Tian Jian was born in an artistic family in Chongqing, and his parents both worked in traditional Chinese opera. He likes singing and dancing very much since he was a child, and he is also quite talented. At the age of three, he practiced bending and turning himself in bed; At the age of seven or eight, Tian Jian Jr. began to climb to his mother's dressing table, smeared it himself, and then imitated his mother's performance appropriately, performing a piece of "Yi Yi Ya Yin".
Since school, Tian Jian has been the backbone of the school's literature and art, and often arranges some group dances for classes. Although most girls dance, Tian Jian always leads the dance. When he was a freshman, his outstanding literary talent gradually made Tian Jian a minor celebrity, which attracted the attention of Chongqing Xinsheng Troupe and invited him to join.
After careful consideration, Tian Jian agreed to join the New Sound Troupe, and soon integrated into it, and began to perform with the troupe all over the country. At first, Tian Jian just sang some pop songs, until a performance in Changsha, Hunan Province, when the outstanding Tian Jian was spotted by Xu Midi, a famous Mei Pai in Tsing Yi, Hunan Peking Opera Troupe, and asked him if he was willing to engage in cross-dressing art. When he didn't know what cross-dressing art was, xu teacher gave him a plate of Mei Lanfang's dishes. When he saw Mei Lanfang's Drunkenness of the Imperial Lady, Tian Jian was deeply fascinated. Since then, he has also formed an indissoluble bond with the art of cross-dressing.
Speaking of it, Xu Midi chose Tian Jian to practice cross-dressing for a reason. He is slender and highly savvy, and has the innate conditions for performing cross-dressing. However, showing off a seven-foot man in women's clothes depends not only on external conditions, but also on his heart. Although there are many opposing voices, this stubborn Chongqing man is determined to give it a try, no matter how many hardships and misunderstandings there will be ahead.
In 200 1 year, Tian Jian bid farewell to his parents and relatives and came to Beijing Dance Academy to specialize in Chinese classical music and dance. After graduating from college, because of his rich theoretical foundation and solid dance skills, coupled with his excellent "flying" and elegant dance skills of cross-dressing ancient harem concubines, he became famous in Beijing dance performances, and his unique stage name "Xin Fei" also became popular in and out of the circle.
Hard training the day after tomorrow makes a "beauty"
Learning the art of cross-dressing is by no means easy. It has been 13 years since I started practicing, and Tian Jian has to practice for more than 5 hours every day. It is even more difficult to practice basic skills. Every movement of hands, eyes and body requires one after another.
For example, in order to practice both subtle and clever eyes, Tian Jian held a candle in front of him and stared at the flickering flame with his eyes to practice the subtle and clever eyes; He doesn't shake when the candle falls on his hand, so as to practice the stability of his hand; When singing, the breath should be even, so he sings to the candlelight, because the even breath will not blow out the candlelight; In order to practice walking steadily, he walks with a fan on his head every day; In order to practice Zhao's palm dance and small hands, he spends a long time pressing his hands every day to make his hands softer than women, and bending over leg press is a compulsory course every day.
Day after day, "climbing over the hill" finally created this "beauty" who grew up surrounded by mountains, but this "beauty" was forged with pain and lessons.
However, "beauty" is not only external, but also the embodiment of internal cultivation. Tian Jian is very clear about this truth. Therefore, in addition to daily physical exercise, he will spend a long time reading ancient books every day, on the one hand, to improve his literary level, on the other hand, to more truly understand the background and psychology of the characters he plays.
Tian Jian can not only practice like a beautiful woman, but also dress herself up as a beautiful woman. He spends four hours making up every performance. I asked him why he didn't ask someone to help him finish the work. He said with a smile, "Everyone doesn't know how to make my hair look good and where it won't fall off the stage." Not only that, he even designed his own performance costumes. "Only I know what kind of clothes I need on the stage, and it changes according to the change of the role." Perhaps it is Tian Jian's pursuit of perfection and meticulous attitude that makes the audience see the pleasing peerless beauty "Xin Fei" on the stage.
Some viewers once commented on Tian Jian's cross-dressing role: "The bride on the stage has an irresistible noble temperament and a classical beauty of a good family!" For Tian Jian, this should be his greatest affirmation.
