The music from the first act of "Giselle" was playing on the indoor stereo system.
In the brisk country tune, ballet majors wore costumes from stage plays, played medieval roles, and danced back and forth to the music.
As the most classic classical ballet, "Giselle" that debuted in the mid-19th century opened a new era, the era of romantic ballet. This play quickly became popular around the world and became a symbol of the competence of a classical ballet company. Until
Today, this play is still timeless and has achieved better performance results under the new technological conditions.
As the top art school affiliated high school in the country, the ballet department of the National Art High School where Su Xiangli is located is sure to teach this repertoire, especially the "final pas de deux" in the second act, which is a must-selected program in the world of ballet.
, every student must be able to dance.
Dance, as a kind of body language, is as expressive as music and words. It even has many symbolic movements to express fixed meanings. This kind of symbolic content is especially common in religious dances, including handprints,
Footwork, demeanor, expression, etc., and stage play is not only dance, but also includes performance content.
A ballerina who only knows how to dance is not considered a good ballerina.
An actor must be able to act to be considered an actor, otherwise, just call him a ballet dancer.
The plot of "Giselle" is divided into two acts.
The first scene takes place in a quiet French countryside. Duke Albrecht (or Count Albert) disguises himself as a peasant and falls in love with the beautiful girl Giselle. However, there are many clear tragedies in their happy love affair.
Prophecy. The arrival of the Duke's fiancée shattered the innocent and pure Giselle's illusion of love, and she died of extreme sadness and pain.
In the second act, the Duke comes to the cemetery to pay homage to Giselle. At this time, Giselle has been transformed into a ghost under the control of the ghost king Milda. After the Duke's pursuit and affectionate confession, Giselle forgives her.
He was killed, but Mildad, the ghost king, led the tomb
The ghosts of the earth came to kill the Duke, and Giselle sacrificed her life to save them. After a fierce battle, it was not until dawn and the power of the ghost king declined that they escaped. The Duke and Giselle said goodbye in front of the grave.
, and then he collapsed in front of his fiancée from exhaustion.
In the entire dance drama, the most difficult role to perform is naturally the role of Giselle, which is also the role Su Xiangli will play.
To interpret it vividly, one must deeply understand the three psychological states of its characters. At the beginning, the rural girl is innocent, loyal to love, full of illusions about life and love, and desperate for love; after learning of the betrayal of her sweetheart, Ji
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Going crazy, the dance of recalling love is already full of confusion, distortion, and neurosis; when turning into a ghost and being controlled by the King of Ghosts, it is mechanical and stiff, but under such indifferent restraint, the flame of love bursts out, dedicating everything to the one you love.
, including the soul.
The test for actors is really great. Strictly speaking, such a play can only be used for practice and assessment for students. To achieve the performance effect, it is impossible to achieve it without certain life experience.
Su Xiangli is not good either. She plays Giselle just because her dancing skills are up to par. Of Giselle's three-fold personality, she is better at the first level, the innocent lover, but she is not so good at the second level, the crazy one.
Understand, the emotions on the third level are like fire in ice. At her age, it is really difficult to understand and put herself in her shoes.
The story told in "Giselle" is naturally cliché from today's perspective.
But old-fashioned things are not necessarily bad. A niche art form with a narrow audience, such as ballet, has strong vitality. The reasons are naturally multifaceted. Nowadays, with the advancement of civilization and the promotion of many factors, modern
People's level of artistic accomplishment has generally improved compared to the past. Even performances that are old and boring and require a lot of effort to watch, such as ballet and Peking Opera, have a considerable number of loyal fans.
When an art form wants to flourish, it must cater to the aesthetics of the masses.
Ballets are also constantly innovating, including "Giselle", which retains its romantic core while deleting some content that is not in line with current people's values.
In the first act, after Giselle learned that the Duke had a fiancée, she became insane and then died of a broken heart after dancing wildly. This was modified to appear in a coma.
In the second act, the Duke and Giselle meet in the cemetery. This is changed to the meeting in a dream. The rest of the story is all Giselle's dream, including the ghost king, the ghosts in the cemetery, and even other characters who appear. In the original work, Giselle
I was moved by the Duke's true feelings and chose to forgive him. After modification, Giselle recognized his true nature as a heartless man, and her hatred turned into a ghost king.
