"I am a lonely orphan, so helpless and pitiful."
Li Jixia, with a height of1.63m and a weight of 53kg, was born in a single parent family 26 years ago. Because the sailor's father advocated freedom and wandered around, Li Jixia lived with his mother since childhood. In her childhood memory, her mother, who likes literature and art, traveling and making friends, always moved, which also made Li Jixia used to wandering life. /kloc-started to work hard in restaurants, McDonald's and other industries at the age of 0/4, and deeply realized the hardships and difficulties of life.
On a cold winter day, when her miserable mother died of a serious illness, Li Jixia, who became an orphan, felt that she had really grown up overnight.
After entering the University of Paris VII, Li Jixia worked hard and worked as a tutor and clerk in a pizza chain in his spare time. Working until midnight 1 o'clock, because the public security in Paris is very poor at night, it is not safe to walk or take the subway, so she simply developed the habit of roller skating and going home quickly.
1998 In the late autumn, under the condition of long-term overwork and study, Li Jixia became seriously ill several times. On the eve of an exam, she was awakened by an alarm clock and wanted to get up and go out to work, but she felt dizzy and weak, and even the phone on the bedside wall was too weak to take down and type. She looked helplessly at the lonely room, tears welled up in her eyes: "Alas, I am a lonely orphan, so helpless and pitiful ..."
In March 2000, Li Jixia met the most important person in her life-her adopted brother from Wenzhou, China. Seeing his advertisement for a French teacher, Li Jixia immediately decided to work for him. They hit it off and started to organize a Sino-French cultural and language school to teach French in Paris.
In order to recharge in time, Li Jixia squeezed into a short-term Chinese training class. At the same time, she also compiled her own French textbooks and carefully arranged them page by page with her dry brother. A few months later, the language school officially opened, and Li Jixia was both a teacher and a principal. The first time I attended a Chinese class, I saw that the huge classroom was crowded with students. She exclaimed excitedly in her mind, "Gee, I didn't expect so many people to come. My brother and I are so successful? "
Li Jixia made use of the unique active energy of young people to make the teaching atmosphere avant-garde and relaxed, and the students were very happy. Although she explains French grammar in stuttering Chinese, the magical teaching effect makes her class very popular. "If one day, I can perform on the stage like them, that would be great."
Li Jixia has inherited her mother's love of traveling and has visited China many times. When she arrived in the long-awaited Beijing, she actually "had a feeling of going home". Once, when she was a guest at a friend's house in China, she found him laughing at a duet program on TV. She asked curiously, "Hey, what are you happy about?" A friend hissed at her mouth with his index finger and told her, "Don't talk! I am watching China's traditional cross talk, which is very interesting! " Li Jixia immediately became interested and read it with relish under the explanation of his friend. Both of them were made to laugh from time to time.
"Hey, wouldn't it be great if I could perform on the stage like them one day?" A whimsical idea flashed through Li Jixia's mind.
After returning to France, my friend enthusiastically sent Li Jixia a batch of crosstalk tapes. She listens to it every day, and it's hard not to listen for a day. In this way, she got to know many China crosstalk masters, such as Hou, Ma Ji, Feng Gong and Niu Niu. She secretly made up her mind: "I must learn cross talk and become the first foreigner to speak China cross talk!" " "Since then, she has practiced with a tape every day, and her cheeks are often sore.
In September, 20001year, Li Jixia was lucky enough to get a full scholarship to study in China and attend Sichuan University. She turned around and found the contact information of Ding Guangquan, a famous crosstalk artist. She couldn't wait to make a long-distance call and said that she would learn from the teacher. Ding Guangquan said, "No matter whether it works or not, I will come to Beijing to have a look in person."
Li Jixia was overjoyed.
Poisoned by crosstalk
"Mr. Ding was just about to close the door when I went in with a bang."
200 1 1 65438+1October11,Li Jixia arrived in Beijing with a suitcase. At the home of China Coal Mine Art Troupe Ding Guangquan, she accepted the first trial of Master and Jenny and watched the wonderful rehearsals of Risteard O Deorian and other senior brothers. Her fluent Chinese, quick response and rich expression are highly appreciated by everyone. Teacher Ding finally said cheerfully, "You are a very lucky girl, so I decided to accept you?"
Li Jixia jumped up with excitement, not forgetting to boast proudly: "I am lucky to learn from my teacher, but I really didn't find this earlier. Just as Teacher Ding wanted to close the door, I went in with a bang. "
"The master leads the door and practices in the individual." In the final analysis, students' success depends on themselves. At first, Li Jixia didn't know anything, so he honestly watched the rehearsals of his brothers and sisters. And practice hard "the pole is long and the bench is wide." The bench is not as long as the pole, and the pole is not as wide as the bench ... "Tongue twister is her basic skill to catch up. Tongue twisters sound relaxed and interesting, but Li Jixia feels pain when practicing-her mouth is blistered, her tongue is swollen and her throat is hoarse. However, she is more and more obsessed with practicing it. She said with deep understanding: "I seem to have been completely eaten by China culture, and I am stuck in it. I can't get out, and I don't want to get out. "
Fortunately, Li Jixia, who is very smart and spiritual, caught up with the Spring Festival this year. Most foreign disciples go back to China to visit relatives or take long vacations, which provides a golden opportunity for Mr. Ding to focus on cultivating new disciples and performing on stage.
