I can go back to the group?"

"No problem," Teacher Chunya's eyes were shining, and she thought for a while: "You come to me tomorrow to follow the training for a few days, find out how you feel, I see that you are still a little strange to dancing." After these two days, we will go to the director again, I heard that the troupe is preparing a new dance for this year, maybe you can ask for a good role. ”

"Okay, thank you, Chunya-sensei. ”

Outside the window, the sunset was like a burning cloud, the countless red, orange and yellow, through the glass reflected the dance room like Scott Naismith's color palette, Yang Ming closed his eyes and took a breath, the corners of his mouth were full of smiles.

......

Yang Ming, who joined the practice, surprised newcomers and old friends one after another, his basic technical movements were standard and tall, he was always in the middle of the crowd when he was resting, and Rui'er quickly got very close to him.

"Brother Yang, why are you dancing so well, haven't you danced for a long time?"

Yang Ming smiled: "Maybe I learned more solidly before." ”

Rui'er sat in front of Yang Ming with her legs crossed, looked up at him, and wanted to say something. Her dance partner Xiao Ding came over, called "Brother Yang", and looked at Rui'er: "Do you want to practice today?" ”

"Oh, go. Rui'er stood up and looked very regretful: "Brother Yang, I'll ask you for advice when I go back, I'll go to practice first." ”

With a knowing smile, Yang Ming glanced at Xiao Rui, a young untamed boy, glanced at him, then avoided his eyes, and left the dance room with Rui'er. Yang Ming stayed at the end as usual, and after the crowd dispersed, he liked to dance a few paragraphs to evaluate Teacher Chunya.

Crunch, crunch, wheelchair sounds from far and near.

"Director?"

"Superintendent. ”

Yang Ming suddenly turned around and looked at the director. Five years ago, he was just a group dancer, not even the lead dancer, and he didn't have many opportunities to get close to the choreographer, but his deepest memory is that the director was in a wheelchair, and he actually had a stage accident that year, and later transformed into a choreographer, and achieved even higher.

The director looked very gentle, but there were few facial expressions, and she glanced at Yang Ming: "Yang Ming, are you back?"

"Ah, yes. ”

"Director, Yang Ming has good skills and feelings now, and he wants to continue dancing, you see-"

The director was silent for a while, and Yang Ming's heart was popping, like a drum, and the entire dance room could hear it.

"Let's take a look at the dance, wait-" The director looked up and down, Yang Ming's dance costume was green, and his pants were white: "Go and change into a black one." ”

"Go and change, there's it in the cabinet over there, the second compartment. Chunya hinted at him, hurry up.

Yang Ming looked at the cabinet, looked at Teacher Chunya, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and walked over - when he took off his pants and pulled the instep out of the trouser tube, his breathing stagnated for a second, and his right foot did not land, but stretched the instep, flat and upright...... Then there is the calf, the line of the gastrocnemius muscle is still full and smooth, Yang Ming remembered that when he was in the dance troupe, the teacher said that this young man's leg line is beautiful, yes, it is still beautiful.

Calves up, knees, thighs, Yang Ming glanced at his legs greedily, quickly put on black dance pants, then took off his clothes, and the hand that went to take the shirt paused there, his forearms stretched freely, his five fingers were gently clenched into fists, his muscles appeared, and the sense of strength was hidden inside, as if he would explode into a remnant of action on the stage at any time.

Yang Ming looked down at his body......

"Yang Ming?"

"Ahh ”

He took a deep breath and picked out one of her creations "Phoenix Nirvana" in front of the director, and he really danced very well, the phoenix struggled in the flames, was reborn in the flames, and when the flames were extinguished and dispersed, a brand new emperor of birds stood proudly between heaven and earth, it spread its wings, it roared, it joyfully showed its excellence, announced its rebirth and return.

Teacher Chunya applauded gently.

Yang Ming glanced at her with a slight pant, and then looked at the director, who was still so indifferent, just nodded slightly: "Fill in Tian Fan's gap first, and I'll see if there is a role suitable for him when I go back." ”

Yang Ming nodded a little confused.

Waiting until the director left, Mr. Chunya happily handed him a glass of water: "Tian Fan twisted his foot before, he can't dance for the time being, he has to find someone to participate in the performance for him, and now there are many people staring at his role in "Tianwen", the director asked you to dance, he must be optimistic about you, although the time is relatively tight, he is not the lead dancer, it should be no problem." Speaking of which, Yang Shengsheng, a dancer who went out of our troupe, seems to have played a role for others, and he was recognized by his eyes, maybe he is the second Yang Shengsheng. ”

Yes, Yang Shengsheng's story, who hasn't heard of the Red Star Dance Troupe?

