Ballet is a classical dance in the West, unlike the intense and direct visual experience of many modern dances, ballet combines drama and dance, which is an elegant art that requires serious taste.
In the ballet world, it is very difficult for Chinese to get a place, but the Chinese girl Tan Yuanyuan broke this perception with facts and became a legendary ballet queen.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > coin to determine fate, crying also have to practice</h1>
Tan Yuanyuan was born in Shanghai in 1976, when she was 5 years old, she saw the "Swan Lake" broadcast on TV, and the little Tan Yuanyuan was suddenly attracted, and since then she has often tiptoed at home to imitate the "swan" on TV, which is also her first acquaintance with ballet.
At the age of 10, Tan Yuanyuan was admitted to the Shanghai Ballet School, but unexpectedly caused a family dispute. The father is very opposed to his daughter learning to dance, and he hopes that her daughter can become a doctor in the future.
But the mother felt that her daughter was very talented and could not be buried, so the two could not stand each other. In the end, they chose to decide by tossing a coin, and fate chose the path of dance for Tan Yuanyuan.
But dancing is really too hard, and full of many unknowns, perhaps this is also the reason why my father did not want Tan Yuanyuan to dance.
Because of the opposition of the family at that time, Tan Yuanyuan waited for a year to report after getting the notice, so learning to dance was a year later than other students, others laid the foundation early, entered the door, Tan Yuanyuan was still a little white who had no foundation at all, and it was too difficult to keep up.
Seeing that the people around him were dancing like a decent one, and he was still unstable, Tan Yuanyuan was very inferior in his heart, and felt like an "ugly duckling".
At that time, the school's teachers Lin Meifang and Chen Jianian were still very sorry for this little girl, and seeing that Tan Yuanyuan could not keep up, they gave her make-up lessons every day until she caught up with everyone's level.
This process was very hard for Tan Yuanyuan, when she was just a 10-something child, too bitter and too painful to always cry, and the two teachers sometimes had headaches.
Once, because she cried because she did not meet the requirements of the teacher, Chen Jianian asked her whether she wanted to cry or practice, and Tan Yuanyuan did not hesitate to choose to practice.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="53" > from trembling legs to full score</h1>
At the age of 14, Tan Yuanyuan officially debuted on stage for the first time, but it was a not very good start. Before taking the stage, Tan Yuanyuan was very nervous, his legs were trembling, and he couldn't go up the stage, or he was kicked up by the teacher Lin Meifang. Until the end of the performance, Tan Yuanyuan's legs were still trembling.
As you can imagine, the results are very poor. Chen Meifang said: "Nervousness is because of inferiority, and inferiority is because it is really far away." This sentence gave Tan Yuanyuan a great shock and inspired her to work harder and make herself more excellent. And this competition became the only time in her life that she failed.
After practicing for two more years, 16-year-old Tan Yuanyuan participated in the International Ballet Dance Competition in Paris, France, and stood on the international stage.
Today's Tan Yuanyuan has been reborn, no longer the nervous little girl who could not get on the stage, this time, she played the beauty of ballet to the fullest, and she was like a "white swan" on the stage.
The chairman of the jury of this competition is Tan Yuanyuan's idol, Ulanova, a very good ballet dancer.
Ulanova gave Tan Yuanyuan a full score, which is a very big affirmation, but also brought great spiritual inspiration to Tan Yuanyuan, and finally Tan Yuanyuan won the gold award.
Also in the audience was a pivotal figure in the audience, Helgi Thomason, artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet, who was selecting new members for his company, and he was impressed by the excellent Chinese girl.
At the age of 17, Tan Yuanyuan studied at the Stuttgart Ballet School in Germany, and was about to graduate a year later, she had planned to stay in the Stuttgart Ballet after graduation, but received an olive branch from San Francisco.
ThomasOn has been looking for Tan Yuanyuan since he saw Tan Yuanyuan's performance in Paris, and finally met again in Germany, so he invited Tan Yuanyuan to his dance troupe as a guest of honor. And this performance surprised everyone, and it also strengthened Thomason's determination to leave her.
After the performance, Tomerson took out a contract and promised to make her a solo dancer.
Thomason's San Francisco Ballet is one of the "three major ballet companies in the United States" and enjoys a high reputation, and Tan Yuanyuan did not want to miss such a good opportunity, so he agreed.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="54" > become chief, which is an accident and inevitable</h1>
In the United States, dancers in large ballet companies are divided into four classes: apprentices, group dancers, solo dancers, and principal dancers.
At that time, the youngest solo dancer was also 23 years old, and Tan Yuanyuan was only 18 years old at the time, so in the eyes of outsiders, Tan Yuanyuan's road was very smooth, and he became a solo dancer as soon as he entered the dance troupe, unprecedented, which is the height that many dancers may not be able to reach for many years.
But behind this, Tan Yuanyuan has also made efforts beyond ordinary people, it is precisely because she is good enough to be seen, and for this excellence, she has been working hard to practice.
