The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics came to a successful conclusion. In the warm-up event before last night's opening ceremony, dozens of "small animals" who circled on the main stage and runway attracted attention. Who are they? In the "Bird's Nest" with a total area of 258,000 square meters, how to change positions, jump and circle, how to keep the formation in order?
The reporter learned that the 31 "small animals" played by them were from Beijing Huiwen First Primary School. Throughout the warm-up event, they jumped for 32 minutes non-stop and performed "Good Children, Good Girls, Good Homes" and "Relax". And for this moment, they trained for 126 days.
32 minutes of appearance, training for 126 days
Early in the morning of the opening ceremony yesterday, Li Xiaolin, a small dance teacher led by Huiwen, assembled with the children and set off. At about 10 a.m., they arrived at the "Bird's Nest.". Then I started to put on makeup, tidy up my clothes, wear wheat... When everything is ready, just wait for the 7:25 pm appearance.
At 7:25 p.m., the children appeared on the main stage with smiles and cute shapes. On the main stage, small monkeys, pandas, rabbits, deer, and frogs are instantly activated. 31 children danced cheerfully with "Good Children, Good Girls, Good Homes", and the cute dance posture and constantly changing movements warmed up the atmosphere in the venue. Then, the children quickly dispersed, with the performance of "Relax" such as skipping rope, and flocked from the main stage to the various points of the runway to continue to perform in circles.
For the 32 minutes before the opening ceremony, 31 children trained for 126 days. Posture, dance moves, rhythmic changes, formations... All the details are corrected and optimized in training after training. From the early training in school, to the later first body training, and then to enter the bird's nest rehearsal, each rehearsal training, the children practice for several hours or even all day. Meticulous and standardized action requirements and long rehearsal cycles test every child's body, emotions, psychology and so on. "The school is very supportive, we have plans and methods for these, and everyone has really paid a lot." Li Xiaolin said.
Without stopping, finding references is more important than physical strength
"Yesterday's performance was very successful and I was very excited." Cui Bohui, a fifth-grade primary school in Huiwen, played a "little frog" yesterday. Lu Jiaming, a third-grade student younger than him, played the role of "little panda", "feeling that I played very well, showing the vitality and style of our teenagers." ”
For these children, the 32 minutes of warm-up require non-stop jumping and doing movements, and there is no moment to rest. In yesterday's low temperature, the biggest test was not only physical strength, but also how to maintain a good formation inside the "Bird's Nest", not to scatter the formation, not to "fall behind".
Li Xiaolin, the lead dance teacher, said that the "Bird's Nest" is not like the theater, which at first glance "looks the same" everywhere. Children who come to change positions and circles must maintain a high degree of concentration of attention, but also maintain a good formation at all times in a fully dynamic process. The latter is the bigger factor that determines the success or failure of the performance effect.
In the eyes of Cui Bohui and Lu Jiaming, the trick they and their classmates play well is to learn the magic weapon taught by the teacher - constantly looking for references. "As you jump and change positions, every time you need everyone to find their own references. Wherever you go, you must find a light box, sound, pattern and other symbols in the field to align, and remember it in advance. Lu Jiaming said. Cui Bohui said that in addition to finding the right reference object at each step, the role of the first row of students during the performance is also very important, "If the first row of students can't find the same position, the students behind will not be able to find it." Fortunately, we all make perfect. ”
Source Beijing Daily client | Reporter Li Songlin
Edited by Xie Yongli
Process Editor Liu Weili