The finals of "Brother With Thorns and Thorns" are broadcast tonight, the night of the group has been recorded in advance, and the list of 17 people in the group has been announced - Lee Seung-hyun, Zhang Qi, Huang Guanzhong, Ouyang Jing, Zhao Wenzhuo, Chen Xiaochun, Zhang Zhilin, Lin Zhixuan, Zhang Jin, Hot Dog, Liu Jia, Gai, Gao Hanyu, Xie Tianhua, Bai Jugang, Zhang Yunlong, Yan Chengxu. Lin Xiaofeng, Li Baguan, Yin Zheng, Li Xiang, and Hu Haiquan failed to form a group. Among them, the best of China's young dancers, known as the "ideal of the world" Li Xiang was eliminated, which became the intention of many netizens.
Although Li Xiang is a dancer, he has the courage to break through himself in the program and bravely challenge singing, although there is still progress in singing, but each stage of Li Xiang is unexpected, just say that "Good Spring Light" and "Nothing Must Return with Full Load" two stages, one inspiration card point is just right, and one word horse in the air is unexpected. Some fans said that "Brother with Thorns" originally had only two professional dancers, and finally had to eliminate one in Liu Jia and Li Xiang, no matter who was eliminated, it would make people feel particularly sorry.
Throughout the entire season of "Brother With Thorns and Thorns", Li Xiang has shown his "willfulness" and unreservedly sprinkled his own blood and sweat, may wish us to review his participation in the show from the beginning.
Care enough to be "hard"
Before the Yigong stage performance, the differences between Lin Zhixuan and Li Xiang once caused controversy among netizens. Lin Zhixuan hopes to "perform his or her duties", Liu Jia and Li Xiang dance, Li Yundi plays the piano, he is responsible for singing, leading the audience with their respective professions. Li Xiang does not want to become a "dance companion", hoping to participate in the presentation of various parts and let the art collide with more sparks. "Maybe I don't sing well or even out of tune, and I enjoy the process of transformation and change."
Lin Zhixuan sought perfection, Li Xiang sought a breakthrough, and their different insistences gave rise to conflicts. Some viewers scolded Lin Zhixuan for being stubborn, and some felt that Li Xiang was too willful. Lin Zhixuan is a senior singer who has been in the entertainment industry for 30 years, and Li Xiang carries the vitality of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and reiterates his demands very firmly throughout the whole process: to come to this stage is to break through, that is, to sing.
Is Li Xiang really willful? A detail, in the first "First Meeting Please Pay More Attention" stage, the host has just taken the stage to open, and the brothers are waiting in the live broadcast room. Li Xiang stood up silently and raised his legs above his head: "No, I can't sit." I sat down again, still had to move. During the "Dance Storm" period, Li Xiang was the same, every time he waited for the scene, the tension visible to the naked eye kept warming up. The staff felt strange, he was already a dancer, why were he still nervous? Li Xiang said that it is because every scene is tense, so he is a dancer. "When you care enough, you must be nervous." The pursuit of professional extremes, extreme self-discipline, seems to be carved into his bone marrow.
In "Brother with Thorns", when everyone sat on the sofa and chatted and rested, Ao Dog danced a few times to imitate the street dance of "Little Pepper", Yin Zheng joked that he "ugly Latin", Li Xiang's first reaction was, "I think you just coordinated those few times, how did you do it?" When Li Xiang and Lin Zhixuan communicated, some bullet screens were embarrassed to the point of "toeing the ground", afraid to see the scene of conflict. There are also many viewers who are impressed by his personality, persistence and courage.
"It doesn't matter how many or how few shots we have, what we care about is what we're doing when the camera gives us." Li Xiang said. If you don't have this hurdle in your heart, you have a hard work on the stage, "Even if the score is high, as our actor's psychology is like this, I am not satisfied with myself is not satisfied, you say I am good I do not believe." 」 ”
Dance is also an independent art
Seeing Li Xiang's words, people who were once trapped in the comfort zone are difficult not to empathize with it: "What I want to do is wrapped up in the name of love by others, just like my parents say that I am here for your own good, I do not accept." 」 ”
Before coming to "Brother with Thorns", most of the audience's impression of Li Xiang stemmed from "Dance Storm", he was full of immortality, like a dance posture with light special effects. The lonely freedom of "Walker", the dashing calmness of "Return", and the iconic front flip in the clouds have made many people fall for him, and regard him as an "ideal on earth".
