Throughout Tan Yuanyuan's 44-year-old life, she has transformed from an "ugly duckling" to a "white swan", which is inseparable from these three men.
In 1992, the 82-year-old Russian ballet master Ulanova was a judge in Paris, France.
It was a grand competition– the Fifth International Dance Competition.
Ulanova watched boredly, watching, and suddenly she felt very fresh, and she couldn't help but stare at a young girl with an Asian face.
Only to see the girl with a big jump amazing appearance, rotating and jumping on the slightly inclined stage, the action is gorgeous and smooth.
This excited Ulanova, who did not hesitate to score a perfect score and shouted, "This is the youngest and most classical performing style I have ever seen in 20 years!" She is bound to have a bright future! ”
The girl's name is Tan Yuanyuan.
On stage she was as graceful as a little princess who did not eat fireworks in the world, but in fact, at that time, she and the princess did not have a half-cent relationship under the stage.
At that time, she was about to take the stage, but her knees were faintly painful.
This is not nothing, what scares her most is that the competition stage has a 5-7 degree tilt, which makes the teachers and students from China dumbfounded. Because the girl had only danced on the flat ground and had never tried to slope the ground.
The 15-year-old girl was frightened on the spot, and she kept crying to the teacher.
The teacher comforted and comforted, or comforted this crying bag, so he simply kicked her on the stage.
This foot is not good.
This foot allowed the girl to take off directly into the air, and a light big jump appeared brightly.
This is the scene above, where the girl is exaggerated by the ballet master Ulanova and receives a gold medal from her.
And a man in the audience is silently taking in all this.
Three years later, the man kept looking for the girl, and then "tied" the good seedling with a contract.
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When the gears of destiny first turned, no one knew.
"Thanks, just got off the plane, man in America.
That day, the sports commissioner of our class climbed up and down like a monkey.
She was never idle in physical education class.
She looks like Sven, but she is old and tough.
That day, she climbed the pole as quickly as ever, and this time, she was quickly "invited" by a strange teacher.
She stood in front of the teacher in confusion. The teacher told her to take off her shoes.
She took off her shoes and the intersection of her and my life ended. ”
If Tan Yuanyuan's elementary school classmates also played a certain hu, then they would probably describe Tan Yuanyuan like this.
That year, Tan Yuanyuan was 11 years old.
The strange teacher twisted Tan Yuanyuan's arm, looked at her carefully, and gave a notice, saying, "You go to the Shanghai Dance School to apply for the exam!" ”
Outstanding body proportions, exquisite facial contours, elegant and slender neck, five fingers can block the slap face.
This is a strict must for ballet dancers.
But Tan Yuanyuan is not lacking in any of them, and even more than that.
Logically, she should have gone to learn to dance. But her dad became a roadblock.
Tan Yuanyuan's mother also had ballet dreams and was admitted to a dance academy, but reality teared her dreams apart in blood, and Tan Yuanyuan's grandfather resolutely opposed it, so she could only pin her dreams on her daughter.
Tan Yuanyuan's mother
Tan Yuanyuan's father is an engineer and has a conservative mind.
He thinks that ballet is a Western thing, and we Orientals should not go to the fun. Moreover, the ballet costume is too revealing and unseemly.
The two men were deadlocked, quarreled many times, and finally decided Tan Yuanyuan's fate with a 5 cent coin.
The coin was tossed by her mother and faced upwards, which represents another shining ballet queen in the world.
Later, when Lu Yu was interviewed, she blurted out as soon as she heard it: "Your mother must have cheated!" ”
Whether Tan Yuanyuan's mother cheated or not, we don't know.
But 33 years later, this woman is still not old, and she has stepped into the world of ballet at the age of 72.
Individual psychologist Adler said in Inferiority and Transcendence: "From the moment we are born, we begin to explore the meaning of life. ”
Therefore, people's childhood and family can often determine a person's life.
Tan Yuanyuan is a ballet genius, and her talent is beyond doubt.
At the age of 11, he was admitted to the Shanghai Ballet School, won the International Grand Prix in Finland at the age of 14, and won the gold medal for the first time in the "Fifth International Ballet Competition" in Paris, France at the age of 15.
But at that time, she, an 11-year-old girl, did she really love ballet?
I don't think so.
Tan Yuanyuan once said in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle: "I didn't want to be a dancer at the time, that was my mother's wish. She was admitted to dance school when she was younger, but my grandfather disagreed. She wants me to achieve her dreams. "
On the one hand, the father's strong opposition, on the other hand, the mother's ardent expectation.
Also, Tan Yuanyuan enrolled a year late, and she could not keep up with the progress
Slowly, slowly, she stopped talking and became inferior, vulnerable and crying.
