"Little Girl's Stage Adventure" tells the story that the protagonist Xiaoyue temporarily replaces the sick little actor, bravely walks onto the stage, overcomes her nervousness and fear, and successfully completes the performance.
In this picture book, the author takes young readers to observe the theater art hall from the perspective of children, and learn about the theater academy, rehearsal hall, backstage, costume prop room, stage and other places full of mystery.
The author also integrates classical aesthetic concepts into the picture, and designs the scene with elements such as children's favorite flowers to be elegant, retro, gorgeous and solemn, which is helpful to improve children's ability to appreciate and distinguish beauty.
What little girl hasn't yearned for her mother's high heels and lipstick? What little girl doesn't yearn for the princess dress and fairy wand? No little girl has ever yearned for the brilliant stage in the spotlight ... even if she becomes a "big girl" in the future, this yearning will remain in her memory.
Today's "Watching the Moon" tells the story of a little girl named Xiaoyue-yes, the one in the middle of the picture holding flowers and wearing a red cheongsam is Xiaoyue.
Although she was just a little girl, at the crucial moment, she not only put on lipstick and wore a princess dress, but also really staged it on the stage! What kind of adventure is this? Open the story quickly and have a look!
It turns out that Xiaoyue's mother works in an art and drama school, where various art exhibitions are often held and foreign performances are also held on weekends. Xiaoyue has been in contact with it since she was a child and especially likes that place.
The architecture of the Theatre Academy is very distinctive. The high arches and domes create the feeling of "art palace". The huge poster at the entrance of the theater is introducing the "creative costume exhibition for stage performance", which is very eye-catching and echoes the words.
If you carefully observe the characters in the picture, you will find gentle old people, young people in suits, girls with long skirts and children with different expressions. Those lovely children are noisy, happy and peaceful; Flying kites, dancing and playing football; With parents, friends, and kittens ... there are lively and warm little details everywhere, which have attracted our attention for a long time, from which we can feel the joy that art brings to people's hearts.
Oh, yes, abortion is also in the picture. Did you find her?
Hey, where did the abortion go? This is the training room of the school, and the big sisters are practicing carefully for the new stage play.
We can read her yearning for performance from the eyes of Xiaoyue's probe, and the words also confirm this point-Xiaoyue is not only fascinated, but also secretly follows it. She fantasized that she also put on shiny clothes and performed on a gorgeous stage.
Did you find that, in fact, an elder sister also noticed the abortion. Here, the author has laid the groundwork, how will it affect the direction of the story? Let's wait and see.
After the abortion, we came to the backstage locker room again. Abortion is called "magic dressing room" because the wardrobe is full of all kinds of clothes and the dressing table is full of dazzling cosmetics, which can "transform" an ordinary person into a fairy, witch, king, alien or even a tree. Just like magic!
The author's creative technique is also worth talking about. We can see that in the picture, the layout of the dressing room is full of oriental elements, whether it is Xiangyun crane on the carpet, Chinese round stool, wardrobe and hanger, or the style of cosmetics on the desktop, it has a strong Chinese style. But at the same time, the wardrobe and the costumes worn by the actors are very western.
In the process of creation, the author deliberately carried out a lot of integration of Chinese and western cultures, reflecting different elements. This combination but different design shows the wonderful stage to the greatest extent and shows the diversity of beauty.
On this page, we follow Xiaoyue to see actors reciting their lines in the background. To have a successful performance, it is not enough to have exquisite makeup and elegant modeling, and solid basic skills are also indispensable.
However, this is not a simple popular science book for sightseeing in drama academy. When the story reached here, it quietly laid the second foreshadowing-Xiaoyue said that she always recited the lines quietly with the actors.
Seeing this, I can't help thinking, what attracts abortion on the stage? First of all, it must be beauty-the beauty of actors, the beauty of scenes and the beauty of drama. But is it just beauty? No, there must be the efforts of actors. This is a persistent professional spirit. Although abortion is ignorant, she can feel it. Look at her eyes.
Before the performance began, the story suddenly ushered in a turning point, and all the foreshadowing had a clear answer-a little actor suddenly fell ill and could not perform, and everyone thought of letting Xiaoyue replace the performance. Because of her long-term efforts, everyone saw it.
The "magic dressing room" also gave Xiaoyue a cloud-like dance dress and flower-like decoration. The author uses a set of very retro mirror images to highlight the local modeling of Xiaoyue, and the form of segmentation and presentation also creates a contradictory state of both excitement and anxiety in Xiaoyue's heart.
All external beauty must be supported by a strong enough core. Is abortion okay? Readers will definitely ask this question in their hearts. The suspense of the story arises at this moment, and the desire to turn the page also arises.
Finally, the performance began, and the performance of Abortion was really bad. Although it is not written in the text, we can see from the picture that compared with other small actors, her movements are big, exaggerated and stiff, and not natural at all.
Oh, no, actually, it's natural. How can a child who just came on stage perform perfectly?
Apart from sympathizing with Xiaoyue, if you can observe the picture, you will find that behind the actors' suits and ties are freehand brushwork plants and meticulous architecture full of oriental meanings. The author's unique creative style of combining culture and aesthetics is very distinctive and impressive.
Abortion is so tense, will all previous efforts be in vain? After the guidance of other children actors, Xiaoyue learned that being a little nervous is actually the best performance state. Just get used to it and treat the performance as a stage adventure.
After adjusting her mentality, Xiaoyue quickly recalled the dance steps she practiced and the lines she recited on weekdays, and finally completed a complete and happy performance.
It can be said that this story is an aesthetic feast, and the openness of the stage and the richness of details make us feast our eyes. At the same time, this story is also a feast for the soul. Behind a child's stage adventure, there is a kind of exploration spirit that belongs to the child's newborn calf and is not afraid of tigers, and there is also an artist's persistence day after day, which deserves our repeated taste and appreciation.
If you are willing to take the children for a walk in the theater after reading this story, that would be great. Perhaps, art can also bring your children a spiritual adventure!