Revelation
In Chinese culture, koi fish are often regarded as a symbol of good fortune and good luck. The night before yesterday, on the stage of the Year of the Dragon CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the dance program "Koi" starring the famous dancer and national first-class actor Hua Xiaoyi made a stunning debut. More than ten dancers transformed into koi fish, using agility and both Dances with a sense of the times and technology send New Year blessings to audiences across the country.
As the eighth program of the 2024 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the dance "Koi" is directed by Tang Chenglong, a 2020 alumnus of the Beijing Dance Academy, and Hua Xiaoyi, an actor from the Beijing Dance Youth Dance Company, joins hands with 10 students from the 2023 class of the Chinese Classical Dance Department of Beijing Dance Academy. Present. "This year is the Year of the Dragon, and we wanted to create a special dance that is linked to the theme of the Year of the Dragon Spring Festival Gala. So we thought of koi, which means fish leaping over the dragon gate and good luck, and it fits the theme very well," Hua Xiaoyi said.
In order to give everyone a refreshing feeling, the dance "Koi" breaks through the conventional imagination of dance space. For the first time, the full wire form is used in the creation of the dance, combined with spring ropes, allowing the dancers to look like real koi on the stage. Generally, it swims freely in the water, agile and comfortable. "In order to achieve the best effect, we rehearsed for about three months, almost every day." Hua Xiaoyi said frankly that the addition of Wia brought extraordinary difficulty to the entire dance. "The use of wire is not just a few minutes or a few movements, but the entire dance expression, vocabulary, arrangement and state throughout the dance. Without any previous reference content, I can only try slowly and constantly experience it. What's possible?"
In order to ensure the safety of the actors, the wire clothes are very tight, which also requires the actors to constantly adapt. "It's very painful to wear wire clothes. The two bottom straps from the waistband to the crotch have to be very tight to ensure safety." This is not the most uncomfortable part. Because the rehearsal time is very long and there are often diving movements, This is a huge challenge for dancers who are used to performing on flat ground. Hua Xiaoyi said, "When I dive down, I don't feel it once or twice, but I have to go back and forth to try the moves every day in rehearsal. Every time I fall head first, I feel like my head is going to split."
As a famous dancer, Hua Xiaoyi Xiaoyi can be said to be an award-winning professional. Talking about being on the Spring Festival Gala stage, Hua Xiaoyi said, "The meaning and responsibility are different from those in ordinary competitions."
Performing the dance "Koi" on the Spring Festival Gala stage not only needs to overcome physical challenges, but the dancers also have to experience creative work on the test. "We want to make progress with every review and every revision. What is good and how to make it better after it is good? This is a big challenge." Hua Xiaoyi said that Wia has invisibly increased the difficulty of creation. "Each of our actors has a different weight and height, so the Wia preparation is different. Every time you change an action, you need to change the weight and time of the preparation with the Wia teacher. This process is long and tiring."
After the program was broadcast, it won the love of audiences at home and abroad. Seeing all this, Hua Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that all the hard work had been in vain, "Swissly cruising, full of blessings. I hope that on this beautiful day of the New Year, this program can bring good luck, peace and happiness to everyone." Luck." Text/our reporter Tian Wanting
