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[Preface]
As an old artist, he is always respected, but Yang Liping is still controversial now, and once became a sensation because of a peacock dance, inheriting the charm of national dance.
But the dance she performed with her male partner last year caused a lot of criticism, and the overall tone of this work is bleak.
But what caused controversy was not the choreography of this dance, but the clothes she wore with her male partner on stage, especially the male protagonist who partnered with Yang Liping, who looked almost naked from a distance.
He wore only a pair of flesh-colored underwear and dyed green and blue hair, and the photographer had to put a mosaic on the key parts if he wanted to send it out.
Many viewers were ashamed of the male dancer, thinking that this behavior was a hooligan under the banner of dedicating himself to art, so what is going on? Why is there so much criticism about this old artist on the Internet?
[Controversial "Peacock Dance"]
At that time, as soon as this dance photo circulated on the Internet, it caused widespread discussion, and many spectators in the stands frowned, in the eyes of people, the peacock is a gorgeous bird with very plump feathers, but it is not what this male dancer shows.
Some netizens described this male dancer as not a peacock, but more like an old Indian turtledove who has lost his hair, and the voices of criticism are endless.
However, some people say that the dance of "Peacock" is very beautiful, and the tour is also very successful, and it cannot be choreographed casually with a photo.
And this is not the first time that Peacock Dance has been mired in controversy, Yang Liping's apprentice has uploaded a video on the Internet, in which the video shows the courtship scene of two peacocks.
The interaction between the two people is a bit too intimate, so many people said that they really can't appreciate this kind of dance, and later her apprentice said that this is just a replica of the demeanor of the two peacocks at that time, and art is from life and higher than life.
There is a lot of discussion about male dancers on the Internet, and some people directly say that Yang Liping is deliberately using a large scale to attract attention, and uses the name of animals to do her own careful thinking.
In the end, Yang Liping also came out to respond to this controversy, saying that this controversial clip is her favorite clip, because the male dancer's near-nakedness is to fit the plot.
This is the story of a male peacock who is willing to shed his feathers in order to set the female peacock free, and everyone still has their own opinions, and a month after this incident, the peacock dance caused controversy again.
In the stage shots of his newly choreographed new dance drama, 12 people with hands around a male dancer and then place their hands on him in various positions.
The male dancer was also naked, wearing only a light-colored underpants, and a female dancer also put her hand on the male dancer's private parts.
This made many people shout that it was unnecessary, and some people even said that Yang Liping was Jiang Lang's talent, and she was gaining attention by rubbing the side, and it was also controversial for a while.
【Legends in the Dance World】
In dance, Yang Liping's dedication and achievements can almost be called legendary, at the age of 60, the years have also mottled her youth, but her love for dance has always been shining.
Born in a small mountain village in Eryuan County, Yunnan Province, this legendary dancer has never learned to dance since she was a child, but she lives in a land where she has been influenced by singing and dancing for generations.
She has watched various natural phenomena such as peacocks opening and butterflies breaking cocoons since she was a child, which has also cultivated her taste since she was a child, and later because she heard that she joined the song and dance troupe and had a salary of 30 yuan per month, she signed up.
Then she was selected by mistake, and it was not until 1979 that at the age of 21, she gradually attracted people's attention because of the dance drama "Peacock Princess" starring her.
In the second year, he was directly transferred to the Central National Song and Dance Troupe, and entered the song and dance troupe, which required him to participate in the overall rehearsal, but this was not what Yang Liping wanted.
The butterflies, peacocks, ants, and even caterpillars she saw when she was a child all told her that dance lies in the expression of life, so Yang Liping practiced according to her own ideas after everyone had practiced.
And "unsociable" and "maverick" also made her lose the opportunity to participate in the national dance competition, in this case, she decided to choreograph and compete by herself.
She completed the dance, music, costumes, etc. by herself, but it was too time-consuming to prepare, and by the time she finally finished recording "Spirit of the Sparrow", the competition was already over.
In the end, she bravely went to the organizer's office and won the opportunity to screen, and finally this work not only entered the finals, but also won the first prize.
It was also after this that Yang Liping ushered in a glorious period of her career, she was invited to the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and then became well-known by the people of the whole country.
And this is only the part of the "inheritance" in her career, she left the Central National Song and Dance Troupe without hesitation and returned to her hometown.