......

Yang Ming joined the crew of "Tianwen".

Study, rehearse...... He knew that the director was always watching him, and she was always sitting in her wheelchair, looking at him indifferently. He had to dance better to be able to impress and convince everyone – they had their last rehearsal, and half of the troupe had come to watch.

When it was Yang Ming's turn, he took a deep breath, got up, and entered the stage.

He plays a man of God, who is bathing in a thunderstorm, and he is about to become a member of the fairyland, but before that, he must resist the thunder, the wind, and the Heavenly Heart - small complex movements, half of the stage, and the upper body and gestures in place, although this is not a protagonist role, but it is also very difficult.

He heard a colleague next to him whispering.

"Hasn't he jumped in a long time?"

"I haven't jumped for a long time, he had an accident while performing five years ago, and he woke up in a coma for five years. ”

"Ahh

"Your muscles and bones will stiffen, right?"

"Wow, Tianxin questioned this section of the jump, jumping out of the kind of resistance and circumvention in the face of the heart, the level is so high? If nothing happened, wouldn't he have been the chief a long time ago. ”

Yang Ming felt fine and dense sweat trickle out of his forehead.

The dance is over.

His colleagues gave him a round of applause.

Yang Ming glanced at the place where the director used to be, she was no longer there. Yang Ming's ears were still ringing with the "questioning" of his colleagues, why? It's been five years, why can he dance so well, yes, why? Yang Ming squeezed out of the crowd and found a remote small dance room, which was dim and made people feel very safe, and the back half of the room was littered with various stage props.

He ripped off his clothes, kicked off his pants, and stood in front of the mirror in his pants—such a young, bouncy, powerful, and vibrant body. He approached the mirror step by step, looking at his face, and the horror and resistance revealed in those eyes made his whole body tremble slightly.

Yang Ming threw himself on his bag, took out a razor from it, he cleaned his beard first, then opened the hair clipper, and paused there, as if time had frozen, as if heaven and man were at war - he closed his eyes, and the buzzing sound sounded again.

Strands of long hair fell on the floor, fluttering, and every strand of it fell to the ground, but it was so shocking.

Potholes gradually appeared.

Yang Ming didn't dare to open his eyes for a long time, he closed his eyes vigorously, suddenly rushed to the pool next to him, purred his head roughly, washed off his beard and hair, and then opened his eyes, stared at the rushing water, and then resolutely stood in front of the mirror.

This body is more high-quality than when he was admitted to the dance company.

Yang Ming remembered the picture of him dancing during the exam at that time, he remembered a step, and he followed a step - more stable, higher standards, more mature, and more moving.

"Yang Ming, Yang Ming?"

Someone was shouting at him.

Yang Ming suddenly panicked, he touched his head and face, he looked around, from the props and miscellaneous items, found a box of wigs, he found a men's half-length hair and waited for it, it was so suitable, as if the original one was also a wig.

Beard, he pulled out a disposable black mask from his bag and put his clothes on.

"Who's calling me?"

"Why are you here, the director called you, hurry up, I guess there is something good." ”

"Okay, thank you. ”

Yang Ming turned his head and saw that the director was not far away, at the door of her office, looking at him quietly, the two of them looked at each other for a long time, as if there was an eternity. The superintendent nodded and went back to the office first.

Yang Ming felt like he was about to suffocate.

"Director, you're looking for me. ”

The director was still so indifferent, as if he didn't know any other expressions, but his eyes were sharp and deep and frightening.

"Well, there's a new solo dance in the group. The director pushed the script on the table to Yang Ming.

"Lake of Silence".

"Who are you?"

"No faith?"

Yang Ming put down everything just now, his eyes suddenly lit up, the director personally choreographed the solo dance of the dance troupe, this is the treatment that only the chief has, or the chief may not be able to act, but the person who plays must be the chief: "Yes, I am confident, thank you director." ”

The superintendent, for the first time, pulled the corners of his mouth at what seemed to be a smile.

......

"Teacher Liu, you feel okay, right?"

"It's fine. ”

Teacher Liu Yan changed the "facial paralysis" in the play, and smiled very gently, ten years later, I can't see it at all, on the eve of the highest moment, he was ruined by the heavy blow of his dance career.

