"It's not easy for kids! My kids were amazing! "On the evening of February 4, the National Stadium Bird's Nest once again became the focus of the world's attention. A unique marching square dance kicked off the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics. On the stage, 31 students from Beijing Huiwen First Primary School were radiant and confident, and li Xiaolin, a dance teacher, couldn't help but shed tears in the background.
There was excitement and pride in her tears. "We're the group with the most boys in the room." Li Xiaolin said that 16 of the 31 students who performed were boys, and the youngest students were from the second grade, and the children had no experience in performing at any large-scale events. She also clearly remembers the children's frustration after being "crushed" after the first two joint exercises. "There are many boys in our dance troupe, and it was originally a group of twittering that was particularly lively, and after practicing together, they were all sullen and sullen." Li Xiaolin was also anxious in her heart, but she did not move, a simple sentence "Children are not afraid, we practice slowly", crisp but powerful.
Li Xiaolin herself is an actress, and she knows that the expressiveness of dance is in technical movements, but also in emotional performance. So she took the children to carefully interpret the emotional code behind each piece of music. For example, there is a rope jumping movement in the dance. "Kids are familiar with skipping rope, but skipping rope in dance is not the same as skipping rope in pess. Li Xiaolin guided the children that since they were wearing small animal costumes, the expression on their faces should be lively and their eyes should be flexible. "Saying that it is a dance rehearsal class is actually more like a drama class, and I hope that the children will express it with their mouths first and then interpret it with their limbs."
One by one, the details are cut, one by one the movements are practiced, and slowly, the children become different. At the end of the third joint training, the actors spontaneously applauded the young team, and the children became more and more confident. After 126 days of hard training, they all ended up shining brightly on stage.
Li Xiaolin also witnessed the growth of the children along the way: in front of the row, a 6th grade student had an old injury on his foot, but despite the discouragement, he secretly went on stage, but did not want to drag the team's hind legs; the children who were taken care of everywhere sent the saved fruits to express their gratitude; seeing their brothers and sisters silently holding books between rehearsals, the children also spontaneously loaded books in their bags..." Such a growth opportunity is rare and precious. Li Xiaolin said.
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