Entertaining Children

Several staff members moved a long table and three chairs to the platform, and then the three judges appeared and sat in the judging seats. The audience cheered when they saw it. Because of the appearance of the judges, it means that the competition is about to start.

The three judges for this competition are still the three judges who met in the last "Torrent" primary selection, Piper Hugo, Mary Jane and Santos Perez. In fact, there were not only these three judges in the whole competition, but a total of seven judges. Except for the producer Piper Hugo who participated in the review of every competition, the positions of the other two professional judges were held by six people respectively. In the first round of the main competition, each person will judge two games, in the second round, each person will judge one game, and in the final, all seven people will participate.

During the primaries, it was the judge Piper Hugo who gave the orders, and the main race was accompanied by a host. After the three judges were seated, a burly black man walked to the middle of the field in front of the platform with a microphone and announced loudly: "Guys, the third match of the first round of the "National Hip-Hop Competition", Now officially begins!"

"Oh yeah!" The audience screamed excitedly when they saw that the main show had finally begun.

"Today's duel is "Dark Blue Tomahawk" from Miami." The host pointed to his left, and saw a dozen or so hip-hop people wearing dark blue main-color clothing coming out of the audience , came to the middle side of the venue, and waved to the audience while walking to mobilize the audience's emotions.

"And Torrent from Calabasas!" The host pointed to his right hand again.

"Come on!" Xiao Yao and the team members clapped their hands and fists one by one, and then watched them walk to the other side of the middle of the field.

"Ha, did you rush over from the renovation site?" As soon as the "Torrent" people came out, several people from "Dark Blue Tomahawk" pointed at the pile of white ash on their bodies and laughed. Paul and the others didn't talk to each other, but just gave them a disdainful look.

"Today's competition is a dance fight between two teams, and the "torrent" will start first. I will announce that the competition begins!" The host raised his right hand and swung down vigorously, then exited the middle of the venue and disappeared into the audience.

The music on the scene changed, and it was replaced with a strong rhythmic background music for the game that had been notified to the two teams.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" More than a dozen members of the "Torrent" dance team walked towards each other with neat and heavy steps like an army going forward. When they walk, they swing their arms in a very large range. Every time they take a step, the hand on the side of the foot that is not the same as the one that is walking is clenched into a fist and hits the shoulder on the other side heavily. The sound of footsteps and punching the shoulder are very consistent. It just fell on the drumbeat of the background music, and it looked full of momentum. What's more imposing is that with every blow of their fists to their shoulders, a burst of white dust was lifted from their clothes and floated into the air. More than a dozen people moved in unison, and more than a dozen clusters of dust were raised in the air at the same time, and the scene was quite spectacular.

The audience had never seen such a scene before, and they were immediately surprised by their creativity. Even the people from the "Blue Tomahawk" on the other side of the field widened their eyes when they saw this scene.

Hip-hop competitions are not just about order and appearance. After a shocking opening came to the center of the field, the players began their performance. Single action, double action, and multi-person action began to be displayed in turn. There are not only regular hip-hop moves that the audience has seen, but also some novel and fun new moves.

"Hey, that's my signature move, wall kick backflip!" After seeing Paul and TJ cooperate to make a wall kick backflip that caused the audience to scream and cheer, Raymond also pulled Xiao Yao into screaming excitedly road.

"Yes, yes." Xiao Yao nodded excitedly with a smile, and said "yes" twice before continuing to him, "Otherwise, why do you think I brought them to see you parkour?"

People from the "Blue Tomahawk" team were also a little surprised and curious after seeing the new moves of "Torrent", they didn't expect that hip-hop could still be played like this.

Although they really wanted to watch some new "torrent" moves, after all, this was a competition, and they were fighting dances. The time for this game is only six minutes, and "Torrent" has been performing on the field for more than one minute. If they don't play to take over the field, their game will be completely useless.

Seeing the end of a group action in the "Torrent", the "Blue Tomahawk" rushed to the center of the venue and forcibly started their performance.

"Blue Tomahawk" can enter the top 16 of the competition, and its strength should not be underestimated. They themselves are a well-known dance team in Miami. If you only talk about the difficulty of the movements, their performance in the first stage is better than "Torrent", but whether it is the overall visual effect or the movement In terms of novelty, it is much worse than "torrent". Therefore, in their first performance, the cheers and screams from the audience were obviously not as good as "Torrent".

The total time of this dance fight is about six minutes. Normally, each side performs three rounds, and each team performs each round for about one minute. Of course, no one on the scene timed this minute, it all depends on the players on the field. Based on our experience and judgment, at the right time, find the gap between the opponent's actions and take over the field from the opponent.

"Blue Tomahawk" performed for about a minute, and the people of "Torrent" rushed to the center again to take over the venue. And their second performance also gave everyone a stunning appearance.

