1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 219: Exam Day, Outshining the Others

Time flies by like an arrow.

In the blink of an eye it was the end of July.

Xiaowei Hutong, Wutong Courtyard.

Xu Yuxiu got up early and changed into new clothes.

Today is the day when the Beijing Dance Academy holds examinations. The mother and son have agreed to go together to the academy to send Liu Xiaoli to the exam. In addition, Jiang Ting, Wang Qiang and others will also be there.

"Get up and eat!"

After washing up, make breakfast.

Xu Yuxiu stood at the kitchen door and shouted a few words towards the window of Cheng Kaiyan's room.

"understood!"

Only when she heard the response did she stop and look up at the sky.

The continuous rain for many days has gradually stopped.

There were only a few scattered gray clouds in the sky, and behind the clouds was the clear blue sky, the scorching sun of sunrise, and the cool, moist air after the rain.

"It rained last night, but I didn't expect the sun to come out now. It's a good sign."

Xu Yuxiu stared at the sky above her head, feeling a little more cheerful.

It was still cloudy when I got up, but now the rain has stopped and the sky is clear.

In her opinion, it was a sign of good luck and that Liu Xiaoli would do well in the exam.

Soon, Cheng Kaiyan came out of the bedroom after tidying up.

"morning."

He said hello to his mother, then turned and went into the kitchen to fetch some water, then found a clean place by the well to brush his teeth.

Two days have passed since I last gave Liu Xiaoli a massage in the dance studio.

"I don't know if she has calmed down."

He found it funny whenever he thought about it.

Clearly what I meant was whether he needed a foot massage, but Sister Xiaoli misunderstood me.

She felt that she was asking about the smell and felt embarrassed. Although she hurried to explain, the girl, who was already emotional, had a stern face and insisted on taking off her soft white dancing shoes for him to smell.

Due to her partner's strong sense of shame and eagerness to prove himself, Cheng Kaiyan did check it out.

White, clean and refreshing, without any odor, and not even sweating.

Clean and beautiful feet are the favorite of foot control enthusiasts.

However, Cheng Kaiyan's words were indeed ambiguous. For a girl like Sister Xiaoli who loves cleanliness, saying that feet are sore and smelly is something that no girl can tolerate.

If one had to say there was any smell, Cheng Kaiyan only smelled the fresh and elegant body fragrance of Liu Xiaoli.

Afterwards, Cheng Kaiyan naturally apologized sincerely.

This made the embarrassed and angry Liu Xiaoli let him go. The dinner that was promised to her also went awry, so Cheng Kaiyan treated them to dinner in the cafeteria.

Just as he was brushing his teeth and reminiscing.

"Wow!"

The door of the house next door opened, and Aunt Wang Qiang poured a basin of water on the ground. She glanced at Cheng Kaiyan and reminded her, "Hurry up and eat. We'll leave after dinner. Xiaoli is candidate No. 001 for today's exam. Otherwise, if you go too late, it will be over."

"First?"

"Well, she's the first one to take the test."

"Can we go into the examination room and see?"

Cheng Kaiyan asked with some anticipation.

"You can't get in. Only candidates, judges and staff from the Education Bureau can enter. No one else is allowed to enter the school."

Aunt Wang Qiang shook her head and explained in a calm tone.

Previously, Beijing Dance Academy, like Jiangcheng Song and Dance Theater, was a technical secondary school.

In 1978, GWY upgraded it to undergraduate level, and the name was changed from BJ Dance School to Beijing Dance Academy, which led to this entrance examination.

The whole school is paying close attention to it, and leaders from the Ministry of Education are inspecting it. In addition, this exam recruits undergraduate dance students and is as important as the college entrance examination, so we take it even more seriously.

Various rules and regulations and examination requirements are quite strict, and no outsiders will be allowed to enter the examination room to avoid affecting the examination.

However, the dance exam does not involve cultural knowledge testing, but is more of an examination of the candidate's basic dance skills.

There is no such thing as cheating, as the teacher can tell at a glance what your dancing level is.

Unless you can bribe the judges.

But she saw that Cheng Kaiyan really wanted to go, so she thought for a moment and said, "If you really want to see it, I do have a way to let you go into the examination room, but it's a bit tiring."

"What method?"

"You'll be given a few work badges. Go in and help with the work, maintain order, deliver water, etc."

Wang Qiang explained that this was nothing.

"Okay, then we want three."

"Ah."

At seven o'clock, everyone finished their meal, packed up and set off. It took them forty minutes to arrive at the gate of Beijing Dance Academy.

"Why hasn't it started yet? It's almost eight o'clock."

"What should I do? I feel my heart beating so fast!"

"Take a deep breath, take a deep breath! Don't be nervous, okay? If you play your best, there will be no problem."

The open space in front of the Beijing Dance Academy's school gate was filled with candidates and parents who were seeing them off, waiting for the exam time to come.

The crowd was bustling and chatting animatedly.

"quiet!"

A red cordon had been set up five meters in front of the door, and school staff and education bureau staff wearing uniforms and wearing badges, and even police were standing at the door to maintain order.

