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The Royal Ballet is based at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.Covent Garden is the most prestigious old theater in London, it retains the old aristocratic style.

The Royal Ballet of England is the top ballet company in the world. Even though the performance market is sluggish due to the financial crisis, it will not affect the popularity of the Royal Ballet of England in the slightest.What's more, when such old dramas are refurbished, classic repertoires are innovated and re-interpreted, everyone will come with a sense of freshness.So the actors value this kind of opportunity very much, and they always go all out to fight for it.

At this time, in a rehearsal classroom on the third floor of the Royal Opera House, the dance troupe conducted an audition for the dance drama "Coppelia", in order to select outstanding dancers to play important roles on the stage. Coppelia is a witty, hilarious ballet, a comedy rarely seen in classical ballets.It tells the story of a young girl named Gefilia, a mechanical puppet carefully designed and made by Gebelius. She often sits at the window.Franz's fiancée Swanilda was very angry about this.Finally, they finally found out that Gefilia turned out to be a robot puppet, so the two cleared up their misunderstanding and got back together.It is one of the masterpieces of Romantic ballet, born in the "golden age" in the history of ballet development, and premiered in 1870.It has endured for 130 years.

The main actors of "Coppelia" are gathered in this classroom, and everyone is sitting or standing.What is going on now is the solo dance that appeared in the third act of the dance drama.In this scene, there are two female solo dancers.Mu Lai's audition is the second solo dance in this scene.

In the center of the classroom, Susana, a British female dancer, has been in the group for three years. Although there is competition, she has always occupied this position firmly.So she is full of confidence for this audition.Auditions are just a routine for her.

"Wei, how are you getting ready?" After finishing the communication with Leanna, the heroine, he moved to Mu Laiwei's side. Twenty years old, as soon as he joined the troupe, he was the male principal of the ballet troupe.He and Mu Laiwei have been comrades-in-arms for many years and Mu Laiwei's senior at the Royal Ballet Academy. Although Mu Laiwei is one year older than Mu Laiwei, he almost watched the girl's growth in the UK for the past three years.He knew the girl's excellence better than everyone present.

They first met at the Moscow International Ballet Competition.They each represent their country in the competition.That year, he was 15 and she was 14.She was the youngest player in the junior group that year.But her dance has no age limit, she is skilled, casual and unrestrained, and people can't help but be fascinated by her.After she finished dancing, he remembered that everyone present gave her a standing ovation, including her opponents.Finally, at the age of 14, she became the youngest gold medalist in the history of the competition.Later, he was very happy, and he saw her again in his school.In school, her grades have always been No.1, and sometimes they will perform together.Their cooperation is always so perfect and comfortable.Now they are in a dance troupe again.He was delighted by it.

"It's okay." Mu Laiwei smiled faintly.

"I'm sure it must belong to you," he said with certainty.

"Thank you, I believe it too." Mu Lai was generous, without the slightest twitch.

"How I wish you could be my heroine, just like when we were studying." Unfortunately said.

"Always take it step by step and slowly. It's good like this, let it take its course." Mu Laiwei was very open about these things.In fact, she was already very satisfied to get this solo dance contract.Because she knows that even if she dances well, her identity as a Chinese is destined to make her walk on this road longer than these Westerners before reaching the other shore.

"After the end, there is a dinner party, do you want to go together?"

Mu Laiwei smiled: "No, I still have to work part-time."

Shrugged regretfully.

Susana finished dancing.In the applause of everyone, she raised her head and walked back to the original place with a confident smile.

At this time, Mu Laiwei was standing in the center of the classroom with a smile on his face.This solo dance happened at the engagement party when the hero and heroine reunited.

The familiar music that accompanied her in these days sounded.The tiptoes are soft and soft like a sponge, stepping on small steps, sometimes spinning and sometimes jumping.When others are still struggling with ballet movements, she has already learned to dance with her soul.Her bright eyes infected everyone present with a smile.For some reason, these movements that have been performed countless times are as new on her body, as if she has never seen them before.

"I could feel her dancing through every pore," said Leanna, the heroine of the dance play, and Anthea, who played the puppet girl Coppelia next to her.

"Me too, I'm terrified." Anthea touched her arm exaggeratedly, and she also sighed sincerely, "She dances really well."

"Is she a newcomer?" Newcomer, since she joined the group ten years ago, it was the first time that she felt such aggression from a newcomer.She is 19 years old, and she was not so beautiful ten years ago.Leanna thought, it won't be long before another ballet star will rise.And it took her five years to get to the chief position.

