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Chapter 444: Large Dance Show
Compared with "Super Girl" back then, the biggest difference between the program "Dancing Master" is that there is no audition stage.

It's not that there are no auditions, it's just that they won't be broadcast on the show, but the dance troupes and their dances that appear on the show are all considered by the program team from multiple perspectives, then carefully selected, and after the stage packaging is completed High-quality goods, the purpose is to feast the eyes of the audience directly.

Another big difference is that the feature film of "The Greatest Dancer" contains a lot of behind-the-scenes footage, which introduces the choreographer, dance troupe, dance, and preliminary preparations in detail.

It is precisely because of this that the opening title of "The Great Master of Dancing Forest" did not use any lofty special effects animation, but edited many selected dance clips together with the majestic BGM as the opening title, and finally labeled the title business "Boiling Entertainment & JYP Entertainment" logo.

Although every dance in the title is a glimpse, the audience can still feel the exquisiteness of it, even if it is only a small dance segment of 1 or 2 seconds, it is enough to lift the hearts of all audiences. appetite.

These dances themselves are tall and powerful, and they don't need to use special effects and animations to overwhelm the guests, and they can directly fill up expectations.

And the opening of the first issue of "The Great Master of Dance" started from the perspective of Liao Shunbin.

Although this guy has become the CEO of Ark Entertainment and the acting president of Boiling Entertainment, in the eyes of the public, he is still the same "Liao Ruanhua" back then. Jay, on the contrary, is more real.

Early in the morning before dawn, the shooting team knocked on the door of Liao Shunbin's house.

So Liao Shunbin, who was sleeping soundly at home, opened the door and appeared in front of the camera, just slovenly, with a chicken nest on his head, delirious, staring at the camera in surprise.

"What are you doing!" He asked with a dark face.

Someone outside the camera responded: "Follow the camera to collect program materials!"

"Forehead?"

After Liao Shunbin was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but became furious: "I'm the director of the show, why don't I know about this? It's just nonsense!"

"Because you're not the chief planner."

"This is the arrangement of the master plan!"

"He said he had a surprise for you!"

The three-person editing and editing team was also arrogant, and directly took the chicken feathers as arrows, and launched a three-combo attack.

When they saw this, the audience was immediately happy, because everyone knew that the chief planner of the show was the boss Fang Jie, and they thought that Liao Shunbin should start kneeling and licking mode now, right?

At this time, Liao Shunbin's expression froze in an instant, and then he coughed dryly and said: "Hey, it's really a big surprise, this show even me, the director, can do it..."

Before the words finished, he showed a dog-licking smile and said to the camera: "The leader knows that I just came back from abroad, so he helped me with the jet lag! It's really rare to see a boss who cares about his employees so much!"

Many viewers who watched the show couldn't help laughing, because everyone heard that these words were not kneeling and licking, but sarcasm of explicit praise and derogation. This guy is very courageous, and he is really "ruthless".

However, this also shows that all these are the true reflections of Liao Shunbin, rather than acting according to the script. Liao Shunbin was really upset by the surprise ward rounds, and he has not recovered from his anger after waking up.

The next moment, the film crew handed over a task card to Liao Shunbin. The task was for him to travel to the capital on behalf of the program team, and to communicate with the participating choreographers and dance troupe of Beidance from the perspective of the program producer. , to ensure that their dances can achieve the best stage effects and artistic effects when they are on the show.

After receiving this task, Liao Shunbin felt even more resentment in his heart. From going out to going to the capital, he directly started the crazy complaint mode.

Claiming that he is a high-level executive of Boiling Entertainment, the director of the program group, who wakes up early every day and spends his time taking care of everything, and now he actually makes a trip for such a trivial matter, it is simply a big fuss.

Although Liao Shunbin's rant seems a bit arrogant and mean, this is his consistent personality, and many viewers also think there is nothing wrong with this statement. Just imagine that if you are Liao Shunbin, you may feel that you are a bit overqualified.

What's more, Beiwu has a professional choreographer to guide and professional dancers to perform. It is reasonable to say that the quality of the dance does not need him to worry about it, and he does not need to be a layman to guide the work.

However, when he arrived at Beiwu and held a meeting with the choreography team represented by Professor Sun Ying, he was scared to pee on the spot.

"Ah, there is really no problem with our choreography. Professor Sun Ying attaches great importance to this program and thinks it is a good window for promoting Han and Tang dance and Han and Tang culture, so we, Professor Sun Ying, have prepared 10 different performances. Han and Tang classical dance..."

