大T恤、直筒褲、鴨舌帽，一身酷炫的年輕人在茶館喝著茶、看著川劇，踩著滑板穿過一片涂鴉墻，滑向人聲鼎沸的酒吧。如此場景在成都街頭隨處可見。傳統與潮流在千年蓉城碰撞，激蕩出獨具“川味”的街頭文化。街舞、說唱、滑板、涂鴉等各個領域，都有眾多成都青年大放異彩。如今的成都，已然成為國內潮流文化重鎮(zhèn)。
隨著街舞“出圈”，更多人將視線投向了成都這片街舞熱土——這里有超過500家街舞培訓機構，Hiphop（自由式街舞）、Locking（鎖舞）、Popping（機械舞）、Breaking（地板舞）等各大舞種都不缺頂尖老師，WOD、HHI、KOD等眾多世界級街舞大賽紛紛在成都設置賽區(qū)。要論全國街舞水平前三名，必然有成都一席之地。
街舞的核心精神“peace&love”（和平與愛）與成都的開放包容不謀而合，成都人天性中的收放自如、樂觀向上也在街舞中得到了充分釋放。成都小伙狄海洋就是與成都街舞文化一同成長起來的。為熱愛全力以赴，從成都舞向世界，他用汗水書寫了自己的青春答卷，也展現了成都青年的精神風貌。
14歲那年暑假，狄海洋被電視上“一個人在地上打轉的舞蹈”吸引，由此打開了街舞世界的大門。很久以后，對街舞有了系統的認識，他才知道那是街舞舞種之一的Breaking（地板舞）。
當時國內幾乎沒有專業(yè)的街舞老師，狄海洋每天放學回家后，都要看一遍電視上的街舞節(jié)目，然后對著鏡子自己琢磨。他在家里練，在學校也練，有時一個動作技巧琢磨一個星期。狄海洋回憶：“雖然動作本身是難的，但是不斷嘗試、琢磨的過程被一腔熱情填滿，也就不覺得難了。”
這種自學，一直持續(xù)到大學時期。畢業(yè)后，狄海洋按部就班地成為一名上班族，從車間工人、庫房管理、渠道銷售一直做到項目經理，事業(yè)一路順遂，但街舞夢一直未曾忘卻，時不時在心底劃過。24歲那年，他毅然辭掉工作，決定為心中的熱愛再拼一把。
為了省錢，狄海洋把東郊記憶當做“野生”練舞場地。東郊記憶原為成都國營紅光電子管廠，后以工業(yè)遺存保護的模式進行改建，成了集合音樂、美術、戲劇、攝影等藝術形態(tài)的多元文化園區(qū)。他有時在一樓的空地，有時在二樓的角落，找一塊干凈的花崗石地和一面可以反光的玻璃，再戴上耳機，就能開跳。整整一年，狄海洋幾乎天天都泡在東郊記憶練舞，每天10到12個小時，早出晚歸，有時跳到扶著腰回家。
狄海洋卻覺得很滿足。從前，他只能在學業(yè)、工作之余，擠時間練舞，跳到盡興對他來說是一件很奢侈的事。如今，他能全身心投入到街舞中，體驗到了從未有過的感受，甚至把自己“跳哭了”。“最開心的就是我還能跳，”狄海洋回憶，“真正全身心投入到自己想做的事情當中的時候，就覺得太幸福了。”
經過一年的“魔鬼訓練”，狄海洋拿到了多個街舞比賽的四川賽區(qū)冠軍，中國Breaking領軍舞者楊凱的“星空間”也向他發(fā)來邀請。狄海洋加入其中，與這個聚集了全四川頂尖街舞舞者的團隊一起“征戰(zhàn)四方”。
在斬獲的所有獎項里，最讓狄海洋自豪的是2017WOD（世界舞蹈大賽）美國總決賽主題編創(chuàng)獎。那次比賽，他的參賽舞蹈展現了一個人一生從追逐信仰到凈化自身的全過程。“不同于更加注重形式和視覺沖擊的外國街舞作品，很多中國街舞作品會蘊含更深層的人文精神，”狄海洋說，而這也是他們能在這個全球最大的街舞巡回賽中突圍的原因之一。
這支舞蹈作品的雛形，來自四川音樂學院。有一次，狄海洋偶然看到一幫大學生在跳，覺得很有內涵，但舞者基本都是大一大二的學生，整體水平有限。于是，他找到系主任和編導老師，決定大家一起重新編排，精細打磨。
這是一支三四十個舞者共舞的大型舞蹈，排練需要的大教室白天上課，夜里才能使用，狄海洋和團隊每天從晚上8點排到清晨五六點。排練的4個月里，參演的學生有人受傷，有人放棄，換了又換，最后正式參演的有35人，但前前后后參與過的人有七八十人。而包括狄海洋在內的編創(chuàng)項目組3位成員，從主題編創(chuàng)、采風、編排、表演到執(zhí)行、統籌、后勤全得一肩挑，4個月下來，“骨頭都熬沒了”。
