Chapter 129: Julian Hawthorne
Time flies, and before I have time to think about anything, it's the day of the first game.
Shaida promised Julian to go as a logistician, she wanted to call Angela to go with her, but she didn't expect Angela to make an appointment with the master for a private lesson that day, and she couldn't come out at all.
They are already so good, in addition to the usual courses, there are still a lot of private lessons, and many other excellent students are the same. Shaida felt more and more that her path to catching up with them was long and winding.
In the end, there were only three or four people who could spare time to help. With a bag of props in her arms, Shaida got into a boy car and went to a theater far away from the school.
Not all national competitions are held in the most central theaters of the city, but when they are national, there are definitely people who come to participate. It was the first time Shaida had seen such a battle, and when she arrived at the entrance of the theater, she was terrified by the endless crowd.
Actually, this is already the result of several rounds of elimination, before that, Julian has completed the sending video audition, preliminary round and other links, because it is easy for him, so there is no mention of it, one person has done it all.
But today is the final round, so there are not many people around to take care of it, and if something happens, there is not even an errand runner around, it will be very bad.
The backstage preparation area was in shambles, and the contestants and their companions each occupied a small area and began to make various preparations. The contestants also have a variety of ways to overcome their nervousness, from listening to music to doing push-ups on the ground.
And it seems that it is not only sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys like them who come to participate in the competition, but also dancers who seem to be much older and quite mature. Sure enough, the task of winning the gold medal was difficult.
Julian didn't look nervous, though, he was recuperating with his eyes closed, and his expression looked serene. A few boys were touching up Julian's makeup with a palette-like makeup box and brushes, and Shaida was ashamed - she was the only girl who came to help today, but she couldn't even do makeup, so she could only do some stupid physical work.
Fortunately, several boys are quite old, and the stage makeup is amazing, and after a while, Julian, who has already put on his own base makeup, seems to have changed as if he has changed. Sheada wears a lot of makeup, but Shaida has experience β when he's on stage, he's sure to look his best in the light.
I'll have to work harder on that! Shaida, who owed a lot of money to make up the class debt, thought unconvinced.
Julian opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and reached out to Shaida.
"Lend me some strength!" He smiled and said to Shaida, "I always feel that you are amazing, as if I can make a wish to you and make it happen." β
A few boys next to him laughed and said Julian, your thoughts are still so weird.
Julian is a nice person and has a great deal with everyone, so there's always a harmonious atmosphere around him.
Shaida was a little embarrassed, but she still reached out and shook his hand, and prayed in her heart by the way, hoping that he would win a big victory today.
Everyone went to sort out the props again, and when Shaida turned around, she heard Julian whisper in a very small voice, which should be inaudible to ordinary people: "Lend me some strength, so that I can defeat the demons in my heart." β
Xia Ida was startled, what is the "heart demon", why does it sound a little scary?
At the same time, she was a little ashamed that her hearing was too goodβit was clearly what Julian had told him to hear, and she didn't want anyone else to fall into her ears at all.
During the competition, fellow travelers had the opportunity to hide in a corner of the theater to watch, which made Shaida feel a little excited.
She has never had such experience in competition, and being involved in all of this, even working behind the scenes, makes her feel that she has benefited a lot. The companions are all veterans, and the problems they consider are unbelievable to Shaida. However, those small skills can make the contestants play in the best condition in the competition, and sure enough, experience is not inferior to skill at all.
The competition is different from the performance, everyone only has three minutes to show themselves, and this three-minute dance, from the music to the choreography, must be done by the participants themselves. In the final stage, the dance must be a new work, and if you choose to compete in a classic dance, you will lose a lot of points in the choreographer's score, which is often more than worth the loss.
I didn't see Julian prepare for all this, and I don't know what kind of time he spent preparing for this. However, apart from Julian, who can be seen in class, Shaida doesn't know him at all.
In short, in the expectant gaze of Shaida, Julian Hawthorne began his performance.
The music was soothing, but low and sad. Shaida hadn't heard the tune, but it was easy to judge, it was supposed to be a very pathetic love song.
It is not because sad expressions are not as attractive as charming smiles, but because the rhythm of sad songs is often slow, which is not conducive to the choreography of difficult movements. Moreover, sad feelings are relatively more difficult to convey, and once they are not properly measured, they will greatly lose their attractiveness.
But Shaida was surprised to find that even if she was so far away from the stage, she had already been captured by the emotions of the dancers on stage the moment Julian began to dance.
It wasn't clear that it was Julian. It can be said that it is like two people like Julian she usually knows!
The people on the stage have precise movements and beautiful dancing, which can be seen with profound skills. The choreography is also clever, with every movement fitting the ups and downs of the music, and adding rather difficult movements at the right emotional turns, but because the dancers do it with great ease, it doesn't feel abrupt at all.
The important thing is not that, the important thing is that the emotions generated by the dancers with the help of their bodies and expressions are so well conveyed that they quickly pull the audience into a heartbreaking journey.
When a person is captured by his emotions, he will completely forget who he is and whether he is a person he knows and is familiar with. The rest of the people on the stage no longer have anything to do with his identity, age, or even appearance, and what dances there is just a man whose heart is broken because of love.
The expression was so touching that there was silence in the audience, and there was no applause. At the end of the three-minute dance, the music stopped abruptly, and Shaida realized that her eyes were blurred with tears.
Is this what Julian looks like on stage?
Shaida suddenly understood why he did so well, his appearance on stage was completely different from usual, he became serious, and his performance was ten times better than usual.
With such a high level of dedication and such a strong expression of emotions, I am afraid that even the best Layla Aviana cannot do it.