Entertaining Children

  Chapter 203 Attitude Determines Everything

  Zhou Jingyi’s dance team’s entry number is ninth, ranking slightly behind in the middle of a total of more than a dozen teams. The performance of the eight teams in front of them is good or bad, but overall it is still not good. Five teams were eliminated on the spot, except for the first team, only the fourth and sixth teams got the qualifications to be determined. Among the three teams to be determined, the first team performed the best in comparison.

What Xiao Yao and the judges did not know was that the first team called the "gangster" was a well-known street dance team in Los Angeles, and the local organizers in Los Angeles ranked them first. , But also to win a good start.

When the sixth team performed on stage, the eight zombies quietly got up and went to the bathroom to put on a set of zombie suits that Xiao Yao helped them make again. After they changed their clothes and came out, it happened that the seventh team was already there. They performed on stage, so instead of returning to the audience, they went directly to the back of the stage with their teammates to wait to appear.

  After the seventh team finished performing and stepped down from the stage with a frustrated expression, Xiao Yao, who did not need to perform on stage, did not continue to sit in the auditorium, but quietly touched the control room on the second floor above the theater auditorium.

   "Hello everyone, we are the "Rapid" street dance team from Calabasas. Our dance name is "IGotYou"." After the team took the stage, Zhou Jingyi stood at the front of the team and introduced the stand microphone.

"Wait," Piper looking down at the information in front of him. Hugo took off the glasses from the bridge of his nose and looked up at the people on the stage. "The information says that your team is fifteen people. Why is there only Two...four...seven, seven people? Did half of your team temporarily withdraw?"

   "No, we still have eight teammates waiting at the back of the stage. They are special and will show up in the middle of the dance." Zhou Jingyi explained with a smile.

   "OK." Piper Hugo nodded in relief, raised a hand and said, "Are you ready?"

  As soon as this statement came out, five people on the stage ran away quickly, leaving only Zhou Jingyi and Paul to retreat to the center of the stage and put on a ready posture.

   Piper was stunned, but still waved his hand and shouted, "Music, get up!"

  A cheerful melody sounded from the live speaker, and Zhou Jingyi and Paul also danced to the music.

  The performance of a duet dance between the two is very good, whether it is the neatness of the same movements or the tacit understanding of the movements are commendable. Especially when the two of them leaned back on one occasion, they did not hesitate at all, and the partner caught each other just right. There are many very novel and interesting movements in the whole dance. The most special one is the finger dance performed by Zhou Jingyi standing behind Paul and putting her hands under his armpits, which surprised the judges and the audience. Expressions.

  Mary Jane and Santos Perez both smiled and looked vigorously. Only Piper Hugo frowned slightly and glanced at the watch he was wearing on his wrist.

  Although the pas de deux show is great, it is a team competition after all, not a pas de deux competition. The dance between the two seems to be a bit long.

  Just as Piper Hugo showed an impatient expression, the lingering duet dance between the two finally ended. The music style in the live speakers changed, and suddenly it turned from cheerful music to gloomy.

  At the same time as the music changed, the main lighting on the ceiling of the theater suddenly went out, leaving only a few dark blue lights in the cold light color on the top of the stage.

In response to this sudden accident, Piper’s first reaction was that there was a problem with the lighting system in the theater, or it was simply a power outage, but seeing that there were still lights on above the stage, the dancers on the stage did not mean to stop. , Piper also endured and did not stop.

The other judges and people in the audience also had a moment of panic, but they soon understood what was going on, because eight “zombies” dressed in tattered and blood stained clothes were performing mechanical dances from one of the stages. Came out sideways.

"Wow!" The light above the stage just hits the faces of the dancers on the stage, allowing the audience to see their "zombie" faces clearly, coupled with the dim lighting environment and gloomy music at the scene. Few people were taken aback by the "zombies" that appeared, and then they were deeply shocked.

  Zhou Jingyi and Paul on the stage were shocked when they saw the appearance of the zombies. Then the two of them held hands and disappeared into everyone's sight from the other side of the stage in a beautiful kneeling posture.

  There are only eight "zombies" left on the stage now. Accompanied by the gloomy music for more than a minute, the "zombies" also showed a wonderful mechanical dance. There are group dances with the same neat movements, as well as their respective masterpieces after the positions are dispersed, so that the judges who have turned their attention from the "zombie" shape to their movements can also nod frequently.

  The second dance is basically the process of "zombies" appearing from one side of the stage, and then slowly moving to the other side and disappearing. After they disappeared from the other side of the stage, Zhou Jingyi and Paul appeared on the stage with normal people played by the other five players. After they came to the center of the stage, the "zombies" also reappeared from the side of the stage where they disappeared.

