Yu Xiaotong

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essential information

Name: Yu Xiaotong

English Name: MEO

Birthday: 1990,1,10

Constellation: Capricorn

Native place: Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province

Blood type: 0

Height: 175cm

Weight: 47kg

Circumference: 80cm, 60cm, 90cm

Hobbies: singing, reading, playing mahjong

Hobby: singing

Favorite music: Huang Jiaju's lover

Favorite star: Huang Jiaju

Favorite dance: Jazz

Favorite movie: Cheerleaders

Favorite food: potatoes

Favorite colors: black, white

Favorite Ornament: Jade Bracelet

Favorite sport: Yoga

Favorite animal: dog

Favorite publications: Readers

Favorite country: China

The most unforgettable thing: entering university

The most annoying thing: being cheated

Favorite thing: travel by train with the person you like

The biggest wish: to become a famous female entrepreneur

Motto: youth stage does not win or lose, as long as you dare to show that you are successful! ~Persevere

Art road

Her mother wanted to train her to become a professional and sent Yu Xiaotong to an English school from childhood. "When Xiaotong was 8 years old, the Hong Kong Institute of physical education had already sent some important people to say that she was suitable for long-distance running. She has great physical ability. She has been running, climbing and cycling with me since she was a child. She is a good athlete. Later, we saw in the newspaper that there were Xu Jian and Zheng Danlu teachers in Shenzhen art school. They were very experienced in teaching ballet, so I decided to bring my children to Shenzhen to study. " At the age of 10, Yu was admitted to Shenzhen art school.

In March 2010, the finals of the New York International Youth Ballet Competition were held at the New York City Center Theater. More than 300 top young ballet dancers from 27 countries participated in the competition. Four contestants from Shenzhen Art School also took part in the competition under the guidance of tutors Xu Jian and Zheng Danlu. Senior three student Yu Xiaotong and senior brother LAN Zhiming won the silver medal of classical duet group for their difficult duet segment of pirates. Yu Xiaotong, 16, won unanimous praise from the judges for her outstanding performance and superb technical level, and won annual scholarships from three universities, including Monaco and the United States.

The artistic director of Houston Ballet has sincerely invited Yu Xiaotong to work and study in the company for many times, and proposed to let Yu Xiaotong skip the training of students' summer camp and directly sign a contract to become an actor of the second company of the company. In June this year, Yu Xiaotong will bid farewell to Shenzhen and go to Houston Ballet to become a professional ballerina.

Development status

"Her relationship with Xu Jian and Zheng Danlu is closer than that of her family. For eight years, there are too many emotional stories between them. Yu Xiaotong wanted to give up ballet many times, so her teacher fought with her. They really know her and love her Yu Xiaotong's mother told reporters that her daughter's achievements today are inseparable from the teacher's efforts.

"Yu Xiaotong had too much hard work in learning ballet. In addition to training, she basically has no leisure time. Except for her classmates, she has no friends and never goes shopping, KTV, dining or dating. " Yu Xiaotong's mother is an absolute strong mother. Her way of education is to let her daughter develop according to her own set route: she usually takes classes in Shenzhen to learn ballet, returns to Hong Kong at the end of each week to tutor in English, studies abroad in University, and then returns to China for development. "After learning the most advanced professional knowledge in the world, Xiaotong will definitely return to China for development. From Ballet education to the design and production of ballet costumes and shoes, China's Ballet industry chain needs a large number of top talents. Yu Xiaotong wants to become an expert in this field. "

During the interview, Yu Xiaotong sat quietly. She and her mother had just flown back to Shenzhen from Houston. They had not slept for two days, but they were very excited. "Yu Xiaotong went to work in Houston. She has no language problem, and she has a strong ability to take care of herself. Since childhood, we have trained her to buy vegetables and cook by herself, so that she will not get lost in the street. " Xiaotong's mother is very confident. Her biggest experience in educating her children is that "girls should be raised as boys and boys should be raised as savages.".

"She began to work at the age of 16, and she has four years to go before she was 20. These years are very important for her. After training, she has great hope to become a world-class Ballet Star in terms of form and technique. I have great confidence in Yu Xiaotong. " Xu Jian told reporters that Yu Xiaotong's own conditions are not the best, but she is the most hardworking. "She has to practice more than four hours every day. It's hard, but she sticks to it. In fact, her figure condition is not the best, foreign players long legs, long arms, Yu Xiaotong this aspect is not perfect. But through hard work, at her age, Yu Xiaotong achieved a technical sprint. Her spinning, jumping and tiptoe skills are among the top in the world at this age. " Xu Jian said that it's time for Yu Xiaotong to fly by herself and get some training. Yu Xiaotong went abroad to work and was "ordered" not to fall in love before she was 25 years old. "I don't care. I don't have this idea yet. Work hard first." Yu Xiaotong said with a smile.

