I would first like to acknowledge the support of NSG in helping out to make this gathering an enjoyable cultural dance learning experience.
Our original date of the event shifted due to poor weather. Finally on the sunny and beautiful day of September 21, just days after the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, we assembled in Holland Park for a learning and sharing dance event. We also took the opportunity to celebrate Mid-Autumn with food and smiles.
Our focus was to share and practice various folk dance movements from various ethnic peoples of China. Several people performed and demonstrated at least five kinds of folk dance movements – dance movements styles of the Uyghur (Xinjiang), Yangge (Northern/Eastern village dancing), Dai (south east area), Han, and Tibetan.
We explored and practiced gestures of ethnic standardized movements, with proper body postures, and while having fun and laughter as we made our many mistakes and learned.
Ethnic dance is a kind of physical art, and this way of expression originates from people’s daily lives. For different ethnic groups, their dance forms are very different; folk dance is one of the main carriers of different ethnic cultures, with unique forms of expression and strong visual impact, but also an important part of many peoples’ culture and art.
Thank you.
