After 13 years of not seeing, the "kite" girl at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games has grown up! Recently, Zhu Qiaoyan, the "Olympic kite girl" of the year, posted a photo of herself in the past and present at the entrance of the Beijing Bird's Nest on the social platform, which once again triggered discussion. After the opening ceremony, many film and television companies threw "olive branches" to the 9-year-old, but they were rejected by her parents, who hoped that she would concentrate on learning acrobatic performances. Thirteen years later, Zhu Qiaoyan is now a teacher of aerial dance. In an interview with the Yangtze Evening News's Purple Bull Headline reporter, Zhu Qiaoyan said: "The aerial performance on the Stage of the Beijing Olympic Games is the beginning of the dream, and I am fortunate to be able to continue the dream. ”
The "Kite Girl" walking in the starry sky at the Bird's Nest
It has once again attracted the attention of netizens
Recently, a girl posted a comparison of the past and present taken at the Bird's Nest Stadium to evoke everyone's memories. After 13 years, Zhu Qiaoyan, who performed at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games and was known as the "Kite Girl", once again punched the Bird's Nest Stadium, standing in the same position where she took pictures as a child, posing in the same pose. From the comparison of the two photos, it can be seen that the little girl who was smiling back then grew up. Netizens sighed after seeing it: "In a flash, it turned out that more than ten years have passed." ”
Zhu Qiaoyan posted a comparison of the past and present
Time back to August 8, 2008, when 9-year-old Zhu Qiaoyan wore a red dress, pulled the kite axis, and stepped on the starlight performance at a height of more than 30 meters in the bird's nest. At her feet, thousands of staff dressed in fluorescent-colored costumes formed the shape of a bird's nest, which was very shocking.
Zhu Qiaoyan's performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games that year
During the interview, Zhu Qiaoyan introduced the story behind the stage to reporters. At that time, she was a trainee recruited from Huainan, Anhui Province, by an acrobatic troupe in Shenyang, and had been training in acrobatic basic skills for two years, but had not yet performed on stage, "When the Olympic director team found our acrobatic troupe, saying that there was such a childlike role as 'Kite Girl', I hope to recommend a suitable candidate." ”
On the recommendation of the acrobatic troupe, Zhu Qiaoyan went to Beijing for an interview and met director Zhang Yimou. Zhu Qiaoyan then stood out among more than 80 children and became a candidate for the stage performance, "I and another girl were divided into a and b corners, and at the same time I was left to participate in training." After about two months of training, it wasn't until a few days before the official performance that I was determined to be a corner. ”
Zhu Qiaoyan said that at that time, she was too young, she forgot the feeling of performing on stage, and only remembered the request made by director Zhang Yimou, "At that time, the adults would emphasize the importance of this performance over and over again, and director Zhang Yimou hoped that this role would not have too many performance traces, close to life, and show the natural state of children flying kites." The training teacher did not ask us to perform too much, but let us find the most real state of our age. ”
Reject the "olive branch" thrown by multiple film and television companies
He has been studying art for more than ten years
During the two months of training, Zhu Qiaoyan was carried around by Wei ya every day. A training session lasts nearly seven or eight hours, sometimes in the early hours of the morning. Every time she trained, she would be hoisted to a height of more than 30 meters, "because of the reason of practicing acrobatics since I was a child, I was not very afraid, I remember the first time I was hung up, and I turned my head on it." ”
On the day of the official performance, she was suspended in the air, as if stepping on the starry sky. She moved slowly, waving her kite at everyone, looking relaxed and natural, like a little elf dancing in the air, which impressed the audience.
