Cāi Cāi

Behind the Scenes: Swan Lake ---------- After finishing the first set of tours for Waiting for the Midnight Sun and the second round of tours for First Love is Now , Xiang Cai could finally have a long, leisurely vacation. Musical actors were like this. When they were working, they would run to the rehearsal hall every day. When they were not working, they had blank schedules for weeks or even months. He decided to take this rare and precious vacation to travel. And that vacation’s destination was a country to the north - Russia. When he was fifteen years old, he was sent by his school to the Vaganova Academy of Ballet in St. Petersburg to study as an exchange student. At that time, he had come and gone in a hurry, and spent his limited time immersed in the rehearsal hall. Only in his free time would he walk out of the school and wander around. Looking back now, he had stayed in Russia for several months, but he hadn't even been to Moscow! Not to mention Murmansk and Lake Baikal,

Curtain Call: Fame the Musical (End) ---------- When Waiting for the Midnight Sun premiered at the Shanhe Theater, the venue was specially modified to become a four-sided platform stage. However, all the existing performance halls of Huacheng University of Dance contained ordinary stages, and they had neither the money nor time to renovate. For this reason, Xiang Cai had to specifically arrange an ordinary stage version. Although his interaction with the audience was reduced, this new version was more suitable for touring and had the ability to be performed in more theaters in the future. When changing from a four-sided stage to a single-sided stage, the difference was not just in orientation, but many dance moves must also be choreographed accordingly. Xiang Cai was very tired during this period of time, as he spent a long time with the dance director every day, repeatedly revising the dance movements and repeatedly polishing his body language. His thoughts were so active during the

Curtain Call: Fame the Musical (5) ---------- Soon, Huacheng University of Dance and the crew of Waiting for the Midnight Sun finalized the matter of coming to school to perform: it was set to be on the second day after the official start of school. Promotional banners and posters were hung everywhere in the school. These posters were designed with a sense of art, containing only the simplest colors of black and white. A beautiful and eye-catching close-up of Xiang Cai’s silhouette occupied half of the picture. The boy's features were exquisite and his eyes bright as he looked into the ethereal distance. He was waiting for his midnight sun, waiting for the one who rescued him from the boundless darkness. Everyone who passed by the poster would stop and carefully examine Xiang Cai’s appearance. Two young girls stopped in front of the publicity board, and said with strong admiration in their tone. "Look! It's my husband!" A young lady took out her phone and handed it t

Curtain Call: Fame the Musical (4) ---------- For this new year, Tan Yiming was able to give his boy a happy reunion that he had not experienced for many years. Both of them had only a short break and so could not travel abroad. They discussed and settled on driving through a nearby city to see the scenery. Unfortunately there was a sudden heavy snowfall in Huacheng the night before their departure. Huacheng hadn’t had such a heavy snow in many years; large swaths of snowflakes fell like goose feathers onto the ground, trees, cars, and houses. In less than an hour, the world became a vast expanse of white. Tan Yiming and Xiang Cai exchanged glances, and tacitly decided to change their ‘self-driven city scenery tour’ to a ‘downstairs garden tour’. The two made a big snowman in their garden, with a round body and a round head. Tan Yiming also found an old scarf from their house and placed it around the snowman's neck. Tan Yiming was afraid that Xiang Cai’s feet would become cold, so

Curtain Call: Fame the Musical (3) ---------- On the New Year’s Eve of the Gregorian calendar, Xiang Cai and Tan Yiming were not able to eat hot pot and so they decided that on the New Year’s Eve of the lunar calendar, they will eat hot pot to their hearts content. In fact, both of them loved spicy food but spicy food affects their vocal cords. In order to protect their focal cords during work season, they could only eat a clear soup base hot pot. However, taking advantage of this holiday, the two did not have to be so cautious and could openly enjoy the spicy base hot pot. In addition to the basic soup fillers, Tan Yiming bought a lot of soft-boiled meat, vegetables, fish balls, and prawns. There was enough food to feed a small family.  At around ten o'clock in the morning, Tan Yiming began to work: washing and cutting all the vegetables, taking out a roll of lamb from the freezer to thaw in advance... Xiang Cai said in surprise: "Although New Year's Eve dinners should b

As for the second bedroom that was suddenly vacated, Tan Yiming's and Xiang Cai’s ideas for its transformation completely opposed each other. Xiang Cai wanted to transform it into an office furnished with a computer, microphone, and headphones, so that if Tan Yiming worked overtime, he could do that at home rather than staying late at the company. However, Tan Yiming insisted on transforming it into a practice room. The lighting there was very good and the afternoon sun would shine in through the bay window, warming it completely. He would install movable bars and a large mirror by the wall so that Xiang Cai could do his practice at home. Moreover, the ground was heated, so it was especially warm when he stepped on it. Whether he wore dancing shoes or was barefoot, he wouldn’t have to worry about cold feet. Both fought for the sake of the other, and neither wanted the other to settle for something less because of themselves. The argument battle started out as a ‘verbal conflict’