June, 5438+October, 2002 10, in the talent competition for foreigners held in Zhuhai, the crosstalk between Li Jixia and Heimo became an instant hit and won the second prize. Then, the Coal Mine Art Troupe went to grassroots high-density condolence performances all over the country. As soon as Li Jixia, a foreign face, appeared, she won a warm welcome from the audience with her lively and naughty performance style and free body language. The wider she runs, the more applause she gets, and her performance is more relaxed and confident: "I love the stage and I can't live without it all my life." I am determined to do it! " ""If only I had come to China five years earlier. "
Peking Opera is an oriental art that Li Jixia is very interested in. She is not satisfied with the performance skills of a merchant in "Born Clean and Ugly at Last", but wants to know the essence. In August 2002, the first final of the 4th International Jingkun TV Fans Competition was held on CCTV. During the competition, contestants will not only perform excerpts from Peking Opera or Kunqu Opera, but also show their talents and answer questions. The judges will select the best players according to their singing, articulation and appearance.
Li Jixia only studied Peking Opera for three months, and then she sang "Yinkong Mountain" with great emotion. Before the competition, she wants to consult the teacher again. Because the teacher couldn't spare the time, she was in tears in public. At the last scene, she played the Princess Daizhan in an orderly way and finally won the Best Player Award. She said with emotion: "After I learned Peking Opera, I found it difficult to learn it. The most difficult thing is to find words by heart. I regret being 25 years old. It would be great if I had come to China five years earlier. "
During the rehearsal of CCTV, Li Jixia also made a joke about being late. When the staff showed displeasure, the clever foreign comedian Li Jixia quickly said humorously, "I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm Li Jixia. I'm sorry I'm late and kept you waiting. Today, I had a bad time outside. There are traffic jams everywhere, and my brother is very fierce. I don't want to go either way. He also asked me why, who you are, what you do, whether you have any documents, who you are looking for at the TV station, and so on. I said, I'm a thief, you lead me in, and I'll give you half of what I stole. In this way, I am really sorry for being late. " Her witty apology made everyone laugh, and suddenly everyone turned from resentment to joy: "Oh, Li Jixia, you are such a pistachio, I am convinced."
In September 2002, after Ding Guangquan's strong recommendation and efforts, Li Jixia entered the Performance Department of China Theatre Academy for further study and improvement. In China, the highest institution of opera, she spent all her time pressing her legs, practicing her voice, learning opera programs and other knowledge, and had a full and happy life. At that time, she had been living in Banqiao Hutong near Di 'anmen. One is to save accommodation, and the other is to talk freely with the men, women and children there, and get in close contact with and feel the streets, customs and language habits of China's capital, so as to save energy for re-entering the stage. In addition to intense study, she also tried to participate in the tour performance of the coal mine art troupe. In order to grasp the taste of the audience, she did not dare to relax.
Most coal mines in China are located in remote and poor mountainous areas. It's a long way to the grassroots, and the performance and accommodation conditions are also difficult. However, Li Jixia said with a smile, "Compared with my lonely working life in France, the present literary work is full of challenges and fun. What is fatigue? Teacher Xuan Ding taught us that it is better to rehearse 50 times off stage than on stage. For the audience,
After traveling all over the country, Li Jixia's language talent has been fully demonstrated. Needless to say, French; Japanese has a certain foundation; I also studied German for five years. Can speak some simple Vietnamese; She is fluent in spoken Chinese, listening, reading and writing. I am proficient in Shanghai dialect, Wenzhou dialect and Sichuan dialect. In this way, singing in many languages, performing cross talks and sketches, she is like a duck to water.
In September, 2003, Li Jixia returned from China Opera Stage and eventually became a professional actor of China Coal Mine Art Troupe. "Laughter and love are the whole of my happy life."
In mid-March, 2004, Ding Guangquan went to Singapore with Li Jixia, Dashan, Morris and other foreign disciples from Benin, Africa, and presented a large-scale performance of "Laughing in the Four Seas-Laughing for Dating" in the lion city for the first time in the form of collective appearance. They speak crosstalk in proficient Chinese, which has set off a long-lost viewing craze. Everywhere foreigners go in Singapore, they are packed with people and are very popular. When Morris and Li Jixia co-wrote Tongue Twister, the atmosphere of the performance was very warm, and they often had to wait until the audience's laughter was over before they could continue their performance. A cross talk of 12 minutes usually lasts from 15 to 16 minutes. The performance has come to an end, and there are several curtain calls. "To spread China culture as a foreigner, I feel that my burden is heavier and more glorious." Li Jixia was deeply moved.
As an emissary of Sino-French friendship, Li Jixia participated in the first Sino-French artist cooperation activity in the "Sino-French Cultural Exchange Year" in 2004. She showed a foreigner's understanding of China's humor with the cold humor charm of stand-up comic dialogue "I am Me". Later, she worked closely with the French-born artistic director at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, offering suggestions for the exchange and development of Chinese and French operas, dramas and folk arts. Besides, she also organized a leisure art place with a French girl, such as China Teahouse, which integrates galleries, drama and coffee, organically combining and developing the essence of Chinese and French culture and art..
The name "Li Jixia" is very similar to her original French pronunciation. It was given to her by a Parisian teacher named Qi China. The word "Ji" just has the surname of this Chinese teacher, and it also means Chu Qing after the rain, which is also her favorite weather.
This year's National Day, in this year when China people are generally optimistic, Li Jixia and Ding Guangquan's nephew got married ... Recalling their youthful days with China, she said excitedly, "In China, I got all the contents of a happy life-laughter and love."