Chapter 197: The Eternal Swan
"Professor Weng is super gentle..."
Mo Ruanqi's gaze followed Weng Huaijing, who was also tied to the head of the ball, and her eyes were full of little stars: "I'm so happy!" ”
"Friends? Today, our professor is a little different from usual..."
Ziwen's reaction was thoughtful: "And... She used to never look at her phone when she was warming up, but what kind of one is this today? ”
"Our professor is in a super good state today, I began to believe that Wenwen said gently, she actually said so many things to Xiaoqi..."
glanced at Mo Ruanqi, who was still trembling slightly, with a proud face, and suddenly Zhu Xiaoxi said something amazing: "Professor's friend, shouldn't you be talking about Teacher Yan Qing!" ”
Ning Mengxing's eyes were round: "How is it possible, you must have eaten too much CP." ”
"We officially started the class, and The Death of the Swan was first performed in 1905 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, and sixteen of the summer solo analyses of the Ballet Class 1703 were selected for the first time, and the first dancer was Anna Pavlova, the principal of the Mariinsky-Kirov Ballet, who is considered the greatest ballet artist of the 20th century."
Straight to the point, Weng Huaijing maintained her usual teaching style, she spoke slowly, her voice was cold, and her expression was not shocked: "In last week's theory class, we also did a detailed dismantling of this solo dance. ”
"Ziwen, prepare to play the accompaniment..."
Eyes swept over the sparkling eyes of the little cute new Mo Ruanqi, Weng Huaijing waved at the representative of her solo dance class, and then directly turned his back to the center and leaned a little closer to the periphery: "I'll go through this dance in its entirety first." ”
Tzu Wen skillfully manipulated the multimedia comprehensive teaching platform arranged in the corner of the practice room to play "The Swan" composed by French composer Saint-Saëns.
The mournful cello slowly plays a series of undulating scales, accompanied by the lonely and clear piano accompaniment, like a rippling lake, ushering in the arrival of a white and noble swan.
With her back to the thirty students, Weng Huaijing completed her debut with a series of small steps on pointe, with a wide range of wrist frost, jade arms to win snow, a few simple groups of gentle arm rubbing movements, with the help of the body's breathing, she vividly interpreted the elegant demeanor of the swan floating slowly on the rippling blue waves.
The graceful and dignified dance steps flow with the music as if with a poetic rhythmic beauty, and this sense of rhythm is transmitted from Weng Huai's white swan arm to her wrists and fingers, and finally from her fingertips.
The small broken steps on tiptoe led the graceful figure to rotate slowly, Weng Huai's beautiful face was full of delicate and sad expression, and the thick lament in her light dance steps gradually faded into a dark veil, as the dark veil gradually raised, like an eternal swan floating on the lake.
Elegant and slender body, swan-like neck, Chu Chu moving eyes, superb acting skills, solid technology, delicate movements, and superb musicality, all of which constitute Weng Huaijing's extremely beautiful, solemn and elegant dance posture.
Weng Huaijing's seemingly thin body is full of strong tenacity, the ethereal fragility and tenacious physical strength are perfectly blended by her breathtaking control, and the graceful and graceful swan dance steps are noble and sacred, extremely calm and powerful arm rubbing movements express the swan's unyielding desire to survive against death.
Finally, the elegant standing posture was destroyed by pain, and the beautiful and arrogant swan gradually began to sink its center of gravity, and the uncontrollable hovering and ups and downs were mixed with a bit of helplessness, without deliberately rendering the swan's anxiety and despair about death, Weng Huaijing showed a romantic confrontation, and the swan seemed to be dancing calmly with death, from fear to calm.
In the end, Professor Weng jumped up on his feet, his legs were straight and split at 180 degrees, and his two snow-white slender arms circled and hung down, Weng Huai was lying down in the most stretched and beautiful posture, and the swan accepted death calmly, it still had a desire for life, but it never knelt down to pray for the charity of death.
"The Death of the Swan" is only 4 minutes and 6 seconds, Weng Huaijing uses her delicate acting skills and lyrical dancing posture to condense the unique fleeting beauty of ballet, with "although dead is still alive" as the core, Acura sings a love song of life, with a bit of vigorous tremor in the graceful and lingering beauty, until the face of death, the swan has always maintained the grace and dignity of life.
"Bang bang bang!"
In the uniform applause, Weng Huaijing's left leg was slowly bent as a supporting leg, her right calf was tightly attached to the wooden floor, and her arm was raised high in an elegant arc.
"It's so beautiful, my Professor Weng is so beautiful..."
After witnessing the charm of classical ballet, Mo Ruanqi was simply shocked: "Even the curtain call ceremony is so amazing, Sister Xiaoxi, you are so happy!" ”
"Do you think we have to watch this kind of performance every week?"
Zhu Xiaoxi looked completely dumbfounded, Ziwen looked nervously at Ning Meng next to the multimedia comprehensive education platform after casually replying to Xiaomengxin, she asked anxiously: "Video!" Ning Meng! Have you taken them all? ”
"Of course! I don't even dare to gasp for breath..."
Ning Meng patted his chest with affection: "I guarantee that the effect is amazing, but it's a pity that the professor didn't wear a tutu skirt crown.!" ”
"The invisible crown has been wearing on our professor's head..."
Ziwen gave a thumbs up: "Send me the heirloom of our 1703 class!" ”
"The most important thing to remember is that any body language that imitates a swan on stage is actually an appearance, and the most important thing is the expression of the ballet dancer's heart."