也正是因為這段“熬人”的排練，正式比賽時，舞蹈動作對狄海洋來說變得“像眨眼一樣自然”?？倹Q賽在美國舉辦，26支來自各個國家和地區(qū)的隊伍同臺競技——每支隊伍都是在本地進行了激烈比拼后，才拿到各地區(qū)最多兩張的總決賽入場券。最終，狄海洋團隊的舞蹈作品獲得了世界第四的好成績以及主題編創(chuàng)獎。
這些年，成都在體育賽事領域頻頻發(fā)力，將舉辦世界大學生夏季運動會、世界乒乓球錦標賽和2025年世界運動會等重大國際賽事，通過體育運動塑造城市精神，引領城市風尚，走出一條世界賽事名城高質量發(fā)展之路。在這一契機下，被納入奧運項目的街舞在成都掀起了又一波熱潮，曾經生存困難的職業(yè)街舞舞者，也獲得了更明亮廣闊的職業(yè)發(fā)展道路。
狄海洋16歲那年，街舞舞者跑一場演出跳4支舞，只能拿到25塊錢，而其他舞種起價就是三五百元。當他拿了很多單人冠軍后，依舊無法以街舞為生。他開過快餐店、送過奶。有一段時間，他每天的行程是：練舞到凌晨睡下，5點半起床，天光微亮時便開始熬牛奶、做酸奶，7點出發(fā)給寫字樓送奶，上午回家補覺，過著日夜顛倒的生活。
如何才能找到街舞行業(yè)的出口？“當時只是希望以后走我們這條路的人，能有一個職業(yè)發(fā)展路徑，而不是像我們一樣，走到頂點后卻忍不住質疑付出的意義。”
2018年，狄海洋成立了以組織街舞賽事為主業(yè)的公司，其中最有影響力的是“城市捍衛(wèi)者”，這場成都市與臺灣省的交流賽吸引了10萬人同時在線觀看。此后，狄海洋逐漸由舞者轉向幕后。
2020年，街舞被納入奧運會競賽項目，再加上成都“打造世界賽事名城”的東風，街舞在成都迎來了新的發(fā)展機遇，從一種文化和生活方式向職業(yè)化、競技化發(fā)展。四川省街舞協會、成都市街舞運動協會相繼成立，狄海洋擔任兩個協會的秘書長，他將自己定位為“給大家做服務的”。協會組織舉辦街舞比賽，還組隊參加全國性的街舞比賽，備戰(zhàn)全運會和青奧會，為街舞國家隊選拔和儲備人才。狄海洋介紹，去年舉辦的成都市青少年街舞錦標賽，從裁判量級到比賽形式，得到了全面優(yōu)化，參賽人數達到1300人，是往年的兩倍。
街舞終于從小眾的街頭文化走進大眾視野，狄海洋的街舞夢也從練好一個動作、跳好一個作品、拿到一個獎項變成了助力街舞行業(yè)發(fā)展、實現街舞情懷。正如狄海洋所說：“如果有一天我們跳不動了，但是街舞還能長存，它的文化價值能夠持續(xù)被挖掘，這就是意義所在。”
Di Haiyang was showing the movement of Breaking.
Dressed in big T-shirts,straight pants and peaked caps,cool young men are drinking tea in a teahouse,watching Sichuan opera and skateboarding through a graffiti wall to a bustling bar.Such scenes can be seen everywhere in the streets of Chengdu.Tradition and trend collides in Chengdu with history of thousands of years,stirring up a street culture with unique"Sichuan flavor".In various fields,such as street dance,rap,skateboarding and graffiti,many young people in Chengdu shine brightly.Today,Chengdu has become a leading city of pop culture in China.