"The exam is about to begin. The examination room is open. Candidates please enter with your admission tickets!"

The crowd surged, and candidates entered the examination room one after another with their admission tickets in hand. However, there were also some unlucky candidates who found that their admission tickets were missing when they were near the examination room, causing panic among the candidates who had not yet entered.

Cheng Kaiyan took advantage of this opportunity to search for Jiang Ting and her boyfriend in the crowd.

After searching for a while, I finally found them both under the cool shade of a tree on the roadside.

The beautiful woman was wearing a white shirt, a pair of loose black trousers, and a pair of black thin-strap sandals. She just stood there quietly, like a snow lotus from the Tianshan Mountains, cool and noble.

Liu Xiaoli put on a little makeup, changed her classic high ponytail into a bun, wore a simple short-sleeved shirt and long pants, and carried a small bag of clothes in her hand.

There were a few male comrades around him, casting vague glances at him, but they didn't have the courage to come forward.

"Auntie, Xiaoli, this way!"

Cheng Kaiyan waved over there, trotted over and took the two of them to join the main force.

"Ating."

"Sister Yuxiu, Sister Wang."

Jiang Ting waved and greeted them, her tone still so indifferent, but everyone had already gotten used to it.

Liu Xiaoli greeted everyone with a smile, being graceful and dignified.

"How are you preparing? You will be the first to go on stage later. Try to overwhelm everyone else and let the teachers and candidates present see the style of the future principal of Beijing Dance Academy."

Wang Qiang's eyes were sharp and his tone was serious.

"Chief? Me? Teacher, I know."

Liu Xiaoli nodded heavily, repeating these two words in her heart, feeling a little excited.

Although others didn't quite understand, they could all hear the value of the word "chief".

In fact, many dance troupes, dance schools, and dance theaters at home and abroad will introduce their own principal dancers.

The title of Principal Dancer represents that the dancer has reached a high level in terms of professional skills, artistic expression and stage experience.

At Beijing Dance Academy, principal dancers are often those who have undergone rigorous selection and long-term training, and are able to represent the academy's highest level in various performances and competitions.

It can be seen that Wang Qiang values ​​Liu Xiaoli.

"Come on, Xiaoli."

Wang Qiang patted her shoulder and encouraged her.

Everyone also sent their blessings.

At this time, the candidates also entered the school one after another. After greeting the guard, Wang Qiang led a group of people in.

Everyone headed towards the dance building. This year, many people signed up for the dance exam because they had to go to Beijing to take the exam, but not many people showed up, only about 500 to 600 people, less than half of them showed up.

Because there were so few people and it spanned two days, on average there were only two to three hundred people a day.

Therefore, the examination venue for this exam was arranged to be held in the large rehearsal room on the top floor of the dance building.

Everyone followed the candidates into the examination room, and what came into view was a venue that was almost as large as two standard football fields.

The floor is covered with cork flooring specially used in dance studios, which is clean and reflective.

Dozens of white stage lights on the ceiling were on, making it almost as bright as day.

Other equipment is also very complete, including wall mirrors and handles.

The entire rehearsal room is almost equivalent to an oversized dance studio, with a number of simple chairs placed in the middle of the venue.

For this exam, the large rehearsal hall was divided into two examination rooms for simultaneous examinations, with four teachers grading on each side.

Candidates take the exam in order according to their test numbers. The rest of the candidates stay in the waiting area of ​​the examination room to watch others taking the exam. They can also go to the other side to warm up or train.

This is also why Wang Qiang said it was like watching a performance.

This exam not only tests the candidates' basic dance skills, but also their psychological endurance.

Those who cannot endure psychologically will face a total collapse and the tragic fate of getting zero points in a subject if they make a mistake or error under the watchful eyes of so many people.

But a dancer needs to have a big heart. If he cannot dance with the ability to withstand the attention of the audience, he is not qualified.

The candidates went to the locker room to change into the dance costumes they had prepared, and then returned to the examination room with a nervous mood and began to warm up. There was twenty minutes of warm-up time before the exam.

This period of time passed in a flash, and after finishing warm-up, everyone waited patiently and nervously for the exam to begin.

"No matter what, you have to finish watching the first person take the test before you warm up and prepare!"

This is the real thought in the minds of many candidates, just to determine their level among these hundreds of people.

Cheng Kaiyan, Xu Yuxiu and Jiang Ting did not stand with Liu Xiaoli, fearing that they would disturb her.

Soon, both sides started their exams.

"Candidate No. 001, Comrade Liu Xiaoli, please prepare for the exam."

The staff's shouts came from the loudspeaker, and the originally noisy scene suddenly became quiet.

"Hello teachers, I am Liu Xiaoli."

A beautiful girl in a pure white dance costume walked out from the crowd. After the staff checked her ID, she walked onto the decorated stage, bowed slightly in front of the teachers, and introduced herself.

"Hello, examinee. You may begin now. The first item is the test of basic dance skills."