Although it looks very beautiful, in fact, Tan Yuanyuan, who has just entered the dance troupe, has a very difficult life, a person is helpless here, plus he is a solo dancer when he enters the group, so he is ostracized by the girls in the troupe.
Being in a foreign country, not speaking the language of the people around her, and everyone is not very friendly to her, these make Tan Yuanyuan feel very stressed, and she will cry every time she calls her parents. Despite this, Tan Yuanyuan still chose to insist.
After a year of running-in, Tan Yuanyuan gradually adapted to life here, was able to communicate with the people around him in English, and the relationship with colleagues became harmonious, which is also because Tan Yuanyuan has been recognized by them with his strength.
In ballet, becoming a principal is every dancer's dream, and it is the only way to have a place in the ballet world. And Tan Yuanyuan was able to ascend to the chief position early because of an "accident".
In 1998, the day before an important performance, the company's chief executive accidentally broke his finger, and if no one could top it, the show would be cancelled.
At this time, the leader of the group asked Tan Yuanyuan if he could learn this dance in one night, which was a huge challenge, but Tan Yuanyuan still firmly agreed.
This dance drama is the Stravinsky Concerto, and the composer Stravinsky's music is difficult to understand and the rhythm is difficult to master, which is more difficult for Tan Yuanyuan.
Under tremendous pressure, Tan Yuanyuan did not sleep, trying to figure it out, and when everyone doubted whether she could learn, she took down this half-hour-long dance drama.
The performance the next day was very successful, and even some audience members wrote to the dance troupe asking who was dancing Stravinsky that day, and all Tan Yuanyuan's efforts were not in vain.
However, Tan Yuanyuan also admitted that he was really forced to be anxious at that time, and all his energy was focused on the dance, but all the movements were forgotten after the performance.
Who would have thought that this girl who was in danger but could contribute such a wonderful performance, once had her legs trembling on the stage, and now, the strength has made her no longer nervous.
After this performance, Tan Yuanyuan's strength was once again impressive, and then she got more opportunities, and after dancing "Swan Lake", she officially became the principal dancer.
Being able to be entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the head of the regiment shows that Tan Yuanyuan's usual performance is very recognized, and she can pick up the beam under such pressure, which shows that Tan Yuanyuan's strength is worthy of recognition, even if there is no accident, she is not far from the road to the chief.
After becoming the principal, Tan Yuanyuan's performances were full of performances, performing hundreds of times a year, and the position of heroine of the dance troupe's repertoire was almost handed over to her.
"One minute on stage, ten years offstage", Tan Yuanyuan on the stage danced, her posture was light, and for this elegance, every step offstage was like dancing on the tip of a knife, and Tan Yuanyuan was strict with herself, always striving for perfection, and suffered many injuries for this.
Tan Yuanyuan said that there are 3,000 pairs of eyes watching from the stage, if you do not do it perfectly, it will become a weak underbelly of being attacked, so every performance must be fully prepared, come up with the best state, and it is very tiring to become an artist.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="55" > unique oriental ballet, taking "Queqiao" to the world</h1>
Tan Yuanyuan was probably born for ballet, and she has many unique conditions. He is 166cm tall and weighs 47 kg, with a slender figure, a relatively small head, slender limbs, and a charming swan neck. Such a figure makes Tan Yuanyuan look particularly elegant and beautiful when he dances.
Because she is an oriental woman, Tan Yuanyuan's ballet also presents a different oriental charm.
Ballet is not just a dance, but also a performance, relying on the body to complete a story, so it is necessary to integrate delicate and sincere feelings, otherwise it is difficult to impress the audience.
Tan Yuanyuan bluntly said that the unique delicacy of orientals makes her performance different and gives people a bright feeling. And the classic of Chinese and Western integration should be "Queqiao".
Tan Yuanyuan has always been active on the international ballet stage, but has never performed in Beijing, she has been looking forward to taking a work with Chinese characteristics and playing the leading role on the stage in Beijing, and "Queqiao" gave her this opportunity.
"Queqiao" originates from the story of the cowherd weaver girl in Chinese myths and legends, jointly created by China, the United States, Russia and Japan, gathering many world-class ballet dancers, and Tan Yuanyuan, who has a lot of oriental charm, naturally plays the heroine.
From November 23 to 25, 2007, "Queqiao" was performed for the first time in Beijing, which achieved great success, bringing a visual feast to the audience, and Tan Yuanyuan also realized his long-cherished wish for many years.
After that, Tan Yuanyuan took "Queqiao" through Japan, South Korea, France, the United States, Italy and other countries, bringing the beautiful legend of China to the world.
Under Tan Yuanyuan's countless aura, what we see is a beautiful soul who works hard for her dream, cries and perseveres, and she conquers everyone with her unique elegance and creates many miracles.
After achieving fame, Tan Yuanyuan still did not forget his original intention, worked hard to spread Chinese culture to the world, and was a well-deserved "hero" in the minds of the Chinese people.