The middle-aged examiner's sentence "The play is as big as the sky" made the girl who shouted injustice just now instantly silent, and the other three dissatisfied candidates also lowered their heads and kept silent, obviously touched by the four words "The play is as big as the sky".

"The exam continues, and the next key word is the lower back. ”

The smile on the middle-aged examiner's face disappeared, and there was no longer the amiable appearance when everyone entered the door, and he was as serious as an old pedant.

But his stern appearance made the four candidates next to Cheng Xiaolou breathe a sigh of relief, such an examiner made them feel real and warm, and everyone always felt that it was too unreal.

The lower waist, also known as the "lower bridge", is a kind of skill often used on the stage, whether it is a life or a line, it is not unfamiliar, and the difficulty coefficient is much lower than that of "zombies".

The lower back movement method is to stand with your legs shoulder-width apart, raise your arms up, raise your hips, and lean your upper body back until your head is facing down, and your palms are on the ground, and your whole body is arched. Ask your limbs to be as straight as possible and your hands and feet as close together as possible.

After the examiner signaled that they could start making movements, none of the five of them dared to hesitate anymore, and they all leaned back.

Even the girl who was still snapping and shedding tears wiped her tears horizontally and made a standard waist movement for the first time.

The lower waist tests the flexibility of the body, and girls obviously have more advantages in this regard, no matter how soft the boy's waist is, after all, the skeleton is there, and it is congenitally inferior to the girl.

But this is not absolute, there are always some guys who have softer waists than women.

Cheng Xiaolou began to learn drama at the age of six, and he has practiced drama and martial arts since he was a child, and when he leaned back on an iron plate bridge, and directly put his upper body straight on his two legs, the three examiners were stunned.

"This flexibility is too good, isn't it, did he learn acrobatics before?"

After picking up the pen and marking the paper, the female examiner, who was in her early thirties, muttered in surprise.

"Not necessarily, remember the 'zombie' he just had? ”

The middle-aged male examiner shook his head slightly, and his eyes did not hide his appreciation for Cheng Xiaolou.

It can be rigid and soft, which is the most rare for men engaged in the art of Peking Opera.

The first round of the exam is mainly to test basic skills, and each randomly selected group of questions has five key words, and the score of each action is 20 points.

After the second keyword was completed, the examiner clicked the mouse, and the word "mountain" popped up on the screen.

The hellish opening of the question, followed by the lower waist of not low difficulty, when the four candidates next to Cheng Xiaolou saw that the third key word was mountain, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

After two difficult basic skills in a row, they are really afraid that the third question will be "back grabbing", "hanging hair", and "riding the horse", then they will want to cry without tears.

After the examiner started, all five of them stretched out their arms to the left and right, their arms were high above their shoulders, their palms were slightly raised, and they set up a standard mountain movement.

"Mountain" is an action of the military generals in Peking Opera when they come on the stage, and it is also one of the actions of the tyrant. In addition to the art of Peking Opera, this movement is also common in dance, whether it is folk dance or ballet.

At that time, he had to drive two arms to practice kicking in the yard every day, and one kick was hundreds of times, and the two legs and two arms were sore and unbearable after often practicing, and his grandfather had to add some herbs to him in the hot water every night to take a bath, and after taking a bath, he slept beautifully at night, and got up the next morning to continue practicing.

Don't look at it, it may seem like a simple gesture of raising your arms flat, but everyone makes it different.

Cheng Xiaolou put his arms together, and the three examiners saw his profound basic skills at a glance.

The fourth keyword is called "water sleeve", which is one of the most commonly used stunts in Peking Opera, which seems simple, but there are not many people who can really make "water sleeve" just right on stage.

The python robes, official robes, pleats, and drapery in Peking Opera costumes are mostly sewn with a piece of white silk on the cuffs, and this section of white silk is called a water sleeve. The singer can use the dancing of the water sleeve on the stage to express the feelings of the people in the play and increase the beauty of the image.

There are hundreds of postures for water sleeves, and the list goes on. Such as: shaking sleeves, throwing sleeves, waving sleeves, brushing sleeves, throwing sleeves, raising sleeves, swinging sleeves, throwing sleeves, back sleeves, swinging sleeves, dusting sleeves, folding sleeves, sleeves, wrapping sleeves, picking sleeves, turning sleeves and so on.

And these hundreds of postures are based on the combination of the ten basic movements of throwing, dusting, dialing, hooking, picking, shaking, hitting, raising, supporting, and rushing.

Water sleeves will be used to a greater or lesser extent in almost every scene, so Cheng Xiaolou was not surprised at all when he drew "water sleeves" in the first round of exams for basic skills.

But when he saw that the four candidates next to him were all wearing costumes, with a piece of white silk sewn on the cuffs, and then looked down at his pure white T-shirt, he was immediately depressed.

Originally, he always thought that those candidates outside were dressed like this purely out of professional habits, or wanted to leave a better impression in front of the examiner, but at this time he realized that there was such a meaning in wearing a costume to take the exam.

Cheng Xiaolou's white T-shirt, not to mention the water sleeves, even the sleeves are only half cut, how can the emotions of those characters who are sad or happy or hateful or angry can be expressed through the water sleeves?

Not only did he realize this, but the three examiners on the other side were obviously aware of it, but the three examiners just looked at him with a smile and didn't say anything special.

"Next, I will casually talk about the use of the three water sleeves, or the emotions that need to be performed, you just need to follow my instructions and make corresponding movements. ”

The only female examiner glanced at Cheng Xiaolou meaningfully, cleared her throat and said with a smile.

"Okay, teacher. ”

Someone shook the water sleeve on the costume and agreed, and the female examiner nodded and continued: "Grief." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the four candidates next to Cheng Xiaolou all made their own moves.

Some people cover their faces with their sleeves, some people shake their sleeves and turn around, and some people brush their faces with their sleeves, all of them are interpreting the emotion of "grief" with their sleeves according to their own understanding.

Cheng Xiaolou looked down at his bare arm, so he had to pretend to be wearing a costume, and pulled up the non-existent water sleeve on his other hand with his left hand to cover his face, and could only do his best to express his grief through his expression and eyes.