White Swan

Chapter 3

At seven o'clock in the evening, the last performance of "Giselle" kicked off.

Qiao Fei stood on the edge of the stage, holding a small smooth stone in her hand.This has been his habit for many years. Before going on stage, he must hold this stone to pray and bless him with a successful performance.

The pebbles are not big, only half the size of a palm.The smooth surface is light gray with some dark spots.It looks a bit ugly, but this plain looking pebble is Qiao Fei's lucky charm.

This lucky charm has existed since Qiao Fei could remember, and he remembered that it was given to him by a neighbor's older brother, who said it could protect him.

Luo Ziwen glanced at him and shook his head: "I said Qiao Zi, when will you change your eccentricity? Others put their hands together and pray, but you are better off, treating the broken stone as a god."

"My wish on it will come true, so I don't care if it is a broken stone or a fairy?" At least Qiao Fei has never made a mistake in her performance, and she has never fallen on stage or anything like that.

"Really so magical?" Luo Ziwen believed it was true, and his eyes changed when he looked at the little stone, "Then I will also pick up a stone after the performance."

Qiao Fei: "..."

The first scene of "Giselle" is the plot of the heroine Giselle and her mother in the mountain village. It is autumn, and the villagers are busy harvesting crops, and Qiao Fei plays one of the villagers. The dance drama has just begun There is his role.

As the live band played cheerful and relaxing music, Qiao Fei took a deep breath, tiptoed into the bright lights of the stage.

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Shi Xubai narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully studying the dance performance on stage.He held a notebook in his hand to record some thoughts and observations about actors.

Director Zhao sat next to him and explained to him the arrangement process of "Giselle" and some adaptations added by the choreographer of the dance troupe.

Because it was the closing performance, the auditorium was almost full, and even the private rooms on the second floor sold 90.00% of the tickets.Shi Xubai had to admit that the ballet produced by the City Theater Ballet was definitely of a certain standard.

He just came back from abroad half a month ago and was invited to be the choreographer of the next ballet of the City Theater Ballet.He specially chose the day of the closing performance of "Giselle" to visit the dance troupe, wanting to see the level of these 46 actors.

He arrived at the dance troupe at noon and was on his way to head Zhao's office when he happened to see a boy sitting on the ground alone from the window of the dance hall.

Shi Xubai came up from downstairs, knowing that all the actors had lunch in the lounge at noon, but this boy was alone, sitting cross-legged in the center of the dance hall.

In the dance troupe, there are often extraordinarily hard-working actors who practice more during their lunch breaks, and he himself used all the corner time to practice dancing. Shi Xubai glanced at the boy inadvertently.

The boy is thin, and through his spotless white T-shirt, you can see the butterfly bones on his back and the slightly protruding spine in the middle.

He is like a cat lazy in the sun.

For some unknown reason, Shi Xubai accidentally gave him the orange in his hand. It may be because his back is a little lonely, or it may be because he vaguely heard "Swan Lake" coming from the boy's earphones.

It wasn't until he turned around that Xu Bai realized that the boy was very handsome, with that rare whiteness that seemed to be shining slightly under the sun.

The boy whispered thank you to him, and wondered if he had ever heard that don't take food from strangers.

Shi Xubai spent the whole afternoon in Head Zhao's office, discussing with him the development idea of ​​the next dance drama.Head Zhao first told him about the current situation and history of the dance troupe, allowing him to understand the situation of Chengba.

The head of the City Theater Ballet was taken over by head Zhao from the previous head four years ago, but he managed everything in an orderly manner.Head Zhao holds the position of head of the dance troupe and is also the artistic director of the dance troupe. Since he took the position, the dance troupe has staged various famous dance dramas, integrating western ballet into the art he wants to express.

All these dance dramas became a hit, and almost all the tickets sold were sold out every time.

Shi Xubai told Director Zhao that his idea was to adapt Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" into a dance drama.He wanted to embody that extreme jealousy and the joy of finally finding it again.

Shakespeare's plays all have a distinct emotional and resonant depth.It will never be a simple matter to express these emotions with dance movements, which requires a deep understanding of art by the dance drama director.

But it just so happens that Shi Xubai belongs to the kind of person who likes to face challenges.

Shi Xubai recognized the boy he saw at noon from among the dancers on the stage.He played a villager in a light gray shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a brown waistcoat, and a pair of dark gray leggings.

Shi Xubai bent his eyes, the boy looked like an ugly duckling with gray fluff.

It's just a pity that he danced well at first, but it was ruined by the eyes that were always looking at the ground.Anyone who knows how to dance knows that you can't look down when performing, and you must never stare at the floor. This will only make you look extremely unconfident.

What are you looking for on the ground?Treasure hunt?The corner of Shi Xubai's mouth was slightly curved.

The dance drama came to the heroine's solo dance. The actress had a light body and vividly performed Giselle's slightly green emotions.Shi Xubai asked in a low voice: "What's the name of the actor who danced Giselle?"

"You mean Lu Yang?" Director Zhao said of his favorite ballerina, his eyes were almost shining, "She is the first principal of our dance troupe, she performed "Cinderella" and "Romeo and Juliet" last year. She is also the protagonist, she has danced in the dance troupe for five years, and her skills are very good."

"Well, it's pretty good." Shi Xubai wrote down her name, and considered the possibility of making her the queen in "The Winter's Tale".

He watched the dance drama with relish, and more than two hours passed by in a flash.

At the end of the performance, the actors took the stage one by one to take a bow.Shi Xubai's gaze was unconsciously attracted by the ugly duckling, watching him bow deeply to the audience, and then stand in the last row, his smile froze slightly.

The ugly duckling kept his head slightly lowered, his eyes glued to the ground, and the smile on his face carried a trace of emptiness and loneliness that could not be described.