Life vitality of the "small pepper" until the "" Chunlan Cup "awards night. Spring Orchid Cup" awards night, the host solemnly introduced to the TV audience: "In this year's Spring Festival Gala, there is a very distinctive character has left a deep impression, that is, the hot and spicy 'Little Pepper', she is the Jilin Provincial Song and Dance Troupe first-class actress Wang Xiaoyan, this time in order to help Zhao Zhao's work. Wang Xiaoyan, this time in order to help Zhao Benshan play a good skit, she is willing to be a green leaf ...... "The audience only then realized: Oh, the original "little pepper" is Wang Xiaoyan! In Jilin Province, Wang Xiaoyan is a celebrity, as a member of the National Youth Federation, Jilin Province Dance Association, vice chairman of the "Jilin Talent" medalist, to play the skit in a debut but a minute of "small pepper", many people will think that Many people will think that it is a "cheap" performance, but from the dance "Fortune to the Family", "Chasing Fish", "Little Carrot Head" to the dance drama "Ginseng Woman", which one of them is not Wang Xiaoyan's leading role? But Wang Xiaoyan did not hesitate and decided to participate in the Spring Festival Gala. She felt that through the party to convey the unique flavor of the black earth, no name is worth, no profit is worth. Xiaoyan, who has always been a "red flower", is willing to be a "green leaf". Do not look at the "small pepper" is a supporting role in the skit, no big drama, Wang Xiaoyan can be unequivocal. Originally Northeast rice-planting song is already familiar, a little combing, steady success, Wang Xiaoyan or carefully designed for the "Little Pepper" walking on tiptoe ballet movements, on the surface, it seems to be a foreign dance vocabulary of the appropriation, in fact, is the Northeast people celebrating the art of stilts projection, can be described as a combination of Chinese and Western, ingenuity. It is a unique combination of Chinese and Western styles, and aptly expresses the spirit of women on the black land. At the "Chunlan Cup" award ceremony, Wang Xiaoyan performed her specialty "Looking for a Lover", and it should be said that this dance is the most mature work of Wang Xiaoyan so far. Dancer Jia Zuoguang praised this dance as having "style, characteristics, interest, and local characteristics", and it has been performed hundreds of times in Jilin Province alone, and it has become a reserved program of the Provincial Song and Dance Drama Troupe, and many professional and amateur dancers have taken it as a model. The dance "Looking for a Lover" was created by Wang Xiaoyan and Wang Lei in 1 9 8 9 according to the song "The Green Veil". The original is fast-paced, witty and fun, and Wang Xiaoyan's performance explains the theme of the original to a tee, portraying an innocent, straightforward and na?ve northeastern "big girl" who is full of confidence in her life in an unforgettable way. If it is said that before the release of "Looking for a Lover", the audience's mind of the Northeast "big girl" or a variety of real and imaginary, then, with the widespread dissemination of "Looking for a Lover", the image of the Northeast "big girl" has been gradually stereotyped, Wang Xiaoyan interpretation of the "big girl", "big girl", "big girl", "big girl", "big girl", "big girl", "big girl", "big girl", "big girl", "big girl". Wang Xiaoyan's interpretation of the "big girl" has been gradually finalized, and the image of Wang Xiaoyan's "big girl" has been called out and lingered on. For a dancer, what can be more gratifying than the image of their own molded into the hearts of the people? Wang Xiaoyan has never been a busy person, first of all, busy with performances, to the TV station's party choreography dance program, but also busy teaching, her students, professional schools and amateur dance classes have. Last year she also went to Beijing, in the Central University of Nationalities, Beijing Dance Academy, the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts to teach Northeast rice-planting songs, experts and students have praised her good teaching. Wang Xiaoyan also has to be busy practicing, give up practicing and give up dance what is the same? Whether "green leaf" or "red flower", it can only represent Wang Xiaoyan's past, and the audience is always looking forward to newer and more beautiful works. Wang Xiaoyan is very conscious of this, she said that many of the older generation of dance artists will always be her role model, there are mountains outside the mountains, the sea of art is endless, this body has been promised to the dance, and will never change in the middle of the love affair. In the upcoming "Ode to the Full Moon" celebration of Hong Kong's return to the cultural evening in Beijing, the audience will once again see Wang Xiaoyan's exuberant dance. ==================================================================================
Info 2: Remember "Little Pepper" from "Red Sorghum Model Team"? "I'm not going to be able to do that. Bright eyes, interpretation of life in all kinds of flavor. Yes, she is the "big girl beauty" of the "Guandong woman": the hot "small chili pepper"; there is "under the grapevine" flexibility; there is "festival cymbals" joy. She dances in exotic landscapes and stirs up bright winds.