After rushing into the middle of the field, Paul and TJ leaned down and stretched out an arm each, allowing Zhou Jingyi's feet to step on their hands respectively, and then the two of them worked together to throw Zhou Jingyi up. When the "Blue Tomahawk" was performing just now, Zhou Jingyi had quietly grabbed two handfuls of flour from her pocket and pinched it in her hands. After being thrown by Paul and TJ to a position about two meters into the air, Zhou Jingyi, who was in the air, straightened her right leg, bent her left leg against her right leg, raised her head and straightened her chest, and swung her arms straight up from both sides. He got up and slapped the top of his head.

Following this movement, a semicircular arc composed of white dust also appeared in the air above Zhou Jingyi, wrapping Zhou Jingyi's entire upper body in it, and a very designed picture appeared in the air. Seeing that this scene was like a close-up slow-motion scene in a movie, the audience screamed again.

Zhou Jingyi who fell was caught by the team members, and then the whole team shrank into a ball. Accompanied by a heavy drumbeat, the whole team exploded like a flower. The players in the outer circle jumped to the outside at the same time, and the people in the inner circle leaned back towards the outside. Only Zhou Jingyi, who was in the middle, stood up suddenly, and raised her right leg straight to the level of her head. He made another appearance in a standing split-horse pose.

Then, Zhou Jingyi kept this shape unchanged, fell straight forward, and hit the ground with a "snap", causing the audience to exclaim.

At the beginning of the second paragraph, the previous performance of "Blue Tomahawk" has been instantly killed. After the scattered team members started their respective actions, the cheers and screams of the audience did not slow down. Pass.

The competition on the field was only halfway through, and Mary Jane and Santos Perez in the jury had already started whispering and discussing.

"It seems that my decision to insist on judging the "Torrent" competition is very correct." Mary Jane said to Santos Perez in a low voice, "This team that impressed me in the primary election really won the award again." I was pleasantly surprised."

"Me too," Santos Perez nodded with a smile.

"Even if this fight dance is not suitable for the story-telling mode of their primary election, they still paid attention to the stage effect. Look at the white ash on them, it is like a special effect in a movie, too There is a sense of imagery." Mary Jane continued to comment, "And the image of the girl in the air just now is not only cool, but also beautiful. I want to take a photo of it as the cover of my next album .”

"Not only the effect, but also their movements are great." Santos Perez commented from another aspect, "There are many new movements that have not been seen in hip-hop before. For example, the one who kicked on the body just now The backflips you do after getting up are much higher than what you can do by jumping in place on flat ground. And many new moves have different design ideas and styles. They don’t look like they were created by one person. They are really creative. of a team.”

After the match, the results were announced directly, and there was no link for the judges to comment, but the two seemed to have a lot of feelings, so they regarded each other as their own confidants.

"I've decided that in the second round of the competition, I'll still be the judge for this team's competition." Mary Jane said firmly.

"Well, count me in too." Santos Perez agreed.

"I mean you two," Piper Hugo, who was sitting on the side, finally couldn't help it, "this game hasn't ended yet, and the result hasn't been announced yet, why are you thinking about the next game?"

"Isn't the result already obvious?" Mary Jane glanced at Piper Hugo and said, "Santos and I are obviously on the side of the 'torrent', look at the reaction of the audience, and finally Two minutes can be regarded as "garbage time". If you dare to announce that "Torrent" is defeated and eliminated, you are 100% bribed by "Blue Tomahawk". I will go to the media tomorrow to break the news and say Your show is shady."

"Wow, old friend, do you want to be so cruel to me?" Piper Hugo said in shock.

"I will ask a private detective to investigate you." Santos Perez added unwillingly.

"OK, I'm afraid of you." Piper Hugo shook his head helplessly.

The judges began to chat quietly, and reflected from the side that the result of this competition was doomed. Xiao Yao, who was paying attention to the situation on the judging table, saw the second performance of "Blue Tomahawk" and the judges started talking, and after considering the performance of the two teams, he guessed that the game should have been won. The third performance of "Blue Tomahawk" was almost impossible to turn around, so Xiao Yao pulled Paul, who was closest to him, and made a gesture of pressing his hands down.

Seeing Xiao Yao's gesture, Paul nodded, and called his teammates around to gather around and whispered orders. The scene environment was very noisy, and Xiao Yao couldn't enter the scene and walk to Paul to talk. If it were spoken, Paul would probably have to yell loudly to be heard, but it was not easy for the audience to hear the words, so he used gestures instead for fear of arousing the audience's resentment. And the meaning of Xiao Yao's gesture is: press the third part of the performance, and the normal performance will be fine, and there is no need to use new movements.

With the cessation of live music, the dance fight between the two teams also came to an end.

The host, who stood in the middle of the venue again, didn't give a damn. After a long "winner is", he directly announced the name of "Torrent".

"Torrent" passed the test smoothly, eliminated its opponents, and entered the quarterfinals of the "National Street Dance Competition".