Behind success and flowers, there are countless sweats and bitterness. He suffered a lot during his medical practice and sweated a lot. In order to open the joints of the whole body and enhance flexibility and flexibility, he practiced for at least 8 hours every day, sweating profusely every day, aching back and legs, but he survived with extraordinary perseverance. In addition, he also carefully tried to figure out and practice the essentials of singing, playing, hand-eye posture and so on. Without hundreds of off-stage tempering, he would not have a bright stage.
Xin Fei believes that to play a good role, we should not only have solid basic skills, but also have profound cultural background. He is very grateful to his father. In his silent and subtle influence, he was trained to truly appreciate the spiritual artistic conception of ancient life in artistic performances, especially the "palace resentment" of ancient beauty, which made him not only a simple "imitation" in stage performances, but also an artistic "re-creation" with both form and spirit. The reporter watched his live performance many times and thought that he was "carving" art with enthusiasm and interpreting a woman's deepest feelings with true feelings. It can be said that his performance has surpassed that of ordinary real women. His constant pursuit of beauty and his persistence and devotion to art are reflected everywhere in him.
Xin Fei said without hesitation that in many performances, he also encountered a lot of confusion, misunderstanding and ridicule, and many people were very skeptical about whether he was a man. Many people even flocked backstage after the performance to see if he was a man. What's more, he was harassed by homosexuals more than once. In the face of all this, Xin Fei said that as a person dedicated to art, he can face it calmly, because the cross-dressing art he performed is an elegant art, and he himself refuses vulgarity in every performance and cannot tolerate the blasphemy of the audience. He believes that real artists are accepted and welcomed by people, and his cross-dressing art can arouse the audience's friends. Therefore, he hopes that the audience friends can "understand more and discriminate less." He admits that he will carry the cross-dressing art to the end. "I firmly believe that one day, I will also become a dazzling star, shining constantly in the starry sky of art."
Be a "beauty" on the stage and a handsome man in life.
Xin Fei especially told reporters that although she is a woman performing on the stage, art is different from life, and Xin Fei thinks she can grasp this "degree". Be a beautiful woman on the stage and a handsome man in life. "Everything is measured in my heart. I have always believed that it is very important to grasp the role and change our thinking in time. Because a capable performing artist is often too obsessed with the roles he creates, resulting in some dual personalities. For example, after Leslie Cheung played Farewell My Concubine, the tragedy of distorting the role of life will never repeat itself! " Xin Yu stressed.
"My girlfriend looks like the stage image I created, and her voice is as sweet as my singing voice." On the streets of the city, Tian Jian thinks that the most romantic thing is to hold her hand and walk casually.
Tian Jian's girlfriend is a teacher. "She is very beautiful. Her image is like the stage image I created, and her voice is as sweet as my singing on the stage. I like beautiful girls. " Tian Jian said. "The most important thing is that she is classical."
Girlfriend and Tian Jian are not in the same city. Once, Tian Jian went to a city to perform. After the performance, she was besieged by a group of fans including her. But when others want to sign autographs and take photos, she doesn't move. Standing alone in the distance. "I saw her at that time. She is very beautiful. I asked her if she wanted to sign it. She said,' No, I just want your phone number.' "So they met, and slowly they came together. Tian Jian often jokes with his girlfriend and tortures her: "Say, did you fall in love with me the first time you saw me?"? "My girlfriend always smiled and didn't answer. "In fact, I may have liked her the first time I saw her." Last year, on Tian Jian's birthday, his girlfriend invited his parents and friends from other places to secretly prepare a birthday party for Tian Jian. Everyone suddenly appeared in front of him, and Tian Jian was pleasantly surprised. Fortunately, my girlfriend dares to admit herself in front of relatives. Surprisingly, she didn't make any preparations for meeting her future parents-in-law. Fortunately, his girlfriend's parents like him very much. "It doesn't matter to learn this. Thirty-six lines, you will be the champion. " Tian Jian appreciates Leslie Cheung very much. "Unfortunately, he failed to separate drama from life." Tian Jian thinks he is a person who separates life from drama. "Maybe I still have some dancing postures when I walk, but I got off the stage. I am really just an ordinary man, who likes girlfriends and looks at beautiful women. " "In fact, my life is quite masculine." Tian Jian said. He asked his girlfriend to resign, he raised her, and her girlfriend took care of some trivial matters in his life. "Sometimes when I don't do well, he gets angry and fierce." Girlfriend pursed her lips and cut in. My girlfriend is also a teacher and can understand him very well. In his spare time, Tian Jian likes to keep fit and read books, and then he buys all kinds of his favorite discs and enjoys them quietly at dusk, preferably with a pot of fragrant tea as his companion.