Davy, the artistic director of the ballet, looked at this somewhat special newcomer with admiring eyes. He turned his head and whispered to the first female principal of the ballet, Tamara, known as the goddess of ballet.This oriental girl is strongly recommended by Tamara.They didn't originally want to find a Chinese actor.It seems that Tamara's persistence is right.The excellence of a girl will make people forget her skin and origin.Director Davy's eyes were shining brightly.

Although the final casting results were not announced until the second day, everyone knew it well.Who lost the chance to be on stage this time, and who got few chances to perform.The Susana who did not compete with Mu Lai for the solo dance opportunity, she chose to wait for tomorrow's result.

"You dance really well!" Many people walked up to Mu Laiwei and patted her on the shoulder. They all expressed their love without hesitation.At this time, Mu Laiwei is just a newcomer who has just arrived for a month, and she is not yet aggressive, so they are all willing to give encouragement to the younger generation as a senior.

After get off work at five o'clock, Mu Laiwei hastily changed into his regular clothes and bid farewell to other colleagues.She was going to work part-time at a Chinese restaurant near where she lived.Classical and eternal, ballet is the tip of the ivory tower.People live faster and faster, and elegant ballet is farther away from their lives, so they lose interest in it more and more.The performance market continues to shrink, and ballet, which once experienced prosperity, is gradually entering a predicament today.The income of ballet dancers is linked to the number of performances.In addition to performing the performances of the troupe, the dancers of the dance troupe will strive for other performance opportunities.But good performance opportunities are sometimes limited to ballet dancers who are already well-known.Even so, the top and most famous dancer, if she has children, earns only enough to support child support.What's more, what about a newcomer actor like Mu Laiwei?

Ballet is an expensive art, and you need to pay expensive learning fees, but it is also a poor art, and the future rewards are not proportional to what you paid in the early stage.So people who make a living from ballet really love ballet.These people came here for their dreams and supported their original beginnings in various ways.Of course, there are many people who can't bear the burden of life in the end and have to give up their ballet career.Although her father left a sum of money before his death, in order to maintain the high living expenses and tuition fees in London in the past few years, there is not much left. It is impossible for her to sit and eat with the money left by her father.And she can do nothing but dance.So I can only rely on part-time jobs to earn extra money for myself.Fortunately, her father left her a property in London so that she would not be able to make ends meet.

"Xiao Wei! Here we come!" Han Xi, the daughter of the restaurant owner, served the customers and greeted Mu Lai Wei who came in.

Mu Laiwei met Han Xi at the entrance examination for the Royal Ballet Academy four years ago.Han Xi is the second generation of immigrants, and his parents opened a Chinese restaurant here.Han Xi liked ballet since she was a child, but her parents only cultivated it as a hobby.It wasn't until her daughter clamored to take the Royal Ballet Academy that she realized that she really wanted to take the exam, and even wanted to make a living from it.But Han Xi's parents were not happy from the beginning to the end, because they knew that ballet didn't make money, but they still let Han Xi go.They thought that if Han Xi could really be selected by the Royal Ballet Academy, her daughter might be the one.If it is brushed down, Han Xi can give up his heart.So 13-year-old Han Xi met 14-year-old Mu Laiwei who came all the way from his home country in the examination room.

In the examination room, after seeing Mu Laiwei's excellence, Han Xi admired Mu Laiwei even more.Han Xi, who grew up in the UK, has always known that ballet, in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, Orientals are rigid and don’t know how to change. They don’t understand art, let alone dance. It’s only natural for them to dance well. It's just a curious mind.Therefore, Orientals need to do a hundred times better than these Europeans and Americans to be truly recognized by them.And Mu Laiwei is a hundred times better, as long as she stands there, her body, shape, temperament, and the famous ballet teacher who is known for being harsh will show her admiration.

Han Xi, who was dismissed, also pinned his dream of ballet on Mu Laiwei.When Mu Lai did not get a solo contract with the Royal Ballet, Han Xi was the one who laughed the most.And this job was also offered by Han Xi's parents.They know Mu Lai's beautiful scenery on the surface and the bitterness behind it.

"Hi! What's the final result?" Mu Laiwei was changing his uniform in the rest room, and Han Xi came to Mu Laiwei's side.

"What do you think?" Mu Laiwei blinked playfully, and it goes without saying, "There will be an official result tomorrow. However, it should be me."

"Hey! You are such a bad fart! Does your mother know?" Han Xi poked Mu Laiwei's shoulder with his fingers.

"Sorry, it's a family tradition." Mu Lai tilted his head and went out.