Entertaining Children

Zhou Jingyi's dance team's performance number is No. 9, and it ranks slightly behind the middle among a total of more than a dozen teams. The eight teams ahead of them have had their ups and downs, but overall they haven't been great. Five teams were eliminated on the spot, and besides the first team, only the fourth and sixth teams got pending qualifications. Among the three teams to be determined, the first team performed best in comparison.

What Xiao Yao and the judges didn't know was that the first team called "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 came on stage to perform, the eight zombies quietly got up and went to the bathroom to change into a set of zombie clothes that Xiao Yao helped them make again. After they changed their clothes and came out, the seventh team happened to be in There was a performance on stage, so they didn't go back to the auditorium, but went directly to the back of the stage with their teammates to wait for their appearance.

When the seventh team finished their performance and got off the stage with a look of frustration, Xiao Yao, who didn't have to perform on stage, didn't continue to sit in the auditorium, but quietly went to the control room on the second floor above the auditorium of the theater.

"Hello, everyone, we are the "Torrent" 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 to the standing microphone.

"Wait," Piper Hugo, who looked down at the information in front of him, took off his glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked up at the crowd on the stage and said, "The information says that your team is fifteen people, why is there only Two forty-seven, seven people? Did half of your team quit temporarily?"

"No, we still have eight teammates waiting behind the stage. They are special, and they 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 remark came out, five people on the stage ran away quickly, and only Zhou Jingyi and Paul retreated to the center of the stage, posing for preparations.

Piper was stunned for a moment, but he waved his hand and shouted, "Music, let's go!"

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

The performance of a pas de deux between the two was very good. Both the orderliness of the same movements and the tacit understanding of the coordinated movements are commendable. In particular, the two of them didn't hesitate at all when they fell backwards once, and their partners caught each other just right. There are many very novel and interesting moves in the whole dance, the most special one is a finger dance performed by Zhou Jingyi standing behind Paul and putting her hands through his armpit, which amazed the judges and the audience expression.

Both Mary Jane and Santos Perez watched intently with smiles on their faces. Only Piper Hugo frowned slightly, and even glanced at the watch on his wrist.

Although this pas de deux was great, it was a team competition, not a pas de deux, and the dance between the two seemed a bit long.

Just when Piper Hugo showed an impatient expression, the lingering pas de deux between the two finally came to an end. The style of the music in the live audio speakers changed, suddenly from cheerful music to eerie.

At the same time as the music was changing, the main lights on the ceiling of the theater were suddenly extinguished, leaving only a few dark blue lights above the stage still on.

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

Other judges and people in the audience also panicked for a moment, but soon they understood what was going on,

Because eight "zombies" in tattered and blood-stained clothes came out from one side of the stage dancing a mechanical dance.

"Wow!" The lights above the stage just hit the faces of the dancers on the stage, allowing the audience to see their "zombie" faces clearly. Coupled with the current dim lighting environment and gloomy music, the scene is not Few people were startled by the "zombies" who appeared, and then they were deeply shocked.

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

Now there are only eight "zombies" left on the stage. Accompanied by more than a minute of eerie music, the "zombies" also performed a wonderful mechanical dance. There are not only group dances with the same neat movements, but also the display of their special skills after the positions are dispersed, which made the judges nod frequently when they turned their attention from the "zombie" shape to their movements.

The second dance is basically the process of the "zombies" appearing from one side of the stage, and then slowly moving to the other side and disappearing. And after they disappeared from the other side of the stage, Zhou Jingyi and Paul appeared on the stage with the normal people played by the other five players. And 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-pitched, and the normal people on the stage did not run away anymore, but chose to confront the "zombies" head-on. A large section of hip-hop dance moves that combined various fighting elements was displayed on the stage. This section no longer had the same uniform movements, but a lively display of various difficult skills.

The combat effectiveness of normal people and "zombies" is naturally not proportional. Seeing that normal people are about to be wiped out, TJ in the corner suddenly showed a surprised expression, and then the sound of guns being loaded rang out in the background music. With tj's very rhythmic empty hand raising the gun and shooting the gun and the sound of the gun firing in the background music, the "zombies" who were still standing began to tremble and fall down. After all the "zombies" fell down, In the end TJ also fell on the stage.

All the lights in the theater were turned on. Just when the audience thought the dance was over, Zhou Jingyi, who was lying on the ground, straightened her upper body in a modern dance movement, and then she put her hands on the ground and stood up with a two-handed clean stand up. When she saw Paul lying on the ground, Zhou Jingyi showed anxiety on her face. But soon Paul also woke up, turned over and stood up with the movement of a mechanical dance, and the two hugged each other happily after some lingering.

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

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

Zhou Jingyi, who was pushed away, also saw the wound on Paul's left shoulder. She shook her head with tears in her eyes, and then ran towards Paul without hesitation. After three steps, she jumped up and threw herself on Paul. A flash of determination flashed in Paul's eyes, he stretched out his right arm to hug Zhou Jingyi who was still in the air, and then sent his right arm forward vigorously, throwing Zhou Jingyi back.

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

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

Zhou Jingyi, who heard the movement, hugged Paul's upper body in front of her and didn't get up. She just turned her head and looked at the three "zombies" who were approaching. There was a frightening determination in her eyes.

Accompanied by the "zombies" walking towards Zhou Jingyi, the background music gradually decreased until it stopped, and all the lights above the stage were slowly turned off.

"It's great!" When the lights on the stage were turned on again and all the dancers on the stage stood on the stage, they were greeted with applause and cheers from the audience. The three judges even stood up and applauded.

"Thank you!" Zhou Jingyi stood in front of the microphone and bowed excitedly when the staff put the stand microphone back on the stage. Afterwards, all the team members also bowed to the judges and audience off the stage to thank them.

"It's great," the three judges in the judging booth also sat down. This time, before Piper Hugo could ask a question, Mary Jane wiped her eyes and said, "Watching the hip-hop dance, I was terrified and then shed tears." , this is the first time for me. All I can say is, it's great! Your dance is so good, your team is so good, I think I've become a fan of yours."

"Okay, Mary, calm down!" Santos Perez patted Mary Jane, who was getting more and more excited, and comforted her, then looked at the team on the stage and said, "It is indeed very good. The whole dance The action standards in the show 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 well matched. It is very creative and difficult to express a complete story with hip-hop movements. In this dance, I have no idea how to do better."

In terms of division of labor among the three judges, the singer Mary Jane is responsible for the part of stage performance, the professional choreographer Santos Perez examines the standard and difficulty of professional technical movements, and the producer at the same time Piper Hugo, who is also the leader of the review, is responsible for other details and an overall overview.

"Let's praise first, it's great." After the two judges finished their evaluation, Piper Hugo also praised with a smile, but he didn't rush to evaluate the players on the stage, but turned to look at the auditorium behind him The other street dance teams waiting on the board said: "Children, have you seen this dance? Look at what they did? We can see from the plot and action design, costumes, make-up, modeling, soundtrack, and sound effects. What? Attitude! This is what I hope to see from you. This is what we often say, attitude is everything!"