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The role of Yang Guifei has been played by many people, including Fan Bingbing, who is overwhelmed by the country, Lin Fangbing, who is round and jade, in addition to these two, there is also a Yang Guifei who is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, that is, Zhou Jie's version of Yang Guifei.
Many netizens said that Zhou Jie's cold and noble appearance has integrated the role with her, and interpreted this role vividly.
There is even a direct evaluation: this version of Yang Guifei is Yang Guifei's concubine!
But two years ago, on October 3, director Hu Xuehua posted a message on social media, which made many people grieve, and Zhou Jie, who promoted Chinese dance to the world after becoming famous, left us forever.
Stumble upon an "opportunity"
Zhou Jie was born in 1961, since she was a child, Zhou Jie has been smart and cute and very popular with adults, when she was two years old, Zhou Jie often danced to the music in the old record player, these things have never been taught to her, and it was at this time that her parents discovered that Zhou Jie had a talent for dancing.
Parents work far away from home, Zhou Jie lives with her grandparents during the day, and she gets up very early every day to follow her grandparents to the field, and when they are busy in the farm, Zhou Jie will spin in circles by herself, although there is no music, but she always entertains herself and dances, and waits until her grandmother is busy and sends her to kindergarten.
After going to kindergarten, Zhou Jie's talent in dance is more obvious, we all know that the kindergarten itself has a lot of dance activities, and Zhou Jie's dance skills are the most prominent among many children.
Although she has never studied dance systematically, she is not only very soft, but also able to flexibly control various dance movements, even the movements that elementary school children find difficult, she can easily do, so even the kindergarten teachers feel that Zhou Jie is a good seedling for learning dance, saying that she will definitely make a difference in dance in the future, so that Zhou Jie's parents focus on cultivating her dance specialty.
The teacher saw that Zhou Jie had extraordinary talent, and also focused on nurturing her, opening a small stove for her to teach her dance movements every three to five, so that the one-on-one teaching progress was very fast, and it didn't take long for Zhou Jie, a child, to be known by everyone and became a little star.
But Zhou Jie's ability does not stop there!
She not only learned to dance, but also participated in the martial arts team of the sports school at the age of nine, whether it is dancing or practicing requires strong basic skills, Zhou Jie is very hard in the team, get up before dawn to practice, press legs to run, this experience made Zhou Jie's figure and temperament immediately improved.
At the same age, you can see her difference, in fact, martial arts and dance are the same discipline, practicing martial arts is also another way to improve her dance ability, this experience has filled in a strong stroke for Zhou Jie and laid the groundwork for the story that happened after her.
It is gold that always shines
In the early spring of 1974, the dance class of the opera house came to the countryside to recruit young students, Zhou Jie naturally could not miss this good opportunity after hearing this, after the teachers participated in the recruitment activities, Zhou Jie inquired about the teachers' residence through many channels, I have to say that Zhou Jie has the potential to be a detective, and even they know exactly what time they go to work.
Early the next morning, Zhou Jie stayed in front of the teachers' residence, and when the teachers came out, she directly played martial arts, early in the morning the teachers were stunned, difficult movements are not a problem for her, several teachers think that Zhou Jie this child has a lot of achievements, not only courage but also very solid, so the teachers unanimously believe that Zhou Jie can break the rules to apply to the leader for hiring, if the leader approves, then Zhou Jie can be officially selected.
Zhou Jie has been waiting for a whole year, every day is very tormenting for her, because she is not confident that the teachers will not want her, she is also afraid that her dance dream will be shattered before she sets sail, just when Zhou Jie felt that she was out of play, she suddenly received an admission notice from the Shanghai Opera and Dance Theater, which made Zhou Jie happy, because it indicated that she was finally able to pursue her dance dream.
In 1975, Zhou Jie brought her love and enthusiasm for dance to her dream dance theater, and began her brilliant life.
Zhou Jie is naturally beautiful and has a good appearance, so opportunities will always come to the door by themselves.