"Not much, not much. Professor Sun Ying has been studying Han and Tang dances all his life. Based on relevant historical documents, atlases, and unearthed cultural relics, he has created more than 300 classical dances, and we have no shortage of dancers. Currently, the 10 Han and Tang dances are Tang Wu is just choosing the best from the best..."

"Your program only gives two stage places for classical dance in each episode, one of which is from South Korea, and the domestic places have to compete with dozens of professional colleges and dance theaters in China, let alone our academy. The competition is fierce, 10 Han and Tang classical dance troupes are all vying to be on the show..."

Then the screen jumps, playing the rehearsal screen of 10 Han and Tang dances. Although it is only a few fragments, and the dancers are only wearing exercise clothes, the graceful and elegant dance posture and the revealed charm still make the audience's eyes bright. .

Now, not only Liao Shunbin was stunned, but also the audience watching the show.

While other dance troupes are still racking their brains for the choreography of a dance, here they have directly selected 10 classical dances from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and are deciding which dance to choose for the first episode of the program. feel distressed.

Not to mention that this is just classical dance. If it is other dance types, Beiwu probably has the same professional background.

This is why the program "The Great Master of Dance" can be released in a very short period of time. For these professional colleges, choreography and personnel are not a problem. More meat and less meat.

Is this the platoon of the so-called "national team"?

After regaining his senses, Liao Shunbin got up immediately, and made several gestures of worship to Professor Sun Ying, who had been smiling without saying a word, and the whole room burst into laughter.

After laughing, Liao Shunbin looked around at the crowd, rolled his eyes and joked, "So when you invite me to guide the work, you actually ask me to help you with something that offends others?"

A Beiwu teacher who was present smiled and asked back: "Don't the program group want us to show the best works to the audience?"

Another teacher said: "Not only that, we hope that the program group will provide all-round guidance and assistance for our dance in terms of music, costumes, props, dance beauty, special effects and other aspects."

After hearing this, Liao Shunbin waved his hands again and again: "How can I..."

Before I finished speaking, I was interrupted by a teacher: "The so-called specialization in art, dance is our major, we are confident in this, but in other aspects, Director Liao needs to mobilize relevant resources to help coordinate."

Others at the scene also chimed in and said: "We know each other's general and boiling entertainment styles very well. If we don't do it, we will do it to perfection. We have some preparations for costumes and props, but if we want to achieve the perfect effect, we believe that the service should be redesigned and produced."

"Yes, yes, didn't your program team say that we will reimburse you for the relevant expenses." A teacher in charge of moralization smiled happily.

The words of a young teacher left the scene silent for a few seconds: "I grew up watching the variety shows planned by the leader. I love them, such as the super series, and there are many variety shows in Korea, so I don't worry about it. In addition, we can't hold back the leader and embarrass the old man."

While a row of crows flew by with special effects in the screen, the audience couldn't help laughing and cursing.

Look at what I said, I grew up watching the leader's show since I was a child, and I'm still an old man...

The leader who just celebrated his birthday is only 29 years old this year, okay?

Liao Shunbin, who was the first to react, said to the young teacher with a stern face: "Next time you want to say such unreliable words, just say it secretly to the camera, don't pull me to be with you, for no reason. Was demoted."

These words immediately caused the audience to burst into laughter.

At the same time, everyone couldn't help sighing in their hearts: Although Fang Jie didn't appear in person this time, he was still the center of the topic that everyone couldn't get around, and Liao Shunbin, who had already graduated from the teacher, obviously had the unscrupulous temperament of Fang Jie when he was doing variety shows , often a few words can achieve a good variety show effect.

Now that the leader was moved out, Liao Shunbin had no choice but to bite the bullet and said that he would do his best to meet everyone's needs.

So next, Liao Shunbin became even more sad, too busy to talk, and always encountered embarrassment.

First, he was invited by Professor Sun Ying to watch the choreography practice, but it was also difficult to make a choice after looking around. In his words, every dance looked amazing, which opened his eyes.

In the end, Liao Shunbin, who was undecided, had to call his superiors for instructions. Fang Jie, who could not see him on the phone but heard his voice, gave the solution: "If it doesn't work, just draw lots..."

draw lots...

Liao Shunbin petrified on the spot, and the audience in front of the screen naturally laughed wildly, and at the same time exhaled fragrantly.

