White Swan

Chapter 7

"Bend your knees, one, two, three. Remember to stretch as you bend over, keeping your back straight."

Qiao Fei stood at the end of the pole, earnestly doing the movements taught by Shi Xubai.The piece played by the pianist today is very nice, it seems to be the first time playing it, and Qiao Fei has never heard it before.

"Portdebras, get up." Shi Xubai was wearing a loose black shirt today, with the edges of the clothes tucked into the jeans, and he looked clean and tidy.

Before Shi Xubai could say the next move, Head Zhao pushed the door into the dance hall, motioned the pianist to pause for a while, and walked over to talk to Shi Xubai.

Everyone stopped curiously and looked in their direction.Head Zhao turned around and said, "Everyone rest for 5 minutes."

Only then did the actors look away from them, and small conversations gradually resounded in the dance hall.

Luo Ziwen stood beside Qiao Fei, rubbed his shoulders and told him what he didn't have time to say before the rehearsal started: "I have something good to show you after the rehearsal, wait for me, don't rush away."

"What? Don't show me your crap comics again, I'm really not interested." Qiao Fei took a sip of water.His waist was sore and his back hurt, and there were bruises pinched by He Haoyun on his waist, which hurt when touched.

"It's not that, this time it's a really good thing."

"Oh." Qiao Fei didn't expect Luo Ziwen to have any so-called good things, so he forgot about it in a blink of an eye.

Head Zhao finished talking with Shi Xubai, turned around and coughed, signaling to be quiet.

Everyone was silent, waiting for the leader to speak.

"In two weeks' time, the artistic director of the Elizabeth Royal Ballet will come to select people. They want to select some actors from us to participate in their "Don Quixote" performance."

Head Zhao glanced at everyone, but stayed on those chiefs for a long time, "Everyone has the opportunity to participate in interviews and auditions, remember to practice the repertoire in advance. I will post the detailed information outside the door, just pay attention to it." gone."

"That's it, you guys continue." Commander Zhao finished his explanation, turned and left.

There was an immediate explosion in the dance hall. This was an incredible opportunity.

The Elizabeth Royal Dance Company is a well-known top dance company in the United Kingdom. If the Santa Maria Ballet is ranked first in North America, then Ibba will dominate in Europe.If you can play a role in the dance drama they put out, no matter how small the role is, it is almost like a pheasant flying on a branch.

Qiao Fei is the only one who has no waves in his heart.It is impossible for He Haoyun to let him go, and he usually reports to him when he returns home late, let alone going abroad, it is difficult to go out of the city.

"Okay, everyone be quiet, we still have to rehearse." Shi Xubai raised his voice slightly, trying to draw everyone's attention back.

Everyone dawdled back to the pole.

Shi Xubai smiled helplessly: "Okay, I don't think everyone is in the mood to practice the pole anymore. Let's go directly to the center of the floor."

"Do the Adagio first, and then we'll go into the Allegro."

He directed an adagio and had the actors dance in groups of five to show him.

Qiao Fei was in the third group, and it happened to be his turn to stand in the middle of the first row, right under Shi Xubai's eyes.When the piano music played, Qiao Fei didn't dare to look forward at all, and almost habitually set his eyes on the floor, looking for a sense of security in his familiar field.

His memory is very strong, and he can memorize all the dance steps he has only heard once, without any mistakes.

Arabesque, arms stretched forward, shoulders sunk, chassé...he did it all flawlessly, almost faultless.

The last movement of this Adagio is double-leg rotation, and Qiao Fei steps on the last note of the piano to complete it, gracefully raising her neck.

Shi Xubai nodded slightly, his gaze seemed to linger on Qiao Fei for a while, "Very good, next group."

After today's rehearsal, Shi Xubai did not leave directly as usual, but called Qiao Fei over: "Qiao Fei, you stay here for a while, I have something to tell you."

Qiao Fei looked at Shi Xubai in surprise, wondering what would happen to him.

"I'll wait for you outside." Luo Ziwen glanced at Shi Xubai suspiciously, and whispered to Qiao Fei when he left.

Qiao Fei nodded, walked up to Shi Xubai nervously, and waited for him to speak.Shi Xubai was not in a hurry, and waited until all the people in the dance hall had left before saying, "Stand at the pole, the first place."

Qiao Fei did as he said, put her right hand on the pole, and stood on her toes.

"Relevé show me."

Qiao Fei tensed her calf and stood on tiptoe.

"Can it be higher? Don't bend your knees, keep your back straight."

Qiao Fei did as he said, turning her head to look at herself in the mirror.

"Okay, then plié." Shi Xubai sat cross-legged on the floor in front of Qiao Fei, staring at his feet carefully, "Straighten your toes."

Qiao Fei tensed her feet, pointing her toes to the ground.These are the most basic movements of ballet, and he couldn't understand why Shi Xubai asked him to do them.

Shi Xubai seemed to have discovered something strange, narrowed his eyes, and asked, "I noticed that your ankles are very soft a while ago, have you practiced your footing?"

"Well, I practiced last year." Qiao Fei looked down at Shi Xubai.Shi Dao's tied-up hair was a little loose, and a few strands of hair hung down to his forehead and around his face.

Some time ago, Qiao Fei practiced how to gain a foothold for the audition for the role of stepsister in "Cinderella".It is very difficult for boys to gain a foothold because their ankles are not as soft as girls' ankles.But he still practiced day and night in the basement of the villa, and finally failed.

"It's very powerful. It's not easy for boys to practice this."

Qiao Fei found out that Shi Xubai's little weasel pierced today was crooked to the left, but Qiao Fei remembered that it seemed to be crooked to the right last time.It's nice to be crooked to the left, but it's more playful to be crooked to the right.