  The background music suddenly became intense and high, and the normal people on the stage did not run away anymore, but chose to confront the "zombies". A large segment of hip-hop movements incorporating various fighting elements was shown on the stage. This segment did not have the same uniform movements, but a lively demonstration of various difficult technical movements.

  The combat effectiveness of normal people and "zombies" is naturally not proportional. Seeing that normal people will be wiped out, TJ in the corner suddenly showed a surprised expression, and then the sound of gun loading sounded in the background music. As TJ's very rhythmic empty-handed action of raising guns and the sound of guns firing in the background music, the standing "zombies" began to tremble and fall. After all the "zombies" fell, Finally TJ also fell on the stage.

All the lights in the theater were on. Just when the audience thought that the dance was over, Zhou Jingyi, who was lying on the ground, straightened her upper body in a modern dance movement, and then she stood on the ground with both hands and turned over with one hand. stand up. When she saw Paul lying on the ground, Zhou Jingyi's face was anxious. But Paul woke up soon, and stood up in a mechanical dance. After the two lingered, they hugged together happily.

   Suddenly, Paul's face changed drastically, he pushed Zhou Jingyi away forcefully, and then looked at his left shoulder in surprise. The audience followed Paul's eyes and saw that there was a large blood stain on the clothes on Paul's left shoulder, as well as an obvious hole.

   "Gosh, he was bitten!" Mary Jane exclaimed, who had already entered the plot.

   Pushed away, Zhou Jingyi also saw the wound on Paul's left shoulder. She shook her head with tears in her eyes, and then ran to Paul without hesitation. After three steps, she jumped up and pounced on Paul. A wave of determination flashed in Paul's eyes. He stretched out his right arm and hugged Zhou Jingyi who was still in the air. Then, his right arm pushed forward and threw Zhou Jingyi back.

Zhou Jingyi, who was in the air, stretched her hands towards Paul, pedaling alternately with her legs in the air, and finally landed three or four meters away from Paul. Then Paul clenched a fist with one hand and waved it from his side, and then grabbed the fisted left hand with his right hand and slammed it against his chest.

   "No!" Zhou Jingyi yelled and slid to the fallen Paul's side. At the same time, three of the fallen "zombies" stood up to the sound of music.

   Hearing the movement, Zhou Jingyi hugged Paul's upper body in front of her and did not get up, but turned her head to look at the three "zombies" who were approaching. In her eyes, there was a terrifying determination.

   Accompanied by the movement of the "zombies" walking towards Zhou Jingyi, the background music gradually lowered until it stopped, and the lights above the stage slowly went out.

   "Awesome!" When the lights on the stage turned on again and all the dancers on stage stood on the stage, they were greeted by applause and cheers from the audience. The three judges even stood up, all standing and applauding.

   "Thank you!" When the staff put the vertical microphone on the stage again, Zhou Jingyi excitedly stood in front of the microphone and bowed. Afterwards, all the team members also bowed to the judges and the audience under the stage to thank.

"It's great," the three judges on the judging stand also sat down. Before Piper Hugo could ask questions, Mary Jane wiped the corner of her eyes and said: "Watching the hip-hop dance is scared and then crying. This is my first time. I can only say, it’s great! Your dance is great, your team is great, I think I’ve become a fan of you.”

"Okay, Mary, calm down!" Santos Perez gently patted Mary Jane, who became more and more excited, soothed her, and then looked at the team on the stage and said: "It is indeed very good. The whole dance The action standards here are in place and the difficulty is sufficient, which fully demonstrates your technical skills. The important thing is that the action and the plot are also very matched. It is very creative and difficult to express a complete story with street dance actions. In this dance, I don’t know how to do better."

The three judges are responsible for the division of labor. As a singer, Mary Jane is responsible for the stage performance. The professional choreographer Santos Perez examines the standard and difficulty of completing professional technical actions. The producer also Piper Hugo, who is also the chief reviewer, is in charge of other details and an overview.

"Let’s like it first, it’s great." After the two reviewers finished their evaluations, Piper Hugo also gave a compliment with a smile, but he didn’t rush to evaluate the players on the stage, but turned and looked at the audience behind him. The other hip-hop teams waiting on the board said: "Kids, have you seen this dance? See what they did? The plot and action design, costumes, makeup, modeling, soundtrack, sound effects, we can see from it What? Attitude! This is what I hope to see from you. This is what we often say, attitude is everything!"

  (End of this chapter)