In 1980, director Li Hanxiang planned to shoot "Curtain Obeying Politics", Zhou Jie was invited to audition at that time, she was also known by people, Liu Xiaoqing saw Zhou Jie for the first time, felt that this child was not ordinary, Zhou Jie showed a dance on the spot, director Li Hanxiang decided on the spot to let Zhou Jie play Concubine Li, she herself has the vividness and youth of Concubine Li, and the matching degree of this role is very suitable.
This movie opened Zhou Jie's film market, and then starred in many movies, all of which were different roles, Zhou Jie was known by the image of a court beauty,
In 1985, she challenged the role of an urban beauty, broadened her drama path, and then starred in many TV series "Lianlin Zhenqi", "Mountain Wild", etc., at this time, Zhou Jie has appeared in front of the screen many times, is well known, and has become a well-known female star.
And that is the year Zhou Jie met a character who can affect her life. "Yang Guifei", in order to shape this character, a lot of hard work.
We all know that dancers must deliberately control their weight, but in order to fit the role, Zhou Jie must make sacrifices himself, and can only grit his teeth and gain weight for the role. But a bite can not become a fat person, Zhou Jie can only increase his food intake, eat a lot of protein every day to eat eight eggs, insist on eating supper and drink a bowl of chicken soup before going to bed, weight loss is not easy to gain weight is more difficult, so Zhou Jie in order to gain weight for a year, she used any method.
Not only eats a lot but also does not exercise, lying down every day, but it turns out that Zhou Jie does have a useful way to do this, she gained thirty pounds in a year, and the good figure she maintained before dancing has long ceased to exist, but in exchange for the most classic Yang Guifei in film history, Zhou Jie's temperament and plump body combined to make the role of Yang Guifei really come alive.
To this day, the role of Yang Guifei created by Zhou Jie is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, making people feel like returning to the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty when they see her, which shows how successful Zhou Jie has created this role.
Zhou Jie's past dance experience has become the most outstanding place in this film, her dance style is vivid, whether it is solo dance or group dance she is the most eye-catching one in the crowd, many dance passages are now very exciting, "Yang Guifei" has a score of 8.3 on Douban, which shows that the audience is very cognizant of this film.
Speaking of the role of Yang Guifei, director Chen Jialin also took great care in the selection of actors for this role, at that time, director Chen Jialin was already a well-known director, so his every move was also concerned by everyone, and he himself also had his own ideas in casting.
Because if the actor is not well chosen, the audience will jump the play, and the drama will fail as soon as it jumps, but to choose an actor with a high degree of fit with the role, the audience will buy it, and there will be a sense of substitution, Yang Guifei's role is too familiar and understood, so director Chen Jialin can't make up his mind, it can be said that the actors of this role can decide whether this drama can succeed.
Although this script has long been finalized, the important role of Yang Guifei has never been determined, there are many beautiful actors, but they are always almost meaningful, almost charming, but temperament is not such a thing, there is none, a person's temperament cannot be learned.
Opportunity and strength coexist
The director saw a lot of beautiful actresses and never had one to satisfy him, but Zhou Jie's appearance made his eyes shine, director Chen Jialin saw Zhou Jie's first glance, basically sure that this is the Yang Guifei he wants to find, Zhou Jie gives people a feeling and unique temperament in his bones, is the Yang Guifei in his mind, that sense of impact can not deceive people.
Zhou Jie seems to have been born for the role of Yang Guifei, whether in appearance or words, it is the person in Chen Jialin's mind, so Chen Jialin did not hesitate to invite Zhou Jie, hoping that she could play this role, but Zhou Jie at that time was just an inconspicuous actor, although he was very happy to be invited, but there were so many excellent and beautiful actresses at that time, Zhou Jie was also very unconfident, afraid that he would not be able to play this role and live up to everyone's expectations.