In life, return to the truth; On the stage, shaping art. Tian Jian said that it is important to distinguish between life and performance. He was particularly puzzled by the sexual "fission" tendency of Hong Kong movie star Leslie Cheung after filming Farewell My Concubine. "Everything has a measure in mind, and I always think that it is very important to grasp the role and change my thinking in time, because a capable action art is often too obsessed with the role he has created, which is also possible. Life is always a real life, not just a play. "
Perhaps, there are really many such people around us. They have their own dreams. They choose to struggle step by step, sometimes they are not understood, and sometimes they are even ridiculed.
Because they have been working hard towards their goals and smiling, they have reached the other side of their hearts.
Sometimes, success is often as simple as that. Go ahead and never look back.
In life, a big family with relatives.
Tian Jian was born in Banan District, Chongqing, ranking the third in his family. His brothers and sisters are many years older than him. His mother still remembered him deeply when he was pregnant. Although he is the third child, he has no reaction at all. Mother is the pillar of Sichuan Opera Troupe in Banan District, and the performing arts are very popular in the local area. By the time his mother found out that something was wrong, he had missed the best time to have an abortion. At this time, he was still in his mother's belly for seven months and was protected by "prenatal education".
Tian Jian said that his brother, sister, father and mother all love him very much, especially his grandmother, who is the most "closed grandson". It turned out that when my mother was hesitant, it was grandma's insistence that led to today's "Xinfei", and until today, grandma is often proud of it.
Perhaps childhood is the most profound influence. Some educators have said that what kind of family atmosphere breeds what kind of fruit. My father loved ancient poetry all his life and was a poor scholar all his life. When Tian Jian was a child, he could recite hundreds of poems of Tang and Song under the instruction of his father.
To this end, his parents also had a heated debate about his future educational direction. Finally, his father gave in. Because of my mother's years of stage performance experience, I have seen an unusual natural temperament in Tian Jian since I was a child, including physical potential and spiritual understanding. She is definitely a good prospect above ten thousand people. Tian Jian said that he was more grateful to his father. It is the silent cultural essence of China's ancient poems that enabled him to deeply understand the spiritual mood of ancient figures, especially ancient beauties, in his later years, and made him not only "imitate" on the stage. He said that he was "carving" this art, just like Master Mei Lanfang, inheriting the tradition and being brave in innovation. As a seven-foot man, he played many beautiful and unforgettable roles in the great art of Peking Opera.
Tian Jian bought almost all of Mei Lanfang's discs and studied his smile and even his every move, although Tian Jian studied modern dance at Beijing Dance Academy. He said that thanks to three years of studying in Beijing and years of teaching and learning with his mother, today's dance has laid a solid foundation.
Now, Tian Jian has decided to save some money for his apprentices and further studies in the future. His wish is to become a true disciple of Mei. Even in the entertainment circle in Beijing, there are professionals and senior people who recognize his performance, but there is no authentic name, which has always been a knot in Tian Jian's heart. "Don't you Xiang also worship Hou Yaohua as a teacher, although the stage gave me a garden to display my talents and keep learning. But, after all, I am only 22 years old, and I still have a long way to go. If I can learn from Teacher Mei Baojiu, I will have no regrets in my life. "
Tian Jian's family also strongly supported his life choice. Although he has performed all over the country now, his performances with big-name stars are not inferior. If it's just for the money, that's enough. If it is for dreams, the road has just begun. ...
During the days of performing all over the country, including being invited to perform abroad for many times, the telephone numbers of family members always follow all over Tian Jian.
Some people say that life is like a play, but in Tian Jian's eyes, affection is like a song.