We woke up early to a wonderful carb-stuffed breakfast. Then we walked to the music/dance department for a welcome meeting. As we approached the facility, there was a huge sign being hung welcoming us. There were also other signs announcing our arrival.
The meeting was again awkward, but important topics got talked that needed to be. It was here that we enjoyed dragon fruit in little spiky crusts with a seed in the center. Mmmm so good!! We took a short tour of the dance studios while students were in class. We went to check out the theater. It will be great for our show. The dancers were getting ansy so they began dancing outside while we were waiting for the techies to finish gathering info.
We enjoyed a regular Chinese style lunch that was so hard to eat since it was so hot. We observed Chinese National Folk Dance class, which was basically a performance of four (Korean, Russian, South East China, China) dances. It was so great to see the variety. At the end, CDI joined to learn a portion of our favorite, the Korean dance. It was so hard to learn not knowing if they were saying "yes" or "no", "do this" or "don't do that." The isolations and details were the hardest to pick up. The students were so excited to see us trying their style and I found it to be exhilarating.
(Journal Entry May 12)
We watched a Classical Dance class which started with a barre like a contemporary ballet class. It was so beautiful to watch; they all looked so perfect in unison. They did a short in-studio performance of folk dances. We joined them to learn a few tricks with the red sparkly flower props. It was so hard for me, but I also have zero hand-eye coordination. The students were so helpful in teaching us about paying attention to detail and technique. It was interesting to see that there was no room for interpretation for creating new movement. Chinese tradition is set and there is no room for adding your own flavor.
Victor led a class at 2 PM that was so hard. It was a great 2 hour class! Hope I can incorporate some of the ways he puts movements together into my classes. From the beginning they are constantly changing facings, levels, etc. Everything is blended to feel more like choreography than exercising.
The meeting was again awkward, but important topics got talked that needed to be. It was here that we enjoyed dragon fruit in little spiky crusts with a seed in the center. Mmmm so good!! We took a short tour of the dance studios while students were in class. We went to check out the theater. It will be great for our show. The dancers were getting ansy so they began dancing outside while we were waiting for the techies to finish gathering info.
We enjoyed a regular Chinese style lunch that was so hard to eat since it was so hot. We observed Chinese National Folk Dance class, which was basically a performance of four (Korean, Russian, South East China, China) dances. It was so great to see the variety. At the end, CDI joined to learn a portion of our favorite, the Korean dance. It was so hard to learn not knowing if they were saying "yes" or "no", "do this" or "don't do that." The isolations and details were the hardest to pick up. The students were so excited to see us trying their style and I found it to be exhilarating.
(Journal Entry May 12)
We watched a Classical Dance class which started with a barre like a contemporary ballet class. It was so beautiful to watch; they all looked so perfect in unison. They did a short in-studio performance of folk dances. We joined them to learn a few tricks with the red sparkly flower props. It was so hard for me, but I also have zero hand-eye coordination. The students were so helpful in teaching us about paying attention to detail and technique. It was interesting to see that there was no room for interpretation for creating new movement. Chinese tradition is set and there is no room for adding your own flavor.
Victor led a class at 2 PM that was so hard. It was a great 2 hour class! Hope I can incorporate some of the ways he puts movements together into my classes. From the beginning they are constantly changing facings, levels, etc. Everything is blended to feel more like choreography than exercising.
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