Weng Huaijing naturally changed the role to a teacher who teaches and educates people again: "Next, try to put the rod against the full-length mirror to completely string together the disassembly action..."
Professor Weng gave an order, and the twenty-nine girls of the ballet performance class 1703 obediently found their own positions, held the dance pole and began to practice, only Mo Ruanqi stayed in place at a loss.
"Classmate Mo, come here, you follow me first..."
Beckoning gently, Weng Huaijing continued her gentleness before class: "Let's help your senior sister make corrective actions." ”
"Ning Meng, your physical condition is very good, and your movements are also very aura, Pour betterie keep it, well, you still have the same old problem, emotional control..."
The French words are round, Weng Huaijing and his little followers aimed at Ning Meng, who was raising his toes and doing a pendulum movement with his calf to the side, after a short pause, she said clearly: "Actually, the cold beauty performance method that the Waganova school is good at is more suitable for you, you must learn to subtract facial expressions appropriately, and convey emotions through the body to the greatest extent." ”
"Classmate Mo, you help Zhu Xiaoxi stabilize his legs..."
When Weng Huaijing walked next to the next student, Zhu Xiaoxi was practicing one of the most technically difficult movements in "The Death of the Swan", standing posture, that is, "Attitude", with the help of the bar, Xiaomengxin's senior sister Xiaoxi stood on tiptoe with her right leg at this time, her left leg was raised high to the right back, and her knees remained bent, and she tried to maintain the balance of her body.
Professor Weng hit the nail on the head to point out the problem: "When doing Attitude, the center of gravity of the body is adjusted by bending the other leg of the knee, wishing Xiaoxi, your calf is retracted back by 5 degrees. “
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"Ziwen, your movements are telling me that the swan is struggling desperately..."
Weng Huaijing was put in the last place to do corrective movement teaching, naturally the representative of the solo dance class of ballet performance class 1703, Ziwen, who was born in a dance family, has a solid foundation since she was a child, and she is determined to become a ballet Lingna, and her progress is naturally faster than other students.
After carefully guarding Ziwen and finishing a set of decomposition actions, Weng Huaijing said earnestly: "Struggle is black fear, fierce prayer, and the swan never prays, and Ballerina's life is like this." ”
"Professor, I'll work towards this goal!"
It was obvious that Ziwen understood the encouragement in Weng Huaijing's words, and looked at Mo Ruanqi, who had been circling around her professor, and she mustered up the courage of her whole body to squeeze out a sentence: "I heard... In the 15th session, Wan Yao and Shi Yunbing were recommended by the professor to go to the United States for further study..."
"Hmm... I may also prepare a few letters of recommendation when you graduate..."
In Ziwen's eyes, Weng Huaijing smiled, she turned to the little girls in the ballet practice room who had bright eyes and continued when she heard the news: "Come on, everyone! ”
"Professor, may I ask you a question?"
It was almost time for class to end, Ning Meng knew Weng Huaijing's habits, she carried Professor Weng's handbag and leaned against her classmates to the center of the practice room.
Today's Weng Huaijing seemed to be extraordinarily gentle, but she couldn't help but glance at her handbag twice before replying, "Yes." ”
Ning Meng was pushed to Weng Huaijing by the other little girls, and she stared at Professor Weng with admiration: "Professor Katrin Zahanova of the Juilliard School Ballet Department said that Lina Jungle's return to China has deprived the City Ballet of its best classical ballet principal for the next twenty years... You... Do you have any regrets? ”
"Actually, I was far from being a qualified ballerina, and at that time only Ms. Katrin allowed me to specialize in solo dancing, in fact, as a dancer, most of my dancing career was like polishing a rough stone, day after day, and after many years, I finally had a beautiful stone..."
Weng Huaijing didn't answer this question directly, but tears flashed faintly in her eyes: "It flashes with a subtle light, and this is also the moment when you throw it in the river, turn around and leave to start a new life." ”
"A dancer's life is as short and beautiful as an epiphany..."
Mo Ruanqi was a little stunned when she heard this, and she asked hesitantly, "This... Is it worth it, Weng... Professor Weng? ”
"How can it not be worth it, all ballet dancers spend their lives constantly polishing their bodies in pursuit of 'Artistic Perfection', and the body can be invaded by pain, illness and time..."
Weng Huaijing couldn't hold back, smiled lightly, and continued to elaborate patiently with picturesque eyebrows: "But when it is polished into a smoother and smoother container, the owner of the container has already achieved 'Artistic Perfection' in a sense." ”
"Professor, when you were studying alone in New York, you must have had a hard time, how did you persevere?"
"Professor, you already won all the Balanchine's gold medals in your junior year, how did you do that?"
The bell rang on time, and the little girls who felt the gentle side of Professor Weng for the first time responded very enthusiastically, and their questions were thrown out one after another.
"There have been many difficult and glorious moments in dancing, studying, or life, but now that they have passed, I don't want to remember or mention that the meaning of life must always look forward."
Professor Weng smiled more today than usual in the eyes of the students, she ended the class with a rather philosophical sentence, took the handbag handed by Ning Meng, Weng Huaijing waved his hand, and did not take away a cloud: "Class!" ”
PS: If you are interested in ballet, you can go to station B to search for "The Death of the Swan", it is recommended to watch the 2015 version of Svetlana Zakharova (Z God), and the curtain call of Ji'er can refer to the 2010 performance video of Z God, Professor Weng's ballet image prototype is the Z God who is blessed with acting skills, not Lopa.