Gege comes to kill the Duke, who represents the incarnation of a girl's pure love, but Giselle chooses to stop her and helps the Duke escape. Then, the comatose Giselle wakes up, and the Duke in reality wants to win the beauty's heart again, but Giselle is
Purcell sternly refused, and she transformed from an innocent girl into an independent and strong woman who also retained her cherishment of love.
To be honest, such modifications are actually very unsatisfactory. The addition of the main melody to the originally liberating romantic mood will only make people feel nondescript. However, it is precisely such modifications that make this ancient ballet
The dance drama has been given a large number of performance opportunities and has regained its vitality.
Similarly, placing the location of the second act in a dream is more convenient for the use of modern technology. Using 3D projection technology, a magical dream world is generated. Compared with a simple cemetery, it has a higher degree of freedom and room for play.
However, the requirements for actors have been raised to another level.
In the first scene, in the brisk country tune, the young people linked their arms and twirled together. Su Xiangli nodded his steps and shuttled among the teams of young men and women. The boy who played the role of the Duke was a boy named Wang Chifu, who also sang together.
The crowd jumped happily, chasing Giselle's steps.
The crowd dispersed, and the Duke and Giselle held hands with smiles on their faces and danced around in a relaxed and lingering manner, like a pair of flying bluebirds. In the joyful and passionate love, time and silent laughter danced together.
Disappeared on the silent wooden floor of the dance studio.
Later, Giselle's mother came to look for her and warned her, "Stop dancing so much, it will break your heart and turn you into one of those "unfortunate Willies" in the cemetery at night.
Just dancing in the grave!]
Things developed step by step. The hunting nobles came to the countryside, including the Duke's fiancée. They were warmly entertained by the villagers. Giselle performed a dance for them. She moved happily in the field, and everyone could see it.
Her joy, she hides her infinite enthusiasm and sweetness in her dance steps. In the corner of the dance practice room, the teacher watched this scene and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
Dance is like this. There are no sounds other than music in the dance drama, including words, so an excellent dancer must integrate his lines into his expressions and movements. Su Xiangli's performance of a young girl in love is undoubtedly qualified.
The rehearsal of "Giselle" this time is to participate in the International Youth Ballet Competition held in Fujian and Guangdong City. It is said to be an international competition, but so far only foreigners are participating. Although it is more embarrassing than in previous years, the standards of this competition are still sufficient.
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The award-winning dance troupe can get extra points in the college entrance examination, but this is already a reason worth fighting for. For the top students in the National Art Middle School, if there are no extra points in their early twenties for all the awards in the college entrance examination, it means that
His three years of high school were in vain.
The duke's fiancée loved Giselle's innocence and beauty and gave her his gold necklace. Then, the fiancée recognized the duke and told the truth, and Giselle fell into a collapse of madness.
Su Xiangli's mind went blank. She didn't know how to express this feeling. In her experience, the moment when she was closest to collapse was in the game "Three Worlds", and the magical and weird adventures she experienced there were actually very strange.
She was so divorced from reality that she could not draw appropriate emotions from it. Su Xiangli learned those classic "Giselle" dance drama performances and imitated their treatment of the characters' psychology.
Reinterpreting the dance steps of her passionate love with the Duke, Su Xiangli made a sad expression and ran around like a madman. Like a lonely goose, Giselle ran towards her friends. Their friends had sullen faces, and she ran towards
Duke, Duke looked weird, she rushed towards her mother again, and the classmate who played the mother couldn't help laughing.
With this smile, the tragic atmosphere immediately broke, and everyone held their stomachs and laughed.
Su Xiangli was panting from exhaustion.
Indeed, dance is a very profound art, just like reciting. If the reader can bring it into the context, it will be brilliant. If the listener can understand it, that would be great. Otherwise, the reader will not understand.
I mean, if you stumble, the people listening will be embarrassed to death.