Besides, Yang Guifei at that time already had a version, and it was well received by everyone, she herself is not an actor from a science class, if she starred again, it will inevitably make people compared, although these words appear in Zhou Jie's mind from time to time, but Zhou Jie is not a person who only promises, she likes to try new things, not to mention a field that she has not been involved in at all, and is such a big role, this opportunity is now in front of herself, she must desperately seize it.
After the filming of this drama, Zhou Jie breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that director Chen Jialin's vision was not wrong, and Zhou Jie did not live up to him, after this drama was broadcast, Zhou Jie instantly became popular all over the country and entered everyone's sight.
Zhou Jie's future can be said to be bright, but just when everyone thought that she would shine in China, she made an incredible decision. At that time, foreign dances were very popular and respected in China, and Zhou Jie liked dancing very much since she was a child, so she also thought of bringing domestic dances abroad and letting people abroad see Chinese dances.
She insisted on going abroad, but Zhou Jie faced various difficulties after going abroad. At that time, the national status of the mainland was not very high, so foreigners would have a discriminatory gaze when they heard that it was Chinese, and Zhou Jie needed to start from scratch, but not only was it difficult to finance, but her qualifications were also doubted.
No one will believe the words of an outsider, Zhou Jie can only go to the street every day to publicize, but foreigners do not know what Chinese dance is, and feel very strange, Zhou Jie popularizes Chinese dance outside every day, her vivid dance is the best publicity, slowly many people are interested in Chinese dance.
At first, there were only a few students, and everyone still maintained a skeptical attitude towards her, but Zhou Jie was very patient, and did not feel that others were specifically here to make trouble for her, this kind of novel thing in the eyes of foreigners, as long as the market is opened, more and more people will like it, and slowly her reputation is getting bigger and bigger.
How hot was Zhou Jie at that time?
As long as the local people know that there is a very powerful dancer in this place, the patriotic heart will never be extinguished, Zhou Jie's friends decided to promote Chinese dance with her, and their fame in foreign countries is increasing, at this time Zhou Jie's thinking has changed again, she wants to return to China, since she can set up a dance school in a foreign country where she is not familiar with life, then she believes that she will be able to do it in China. Zhou Jie ran both at home and abroad at that time, and eventually established an international art school in Shanghai.
Returning home was questioned
The remarks at that time were very unfriendly to Zhou Jie, feeling that she ran back from abroad, she couldn't stay abroad so she went back to China to make money, but Zhou Jie never paid attention to these false remarks, and the equally controversial ones were Jin Xing and Yang Liping, both of whom were very good dance artists, but many people attacked them with their love of dance, and they never paid attention to gossip, but focused on doing their own thing, and eventually their achievements were blocked by those people.
Zhou Jie was under great pressure at that time, she very much wanted to create this art school, she thought that the choice of teachers was very important, she always felt that it was influenced by the teacher to make her dance so well, so Zhou Jie was very particular about the choice of teachers, not only to pass the professional ability, but also to spread knowledge for students in the first place, so that she is a qualified teacher.
In order to keep her figure better and be a role model, she made a bold decision, she chose not to have children, but this decision made her love life impossible, but by the end of Zhou Jie's life, she did not regret this decision she made, because Chinese traditional dance is like her child, and she even feels that her mission is to spread traditional Chinese dance.
Revert to one 's origin
Zhou Jie has been rushing for traditional Chinese dance all her life, overworked she suffered from cancer, at that time her physical condition doctor recommended her, it is best to treat abroad, but she especially wants to return to China, returning to the hometown is the inner hope of every foreign traveler, she spent a huge amount of 270,000 charter flights, just to return to China at the end of her life to see, although there were some mistakes in the middle, but Zhou Jie finally returned to the embrace of the motherland, but unfortunately, she died less than five days after she returned to China, But fortunately, she returned to the most familiar place.
Zhou Jie is gone, she has dedicated her life to our Chinese dance cause, until now she still influences generations of young forces, leading young people to the road of dance, hoping that in another world, Zhou Jie can also dance like an elf, a generation of goddesses, the most beautiful concubine Zhou Jie teacher, will always be remembered by the world!