Entertaining Children

Everyone has seen Xiao Yao's modeling process of the eight of them. Although I don't know how his blood was made, things like scissors, sandpaper, and burnt sticks are too simple, not to mention that in the end he asked the clothes to be put on the ground for everyone to step on. The whole process made everyone feel that Xiao Yao's handling was like a joke. As for makeup? A big boy's makeup skills are not very confident.

But the actual effect is to surprise everyone.

The first is the clothes on these eight people. Although they are all tattered zombie outfits, Xiao Yao did not simply copy eight of them with a template. The clothes on each of the eight of them are different, whether it is the location of the damage, the degree of wear, the smoky area, or even because of the words Xiao Yao asked everyone to vent their personal grievances, everyone's emphasis is also different. , so even the degree of dirt is different.

After these clothes were worn on them, they were matched with different zombie makeup on their faces, not to mention real zombies. After all, everyone has never seen this thing before, but it definitely looks like a zombie in a movie. the sense of sight.

The music only played for half a minute before Xiao Yao turned off the stereo. From everyone's expressions and reactions, Xiao Yao has already received the most satisfactory feedback.

"Dude, this outfit is really cool!" After the music stopped, the "zombies" also stopped their movements. Rick looked at himself, then at the other seven companions, and happily said to Xiao Yao .

"OK, since everyone is satisfied with this outfit, the eight of you will use this look during the official competition." Xiao Yao smiled, "That's it for today, and you won't have to do it again when you rehearse later. It’s the same image every time. Today is the final makeup for you guys. Remember their current image, and try to imagine their current image when rehearsing in the future, the effect will be better.”

"Jan, I have a question." Rick asked, raising his hand.

"What?" Xiao Yao looked at Rick.

"It's still half a month before our first audition. How should we preserve our clothes? We definitely can't wash them in the current state, but if we leave them for half a month, they won't be able to take them out again. Will it smell? Can you still wear it at that time?" Rick asked a little worried.

"Why can't you put it on?" TJ teased with a smile, "Let's put it on for half a month, then you will not only look like zombies, but you will even smell like zombies, how realistic it is!"

"Go to hell!" Rick gave TJ a disdainful look.

"I don't know, and I haven't considered this issue." Xiao Yao spread his hands and said in embarrassment.

"What?" Everyone looked at Xiao Yao,

"What about the game?"

"It's very simple," Xiao Yao said with a helpless smile after thinking about it, "I'll destroy your set of clothes when the time comes. Let's make another set, anyway, I have experience."

"Good, I like the feeling of stomping on Rick's clothes." TJ laughed.

"Okay, enough joking, it's time to get down to business." Xiao Yao greeted the crowd who were still laughing, took out another handheld DV from the big black bag, and said to everyone: "Now give this place It is not realistic to install a mirror. I will record everyone’s rehearsal and send it to everyone. After the rehearsal is over, you can also see your own rehearsal performance. Where you did not do well, you can practice accordingly .Now start training together."

With that said, Xiao Yao put the DV on the stereo with the right height and angle and turned it on.

Paul and Zhou Jingyi walked to the middle of the venue and took ready poses, while the dancers retreated. Seeing that everyone was ready, Xiao Yao turned on the stereo and played the soundtrack of the dance again.

As the music sounded, Paul and Zhou Jingyi in the middle of the venue started the first part of the duet dance. It's just that the first movement of two people kicking their legs at the same time was not particularly neat. Considering that this is the first joint practice, any problems are normal, so Xiao Yao did not interrupt the two, but let them continue dancing like this.

Except for some of the same dance moves that were not done neatly, Paul and Zhou Jingyi made several mistakes in the whole first dance. Either the movements were not in place or the cooperation between the two was wrong. Paul even fell straight to the ground once. However, because Zhou Jingyi did not catch the back of his head after she leaned back, instead of hitting the ground directly after flying into the air, Paul was not injured.

Although he made a mistake, Xiao Yao didn't call to stop, so Paul had no choice but to get up and continue with the following actions.

After the first dance, the eight zombies danced mechanically from one side of the arena to the center of the arena. Paul and Zhou Jingyi just glanced at them, and retreated from the other side with a sliding knee.

The biggest problem with the group dance in the second section is that it is not neat, Xiao Yao doesn’t care too much about it, he just rubs his chin and looks at the eight zombies in the middle, wondering if there are any more interesting mechanical dance moves that can be added to them .

The group dance in the third section was the climax of the whole dance, with the largest number of people, and it also made the venue look a little messy. The performance of these people is still somewhat different from what Xiao Yao imagined in his mind, and Xiao Yao is also watching and thinking about how to improve.

