Escape From the Library

【Masquerade-03】

Yu Xin quickly picked up the movements of the whole song and memorized them all in her heart.

Next comes formation and practice.She often organizes dance rehearsals for her classmates in the dance academy and participates in various school celebration performances, so she is familiar with the job of "dance coach".

The most important thing to teach people to dance is to let people remember the movements of each short dance, dig out the details, lay a solid foundation, practice all the short paragraphs, and then follow the rhythm of the music from beginning to end to connect all the small dances together , Practice repeatedly, over and over again, to form muscle memory, and the performance will not go wrong when the time comes.

But now I have a troublesome problem - the waltz dance steps are divided into male steps and female steps. There are 8 of them, of which 3 males and 3 females can be partners. For the rest of Xing Wen and Ping Ce, how should they follow the partners in the dance sample? Jump?

It would be weird to have one of them jump right into the women's step.

Because, in waltz dance performance costumes, women always wear layers of large skirts, which bloom like stamens when they rotate. You can't let Xingwen or Pince wear women's clothes in reverse, right?Can the two handsome guys agree?

Yu Xin was struggling, and Yue Xingwen noticed that her brows were frowning, so he took the initiative to come to her side: "Senior Sister Yu, if you have any difficulties, you can just tell us, we will try our best to cooperate with you."

Yu Xin said frankly: "Xing Wen, you have also found out, this waltz, because it is a pas de deux with men and women, the dance sample given to us by the library is also 4 men and 4 women, which means that you and one of Ping Ce To dance the girl's step."

Yue Xingwen smiled and said: "I know this. When I was learning dance with Ping Ce, I tried to dance the women's steps. We all know a little bit of the women's steps. It shouldn't be difficult to learn again."

Yu Xin frowned: "However, the library asked us to perform live at the New Year's party, and we will definitely unify our costumes at that time. You have also seen the waltz dance costumes. Would you two like to wear this kind of big skirt?"

Yue Xingwen: "..."

Jiang Pingce: "..."

In the dance samples, all the women are wearing skirts, and the large skirts will spread out as they rotate, like blooming flowers, and the visual effect is particularly good.But when he thought of wearing such a complicated skirt, Yue Xingwen's scalp tingled.Let Jiang Pingce wear it, he didn't even dare to think about it, he estimated that Pingce's face would freeze into ice when he put on the skirt.

Yue Xingwen couldn't help complaining: "I don't mind wearing women's clothing once, but this kind of performance clothing is easy to trip. If I fall down on the stage, wouldn't it all be smashed?"

Liu Zhaoqing laughed and said, "It's hard to imagine Xing Wen and Ping Ce wearing women's clothes."

Jiang Pingce saw Yue Xingwen frowned and looked confused, and suddenly stepped forward and said, "Can the dance be adapted?"

Yu Xin was stunned, her eyes lit up: "That's right, we are participating in an art performance this time, not a dance competition. What the library provided us is just a dance demo. We can modify some details!" She turned her head and looked at Big screen, asked: "Can we have 5 suits for men and 3 suits for women?"

The library said: "The dance can be modified, but the effect after modification is not necessarily better than the original version. The system will score according to everyone's performance during the performance. The risk is high. Please consider carefully before making a decision."

Yu Xin said bluntly: "Let's change, Xing Wen and Ping Ce will lead the dance in front, and both of them should wear men's clothes."

Yue Xingwen is psychologically resistant to wearing women's clothing, and he doesn't want to make himself so strange in front of Ping Ce. Yu Xin is willing to change the choreography, which is the best.Yue Xingwen breathed a sigh of relief, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Yu Xin smiled and said: "No trouble, just the actions of the two of you, the adaptation doesn't need too much."

After deciding to adapt, Yu Xin simply deleted some high-difficulty movements with a lot of rotation. In her opinion, it is better to seek stability than to pursue visual magnificence.After all, they don't need to get high scores in this exam, they just want to pass.

It is more important to dance the whole piece smoothly than to fall on the stage because the movement is too difficult.

After sorting out her train of thought from the beginning, Yu Xin began to teach separately.