The teacher stopped the music, and the students breathed a sigh of relief. They danced non-stop for more than half an hour, and everyone was exhausted. They sat on the ground and started chatting.
"Xiangli, you were so funny just now." The female classmates began to tease Giselle, "The expression was so exaggerated, it was like filming a mime."
Su Xiangli was furious and reached out to grab their faces, pinching the cute female classmates until they screamed.
Classmate Duke Wang Chifu lay on the ground tiredly, lying on his back, squirming to the side of the girls' team, looking sideways at Su Xiangli, "Hey, Su Xiangli, thank you very much."
Classmate Su Xiangli waved his hand, "You are quite tired too."
"Can the play work this time? Is it a bit too difficult? But during the competition, we can only perform the first few verses." Wang Chifu is a young man. He is 100% sure that he is infatuated with Su Xiangli, but this kind of emotion
But he could only stay in his thoughts. In front of Su Xiangli, he was not even a spare tire. He could only act funny and warm-hearted, hoping not to be disliked.
Su Xiangli tilted her head, her long hair was tied up, forming a dark hill behind her head, which was in sharp contrast with her fair face. After exercising, her side face was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and there was a thin layer of sweat on the surface of her cheeks.
Tiny water droplets gathered on the tips of the pale transparent fluff, dripping down on the shoulders.
Wang Chifu made eye contact with Su Xiangli, and the sweat on her body seemed to be spreading on her eyeballs, making it wet and warm like a blue lake at noon in summer. He did not dare to look at it more, but turned his gaze slightly unnaturally.
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In the air, the dull and rotten smell of the dance studio has been replaced by the breath of young people. It is a warm and pleasant smell, like a thick quilt that has been exposed to the sun. It cannot be said to be fragrant, but it makes people feel like they are in it.
Craving for a few more mouthfuls of charm.
The instructor clapped his hands and asked the students to stand up and not lie down casually after the exercise.
"Su Xiangli's dancing skills have improved very quickly, which is good. However, "Giselle" is indeed a bit difficult this time. Original and adapted plays can be used in the competition. I didn't expect you to be able to perform "Giselle" in its entirety.
The first act of "You", the second act may be more difficult
Yes, the time allocated is only half an hour. Youth competitions usually involve new plays, mostly duets, such as "Swan Lake" and "Sylphide", which few dare to choose. We are the only ones.
Only school students dared to choose "Giselle".
"The level of your seniors is still weaker than yours. If they can perform well, of course you can also perform well. The youth group is still about basic skills. As long as the dancing skills are sufficient, don't be like you just now.
If you laugh out loud, you will definitely win an award."
Wang Chifu raised his hand, "Teacher, I think it would be better to adapt "Giselle"."
"What do you think?"
"In the story, in the first scene, didn't Giselle dream about Albrecht marrying a noble woman? Otherwise, the second scene would have been mentioned directly."
"Interesting, tell me how you want to deal with this plot?" The teacher encouraged students to think independently.
"That is, Giselle saw Albrecht and Princess Badilda meeting in the palace in a dream, and then her evil character Milda came over to kill the Duke. Giselle had no time to feel sad, so she hurriedly
Go save the Duke, and then, then she wins, then wakes up and no longer loves Albrecht, and finally lives with the forest ranger Hilarion who has always had a crush on her."
Wang Chifu finished the compilation in one breath, and his face turned red. He turned to look at Su Xiangli with an interested smile, and his heart was filled with indescribable joy.
On the stage, he was the elegant and charming Duke Albrecht, but in reality, he was just the forest ranger Hilarion. Wang Chifu admitted that he was superfluous in the end, but he felt more sympathetic to Hilarion. If Su Xiangli could abandon it too
Duke, how nice would that be?
Wang Chifu's eyes were ambiguously tired, and Su Xiangli turned to look at him, waking him up from his daze, and quickly smiled silly at her.
The teacher also laughed, "It's true, but it's not very reliable to change a person's personality just by relying on a dream. Dreams are something that will be forgotten soon after waking up."
Dreams are something that will soon be forgotten.
Wang Chifu stopped talking.
The other students were very interested and made suggestions one after another. In the end, the story line became completely new.