"The classmates around me were already dancing decently, and I couldn't stand still, and I was an ugly duckling." Tan Yuanyuan recalled.
Later, the teacher Chen Jiajun was fierce and asked her: "Do you want to cry, or do you want to practice?" If you want to cry, go out and cry, don't affect other students! ”
So, Tan Yuanyuan walked out of the classroom and cried fiercely. Then she went back to the classroom and gritted her teeth and continued practicing.
The boring and painful dance practice time of youth is not yet Tan Yuanyuan's darkest moment.
The darkest hours of her life are still to come.
Although, Tan Yuanyuan recalls his youth, only a practice room, a pair of dancing shoes and a whole day of dance training.
When she was not behaving well, her mother even hit her. When she collapsed, she cried and asked her mother: "You forced me so much, are you my mother?" ”
No matter how painful the days are, they will pass.
Tan Yuanyuan jumped out of the hall of fame with a stubborn and unwilling breath.
She completely ignored the outside world and threw herself into the ballet.
Because of such a young growth environment, Tan Yuanyuan is so strong when he grows up, he loves to listen to praise, but the people who practice dance are always more pure, and we can also glimpse the innocent girl from the mature face.
However, such a personality has buried the hidden danger of being misunderstood and attacked by others.
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Tan Yuanyuan's ballet life is comparable to the heroine of Shuangwen, all the way unimpeded.
To a friend who is not familiar with her, Tan Yuanyuan was once the standard face of a ballet princess in my mind when she was young.
Put a picture for everyone to feel, it is simply the heroine of a romance novel who has come out of the book, a talented ballet genius with an elegant temperament.
Tan Yuanyuan's resume before the age of 28 is golden enough, in other words, today's words are to take Shuangwen's female protagonist script.
At the age of 11, climbing a pole can be favored, and being kicked on the stage can also amaze the whole audience, and win the "heart" of the two big guys on and off the stage.
Although she did not come from a dance family, her career was so smooth that the author did not dare to write so.
The dance skills are recognized by the masters of all parties. At the age of 16, he won the gold medal at the first international dance competition in Nagoya, Japan, when the first place in the men's adult and junior categories of the competition was all vacant.
A reporter asked: "What are your criteria for ranking first place?" ”
The vice chairman of the jury pointed to Yuan Yuan next to him and said: "The standard of the first place is her, and if she meets her standard, the first prize will be issued." ”
At the age of 18, the man who used to have an old relationship finally came to the door.
The man was Helge Thomason, artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet. And this is one of the men who influenced Tan Yuanyuan's life.
Tang Mason, who has a relationship with Tan Yuanyuan in Paris, has been trying to find this Chinese girl. After meeting again in Germany, Thomas invited Tan Yuanyuan to the San Francisco Ballet as a guest performer.
After the performance, everyone present fell for her.
Thomason immediately took out a contract, "Come to us, you will be the youngest solo dancer." ”
One day of the season in 1998, the principal of the old ballet (San Francisco Ballet) accidentally broke his finger, and the next day's show was in danger of being canceled.
Tan Yuanyuan was ordered to learn a half-hour of Balanchine's dance drama "Stravinsky Concerto" overnight.
It sounds incredible, but Tan Yuanyuan did.
And, she did a superb job.
An audience member wrote to the troupe and asked who was dancing Stravinsky that day.
Blessed by misfortune, Tan Yuanyuan was quickly promoted to principal dancer, and then, after 23 years, she was still the principal.
Tan Yuanyuan's achievements:
In 2000, Japan's authoritative "Dance" magazine selected the 101 dance stars of the 20th century, and Tan Yuanyuan was the only Chinese.
In 2004, he was named "Asian Hero" by Time magazine in the United States and became the cover of Time magazine.
On April 9, 2018, he was awarded the highest artistic honor in san Francisco, and that day was named "Tan Yuan Yuan Day".
Zhang Ailing once said: "Life is a gorgeous robe, full of lice, behind those seemingly beautiful scenery, maybe under the evening dress is full of scars." What is seen is the external material conditions, and what is invisible is often the real life. ”
Tan Yuanyuan's mother once said that Tan Yuanyuan was originally a quiet child, and when he went to the United States, he became like this (extrovert). The tone was inexplicably sad.
Tan Yuanyuan became cheerful and outgoing, not knowing whether it was american culture that played a role, or the helpless transformation after being excluded and bullied.
The secret, we don't know.
But what we can know is that during that time, Tan Yuanyuan did not have a good life.
She was ridiculed for the color of her skin, rehearsals were replaced, shoes were stolen on the stage, and the day of the nightmare.
On that day, the man who loved Tan Yuanyuan the most died.
