"I saw the world from the window, some sunshine, some dust, I experienced life from life, some accidents, some strangeness" Liu Yanqingman's posture under the spotlight played the unique charm of women into three points, a violet cheongsam outlined a sexy line with classical dance.
This stage, this dance, let everyone remember the young dancer Liu Yan.
At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in 2008, the Silk Road designed by director Zhang Yimou surprised visitors from all over the world, and many foreign tourists were attracted by the deep oriental culture, and the only solo dance "Silk Road" in this performance was even more brilliant.
Just when everyone was intoxicated by this dazzling dance, Liu Yan, who was lying on the hospital bed, was also watching a scene that shocked the world through television, but Liu Yan's tears quietly flowed down, because she should have stood on the stage and was watched by everyone.
"She is the woman I feel guilty about all my life" Zhang Yimou faced Liu Yan, who was disabled for life due to rehearsal errors, in front of the camera, red eyes, now after ten years, how has the life of this beautiful dancer who missed the Olympic Games changed?
"If you love that thing, you will cling to it"
Liu Yan is a native of Inner Mongolia, the father of the judge position is very fond of Liu Yan, his mother is a doctor, his grandparents are retired teachers from school, and it is not too much to be born in the Shuxiang family, such conditions provide Liu Yan with the opportunity to pursue interests.
So Liu Yan began to learn art and violin from the age of three, parents also hope to let their daughter can cultivate a classical temperament and artistic accomplishment, compared to other children from an early age began to firmly dance a direction, Liu Yan in 1991 to the Inner Mongolia Song and Dance Troupe began to learn, and that year she was already nine years old.
And she also began to find her own pursuit in this year, although compared with those children who began to learn from a young age, Liu Yan did not have a solid foundation, but just like her grandfather named her "Rock", I hope that Liu Yan can be as tough as The Mountain Shishuo.
So Liu Yan will continue to work hard to learn no matter what difficulties she encounters, and her parents have also given her great help and support, when she was a child, Liu Yan would follow her parents to beijing every weekend to participate in training.
"This year can not be tested, next year will come to the test" Liu Yan's toughness is cultivated from a young age, starlight does not ask passers-by, but will illuminate the road ahead, ten-year-old Liu Yan was successfully admitted to the Beijing Dance Academy, it is also here, Liu Yan's stage is getting bigger and bigger.
In 2002, Liu Yan had not yet graduated from college, from the Beijing Dance Academy Affiliated High School to the Beijing Dance Academy for ten years of hard training, this year Liu Yan participated in the "Lotus Cup" dance competition and won the silver medal, which was Liu Yan's first step into the literary and art world, and it was also the first chapter of her achievements.
In 2004, Liu Yan won the gold medal of the Sixth National Dance Competition with an original work "Rouge Buckle", and won the silver medal again in the dance competition held on the Central Stage the following year.
Although it is not an overnight success, the young Liu Yan has been recognized by many dance teachers with his own strength, and Liu Yan at that time was considered to be the most potential young dancer, because the one-handed leg control is amazing, so many people also call her "Liu Yi Leg".
For a time of fame, Liu Yan's more than ten years of hard work and talent finally had a place in the dance industry, and the young her had a better future in the future, and everyone was very optimistic about Liu Yan, including director Zhang Yimou, who was preparing for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
In 2007, Liu Yan received a call from the operation center of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, and a lifelong glory opportunity was placed in front of her, she wanted to serve as the performer of "Silk Road" at the opening ceremony, and was the only solo dancer, Liu Yan was very grateful to Zhang Yimou for her trust and appreciation, and also practiced very hard.
But she did not expect that this opportunity changed her life, and also made director Zhang Yimou say in front of the media, "She is the woman I feel guilty all my life."
Being able to perform in front of billions of people in the world, asking how such a stage is resistant to any professional dancer, but also representing the country, Liu Yan directly agreed to come down, although Liu Yan's stage experience at this time has been very skilled, but the huge pressure still makes her invest a lot of time in practice every day.
2008 Olympic Games "Silk Road" dance
In order to be able to perform the best state, Liu Yan will practice more than twenty times a day, one minute on stage and ten years off stage, especially dance, which pays great attention to the state of the scene, so no matter how cautious it is.
On the evening of July 27, 2008, less than two weeks before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the whole country of Beijing had begun to enter the state, and there were more foreign tourists on the street, and everyone was full of expectations to prepare for this moment.
And the scene is rehearsing, as in the past, Liu Yan's clean and neat dance made everyone secretly nod their heads and praise, according to the process, when Liu Yan wanted to jump from the electronic tissue paper to another platform at this time, an accident occurred, because the platform moved a second in advance.
Just this second difference caused Liu Yan to fall directly from the stage more than three meters high, and Zhang Yimou in the control room also saw this scene, according to his later recollection, "Tens of thousands of people stopped in unison, the music did not play, all stood there, Liu Yan lay quietly under the bird's nest."
With the arrival of the ambulance, everyone rushed Liu Yan to the hospital, looked at Liu Yan who was roaring away, and walked away with the Olympic stage where she had been practicing hard for more than a year, and the diagnosis was that Liu Yan could not stand for the rest of her life.