Hahaha, shit!

It still smells like that, as expected, it's still that dishonest leader!
Such a high-end dance variety show, can it be such a joke?
But thinking about it carefully, it seems that lottery is indeed the best solution at the moment.

Of course, some people left a message in the program area of ​​the boiling video: Since these dances are very good, why not just show them all?

There is no such thing as reckless waste!

Fortunately, Liao Shunbin took the opportunity to explain to the camera, dispelling the audience's doubts.

These dances are of course to be on the show, but they can only be queued up, because there are only twelve dances in each show, so it is impossible to favor one over the other in terms of the selection and number of dances, and it is even difficult to guarantee that they are comprehensive.

In this regard, the duration of a program is more than two hours, one hour of which is dance time, and then interspersed with a total of more than an hour of behind-the-scenes footage, choreographer interviews, dance introductions, judges' comments, etc.

For this reason, the program group had to reduce the duration of the advertisement, and only occasionally brought a sentence through oral broadcast, and the frequency was very low.

A program with more than two hours of actual feature film content, not to mention the present, even if it is placed in future generations, it is definitely a masterpiece of conscience, which also makes the audience very satisfied with the sincerity of this program.

If we say that the previous pilot film only briefly introduced the mechanism, scale and preparation of the entire program, then the non-dance content in the current feature film is to further introduce relevant details, enhance the atmosphere of the program, and subtly achieve some cultural strategies. the goal of.

The dances performed on stage, no matter what kind of dance, in fact, as long as you practice more and package them, you will definitely be able to produce results, but in this case, it is difficult for choreographers or choreographers to compare and distinguish between good and bad. Come on, because basically all dances are good.

Therefore, it is necessary to pull out several additional dimensions for comparison.

For example, whether the accumulated "ammunition inventory" is large or not, and whether the background is enough, like Beiwu, who can produce 10 Han and Tang dances at one time, obviously reflects its background, which proves Professor Sun Ying, one of the program judges and choreographers What a powerful existence, it instantly widened the gap with other participating organizations.

Another example is the aspect of persuasion, which is also one of the dimensions used to widen the gap between choreographers.

Many choreographers, after mastering the characteristics and movements of a certain dance, can indeed choreograph the dance of the corresponding dance type, including the somewhat high-end classical dance of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

However, in order to become a real master of dance forest, just being able to dance and choreograph is not necessarily enough. He should also have the corresponding cultural knowledge reserve and connotation, and be able to preside over the preparatory work related to dance.

Masters like Sun Ying, a professor of Beiwu, have conducted in-depth research on Han and Tang culture for many years. They are already experts in Han and Tang costumes, hairstyles, and accessories, and they can even be called half of Han and Tang Yuefu. Scholars, historians, archaeologists.

So when Sun Ying led Liao Shunbin to Beifu in person and asked professional colleges to help make the corresponding costume props, many technical terms came out of Sun Ying's mouth, which made Liao Shunbin who came to "guidance work" embarrassing How embarrassing.

"We're going to make a set of Han and Tang style skirts..."

"No, it's not the small-sleeved long skirts that were popular among the people at that time, but the open-necked, double-breasted, high-waisted, and large-sleeved skirts that court concubines, dancers, and noble ladies liked to wear during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty..."

"The skirt is tied outside the jacket, and the waist line is raised and collected under the armpits. The long skirt drags the floor and is mostly composed of panels. It is made of red and yellow silk to achieve the effect of pleats. The embroidered ribbon..."

"In terms of clothing accessories, we don't need half arms, but ribbons and beige are necessary, and then..."

"As for the makeup, you can refer to the pictures of ladies in the Tang Dynasty. The hair style is a shocking bun, with gold hairpins, jade ornaments, step shakes and silk flowers on it. The face makeup is in the style of the Six Dynasties. There are dimples on both sides of the mouth..."

"Finally draw black eyebrows, touch red lips with dewdrops, by the way, wear a necklace around the neck, and wear high wall shoes or heavy platform shoes under your feet..."

Then Sun Ying went to Beiyin again.

"I need a dance soundtrack with the style of Han and Tang Dynasties."

"It doesn't have to be pure music, it's fine if there are lyrics, and it can be arranged according to some Yuefu poems..."