Once, an old man in his seventies rode a two-hour bicycle just to see his beloved granddaughter from a distance.
But before the old man died, his granddaughter called him: "Grandpa, are you okay?" I am now in Beijing. ”
The old man pleaded, "Then come and see me!" ”
The granddaughter said, "No time, no." I must rush to Shanghai and fly back to the United States. ”
Old man: "Be well, I miss you very much." ”
Granddaughter: "You must wait for me!" To apply for a visa. ”
Old man: "Be well, I will definitely wait for you." As a result, the granddaughter received a call as soon as she got off the plane, and the old man died.
This "unworthy granddaughter" is Tan Yuanyuan. Because of the performance, she did not have time to see the old man for the last time.
Guilt and remorse entangled Tan Yuanyuan, and in the future, when she played a tragic role, she would think of her grandfather countless times.
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in life.
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In 2005, 29-year-old Tan Yuanyuan was performing "Giselle".
Suddenly, as soon as she exerted herself, she felt a sharp pain coming from her crotch. She gritted her teeth and persevered through the stage.
After stepping down, the doctor told her that too much force had caused the crotch to dislocate. It is necessary to rest for at least one year after surgery before recovery is possible.
But the stubborn Tan Yuanyuan did not accept this result.
She said: "Without this desperate pain, I wouldn't have known I loved ballet so much. ”
For Tan Yuanyuan at that time, compared with the pain of his body, the pain of saying goodbye to ballet was more heart-wrenching.
So, she used all means, with all the treatment, and finally after half a year, the "swan returned".
Tan Yuanyuan, who has survived the pain, has changed.
She began to fall in love with ballet from the bottom of her heart, passionately, and was willing to dedicate her whole body to it.
In 2010, 34-year-old Tan Yuanyuan wore mopping trousers and danced flexibly like a peacock fish. Her hands are soft and boneless, her smile is every smile, and her every move contains the innocence and vitality of a twenty-eight girl.
A "Little Mermaid" dance captured the heart of another man.
Tan Yuanyuan listened to the guidance of this man, in cooperation and exchange, she broke through the bottleneck of her career, and she learned to dance with her soul.
The man, Johann Neumer, artistic director of the Hamburg Ballet, said: "She jumped my soul out. ”
In 2011, it was made into the world's first "The Little Mermaid" ballet DVD. Critics said in unison: "Tan Yuanyuan seems to have been born for this role." So far, her "The Little Mermaid" has not been surpassed.
In this way, the 34-year-old Tan Yuanyuan ushered in the second spring of his career.
She jumped and jumped to the finish line she had set.
As we all know, the golden age for ballerina dancing is usually between 28 and 35 years old. And the proud Tan Yuanyuan once said, "I am a perfectionist, and I will never jump to the day when I can't jump." I'm going to leave at the peak, the so-called riptide retreat. ”
She had planned to retire at the age of 35, leaving her most perfect dance style on the stage, and would not be ridiculed for her age and physical weakness.
But after surviving the pain, she changed.
She said: "I was thinking that if I could cross the pain line, I would jump as long as I could. ”
Invisibly, she let go of her pride, and she seemed to hand the audience the dagger that could attack her. At this time, someone came with a keyboard.
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Tan Yuanyuan, who was qualified to be a judge, put down his body to participate as a student.
Asked why she competed, she said: "As long as you live, you can still bloom on the stage, a day dancer, a lifelong dancer." ”
At the age of 44, she bloomed on the stage of "Dance Storm 2" like a flower with a song "Homecoming", and thought that she would usher in a burst of boasting, but she did not think about it, and the bad reviews poured in.
The keyboard man arrived as promised.
They scolded Tan Yuanyuan, saying that she was not worthy of the position, marketing out of the dance queen.
But Tan Yuanyuan obviously has the qualifications to sit on the judges' seat, stand high, and easily "fish for gold", but she insists on performing on stage, which is an extremely rare thing.
After all, she had been put on the altar, and she had to go down on her own.
Her participation in Dance Storm 2 was a thankless affair, winning was taken for granted, and losing was taken as a joke.
Does Tan Yuanyuan not know this truth?
She knew. But she did.
For the sake of the stage, she participated desperately. But she was so eager for the stage that she gave the opportunity to the young people in the middle of the way.
She said she was dragging her feet: "If I continue to choose to be in the team, it will be a cold door, and after I leave, you can do what you know best and love, and you don't have to think about catering to me." 」
When people reach middle age, they are still like teenagers, they still have love in their hearts, and there is still light in their eyes. How rare.
Finally, I would like to say, please allow Tan Yuanyuan to continue dancing, please respect her desire for the stage, please do not pour cold water on her.
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