She asked: "Who is Xing Wenping and Ping Ce dancing the female step?"

Yue Xingwen took the initiative to stand up and said frankly: "Let me do it. Pin Ce is a little taller than me. When it comes to spinning and lowering his waist, it will be very strange for him to do it."

Yu Xin nodded: "Then I will teach the female steps first, and start from the beginning to learn the details." She turned to look at Xu Yishen, "Junior Xu, please take a look at the male steps, and let everyone learn the simple ones first."

Xu Yishen also learned waltz, Yu Xin assigned him a task, and he readily agreed.

The dance room was soon divided into two groups to start learning, and the voices of Yu Xin and Xu Yishen teaching came from time to time——

"This set of movements is a cycle of moving forward, moving sideways, and feet together. The rhythm is stuck, three beats and one group. The movements of the feet have always been like this. Let's not add the movements of the hands first, and practice the dance steps."

"After the first round, the second round needs to change feet. Note that the center of gravity is switched between the two feet in turn. The time when the center of gravity falls on our feet is very short, giving the body a sense of straightness and lightness."

"The ankles, soles, and toes should form a smooth line, the body should be straightened up, and the toes should touch the ground..."

Yu Xin is very serious. She has to practice a movement several times, and the other students are also very cooperative, correcting it repeatedly until Yu Xin thinks it passes. Some seemingly simple movements even need to be practiced more than ten times. Show the slightest impatience.

This is much stricter than the original dance training class.

In just a few minutes, the students were already sweating profusely. Yu Xin looked at everyone and said, "Let's take a break, we only have 3 days, and the dance changes are different from the library's demo, which will definitely lower the customs clearance score .”

Xu Yishen smiled and said: "It's okay, I think the previous version was too difficult. Although the basic score has been lowered after the revision, we have a high degree of completion, and the final score may not be bad."

Liu Zhaoqing echoed: "That is, if you can pass with 60 points, it's fine. If you exceed 70 or 80 points, it's a surprise. We don't lack those points now. The important thing is not to fail the course and go back to the first floor to retake."

With the understanding of the students, Yu Xin also relaxed a lot, and continued to teach everyone to practice dance patiently.

On the first day, everyone practiced dance steps repeatedly. They just ate instant noodles for dinner, took a nap in the rest area arranged by the library, and got up to practice again at 7 am.

On the second day, with the addition of hand movements and the coordination of male and female dance steps, everyone's tacit understanding was poor at the beginning. People stepped on each other's feet, or the two groups bumped into each other. The situation happened frequently. Yu Xin patiently corrected everyone , the seemingly simple dance steps, after practice, everyone realized how stiff their bodies are!

After practicing, my limbs became numb, and I even felt that my hands and feet couldn't be controlled.

Yue Xingwen was so tired that he lay on the floor. Jiang Pingce walked over and sat beside him, handed him a bottle of water, and said in a low voice, "This is the first time we have experienced such a high-intensity dance practice."

Yue Xingwen drank a few sips of water, and said helplessly, "It's too difficult. I found that compared to Yu Xin and the others, when I danced by myself, I was as stiff as a piece of wood."

Jiang Pingce raised his lips and thought, not only do you dance like a log, but your mind is also a log.

However, after reading Xingwen, his clothes were soaked in sweat, and Jiang Pingce felt a little distressed. This guy has been a favorite since he was a child, and he has never suffered in his studies. kind of crime?

Yu Xin has strict requirements, especially Yue Xingwen's dance steps have been changed a lot, so Xingwen has become the target of her focus, practicing the same movements over and over again, Yue Xingwen has no complaints, and last night he secretly Practice until 3 o'clock in the middle of the night.

Jiang Pingce sighed softly in his heart, and stretched out his hand to him: "Do you want to continue?"

Yue Xingwen frowned: "I lie down for another 5 minutes, and my legs are about to cramp. Teacher Yu Xin coached me to rest for 10 minutes. Alas, this is the first time I have experienced the treatment of being stared at by the teacher since I was a child."