She wanted the dance in her hometown to glow with its original vitality, and she wanted to form a dance troupe to collect and find people by herself, and this work was carried out for 3 years.
During this period, she also experienced countless difficulties, but in the end, she successfully searched for more than 200 local young people in Yunnan and created "Yunnan Reflection".
Shortly after its debut, the show won the "Lotus Award" and toured for nearly 7,000 performances, but in 2022, perhaps people have seen enough of the stage, and their opportunities to perform are greatly reduced.
In order to keep the dance troupe afloat, Yang Liping began to accept advertisements, and even sold her house to pay the dancers in the troupe.
But manpower can't withstand the destiny of heaven, and finally the stage still came to the point of dissolution, although Yang Liping was sad and cried, but she never thought of giving up dancing.
Last year, at the age of 64, she accidentally broke a bone in a dance training, and in the active rehabilitation training, in less than three months, she returned to the stage she loved, which is not an extreme love.
[Who will succeed Yang Liping in the future? ] 】
In the past, the topic of Yang Liping's successor on the Internet was also very hot, and the first discussion was the small bunting.
Yang Liping is Little Bunting's aunt, and when she was 3 years old, after watching her aunt's dance, she became extremely interested in dance.
Under practice, Xiao Bunting performed "Yunnan Image" on stage at the age of 4, and later on stage, she became known to the audience for her continuous rotation for 4 hours.
It was also from this time that Little Bunting has been rumored on the Internet to be Yang Liping's successor, but to the surprise of many people, Little Bunting did not concentrate on dancing as Yang Liping.
She gradually began to show her face in major dramas and TV series, and has acted in the drama version of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", and also appeared in "The Legend of Qingqiu Fox" and "Fan of Fairy Sword and Cloud".
But it didn't make too much splash, Yang Liping once said on the public platform that she still practiced seriously when she grew up, and was about to go abroad to learn drama performance.
At that time, many netizens said that because Xiao Caiqi insisted on entering the entertainment industry, which hurt Yang Liping's heart, many people felt that the relationship between the two should be tense.
But in June last year, Yang Liping posted a video in the same frame as the little bunting on social platforms, and there was a comment below that Mr. Yang was reluctant to give up the little bunting in the end.
Yang Liping also replied that she never gave up, this is a family-like bloodline, and on the commemorative stage of the tour of the 2022 version of "Peacock", Xiao Bunting also appeared as a special guest.
But in fact, during the period when Xiao Bunting was studying abroad, from 2020, there was another one that was noticed by the majority of netizens about Yang Liping's successor.
That is Little Bunting's cousin Little White Rabbit, at that time, Yang Liping often posted photos with Little White Rabbit on the Internet, etc., and also introduced to everyone that she was the most proficient at dancing among the models and the most skilled at catwalk among the dancers.
And she also reproduced Yang Liping's classic dance "Spirit of the Sparrow", the height of the little white rabbit is 180, and it is also vivid to imitate, and it was also on the hot search at that time.
So some netizens said that she is too tall, and it is difficult to find a suitable actor on the stage, maybe in the end, she will earn enough attention, and she will be the same as Little Bunting.
But Yang Liping has never said who her successor is, because there are too many discussions on the Internet, and reporters have also asked this question when interviewing her.
Yang Liping said so, she said that ants are also her successors, a tree can also be her son, no one is her successor, and she is not anyone's successor.
Everyone is an independent individual life, and as a senior, it is more about providing a platform for latecomers, giving them some guidance, and allowing them to shine with their personality on the stage.
She thinks that the relationship between people is not who belongs to whom, you are my apprentice, what is the matter, such a thing is too narrow, things are not like this.
In fact, Yang Liping's success is partly due to her artistic talent and heritage, and partly because her team is also very bold, and it is precisely because of this that people understand this artistic image.
In fact, this form of culture has a relatively long history, but it is generally not widely disseminated in public, and when it is taken out to the public, it is inevitable that it will be judged by the public.
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Resources:
On June 15, 2023, Jiupai News reported on "Yang Liping's response to the peacock dance causing indecent controversy again: the dancer is not naked, almost naked is in line with the plot, and the feathers of the male peacock fall off for the freedom of the female peacock".
Red Star News reported on July 2, 2023 on "Yang Liping and Little Bunting in the same frame, responding to the heated discussion of netizens: She has never been confused".
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