The fourth part of the dance is mainly Paul and Zhou Jingyi, but it is different from the first part. The first section is just the two of them on the field, and the last section is the "corpse" lying on the field as a background for them. While doing dance moves, they have to be careful not to step on the group of "corpses" on the ground.

"Stop!" Xiao Yao finally pressed the pause button on the stereo when he saw the two people jumping to the difficult move that both Paul and himself were worried about, "I won't do this move for now, Wait for you to practice on the soft mat and then do it in the joint training. Let’s skip this movement first and continue with the rest.”

"Huh? But if that's the case, we won't be able to coordinate with the music behind us." Zhou Jingyi said a little embarrassed.

"No problem, you listen to my command." Xiao Yao replied, pressed the play button on the stereo again, and followed the rhythm of the music with his feet tapping the ground to beat the time. After more than ten seconds, Xiao Yao directed: "Three, two, one, let's go!"

Hearing Xiao Yao's shout, Paul and Zhou Jingyi moved at the same time, and they were surprised to find that the movements they did later were in sync with the rhythm of the music.

As the "zombies" lying on the ground showed signs of activity again, there was a trace of anxiety in Paul's eyes. After a fierce solo dance, Paul clasped his hands together and slammed on the ground with a heavy drum. On his chest, and then the whole person fell backwards.

"No!" Zhou Jingyi yelled silently, ran towards Paul in a few steps, and finally slid directly to the fallen Paul on her legs, and hugged his fallen upper body into her arms. And as the music changed from sad to gloomy again, the three zombies lying on the ground stood up again in the form of a mechanical dance, and slowly walked towards Zhou Jingyi...

"OK!" As the music stopped abruptly, Xiao Yao also called out, and the first joint practice of the whole dance ended.

Although there were a lot of problems in the first joint rehearsal, the audience members of the band still understood the whole dance.

"Huh~" Dean exhaled, his attention on the dance had already shifted from those zombie shapes to the plot, and he turned to George and Mike, "I feel like watching a movie."

George and Mike nodded in sympathy. Mike said directly: "Yeah, this is the first time I have seen such a complete story from a dance. I feel that Yang is not a choreographer, but more like a film director."

"For the first joint practice, there must be a lot of problems. I think everyone felt it just now." Xiao Yao smiled at everyone, "But before talking about the problems, what I want to say is that this first time The effect of the joint training is already good. You can take a look for yourself."

With that said, Xiao Yao switched the video recorded just now to the playback mode, and let everyone watch it on the small screen that comes with the DV.

Like the feelings of several band members, after watching the video of their first joint practice, the dancers felt that there were too many mistakes to bear, but they still felt the truth of what Xiao Yao wanted to express from this video. story. It feels a little like watching a movie. So what will the effect be like after they cooperate proficiently? Everyone is very excited when they think about it.

After watching the video, Xiao Yao also said to a group of dancers with excited faces: "I believe everyone not only saw the mistakes, but also felt the charm of this dance."

"Yes, I used to rely on imagination, but after watching it now, I really realized that this dance is really great. Although our performance just now was very rubbish." Paul said.

"Then, what we have to do now is how to make this dance better." Xiao Yao nodded.

"I won't talk about dance movements. Everyone has danced for many years. They are better than me in terms of basic skills and skills. Everyone go back and watch their performances in the video for targeted practice and improvement. I will talk about some dances. Questions other than skill."

Xiao Yao continued, "In addition to skills, another important aspect is the eyes and expressions in dance. Dance is also a kind of performance. Since it is a performance, in addition to movements, your eyes and expressions are also very important. , without the expressive power of these whole dances, the appeal to the audience will be greatly reduced. The story is very simple, I hope you can immerse yourself in the plot, enrich your own characters, and let your expressions and eyes shine during the dance. All come alive.”

"Why does it feel like we are being asked to be actors instead of dancers?" Several team members asked with puzzled expressions.

"There is no problem with what Yang said." Zhou Jingyi stood up and said, "The teacher in our school also said the same. Dancers are also performers. Eyes and expressions are also part of dance. Just like movement skills, we need to be on stage. with the right display."

"Okay, we have all seen what Yang can do, let's practice as he said. It's just to pay attention to the expressions and eyes in the dance, and we don't really want us to be actors, to read lines or something." Paul also began to support Xiao Yao and said, "We have to trust him."

"Look, let's ignore the dance moves, but pay attention to the expressions and eyes of the dancers, and guide their performance." Mike watched this scene and smiled, "This guy really looks like a movie director. "

"No, it's not a film director (Film Director), but an artistic director (Artistic Director)." Samien, who had been silent all this time, suddenly corrected Mike, "In professional art groups, there is already such a position as Director." (To be continued .)