New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

() At noon on Saturday, Ron flew to Los Angeles on a transport plane that was on the way.It's just that the military airport is quite remote. After the plane landed, it took him another two and a half hours to rush to the city.At this time, it was already around 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Ron first came to the hotel he had booked. After putting his luggage away, he got the reserved tickets for the ballet performance at 6 o'clock in the evening from the lobby. Hastily went out.

At the entrance of the theater, Ron saw a large poster. On it, the actor who played the role of the prince was holding Nadya high.Ron glanced at the poster, and couldn't help feeling a little jealous in his heart.

Probably because there was still a long time before the show started, so when Ron walked into the theater, there were only a few people there.Ron found his own seat and sat down. It was a very good seat, in the middle of the sixth row, not too far away, just right for watching the show.

After more than ten minutes, more and more people came in. It seemed that the time for the performance to start was very close.At this time, a tall young man sat down beside Ron.Ron himself is about 1.8 meters tall, and this person, even if he sits down, is almost half a head taller than Ron, and he is probably two meters taller when he stands up.At this time, the lights in the theater dimmed, and Ron looked at the flying watch with luminous light on his wrist. It was already six o'clock, and it seemed that the performance was about to officially begin.

The curtain slowly opened, and the music sounded. This piece was familiar to Ron, it was "The Candy Fairy Waltz" from "The Nutcracker".In the past, when Nadya was in a good mood, she would often hum this cheerful and lively tune.With the sound of music, all kinds of candies appeared one after another, dancing with the music.

"This is Candy Fairy, this is Arabic dance music-coffee, well, this is Chinese dance music-tea, and next is Russian dance music-Trypak." corresponding to. "Ah, here comes Nadya, she dances really well, she looks like an elf..."

At this time, the guy sitting next to Ron suddenly became excited. He stood up and raised his hand that looked like a fishing rod, waving it towards the stage.

"Hey, what are you doing!" The person sitting behind that guy was dissatisfied.Sitting upright in front of this damn tall man has already affected him from watching the performance, but now he actually stood up and waved his hands, does this still make people watch?

The protest at the back made the young man restrain himself a bit, he sat down embarrassedly, and turned around to explain in a low voice: "Sorry, I got carried away, my girlfriend is up there..."

Ron noticed that just as the young man stood up and waved his hand, Anna, who played the role of the Candy Fairy, stomped her foot fiercely. There's a lot of stomping out the beat.But Anna's stomping sound seemed a little too loud.

Najia, who was dancing lightly, was affected. She first saw the big tall man, so she turned her head and smiled at Anna during the dance, and then jumped up high according to the rhythm, her pair of jade feet flapping in the air Hit the combo, and then the crane-the Nutcracker Prince lifted her high and spun her in the middle of the stage.Taking this opportunity, Nadya looked over at Anna's tall lover again, but she didn't want to see a familiar figure beside him.

Ron saw Nadya's eyes looking over here, and he quietly raised his hands to his chest, forming a loving look for Nadya to see.Apparently, Nadya saw him—Ron saw that Nadya's eyes were shining like bright stars.

The prince put Nadya down, and Nadya was twirling rapidly in the cheerful music. Her dancing posture was so graceful, American-style enthusiasm and Russian-style restraint and low back were perfectly combined on her body at this moment. merged.Since interacting with Nadya, Ron has often gone to see Nadya's performance.After watching a lot, Ron, who didn't know much about ballet art, gradually understood a little bit.Although Nadya's performance was very good in the past, it often felt too restrained, and Ulanova's taste was too strong, but now, Ron felt that at least in this dance, Nadya broke through the restrictions that restricted her in the past. Some of the things in it danced out their spirits.

Although there were not too many people watching the ballet—a quarter of the seats in the theater were empty—there were quite a few people who knew ballet, and Nadia's performance immediately moved them.When the scene ended, they all gave the warmest applause.

The complete "Nutcracker" is very long, so in general, everyone plays more fragments.For example, this time, only the scene of "Candy Mountain" was performed.In fact, this kind of situation is not uncommon in China or foreign countries. Kong Shangren's "Peach Blossom Fan" has been performed no more than the fingers of one hand from the time it was written to the end of the 21s. Hitler's favorite composer Wagner's The opera "Ring of the Nibelung (River Crab) Root" has never been staged in its entirety—even during Hitler's time.

According to the program list, there will be a sideshow after this episode.Nadya will perform a solo dance - Death of the Swan.This arrangement was originally a remedial measure for worrying that Nadya and the American actors would not cooperate well.Unlike "The Nutcracker", which requires the cooperation of many people, in the solo dance, Nadya's level is easier to show.