After the performance, many film and television companies threw an "olive branch" to the 9-year-old her, many people directly found her mother, offered considerable remuneration, invited her to participate in TV programs, shoot advertisements, recommended her debut as a "child star", but were rejected by her parents one by one, "None of them went, my mother felt that I was too young to let me enter the society so early, but hoped that I could learn more deeply in my professional direction." ”
Zhu Qiaoyan said that in retrospect, she was very grateful to her mother for this decision, "She knew me very well, and made the decision that suited me best for me at that time, and I still remember that after the performance, many shots and flashes were pointed at me, and I was more resistant to talking in front of people, a little scared, she should have noticed this situation." ”
When it comes to the days of studying in the acrobatic troupe, Zhu Qiaoyan used the word "very bitter" to describe, no matter what she does, it is a high standard and strict requirement. They need to practice a variety of basic skills, leg press, handstand, flip head, these movements are "leg lifting". From the rehearsal hall to the dormitory, where to practice, practice occupies most of her time, she laughed and said: "Life is everywhere training." ”
Zhu Qiaoyan's training photos when she was a child
So far, of all the acrobatic troupe experiences, one of her most impressive performances was in Russia, when she took a 9-day and 8-night train ride, and her daily training was on the train platform, "And finally because of the weather, we completed the whole performance in the rainstorm." ”
Leave the acrobatic troupe to become "North Drift"
Learn aerial dance from scratch
Before she was admitted to the acrobatic troupe, Zhu Qiaoyan had already been sent by her parents to study at a professional acrobatic school in Shenyang, which was a boarding school. Since the age of 5, she has washed her own clothes and folded quilts, and all the trivial matters of life have to be completed by herself. Her parents came to see her once a month for about 4 years. After Zhu Qiaoyan's performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, her mother deliberately moved from her hometown to Shenyang to accompany her.
Many people around know her performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, and "Olympic Kite Girl" even became a label on her at that time, but the last thing she liked to hear at that stage was that others used "good luck" to evaluate her, "So many people chose me, there must be an element of luck." But I wanted to prove that I wasn't just a lucky kid, and that I had put in a lot of effort during those two months to be able to get on the final stage. Zhu Qiaoyan said.
Zhu Qiaoyan in practice
In 2017, Zhu Qiaoyan officially joined the "North Drift" family after consultation with her family and went to Beijing to learn aerial dance. She told reporters: "I have loved the feeling of flying in the sky since I was a child, and it just so happens that the performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is also at an altitude of more than 30 meters. In the past, in the acrobatic troupe, I was mainly responsible for performing jiu-jitsu and handstanding, and I never had the opportunity to practice high-altitude movements. ”
After the age of 18, she wanted to stop relying on her parents and teachers, but to work and live according to her inner love, "I feel that my basic skills are more solid, and learning aerial dance should be relatively simple." ”
When she actually did it, Zhu Qiaoyan realized that it was not so easy. She used to perform jiu-jitsu and handstands, her body softness is very good, and the air dance has high requirements for the balance and coordination of the body, which is a new challenge for her.
"Flying in the Air" continues
Puts higher demands on yourself
The first lesson was a hoop lesson, and she was particularly impressed. The girl standing next to her, only seven or eight years old, she can already hold the ring to do various actions, but Zhu Qiaoyan can't even grasp the ring, "I didn't expect that I entered the classroom with the title of professional actor, but I was killed by a little girl." ”
Zhu Qiaoyan in training
In order to catch up with the progress as soon as possible, she spent almost all her time on training, and after a period of hard training, she not only became a trainer in the class with excellent performance ability, but also won the overall championship by performing the aerial hoop at an Asian event in 2019.
Zhu Qiaoyan told reporters that in fact, her dream of "flying in the air" began with the performance of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, "Before I was young, I didn't understand how important this performance was, and when I grew up, I understood the meaning more and more." ”
Zhu Qiaoyan performs an aerial dance performance
Although 13 years have passed, she still has a collection of costumes and passes at home, and now she has taken them with me to Beijing, "That was the first stage in my life, which is a very, very high starting point, which makes me have a sense of mission and use higher stage standards to demand myself." ”
Now compared with when she was a child, she is no longer so rejecting the label of "lucky", facing the voice of the outside world, the idea is more mature, "I think I am lucky, growing up gives me the opportunity to find real love, for me, 13 years ago, the Beijing Olympic stage was the beginning of the dream, and now the direction of effort is the continuation of the dream, I will always go in that direction, the dream has no end." ”
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Source: Yangtze Evening News