In the 1997 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, a section of the "red sorghum modeling team" almost everyone remembered that the eyes dance "little pepper" - Wang Xiaoyan.
When I met Wang Xiaoyan, the reporter had a few surprises, surprised at her 48-year-old still maintains a good figure, but also surprised at her as more than a decade ago, "big girl beauty" when the shiny, dynamic eyes.
Me and "Little Pepper"
"If "Big Girl Beauty" once made me stand firm in the dance world, then the 1997 CCTV Spring Festival Gala's 'Little Pepper' is the one that really made me make a deep impression in the hearts of the nation's people. the hearts of the nation's people to leave a deep impression of the work."
"At that time, there was no 'Little Pepper' character in that skit, it was an 'old crutch' character, Mr. He Qingkui found me and said it was a skit for the Spring Festival Gala, and asked me to play the role, so I flew to I flew to Beijing. When I arrived in Beijing, Mr. He said that it would be more suitable for me to change the character into 'Little Pepper'. At that time, I told Mr. He that as long as there was a camera for me, I would be remembered by the national audience. In the end I succeeded, 'Little Pepper' became famous, and the skit 'Red Sorghum Model Team' won the second prize."
Taking the road of folk dance
Behind every success there is a period of disillusionment and metamorphosis, and so is Wang Xiaoyan. "I was 12 years old when I was admitted to the Jilin Provincial Academy of Arts dance major, and after graduation was assigned to the Jilin Provincial Song and Dance Drama Theater Song and Dance Troupe work. When I was in school, I was studying ballet, and I broke my foot three times. During the period when I first started to work, I was especially frustrated because there were no programs, and I even wanted to change my profession, which was the lowest period in my life." Listening to her lightly recounting that experience, I can see that she is now at peace with herself.
"Until I met the love of my life, he thought I was suitable for folk dancing, so he helped me practice the basic skills of folk dancing, and thus I started on the path of folk dancing. Slowly, I began to be approached for performances. in 1982, I got the first award of my dancing career, which was the first National Competition for Young and Middle-aged Performers, and my performance of the duo dance Chasing Fish won the first prize for performance."
From there, Wang Xiaoyan's life took a turn.
From "Big Girl Beauty" to "Little Pepper"
"After I got my first award, I started winning awards again and again, but at that time I wasn't very well known in the dance world.
In 1990, Big Girl Beautiful' made me famous almost overnight, and among my peers, many said the work was interpreted in the best possible way and was pure fire." Indeed, that little girl with big eyes left a deep impression in many people's hearts at that time. Her eyes seemed to speak, as if they could dance, and she has been remembered ever since.
"At that time I felt that this work was a peak in my life, and I thought it would be hard for me to surpass it. But I didn't realize that later on 'Little Miss Pepper' would make me even more famous."
"People say I'm a person for all ages, so there will be so many people who like me." Wang Xiaoyan said with a big smile. "In fact, before doing each thing I did not expect the result will be what kind of, just think of the first thing to do things well. Take everything seriously and there will always be surprises when you work hard." It can be said that "Big Girl Beauty" and "Little Pepper" are the two peaks of Wang Xiaoyan's artistic career. After that, she is still continuing her dream of dancing art, continue to strive to surpass her own achievements.