"I currently have a theme concept for "Long Song Xing". Han Yuefu's "Long Song Xing" is very good. Immortals ride white deer, with short hair and long ears; lead me to Taihua, take Zhizhi to the red building... "

"Li Mi's "Long Song Xing" Yuefu poems are also good...the sky covers me, the earth carries me, and the sky and the earth give birth to my intention or not; otherwise, all the grains will ascend to the sky, or Ming Ke will travel to the imperial capital..."

"Of course, Li Bai's "Long Song Xing" five-character ancient poem is also a good choice: the peaches and plums wait for the sun to bloom, and the glory is as it was in the past; the east wind moves all things, and the grass and trees speak freely..."

"These can actually be integrated into the soundtrack and lyrics... I suddenly had a new idea, three different styles of dance can also be integrated into a large group dance!"

When Sun Ying was communicating with relevant personnel of other colleges, Liao Shunbin, who was listening to the scriptures, couldn't get in a word during this period, and directly became the background board.

The narration typed four words: I don't know what to do!

In fact, these four words also expressed the audience's aspirations at the moment, and everyone was also a little confused.

No one thought that arranging a dance should know these things, and personally guide the work of persuasion in every detail.

During the show, a short piece of popular science was given in a timely manner, and a Han and Tang dance costume made according to the requirements was presented on the screen, and then dashes were quickly pulled out to mark various parts, accessories, and decorations.

Even so, everyone still can't understand it, and even don't know how to pronounce some of the rare words above, and they still don't understand it.

But all the audience already understand one thing: what is the master of the dance forest!
In the first episode of the program, Professor Sun Ying of Beiwu was used as a fuss at the beginning, obviously for the sake of example.

It is to tell everyone what kind of quality and background a real dance master should have, and what is the standard of measurement, not just dancing and choreography.

Fortunately, Liao Shunbin then explained to the camera that Professor Sun Ying was only a guest of the show's judges and would not compete with other participating choreographers on the same stage. The Han and Tang dances he choreographed would only be shown as performance dances.

Because I am a master of dance forest, I no longer need to prove myself through these. If it is not for promoting the dance culture of Han and Tang Dynasties and discovering the talents of the younger generations, the 81-year-old Professor Sun Ying would not participate in this variety show in person at all. .

The behind-the-scenes footage played here actually points out that the real protagonist of this show is the choreographer, not the dance troupe, and it also establishes the criteria for the dance masters.

At the same time, it also leads to the first non-competition dance of this program: Han and Tang classical dance, "Long Song Xing", choreographer: Sun Ying.

All the foreshadowing in the early stage is actually to introduce this dance from various angles. It is not only to let the audience know the culture and background, and it is easier to understand the connotation of the dance. It is also a subtle cultural strategy propaganda.

Let's not talk about talent and hard work. The dancers who are qualified to stand on the stage are all like this, and there is nothing comparable.

Let's not talk about which dance, or which dance is more pleasing to the eye, but any dance that has been carefully prepared will not be bad.

Let's just focus on the cultural soft power behind dance, which is not something that ordinary dancers and choreographers, or mere Hallyu can do.

Even for Fang Jie, it doesn't matter whether these dances participate in the selection and whether they can get a comprehensive high score from the judges. The opportunity to show dances to audiences at home and abroad is a good cultural baptism.

The court dance "Long Song Xing" of the Han and Tang Dynasties played such a benchmark role.

When the behind-the-scenes tidbits are over and the formal dance performance session begins, the much-anticipated "Long Song Xing" large-scale dance show shocked everyone and blinded everyone's eyes as soon as it appeared.

More than a dozen ladies dressed in very Tang Dynasty court style costumes did not stand in front of the stage to perform at the beginning, but in a magnificent and magnificent Tang Dynasty palace. Quiet and moving, began to dance lightly.

This scene stunned everyone immediately. There is no nonsense about the graceful and elegant dancing posture and exquisite service. The key is that the setting of the scene is really shocking. Pulled to the extreme.

In fact, the program team adopted the technology of combining real scene layout + film green cloth, so the dance performance looks like performing in a real palace. The various layouts and details are all made according to a large ancient costume film The visual effect is not only gorgeous, but also very textured.

After the ladies dancers danced for a while, following their cameras, there was a very ingenious transition, smoothly switching to another group of soldier dancers in Tang Dynasty standard armor.

Well, in professional terms, this is called a long shot, one shot to the end, which places extremely high demands on all the dancers and staff on the scene, and it is impossible to achieve this without countless rehearsals.