With the emergence of street dance,more and more people pay attention to Chengdu,a hot land for hip-hop dance.There are more than 500 street dance training institutions,and people can come into contact with many top dance teachers in the major dance types,such as Hiphop,Locking,Popping and Breaking.Many world-class street jams,such as WOD,HHI and KOD,have set up division in Chengdu.In terms of the street dance level of the city,Chengdu must take a place in the top 3 among the cities in China.
"Peace&love",the core spirit of street dance,coincides with the openness and inclusiveness of Chengdu.Also,Chengdu people know how to relax and are optimistic in nature,which can be fully shown in the street dance.As a Chengdu youth,Di Haiyang has been growing up with Chengdu's street dance culture.Pursuing the dream and dancing from Chengdu to the world,he wrote the chapter of his youth with sweat and also showed the spirit and vibrancy of Chengdu youth.
Di Haiyang was delivering a performance in the street dance activities.
Passion
After the millennium,street jam events appeared on television.The"Energy Zone National Street Dance TV Championship"of CCTV and the"Star Dance Champion"of Star Satellite TV became the enlightenment o f a generation of Chinese hip-hop dancers.
During the summer vacation when Di was 14,he got attracted by a man who were"dancing around on the ground"on the TV,which opened his door to the world of street dance.Long time later,when he had a systematic understanding of hip-hop,he knew that it was Breaking,a type of the street dances.
At that time,there was almost no professional street dance teacher in China.Di would watch the street dance programs on TV every day after school,and then boned up on the dances in front of the mirror.He kept the practice both at home and at school,and sometimes he even spent a week studying a single movement skill.Di recalled:"Although the movement itself was hard,I'm fully enthusiastic with the process of constant trying and study,thereby not feeling difficult with the dance."
Such self-study had lasted until the time when he was in university.After graduation,Di became an office worker as planned.His career went smoothly,and finally he became a project manager,while before he was once a worker in the workshop and engaged in warehouse management and channel sales.However,he never forgot and kept in mind the street dance dream.When he was 24,he resolutely quit his job and decided to follow his love and chase the dream.
In order to save money,Di took the Eastern Suburb Memory as a"wild"dance training place.The Eastern Suburb Memory was originally the Chengdu State-Owned Hongguang Electron Tube Factory,which was later rebuilt in the mode of industrial heritage conservation,and now has become a multi-cultural park integrating music,art,drama,photography and other artistic forms.In the empty place on the ground floor,or at the corner on the first floor,or on the clean granite floor,putting on the headphones,he could start to dance,in front of the reflective glass.Almost every day in the year,Di devoted himself to practising dancing in the Eastern Suburb Memory,for 10 to 12 hours a day,from the early morning to late evening,and sometimes he went back home holding his waist after the practice.
But he felt content.In the past,he could only practice dancing after school or work,and it was a luxury for him to dance to his heart's content.Now,he can devote himself to dancing,getting the feelings he has never had before,and even"dances to tears"."The happiest thing is that I can still dance,"Di recalled."I feel so happy when I really devote myself to what I want to do."
After a year of"devil training",Di won several champions in street dance championships in Sichuan division,and the"Starry Space"of Yang Kai,the leading dancer of Breaking in China,also sent him an invitation.Di then joined the Starry Space and"fought around",together with the team which gathered the top street dancers in Sichuan.
Di Haiyang was performing hip-hop in the Dance Art Festival.
Pride
The openness and inclusiveness of Chengdu and Chengdu people's love and tenacity for life have nurtured the street dance culture.More and more dancers who grew up in the streets of Chengdu have begun to cut a figure on the world stage.Di is one of them.
Among all the awards he won,what makes Di proud most is the Theme Choreography Award for the 2017 WOD(World Of Dance)USA Finals.In that championship,his dance showed the whole process of a man's life,from pursuing faith to purifying himself."Unlike foreign street dance works,which focus more on the form and visual impact,many Chinese street dance works contain an in-depth humanistic spirit,"Di said,and this is one of the reasons why he succeed in the world's largest hip-hop tour.