The personality presented by Li Xiang in the program is also like his dance, sincere, fearless, and extreme, like a pulsating fire.
For an artist, such a distinct personality is very "circle fan". He fulfilled an adventure that many people did not dare to complete. After all, how many people dare to stick to their dreams, how many people have the courage to step out of their comfort zone and meet the storm and criticism.
For most people, the better they perform in a certain field, the more difficult it is to let go of the "idol baggage" that has gradually accumulated and take risks to seek a breakthrough. What about the top dancer of the "Domestic Dance Gold Award Grand Slam, who served as the lead dancer of the Spring Festival Gala"? But in "The Brother Who Cut through the Thorns", the editor not only did not see cringe, but saw a kind of eagerness of Li Xiang.
Li Xiang said that he pushed a lot of people to let him "do what he is good at on the stage", and came here to hope to "sing on the stage with honor and integrity". This anxiety of single-mindedly seeking transformation led him to say, "Let me dance as an accompaniment, I will not dance, I would rather quit the competition than dance." Even if you accept criticism because you "sing badly or even out of tune", you are willing to eat it.
Why is there such an urgency? Li Xiang has always said in the show that he is not willing to become a "dance companion", which actually reflects some problems. For example, in reality, dance is indeed not so out of the circle compared to art forms such as acting and singing, and sometimes becomes a foil for other arts. For example, dancers do not have the same widespread recognition of their position in the mass market compared to singers and actors. The realistic rewards of investment and the long-term hard work of a dancer are often disproportionate.
Such a reality is difficult to change overnight. Li Xiang's insistence on "not dancing as an accompaniment" may also be a top dancer, striving to maintain the dignity of dance as an independent art.
Art, how to be beautiful for life
Transformation has always been a complex issue for dancers. The dance industry is brutal. Continuous exercise can extend the professional lifespan to a certain extent, but for most dancers, after the age of 25, they will gradually face the decline of physical function.
Li Xiang, who has been dancing since he was 4 years old and has been dancing for 24 years, cannot defy all this. "My physical function is declining, and when "Tao Li Cup" was in place, the choreographer could make me not play music in the theater and dance 22 times in a row. Now let me jump like this, it's already 120. "This is called following the laws of nature, and there is no way to adjust it."
Top dancers can balance these influences with their body textures with stage experience and an ever-increasing understanding of the arts. Most dancers, on the other hand, choose to gradually move into behind-the-scenes or training. Li Xiang said that dance is his root. But perhaps one day, he will also face such a choice. "There won't be any other thing in life that can stop for so long and overshadow the dance. When this root is strong enough, it has to branch out. As for what branches and leaves it leaves, that may be what I will do in the future. ”
"In this case of deep roots, the flowers that bloom and the fruits that bear fruit are all kinds of things, and I don't want to have only one." Seeing the results of a public stage, Li Xiang's final singing did not achieve a perfect effect, and the editor also thought about whether Lin Zhixuan's point of view was correct? How long can the ideal blood rush forward with people? Is it enough to overcome so many obstacles of reality?
In the Tencent documentary "Into the Extraordinary", a dancer from the military art talks about her troubles, the 25-year-old is still eager to dance, but she is fatter than in the past, feeling that she is on stage with an imperfect image, becoming a kind of "blasphemy" to the stage: "Because of this fat, (I feel) can't do it, a fat pig dances on the stage." Li Xiang, who has always been extremely strict with herself and her dance, said to her, "Don't you think that the inclusiveness of the stage is very strong?" I think there is a basic respect for the stage, and this respect is from the heart, and that is the greatest respect. ”
In order to encourage others, he did not indiscriminately pour some unrealistic chicken soup, or take it for granted that he copied his own experience to others. "You really stand in that place, you go to this stage, to you a torture from the soul: Do I want it or not? The answer will come out. ”
Perhaps the value of art is exactly that.
As Li Xiang said, "For me, the stage is not only 'immortal', but more of a new 'fresh' brought about by those unknown challenges and expectations." "Always keep authenticity and sincerity, and pass on the passion and love that a person may have." Even without language, it delivers a thousand words that are difficult to describe.
Even if we didn't win on the night of the group, at least we saw a Courageous, Enthusiastic, and Persistent Li Xiang in "Brother Who Cut Through Thorns" in "Brother Who Cut Through Thorns."
The picture and text are synthesized from Mango TV, Weibo, no. 597 Fuxing Middle Road
Edit: Jiang Fang