Dean Chen Jinqing sat in the judges' seat and announced the start with a calm look in his eyes.

Liu Xiaoli took a deep breath, and the movements that had already been practiced thoroughly by now flashed through her mind like muscle memory.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the girl on the stage. Soon she moved without thinking, spreading her two straight thighs forward and backward, and her whole body slowly sank until her two thighs were completely parallel to the ground, one in front and one behind.

Then he quickly swung his front legs behind him, retracted his legs, leaned his upper body backward, bent his feet slightly, and his whole body bounced up like a spring.

Stand up on your instep!

Many people present looked serious. Standing on the instep requires very high body flexibility and balance, which is definitely a difficult dance move in this era.

But the girl on the stage was focused, showing off one move after another:

Front fork, horizontal fork.

Move your legs forward, move your legs backward, move your legs sideways...

Next is bending down.

The girl stood straight with her hands raised, her upper body leaning backward, her slender waist bending backward to the maximum extent, then she slowly stood up again with her strong core strength of waist and abdomen.

The movements are orderly, smooth and natural.

The soft opening test is now over and all teachers give scores on small projects.

Next is the display of dance techniques, which involve jumping, turning, tumbling, stretching and sucking legs, moving and controlling legs...

Liu Xiaoli demonstrated all the movements she could think of with extremely fast speed and ease.

Big jump, flying leap, purple gold crown jump...

Flat turn, four-position turn, leg-tuck turn...

Step forward, turn over, somersault...

Front and back chest waist, hot wheels, big waist...

Both the completion of the movements and the smoothness of the transitions were done perfectly, and she even maintained her own sense of rhythm.

After the entire basic skills test, all the teachers' eyes lit up. The student's basic skills were so solid that he almost performed well. There were no mistakes and no faults to be found.

Full score!

The teachers appreciated and were satisfied.

But in the eyes of the candidates below the stage, they were naturally full of pressure, and some of them had already begun to look bitter.

“This must be a dancer who has been training for more than ten years!”

Someone commented in a low voice.

……

"Ballet basic skills test begins!"

This brings us to Liu Xiaoli's strong point. She performs both the barre and lift movements perfectly.

Mopping movements in all directions, half squats, full squats, small kicks, and big kicks.

Then came the most difficult circle movement. Liu Xiaoli put her hands on her shoulders and spun on the ground for more than ten circles before she stopped, feeling unsatisfied.

Then she circled in the air, jumped and spun, jumped and spun.

As the whole person turned in the air, his arms and hair left perfect arcs in the air, like an elf of nature, elegant and perfect.

He did more than ten consecutive leg-twisting jumps while still maintaining absolute balance.

This level of control and balance made everyone gasp!
"Perfect!"

Some teachers couldn't help but sigh.

"Impromptu dance segment performance!"

You can change into dance clothes and play music here.

Liu Xiaoli also turned around and went to the dressing room without hesitation and changed into the dance costume that teacher Jiang Ling gave her for the theater, which was the same dance costume she had worn when she performed "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" in the theater.

Soon, a girl in a blue-white classical dance costume appeared in front of everyone and began to dance gracefully.

Her half body spins, her skirt rises like flying flowers on an umbrella, she is as graceful as a startled swan and as elegant as a swimming dragon.

The feet move in a circle and the hands move in the same way.

She stood on tiptoe and leapt into the air. Her soft and slender body bent into a crescent shape in the air, and her two long legs intertwined together, as Feng Xu flew into the wind.

The thin gauze wrapped around her sleeves danced in the wind and floated under the light. The translucent gauze sparkled with golden light particles, making her extremely white skin even more dazzling.

The whole person looks cool and has the temperament of a classical moon beauty, as if she will fly to the moon and ascend to heaven in the next second.

"What a nice view!"

"This child's slender figure and temperament are really suitable for classical dance. She is soft and graceful. Even after putting on ancient costumes, she has an otherworldly aura. It's so rare."

Dean Chen Jinqing's calm eyes began to fluctuate and became a little excited.

"Thank you teachers."

Comrade Liu Xiaoli bowed and her examination ended.

"Where did this big shot come from? His level is almost that of a dancer, right? And he's still taking the college entrance exam?"

"It's so overwhelming, it's hard to breathe."

"I think the principal dancer of this session should be Comrade Liu Xiaoli."

The crowd below the stage was talking about it, their eyes full of amazement and pressure.

There's no way. The gap in strength is too big and I can't be jealous at all.

Cheng Kaiyan, Jiang Ting, Xu Yuxiu and Wang Qiang looked at the girl on the stage excitedly and were happy for her.

Somewhere in the crowd.

"It seems she has some skills. I was wrong. Xingjie, what do you think of Liu Xiaoli?"

A middle-aged woman wearing glasses asked in a deep voice.

Beside Director Yu, there sat a long-haired girl of about 18 or 19, looking at Liu Xiaoli on the stage calmly. "Your basic skills are very good. You have just touched the threshold of classical dance. Not bad, at least I can't do such a high-intensity leg-twisting jump."

(End of this chapter)