"You dance beautifully." Shi Xubai straightened up, he was a head taller than Qiao Fei, lowered his eyelids to look into his eyes, and there seemed to be a smile on the corner of his mouth, "But why do you always look at the ground? Treasure hunting? "

Qiao Fei's expression showed a bit of panic. He was afraid that Shi Xubai would give up his lead dance position to others, "I didn't keep watching... I just felt that the dance was not good. But if you give me this chance, I will work hard. "

He knows that he may not have much talent, and the only thing that supports him in dancing is his love, but this is enough, isn't it.He likes it, so he just wants to jump, he has to be responsible for his dream, and see how far it can take him.

He must be responsible for his dreams, which he has firmly believed in since he was four years old.

Shi Xubai was not angry at Qiao Fei's lack of self-confidence, his brows and eyes were still gentle, and he said slowly: "Don't be nervous, I gave you this chance because I think you can do it. Next time you rehearse, if you don't want to look forward , then at least lift your eyes up a little bit, okay?"

"Well, then I'll try."

Qiao Fei walked out the door, suddenly remembered something, stopped, looked back at Shi Xubai, thought about it, and finally asked him in a low voice: "Shi Dao, do you really think I dance well?"

Shi Xubai was stunned for a moment, then smiled at him: "Really, I won't lie to you."

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Luo Ziwen leaned against the pillar beside the entrance of the dance troupe, playing with the straps of his backpack in boredom.When he saw Qiao Fei coming out, he hurried up and handed him a somewhat worn magazine: "Look what treasure I found."

Qiao Fei took it over and took a look, her eyes immediately widened.It was a dance magazine, and the date on it was published eleven months ago.

The most shocking thing is the cover of the magazine, which shows a photo of a male ballerina, he is leaping into the air, his right hand is stretched to the sky, and there is a dark blue background wall behind him, which perfectly outlines his silhouette.

The actor was wearing a black gold-edged gown and black leggings.He has gentle eyes, a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, and his long legs are straight and slender.

It was Shi Xubai.

It's just that the hair was a little shorter at that time, and it wasn't tied up.

"Where did you find it?" Qiao Fei opened the magazine, and half of the photos in it were Xubai, some were portraits, and some were stage photos.

"Didn't I go to the magazine stand every Sunday to collect old magazines? They were not sold a long time ago. They were stuffed in a corner and were not thrown away. I picked them up." Luo Ziwen looked proud, as if he was digging for something. The news is the same.

The magazine was written in English, so Qiao Fei also recognized the capitalized Dance on the cover and the lowercase "Swan Lake" in the lower right corner.

"Do you know what this is about?" Qiao Fei spread out the first page of the magazine and asked Luo Ziwen.

Luo Ziwen pushed away the magazine Qiao Fei had slapped on his face, and muttered, "Are you asking me? My English is not as good as yours."

Qiao Fei flipped through the magazine, and on the second page of No. 30, there was a full-body photo of Shi Xubai, with the pinyin of his name printed in uppercase blue letters in the middle.

"Can I have this magazine?"

"What's wrong? Are you interested in him?" Seeing Qiao Fei's blushing face instantly, Luo Ziwen let out a chuckle, "Just kidding."

Luo Ziwen has always been upright, he can say whatever comes to his mind, and his words are never out of his head, but this is also the reason why Qiao Fei likes to be friends with him.

"How is it possible..." Qiao Fei quibbled in a low voice, but she was still not reconciled, and asked again, "Can you give me the magazine? I can pay you."

"Come on, it's just a piece of junk, you can just take it." Luo Ziwen sized Qiao Fei up and scratched his head, "But... I want to go to Galleria Square on Saturday, so come with me."

After hearing Luo Ziwen's words, Qiao Fei looked away from the magazine and asked him, "Didn't you just go there two weeks ago?"

"It's going to be complicated, and grandma hasn't been feeling well these two days. I want to buy more medicine for her just in case."

Luo Ziwen's family doesn't have much money, and even the tuition fee depends on the scholarship from the Dance Academy.His parents passed away early, and his grandmother brought him up.His family's money is basically earned by his part-time job on weekends.

Garr Square is the most prosperous place in the city center, where an open-air stage was built a few years ago, and various entertainers are allowed to perform on it on Saturdays, adding a little artistic atmosphere to the square.

Luo Ziwen would sometimes go to the square to dance when there were a lot of people. He used this method to earn some extra money and pay students for miscellaneous tasks.After all, two people are more eye-catching than one person. When he goes, he usually calls Qiao Fei and asks him to do a favor.

"Okay, just send me a message when you want." Qiao Fei agreed very readily.

"okay."

A Lamborghini was parked not far from the entrance of the theater.Seeing Qiao Fei, He Haoyun honked the horn rudely, urging him to come over.

Qiao Fei was taken aback, and hurriedly stuffed the magazine into the bottom of the bag like a thief, pulled some clothes to cover it, and carefully zipped it up.

"Your devil is here." Luo Ziwen glanced at the sports car, with disdain in his voice.

He Haoyun has been to the theater, and Luo Ziwen also knows about Qiao Fei's relationship with him.The boy was very righteous, and often accompanied Qiao Fei to curse He Haoyun, saying that he was a demon from hell.

"Qiao Zi." Luo Ziwen stopped Qiao Fei, "Ask him about Iba's interview. It's okay if you don't fight for it."

"En." Qiao Fei replied, he wanted to ask, but he didn't hold out any hope.

He Haoyun honked the horn again, Qiao Fei hurriedly jumped down the steps before saying goodbye to Luo Ziwen, and ran towards the Lamborghini.