However, due to the particularity of the program, "The Great Master of Dance" is a recorded program, so there is no need to worry about any flaws in such a long shot, and all the details are perfect.

At the same time as the dancers transitioned, the stage background special effects turned into a ruined battlefield, and the background music became passionate and powerful. The dance style of the male dancers was also obviously different from the previous lady dances, forming a stark contrast. .

After a mighty dance, the dancers made another transition, and the lady dancers also joined in. It was also a one-shot shooting technique, and all the dancers came to the real big stage in a blink of an eye.

The camera turned to one side of the stage, which was a huge ancient wind orchestra composed of hundreds of people. All the musicians wore gorgeous ancient costumes and performed live performances, including traditional musical instruments such as guzheng, qinxiao, chime bells, drums, and pipa. There are also various western musical instruments.

At the same time, all kinds of sound and light stage special effects came out on the stage, and 3D special effects were also added in front of the screen. Under the beautiful stage scene, the dancers danced together with songs and songs, with a magnificent momentum, pushing this visual feast to an all-time high. peak.

Seeing this scene, the audience in front of the TV series or in front of the computer was amazed, but also excited and deeply shocked.

Many people were already stunned, thinking what kind of dance reality show this is, it is obviously a blockbuster film!
This kind of large-scale song and dance performance with high technological content is simply even better than the Spring Festival Gala!
In fact, this issue of "The Master of Dance" is a large-scale dance show packed with special effects, rather than a competition with a competition. All dances are representative works of professional judges or professional organizations to prove They are "Dancing Masters" who are qualified to serve as professional judges.

At the same time, it is also to make a sample for the future "dancing masters" and tell them what a good dance performance should look like in the end. As a choreographer, in order to achieve such a perfect effect, in addition to choreographing , what additional work should be done.

An excellent choreographer should also be a choreographer and director. "Long Song Xing" gave Professor Sun Ying the identity of "choreographer" rather than a mere choreographer. Transitions and camera composition all have their will.

The second dance, the Korean folk dance "Long Drum Dance" choreographed and directed by the famous Korean dancer Zheng Zaiwan, is also the same, and even the soundtrack of the dance is composed by him himself.

The so-called famous artists, of course, have two brushes, rather than trying to gain fame.

Of course, Fang Jie also respects such real masters. Under his instructions, Liao Shunbin did not play tricks in the preparation and post-production special effects of Korean dance. The effect is also impeccable.

The so-called special care is to spend money to ask the Kyrgyz Song and Dance Troupe to send out elite soldiers to serve as instrumentalists for Zheng Zawan's "Long Drum Dance".

There is no way around this. South Korea didn't take this show too seriously at first, at least they didn't think about inviting a national professional dance troupe to help out. Boiling Entertainment took the initiative to arrange it, otherwise it would be very embarrassing.

In the end, the stage effect was quite perfect, which made Zheng Zaiwan very satisfied.

The only regret is that it is a group of Huaguo dancers who perfectly presented this Korean folk dance, and each dancer's understanding of the meaning of Korean folk dance is not weaker than that of Korean national dancers.

Thus, Zheng Zaiwan fell into another kind of embarrassment.

The national treasure-level dance that my own nation is proud of, but a local song and dance troupe can easily handle it. On the other hand, in the face of "Long Song Xing", which is a court classical dance, I can only stare blankly. There is only helplessness left.

You can't expect those men's and women's groups to dance like "Long Song Xing", right?
It's not that Zheng Zaiwan looks down on his idols, of course, he does look down on them... It's just that, even if someone finds someone to teach them how to dance, they will probably only jump out of a painted tiger instead of becoming a bad dog in the end.

After all, Zheng Zaiwan was originally a guest expert hired by Beijing Dance and Shanghai Opera. He understands the dance culture of Huaguo very well. It is the understanding of dance or the culture of Han and Tang Dynasties, otherwise it would not be able to dance with such charm, and the dancers' smiles on the stage are all knowledge.

But if you look down on it, look down on it. At least the Hallyu culture created by idols has a place in the world. They may not be able to do classical dance and folk dance, but they are still very confident in modern dance. This can be regarded as a piece that Zheng Zaiwan found for himself. fig leaf.

However, no one expected that this fig leaf was lifted in the second episode of "The Great Master of Dancing Forest".

This person is none other than Li Qing, who has figured out the basics of Korean modern dance and has studied a large number of different types of traditional dances in her country.

(End of this chapter)