"Professional actors rehearse and perform almost every day, with heavy workload and frequent injuries. I think she's ready for these challenges, isn't she? " Xu Jian asked Yu Xiaotong with a smile. The girl who had been silent also laughed. Yu Xiaotong said that her favorite ballerina is Gillian Murphy of ABT American Ballet Theater, and what she hopes most is that she can dance the leading role of Don Quixote in the future. And Shenzhen is the place where dreams begin.

The road to success

Mother's insistence

Yu Xiaotong, born in Hong Kong, began to take part-time classes to learn ballet at the age of 3, but according to her mother, Ms. Shen, her daughter's real entry into formal study began when she came to Shenzhen at the age of 8.

"We've met good people and good teachers." This is what Ms. Shen said from the bottom of her heart. By chance, Ms. Shen learned that Shenzhen art school offered ballet major, and with the help of the school doorman, she got a call from Xu Jian, a ballet major teacher. She decided to explore the way for her daughter, so she asked the teacher to allow her to attend a class. Looking at the graceful dance of the teachers and students, Ms. Shen's first thought was: "why is it different from what her daughter learned before? It's really beautiful. I must bring my daughter to have a long experience. "

For the first time in the class of Xu Jian and Zheng Danlu, Yu Xiaotong, who had spoken Cantonese since childhood, couldn't even understand the sentence "put her legs on the pole" because of the language barrier. At that time, she couldn't get off the horse with the word "vertical fork", but she was asked by the teacher to put her legs on the piano stool. Yu Xiaotong kept muttering in her heart: I'm a top student in my spare time class. At ordinary times, I only praise but not criticize. After class, she cried and said "no more" to her mother.

My mother didn't give in to Yu Xiaotong's fear of difficulties. She brought Yu Xiaotong to Shenzhen to practice every weekend. After doing her homework at home, her mother personally urged Yu Xiaotong to press, kick and lower her waist. Two years later, Yu Xiaotong successfully entered the six-year ballet major of Shenzhen art school.

Develop an unyielding personality

Today, Yu Xiaotong has a persistent and firm belief in the career of ballet. However, she told reporters that in the first few years of laying the foundation, like many ordinary children, she was afraid of tiredness and hardship and was easily shaken. In the first three years of basic training, she often looked at the ballet disc, puzzled repeatedly thinking about a question - "why do I repeat the basic same movements every day? Why am I so different from the fairies on the disc? "

Yu Xiaotong, who is fond of ballet, sums up for herself that thanks to her good teacher, she has been able to stick to it until today and has produced a recognized report card. Xiaotong said with a smile, in fact, she is particularly afraid of the teacher, because a fingertip position is wrong, will be severely criticized. Facing the ceramic tile wall, students can't help looking at the teacher's figure on the wall to see where the teacher has gone. I remember once, when the teacher passed by, Yu Xiaotong, who was already tired, breathed a sigh. Who knew that the teacher was still staring at her actions closely, and slapped her on the back. That slap let Xiaotong keep in mind: "I must remember, no matter when, basic skills are for their own practice."

Class in the morning, rehearsal at noon, class in the afternoon, rehearsal in the evening. The daily class hours prescribed by the school are about 4 hours. However, Yu Xiaotong, who often enters the preparation stage several months in advance, rehearses 8 to 10 hours a day, making several times of effort and hardship than others. Sometimes, the little girl would hide in the dressing room and cry secretly. But every time, she would tell herself that she would stop crying after she finished her tears. She would continue to practice martial arts.

When preparing for the Helsinki International Ballet Competition last year, Yu Xiaotong had to prepare four classical ballet variations and two modern dances. Every day, she struggled for these six plays. Stand up, spin, fail, come again. Two weeks before the game, she was still trying to finish the closing action, but she didn't finish it well. Teacher Zheng said to her, "if you don't have 100% confidence under the stage, don't try to gain a little under the stage. Continue to practice in the evening." On that day, Mr. Zheng and Yu Xiaotong did not rest and stayed in the training room until 10 p.m.

Yu Xiaotong later understood that the teacher's strict requirements are not just to ask her to complete the action, but to exercise her bones

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