"I want to live and dance until I'm old." She said with a big laugh. In her home, there is a large shelf full of trophies and certificates she has won over the years. In her more than 30 years of dance art career, she has created a large number of dance works and shaped many artistic images with different styles and vivid personalities.
Dancing with the eyes of the elves
Wang Xiaoyan on the stage always has a kind of spirit, always with a special power to attract the audience's eyes, that is, her eyes. This woman with elf-like big eyes, on the stage to splash their youth and passion.
After successfully portraying the image of "Little Pepper", in 1998, in the fierce competition for the Lotus Prize, the first Chinese dance professional award that attracted much attention in the dance industry, Wang Xiaoyan, with her hard-earned strength, portrayed the character of "Love Thoughts" in a mesmerizing way. In "Love Thoughts", Wang Xiaoyan portrayed an unforgettable image of a Guandong woman in a mesmerizing way, and won the Silver Prize in a convincing way. In 2000, she won the second prize of "excellent repertoire creation" in the Sixth "Peach and Lee Cup" Dance Competition, and in 2001, with the large-scale dance drama "Women of the Guandong", she won the first prize of individual performance. In 2004, she participated in the performance of the China Federation of Literature and Art Troupe's visit to Canada's China Festival. In the same year, she served as a member of the judging committee of the Seventh China Arts Festival, and was appointed by the Ministry of Culture as a member of the judging committee of the 11th "Wenhua Prize".
At the same time in the dance performance, Wang Xiaoyan also studied dance creation, created a large number of dance works, such as "Looking for a lover", "Guandong Love", "Northeast Wind", "Indian Girl", "Buddha Dance", "Wula Style", etc., of which "Looking for a lover" was awarded the Changbaishan Literature and Arts Prize; "Northeast Wind" to participate in the CCTV evening party won the first prize. At the same time, she has also been appointed as a visiting professor by the Dance Department of the Central University for Nationalities, Beijing Dance Academy, the People's Liberation Army Art School, the Central Nationalities Song and Dance Troupe, and the Shanghai Dance School.
In her more than 30 years of artistic career, Wang Xiaoyan has participated in many major national performances and has represented her country in many overseas visits. She is one of the first people to enjoy the State Council's government special allowance and is a national-level actress.
"All these achievements are in the past, and now I am still keeping in shape and working hard to continue my artistic life." Wang has also trained a number of outstanding students; in 2006, she won the Gardener's Award at the 8th "Peach and Lee Cup" Dance Competition, and one of her students won the second prize in the Chinese Folk Dance B Junior Girls A Group.
"The Spring Festival Gala honed me"
"After the 1997 skit "Red Sorghum Model Team," I participated in two more Spring Festival Gala events in 1998 and 1999, both as a dance leader. Participating in the Spring Festival Gala is quite a workout, rehearsals, videos and so on, to the finalization. Every time I rehearse myself I get a little bit better, because every time I say to myself that I have to do better than before, otherwise I'm just repeating myself."
"If there is an opportunity in the future will participate in the Spring Festival Gala again." Although Wang Xiaoyan did not participate in the Spring Festival Gala this year, she is still not idle, there are still a lot of programs to perform, this year's Song and Dance Gala, the China Federation of Literary and Artistic Associations-sponsored gala, the Spring Festival Gala in Heilongjiang, the Asian Winter Festival, and this year ago, she had to fly around again, rehearsals, performances. Just like a swallow, she connects the seasons of north and south, conveying the breath of spring.
Art will not forget this elf-like woman, the audience will not. Her dance is unforgettable, her eyes are unforgettable, like a genie that accidentally fell into the mortal world. She dances with her eyes, dances with art, and dances with life. In Wang Xiaoyan's life, dance is all, dance is life. Just like the rainbow in the sky, she said, as long as there is rain, she will present her brightest colors to people.