"Death of the Swan" is the most classic ballet solo.At the beginning of the 1835th century, the famous Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova was invited by the Petersburg Royal Opera House to perform a solo dance at a concert held in the noble hall.The music selects No.1921 from the "Carnival of the Animals" suite by the French composer Saint-Saëns (13-[-]), which is "The Swan" played by cello and piano.Since ballet works at that time often used "Swan" as the title, the choreographer Mihai Fokine changed it to "Death of the Swan" to show the difference.

Today, this dance work, which took only five or six minutes to compose at that time, has become a symbol of the new Russian ballet. Countless actors have performed this dance, and Nadya has tried this dance more than once before.

But now, Ron was a little worried about Nadya's performance: Nadya had just achieved an epiphany breakthrough, which is certainly gratifying, but this breakthrough has not yet settled down and is still unstable.If it was before the breakthrough, Nadia danced in a well-regulated way. Although she couldn't compare with those real masters, she would definitely not have any troubles.But now, Nadya, who is between the rules of the past and the breakthroughs of the present, does not have such stability. Of course, she may dance better, or she may be completely messed up due to the entanglement of old habits and new ideas.

Also, stylistically, The Nutcracker is very different from The Death of the Swan. There's a lot of joy and fun in the "Candy Mountain" sequence from The Nutcracker.But "The Death of the Swan" is completely different. It depicts a dying swan eager to flap its wings again, struggling alone on a calm lake, and finally dies silently, symbolizing the unremitting struggle of human beings with death and fate in real life. The tragic spirit of resistance. "The Death of the Swan" is elegant yet heavy and tragic, and it is completely two extremes with "The Nutcracker".

But it is obviously impossible to change the program list now.Taking advantage of the intermission, Ron got up and walked towards the backstage.The tall man next to him followed.

"You must be General Ron?" the tall man asked.

"Yes, you are?" Ron was not wearing a military uniform at this time, and he did not recognize the man.

"Robert Hughes." The man stretched out his hand to him, "I heard Anna mentioned you, and when I saw Nadia smiling at you just now, I guessed that you must be General Ron."

Ron took the man's hand. The man's hand was big, with thick joints, but there was no flesh on the palm.

A staff member tried to stop Ron, and Robert stood up.The staff obviously knew him very well, and after they whispered a few words, the staff let him look at Ron enviously, and opened the way.

Backstage was in a hustle and bustle, and the actors were busy taking off their make-up.Perhaps it was because Robert's height was too conspicuous, Anna saw Robert and Ron from a long distance.She happily ran over with Nadja who hadn't had time to change her clothes:

"You really gave us Nadya a surprise! Why didn't you say anything in advance...You idiot, always like to make a fool of yourself in public, look how nice Ron's behavior is." , Anna also imitated Ron's movements.Then she shoved Nadya, who was about to feign exasperation, into Ron's arms.

"Okay, I won't take up your time anymore, hurry up, it will be your show soon!"

Ron hugged Nadya, and Nadya struggled a little, seeing that she couldn't get out, she stopped moving, and just buried her head deeply in Ron's arms.

"Nadya, you danced so well today!" Ron took Nadya's little face in both hands, stared into her eyes and said, "At least in this clip, you have surpassed your previous self. I am really sorry You are proud. I never thought that my Nadya could be so beautiful! My ugly duckling has become a white swan."

"Was I ugly before?" Nadya seemed a little unhappy, and frowned slightly.

"No, of course not." Ron continued to stare into her big eyes, "It's just not like tonight, Nadya, you don't know, you are so beautiful tonight." Ron paused, he saw Nadya's large, shining eyes were clouded with mist.

"Hmph, you finally know to come to see me! Do you know, every time..." Nadya stopped, her shoulders twitched, and tears as crystal as diamonds poured out of her eyes.

"I know, baby!" Ron whispered, looking down to kiss the tear from her cheek.

At this moment, a voice shouted: "Nadya, come and change your clothes! It's time to play!"

Nadya seemed to wake up from a dream, she broke free from Ron's arms, wiped the tears off her face, and responded, "Got it, come here right away!"

Then she turned her head and showed Ron a smile as bright as the sun after the rain, so that Ron felt that the tears on her face that hadn't had time to wipe off reflected a colorful halo.

"Ron, my dear, don't worry about me!" Nadya said. "Go back to the auditorium. My next dance will be even better!"