The prototype of this dance work came from Sichuan Conservatory of Music.Once,Di happened to see a group of college students dancing,and thought the dance was very meaningful,but the dancers were mostly freshmen and sophomores,with limited overall dancing level.Then he found the Director of the Department and the teachers in charge of the choreography and the instruction,and he decided to rearrange the dance for further improvement.
This was a large-scale dance with 30 or 40 dancers.As the large classroom for the rehearsal could only be used in the evening,as it would be for class in the daytime,Di and his team rehearsed here from 8 p.m.to 5 a.m.or 6 a.m.every day.During the four months o f the rehearsal,some students got injured,and some gave up,and the dancers were changed over and over again.Finally,35 people participated in the formal performance,but more than 70 people had participated in the rehearsal.The three members of the choreography team,including Di Haiyang,had to shoulder the responsibility from theme identification,collection,choreography and performance t o execution,coordination and logistics.Over these 4 months,"our bones had nearly gone".
It was the"enduring"rehearsal that made Di feel that the dance movements were"as natural as blinking"in the formal competition.The Final were held in the United States,and 26 teams from different countries and regions competed on the same stage.Each team strived for one of the 2 admission tickets to the Final in its own division after the fierce local competitions.Finally,the dance work of Di's team won the fourth place in the world as well as the Theme Choreography Award.
Di Haiyang was performing hip-hop.
In May 2022, Di Haiyang (Left 4) assumed the chief referee of Sichuan Province Street Dance Points Qualifying Tournament.
Backstage
I n recent years,Chengdu has continuously gained progress in holding sports events,and it will hold many major international events such as the FISU World University Games Summer,the World Table Tennis Championships and the 2025 World Games.Through sports,Chengdu will shape the spirit of the city,leading the fashion of the city,and creating a high-quality development path for a world sports city.Under this opportunity,street dance,which was included as one of the Olympic Game events,has set off another wave of enthusiasm in Chengdu.Professional hip-hop dancers who once had difficulties in survival have also gained a broader path for career development.
When Di was 16,street dancers could only get RMB 25 for four dances in one performance,while the starting price for other dances was RMB 3,500.After he won many solo titles,he still couldn't make a living as a street dancer.He once ran a fast food restaurant and delivered milk.At one time,his daily schedule was practicing dancing until he went to bed in the morning,getting up at 5:30,starting to boil milk and make yogurt when the sky turned light,delivering milk to the office buildings at 7:00,and going home in the morning to catch up on sleep,which made him live a life of reversed day and night.
How can we find a way out for the street dance industry?"At that time,I just hoped that those who would like to follow our path could have a career development path,instead of being like us,who could not help questioning themselves the meaning of what they did when they got to the top."
I n 2018,D i Haiyang set up a company mainly for the organisation of street dance events,among which the most influential is the"City Defenders",an exchange competition between Chengdu City and Taiwan Province that attracted around 100,000 people to watch it online at the same time.Since then,Di Haiyang has gradually changed to work backstage from dancing on the stage.
In 2020,street dance was included as an Olympic Game event.Coupled with Chengdu's goal to"build itself into a famous city for sports events",street dance ushered in a new development opportunity in Chengdu,from a culture and lifestyle to a profession and competition.Sichuan Street Dance Association and Chengdu Street Dance Sport Association have been established,and now Di Haiyang serves as the secretary general of the two Associations.He positions himself as"a person who serves everyone".The Associations not only organize and hold street dance competitions,but also lead the teams to participate in national street dance championships and prepare for the National Games and the Youth Olympic Games.They also aim to select and reserve talents for the national street dance teams.Di Haiyang introduced that the Chengdu Youth Street Dance Tournament held last year has been comprehensively optimized from the level of judges to the form of competitions,with more than 1,300 candidates participating in the Tournament,twice as many as that for the previous year.
Street dance has finally entered the public's vision while it was a niche street culture in the past.Di Haiyang's dream of street dance has also changed from practicing movement,making a good dancing work and winning an award to boosting the development of street dance industry and realizing the street dance feelings.As Di Haiyang said,"If one day we can no longer dance,the street dance will still live on,and its cultural value can be continuously explored.This is what the significance lays."