Ji Ming invited this director to play the Red Star Dance Troupe, which is quite risky, after all, he has never acted, although it is a symbolic character setting, it is still very worrying. But Mr. Liu is right:

"Acting like a facial paralysis, I understand. ”

It may be that the environment of the company is very familiar and relaxed for her, and the director's character setting is completely in line with her own profession. Therefore, acting is far better than Ji Ming thought, but sometimes the intensity is too high, and Ji Ming will worry about whether her body can stand it.

"Ji Ming, don't treat me as a patient. Teacher Liu nodded at him: "I'm not so weak, I'm also a post-80s generation, although I can't walk on my legs, and I haven't aged more than ten years." ”

Optimism.

"Haha," Ji Ming nodded: "What do you think of today's play?"

"I don't understand anything else, whether it's you, Sister Wen, Director Alice, Teacher Taohong, you are professionals, I don't know anything about acting. But the part of "Tianwen" you danced today is really good. It doesn't seem to be the one in the peach and plum cup. ”

"No, I hired a teacher from the Cabaret Theater to make it up. ”

Liu Yan nodded: "You guys are really careful about this movie." Speaking of which, movies are indeed cheap, a movie can put several dances in it, as well as music, and the rest of your performances, which must be more competitive than us. ”

Ji Ming was happy, the first time he heard such a comparison, the movie couldn't be performed on the stage, wasn't it a drama, a musical and a dance drama.

"Even in the later stage, there may be some derivations, because you know, I also went from the stage to the movie, so there is still some stage work in the back, so I have to do it anyway, so I just started from scratch, spending money, favors, and doing two big things, which is quite worthwhile. ”

Peach came over and nodded at him: "I heard you talking about spending money or not spending money again, you are a producer, you smell of copper." ”

"You can stink over Director Xu, you can talk about me again. But no matter how coppery Director Xu is, don't you still want to go back quickly?"

"I'm doing it for the kids. ”

Ji Ming nodded knowingly: "Oh, it turns out that Director Xu is nothing to you with, I know it." ”

Hey.

Isn't it underwhelming?

Teacher Taohong's play is over today, and it will come to an end, you can go home and rest for two weeks, and then wait until Ji Ming and them finish filming "Silent Lake" to practice this blockbuster scene, and then come back to play the part outside the practice - this is two parts, one part is dance, and a large number of dance scenes, including some crossovers between him and Yuan Quan and Wang Xiaochen, are all in it. has to work hard, from getting the dance script to finally jumping out, it's two weeks, which is completely consistent with the timing in the movie. The second part is to practice "Silent Lake" at the same time, outside the dance, as the dance plot progresses, Yang Ming is constantly prompted by various loopholes in the imaginary world, and outside the dance, he simultaneously feels the theme of "struggle".

These two pieces are to be played separately.

Mainly based on Alice's trust in Ji Ming, generally speaking, it is difficult to enter the emotion, or such a continuous and difficult character state, it should be after entering, the whole performance should be performed, to avoid the need to enter a second time, there will be a difference - but in this way, it will inevitably lead to the fracture of the dance part, patting the dance, and then patting the dance, which is not good. Alice chose the lesser of two evils and finally chose to shoot separately.

Ji Ming agrees.

The smoothness and completeness of the plot is the most important thing, and he also has enough confidence in himself.

"I'm leaving today, you're tomorrow?

"I'll fly to the capital tomorrow morning, and then go to Ningnan together in the afternoon. ”

Taohong nodded: "Sister will help you cheer at home, and you will be in one go." Then you won't rehearse anymore before the show. ”

"Well, I don't think there will be a chance to rehearse in Ningnan, we are going to perform the next day, and I will come back after the performance. ”

The trip to the Plum Blossom Award is quite short, but it is actually beneficial. Because its entire selection is very internal, it doesn't need the actors to participate in much of it, just to act, you may be able to see the judges on the day of the performance, and then you won't see it after that, and people have to avoid suspicion, and you yourself have to avoid suspicion, and then wait, and when the list of winners comes out, the dust will settle.

"You also have to rest for two days, one by one, you can't be too tight, I see you slowly walking into the role, the deeper you go, just you, it feels like it was originally Ji Ming's, and now Yang Ming accounts for half of it, and if you don't loosen it, most of it has to be Yang Ming." "Although Rosé said it lightly, the content was serious.

Yang Ming and Li Yuan's performance method in "Encounter with Immortals" is completely different, Li Yuan is outward, and the emotional octopus-like performance method is very suitable. Yang Ming, on the other hand, is completely internalized, all the tension, conflict, collapse, and reconstruction are all in his spirit, and the external image is just an internal display.

"It's okay, I've got it. ”

"If you have a number, don't forget that you have a beautiful girlfriend. ”

"Pretty, isn't it?"

“......”