Speaking of classical dance, you may think of Zhang Ziyi's stunning water sleeve inspiration in the movie "Ten Faces Ambush". Long sleeves fluttering, leaping in the air, a set of beautiful, flowing clouds and flowing movements, the viewers all clapped their hands and praised.
In today's dance circle, the same gods are gathered, and there are not a few skilled players. Among them, Li Yiran, who can bear the title of "god of legs", is counted as one.
As soon as the show "Dancer" opened, Li Yiran completed the "clock leg" challenge - unlike the common use of hand strength to move the legs, Li Yiran used pure control legs. This not only tests the dancer's flexibility, but also has a strong control over his body. I believe that you are also stunned now!
Even the teacher Venus, who has always been a "poisonous tongue", did not hide his love for her, not only personally directing one action after another in the show, but even taking out the dress he had treasured for more than twenty years and giving Li Yiran as a performance costume for "Marriage Story".
In the dance world, Li Yiran is definitely a beautiful and sassy existence
After graduating from military art, she won the double gold medal of the Tao Li Cup and the Lotus Flower Award and the silver medal of the all-army dance competition during her schooling. She has played the female lead in many large-scale dance dramas such as "Flower World", "Marco Polo", "Princess Chuansi", and served as a solo dancer and lead dancer in large-scale performances such as the special performance of the wife of the head of state of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, the opening ceremony of the Beijing World Garden Association, and the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
Transferred to the China Opera and Dance Theatre, she shined on the show "Dancer", showing her high plasticity, and finally won the championship with a white dress and a gentle dance "Monologue of Memory".
So, what is the origin of this girl named Li Yiran?
Born in 1995 in Jiaozuo, Henan Province, she loved to dance to the music on TV since she was a child, and finally began to learn to dance with her teacher at the age of 4.
At the age of 12, when the other children were in the early years of their primary school, Li Yiran successfully passed the examination of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts and came to Beijing alone to study. Except for the winter and summer vacations every year, she has been soaking in the studio, practicing from day to ten o'clock at night.
In the dance world, what is the status of military art?
In terms of China, the top three dance academies are the Beijing Dance Academy, the Minzu University of China and the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, of which the technology and standardization of military art are known for their strict and high standards.
In the five years of studying in military art, Li Yiran won the first place in the major of the grade. After graduating, she entered the Zongzheng Song and Dance Troupe, and now after changing careers, she has become a full-time actress in the China Opera and Dance Theater.
She is undoubtedly a qualified dancer.
"One day without practicing knows itself, two days without practicing the teacher knows, three days without practicing the audience knows."
In her dance career of more than 20 years so far, she has always maintained daily basic skills training, while at the same time demanding herself in diet, so that she has always maintained a "lean, no excess meat" physical state.
This persistence and strictness can be perceived by outsiders. Therefore, when the strict teacher Venus first met Li Yiran, he did not hesitate to praise: how good her proportions are, and she has everything the dancers want.
The solid foundation laid for more than twenty years, coupled with her superior physical condition, makes her seem destined to follow the path of a dancer. "Appearance, ability, and expression are impeccable", Qingdao Morning Post also gave such a high evaluation.
Therefore, on the stage, there is an innocent girl who loves the neon dance in "Neon Dream" and dreams of entering the palace to dance to the emperor;
With the Tang Dynasty woman holding a long silk and graceful and colorful in "Princess Chuansi", people can re-see the prosperity of the Silk Road;
With the "Damian" in "Flower World", which tells the romantic beauty of life and faith in zhuang legends;
With the classical dance "When is the Bright Moon", there is a good free-spirited dancing boy.
In the eyes of most people, in addition to the stunning few minutes on stage, the dance profession is more boring than a long period of practice offstage. In addition to learning the movements, performers also need to spend their time figuring out the story behind the dance, shaping the characters as closely and vividly as possible, and conveying emotions.
It may not be difficult to learn a dance, but when you are doing the same thing for twenty-two years, if you want others to see your achievements, talent, hard work and sinking heart to accumulate precipitation are indispensable.
But Li Yiran did it, and the complicated and boring days that were sweaty turned into her solid basic skills and amazing skills. "Dreams can become reality as long as they last, don't we just live in dreams?" On the road to the stage, she went farther and deeper than the average person.
We are accustomed to praising great people, but we often overlook that ordinary people are also shining. Among the thousands of ordinary people, it is those who are praised for constantly doing one thing to the extreme. It's not about the length of time, it's about the determination to do things and the enthusiasm to invest.
Slowly, she stepped onto more and bigger stages, and more and more people heard her name.
On the show "Dancer", Li Yiran put aside the shackles of the past and boldly tried to show himself at 360 degrees. Modern dance "Marriage Story", contemporary dance "Shallow River", Hu Xuan dance "Swirling Drum Drift", classical dance "When is the Bright Moon"...
From the common empty jump and skill combination, to the "Monologue of Memory" in the finals that forgot the technology and pointed directly from the emotions to the heart, she let others see her progress, broke through the label of "technical flow", and proved that she was not a dance machine with only high difficult skills, but an all-round dancer with emotions, with unlimited potential.
Today, it is the twenty-first year that 25-year-old Li Yiran has danced.
Time did not wear away her love of dance, on the contrary, she integrated dance into her own blood, tirelessly exploring a wider dance world. Because the highest state of dance is not how flexible and how powerful the control is, but the dancer has feelings, and the viewer can also feel it.
Dancer Duncan said: "The dance should be pure and strong, so that people have to say that what we see is the soul dancing, an incomparably pure soul that is exposed in the light, so that the dance has a vivid image." ”
Becoming a soul dancer has always been Li Yiran's heart' desire.
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