Seeing his sleepy look, Jiang Pingce thought for a while, and simply stretched out his hand to gently hold his calf.The boy's slender fingers gently massaged the muscles of Yue Xingwen's legs. Yue Xingwen narrowed his eyes comfortably, and commanded politely: "Go up, to the left, um... so comfortable..."

The corners of Jiang Pingce's lips raised slightly, and his movements became more gentle.

He likes the way Xingwen is completely relaxed in front of him, like a big lazy cat with its belly open for its master to knead.

After Jiang Pingce rubbed his left side, he massaged his right leg again, with a low and gentle voice: "Is it better?"

The boy's fingers were slender and strong, and the sore and stiff leg muscles were relieved a lot under his massage. Yue Xingwen looked at him with a smile and said, "You're good at this skill, you're resurrected with full blood."

After finishing speaking, he held Jiang Pingce's hand and stood up with his strength, smiling brightly: "Come on, keep practicing!"

Jiang Pingce held Yue Xingwen's hand back, and said, "Okay, let's follow the music and walk from the beginning again."

The familiar "Vienna Woods Waltz" sounded, and Jiang Pingce stepped forward, leading Yue Xingwen onto the dance floor.

……

By the evening of the second day of practice, everyone was able to dance the whole piece smoothly.

In the last day, Yu Xin corrected some details from the beginning, deepened the muscle memory, and asked everyone to pay attention to the position.From the stumbling at the beginning to the afternoon, the whole dance became smooth and flowing.

Yu Xin said: "Everyone, let's take a break, the performance is going to be tonight, and we need to conserve our energy."

Everyone finally had a good rest and went to catch up on sleep.

Everyone slept deeply during this sleep, and they were woken up at 4:[-] in the afternoon. Everyone came to the TV station ahead of time, and changed into costumes under the guidance of the staff.

The boys are all tailored suits, the girls are red dresses and silver high heels.

And the organizer also gave everyone a beautiful mask, which only covered the parts above the eyes, and there were black and white feathers on the side of the mask, Jiang Pingce was black, and Yue Xingwen was white.

After the dressing was completed, everyone walked out of the locker room, and Yue Xingwen saw Jiang Pingce in the crowd all the way.

Although everyone was wearing the same clothes and masks, it was difficult to tell them apart, but he still recognized the person at a glance.

The pair of eyes behind the mask are deep and cold, together with this well-tailored suit, it complements his tall and slender figure.Jiang Pingce, who had changed his clothes, looked like a prince attending an aristocratic dinner party. His unique temperament attracted Yue Xingwen's attention unconsciously.

Yue Xingwen walked forward with a smile: "The library is pretty reliable. They sent us costumes. You look handsome."

There was a trace of tenderness in Jiang Pingce's eyes: "You are also handsome."

He bowed slightly, and stretched out his hand to Yue Xingwen in a gentlemanly manner. Yue Xingwen put his hand in his palm consciously. Jiang Pingce took Xingwen's hand, interlocked his fingers, and led Yue Xingwen to the preparation room .

Interlocking fingers?

Yue Xingwen was stunned for a moment. When dancing with Ping Ce before, he just put his hand in the other's palm politely. Everyone did this, and Yue Xingwen didn't care.But now, is this hand-holding gesture too intimate?

Yue Xingwen's heart stopped for half a beat, his ears felt hot, and he whispered: "Ping Ce..."

Jiang Pingce gathered his five fingers, held his hand even tighter, and explained in a low voice: "I'm a little nervous when performing on stage for the first time, please give me some encouragement."

Yue Xingwen said clearly: "Oh, it's okay, I'm here!"

Therefore, Yue Xingwen did not break free, but instead held Jiang Pingce's hand and gave him some encouragement.Unbeknownst to him, Jiang Pingce, who said he was "nervous", slightly curled the corners of his mouth at this time, and a smile appeared in his eyes behind the mask.

After so many years, I finally got Xingwen's hand.

It is the intimate way of holding hands between lovers. Thanks to the course arranged by the dance department, he can openly hold Xingwen, the first step to realize his dream.