Mentor Jin Chen
Zhang Linyuan performs ballet
Zhong Yuxin taught himself house dance by watching videos
Zhang Leyao's work "Spirit" was well received
The "Master Group" is also an all-female class
The dance competition growth reality show "Dance Student", which is currently being broadcast by iQIYI, is currently being broadcast, with Tong Liya, Jin Chen and Meng Meiqi as instructors, and 40 girls becoming dance students. Through 24 hours of all-round documentation of the dance students' sharing, rehearsal, class, competition, selection and other links, the program shows their business improvement and transformation and daily life fun.
In recent years, domestic dance variety shows have crossed the trough and successively ushered in "This! It is a circle of works such as street dance, "Blood Street Dance Troupe", "Dance Storm", etc., and the production and broadcasting platform has also been extended from TV stations to the field of network video. As a new dance show, what is special about "Dance Student"?
Avoid "one round trip" and the atmosphere is more relaxed
There is no elimination, which is the biggest difference between "Dance Student" and previous dance programs.
"Dance Students" circumvents the elimination system that may make the contestants "one round", and the 40 dancers can confidently try a breakthrough in dance without worrying about being eliminated, while showing more aspects of business, personality and life as much as possible, and the atmosphere of the program is more relaxed and lively.
Still, the competition remains. In 100 days, accompanied by mentors Tong Liya, Jin Chen and Meng Meiqi, 40 dancers will not only face the test of several performances, but also compete for only 5 individual exclusive stage performance qualifications on the finals stage.
In addition, the program team introduced the AB corner replacement mechanism common in the theater performance industry - two actors who receive the same training and play the same role, but usually only when the A corner cannot perform, the B corner has the opportunity to play. This setting refers to the real ecology of the dance industry. Tang Shiyi, principal dancer of the China Opera and Dance Theatre, who recently joined the show's "Master Troupe", said: "The concept of AB horn on the performance stage is actually very similar to the form of dancers performing in the theater. In addition, the first episode also fully presented three large social scenes: How to break the ice for the first meeting in the large conference room? How is the intimate relationship established after moving into the same dormitory? How to alleviate the tension of the first stage waiting?
Professional dancers are mixed and matched with "Little Cute New"
The all-female lineup is another feature of "Dance Students". Not only are there 40 female dance students, the mentors Tong Liya, Jin Chen, Meng Meiqi, and even Tang Shiyi, Xie Xin, and Wang Run, members of the "Master Group" who joined later, are also all "girl scouts". The only male character in the show is the "senior" represented by Luo Yizhou, who plays a role similar to "green leaves with red flowers".
Professional dancers with the "Xiao Mengxin" dance student lineup is also one of the features of the show. Among the contestants were strong professional-level players: Li Meihui, who has a 21-year dance experience, is the leader of the American Modern Ballet; Luan Tianyi, who has a 19-year-old dance experience, graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy and is the lead dancer of the Beijing Modern Ballet.
At the same time, there are also self-taught amateurs in the program, such as Lin Jinyi, who has been practicing dance for less than 2 years, from the Mathematics Major of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zhong Yuxin, who taught himself house dance just by watching videos. In addition, there are li fan, a former dancer who has left the cultural troupe for 3 years and wants to return to the stage, and Guo Jiayu, a "small transparent industry" who has 5 years of dance experience and wants to stand in the center of the stage. For the difference in the professional ability of the dance students, Luan Tianyi, the "strength bearer" in the program, expressed his acceptance. She believes: "The dance student is a state of 'learning', while the dancer is a state that has matured enough to stand on the stage for everyone to enjoy." Personally, I may already have a state of appreciation in some dances, but in others, I am also a student. ”
Differences in professional abilities and growth experiences allow dancers to choose and present different types of dances. As a result, the program will be ballet, modern dance, contemporary dance, classical dance, ethnic dance, national standard dance, street dance, and even two-dimensional house dance and other dances "one pot stew". The program group also encouraged dance students to "cross over", for example, Zhang Leyao's work "Spirit", which integrated multiple dance styles, was unanimously praised by the instructors on the initial stage, and she also successfully won the A corner.
The eye-catching degree is insufficient, and the program is difficult to get out of the circle
As of the evening of September 18, "Dance Student", which has been online for nearly a month, has not yet opened a score on Douban, and the audience has only more than 1,000 short comments. On other social media, the show also has few splashes.
Entertainment critic Er Er told the Yangcheng Evening News reporter that this situation is not surprising: "First of all, the appreciation threshold of dance variety shows is high, the basic disk is small, and it is easy to appear the phenomenon of 'dance high and widow'. Secondly, Earl believes that despite the participation of chen Weiting, Liang Sen, Mao Buyi and other cooperative guests, the lineup of the all-girls class still restricts the choreography of dance works and the play of dancers in many cases: "For example, one of the most outstanding works in the second season of "Dance Storm" is the male and female double dance "Fancy Years" jointly performed by Li Xing and Li Yanchao - the collision between top male and female dancers, coupled with the love theme of love and hate, it is easy for the audience to empathize and recognize. The "Dance Student" of the all-girls class is difficult to achieve this kind of arrangement and presentation, and from the formal point of view, the women's double dance is rare. ”
In addition, the dance variety show has a high threshold for appreciation, and for the audience, it is more necessary to unify the standards and clear aesthetic coordinates to guide. Compared with the simultaneous broadcast of "This! It is street dance", "Dance Student" with more diverse dance types is obviously more vague in the evaluation criteria.
In addition, compared with the dance variety shows such as "Dance Forest Conference", "Dancing Miracle", "Dancing Out of My Life" and other dance variety shows that focus on stars or "stars + ordinary people", "Dance Students" with vegetarians as the main ones also has a natural lack of eye-catching. The comments of Douban netizens "Cat Ermao" have a certain representativeness: "The 40 beautiful young ladies are very eye-catching and very good-looking, but the big stars come to dance and look equally good-looking, and they will have more topicality." In the absence of major innovations in the format, a bunch of fledgling young dancers have limited ability to bring topics and carry ratings, and it is naturally a little difficult to attract the attention of the public. ”
Source: Yangcheng Evening News