More than seven hours of surgery made Liu Yan's family anxiously wait, the doctor told them that Liu Yan was "T12 complete nerve injury", that is to say, Liu Yan needed a wheelchair to support the second half of his life, as a doctor,Her mother already knew about medical knowledge, and when she understood the operation, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
The mother could not bear such a blow for a while and held Liu Yan's father in pain, for them it was fortunate that their daughter's life was not in danger, they cried because they thought that their daughter could no longer dance from now on, and they felt aggrieved by their daughter's persistence over the years.
But in fact, what worries them more is what will happen to their daughter after she wakes up? The daughter who had managed to save her life could not think of what to do, after all, such a blow was too big, and the parents guarded their daughter all day and all night, worried that her spirit was wrong.
And when Liu Yan woke up and felt his unconscious legs, tears rolled down.
But there was no sound, the mother just gently touched Liu Yan's hair, and the father looked at Liu Yan with a smile on the side, as if to tell Liu Yan, and parents, don't be afraid.
"Mom and Dad, things have happened, now the medical treatment is so developed, I cooperate well with the doctor to believe that it will be better" This is the first sentence that Liu Yan said to his parents after waking up, and it is also a sentence that was said to herself, and life inevitably encounters various accidents.
Liu Yan learned dance from a young age, and long-term practice has made her already develop a tenacious and strong character, and because of the preparation for the opening ceremony, director Zhang Yimou took some staff to take time to see Liu Yan and hurry back.
Many friends of Liu Yan have gone to the hospital to visit her, but also sent the blessings of many people in the society together, Facing the camera Liu Yan also made a V-shaped gesture, this photo was quickly reported by major media and forwarded by many celebrities, the photo of Liu Yan's strong smile made countless people feel moved by this girl.
For the Olympic dream, she spent a year practicing day and night, but fell from the high platform for only one second.
Liu Yan was not willing, she began to do rehabilitation training regardless of physical strength, just to be able to return to that stage early, but according to normal rehabilitation training is slowly adapting to the intensity, but Liu Yan directly does seven or eight hours a day, how can such an intensity body bear.
The more urgent the less likely to produce the effect, but played a counter-effect, sometimes Liu Yan's spirit is on the verge of breaking, once at four or five o'clock in the morning Liu Yan looked at the ceiling in a daze, still holding oral liquid, Liu Yan suddenly asked the nurse on the side.
Zhang Yimou presented the award to Liu Yan
"Auntie, will you clean your room tomorrow?" The nurse did not understand Liu Yan's meaning, said that the room would be cleaned every day, and then Liu Yan said "Then can I drop this bottle" The nurse heard a wave of touch in her heart, she walked over and hugged Liu Yan and patted her on the back to comfort her.
Now Liu Yan gradually found the road behind her, although after rehabilitation and there is no effect, but who said that sitting in a wheelchair can not go on stage to dance, Liu Yan does not have "Liu a leg", but she also has two hands, once used the legs to practice stunts, then the hands can also be, because Liu Yan's body is the soul of the dancer.
"After being injured, I seemed to have found a higher realm of dance, not a body, but a soul."
In 2010, Liu Yan returned to the stage, and Liu Yan, who was in a wheelchair, regained his confidence on the stage, and many of Liu Yan's colleagues and friends on the stage could not help but shed tears when they saw Liu Yan performing on the stage.
Liu Yan returned to the stage
"Life is full of accidents, a lot of things are not conclusive, sitting in a wheelchair to work hard, not sitting in a wheelchair also have to work hard" Liu Yan supported the wheelchair to calmly accept the interview, perhaps for her, this year's experience has made her grow a lot, no longer eager to recover the body, but take it slowly, continue to pursue dance.
In the same year, Liu Yan set up a foundation named after himself to serve children with disabilities so that they could also pursue their dreams, and at the peak of the number, 162 children were educated, of which 96 children were orphans and 66 children were deaf and mute.
In 2013, Liu Yan became the youngest CPPCC member, "after arriving at the CPPCC, I began to study seriously, because I want to do my own job" Liu Yan, who began to learn the knowledge of the CPPCC proposal, continued to shine for the stage, and in 2014, Liu Yan's proposal on the education stage class was promoted.
More than 60 primary schools in Beijing opened dance classes in one year and all parties responded very well, which was undoubtedly a support for Liu Yan and many people who love the dance industry, and in the same year, Liu Yan's first book, "Impressions of Hands", which records her transformation from legs to hands, was published.
In 2015, Liu Yan helped the children rehearse China's first public welfare dance "26 decibels", and 16 disabled people and five deaf and mute people from all over the world conveyed their positive attitude towards life and optimistic emotions to every audience on the stage.
The famous host Bai Yansong commented on Liu Yan and said, "Liu Yan before 2008 is leading the dance, and Liu Yan after 2008 is leading the way."
Liu Yan in 2020 is thirty-eight years old, and in August Liu Yan also attended the plenary meeting of the National Youth Federation, and Liu Yan in the photo is still dazzling, and the smart white suit makes Liu Yan look energetic, and she used to stand on the stage and dance.
Now she sits offstage, sending art and warmth to everyone's heart in a different way.
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