five years of dancing with nuscd

nuscd celebrates its 35th year anniversary by inviting bravo delta academy dancers to singapore to perform together with us. hence the chinese name of the performance is called 北花新放. beijing flower bloom in singapore. it seems that the main focus is on the beijing pple (as you can see from the name itself) and it can also be tied in to the ever-existent foreign talent issue in singapore. i wonder whether anybody deciphered the hidden meaning or am i just too sensitive? :p


anyway i also realised it is my 5th year of dancing with nuscd! i dun have the ability to walk down 35 years with nuscd since i am at a young age of 28, but at least walk down 5 years also not bad already right? 

2007, my first performance experience with the troupe. was pulled in by xue hong into the troupe and i stepped into the studio feeling very lost, wondering what befalls me. oh yah and i remember zhimin was my partner.

psyche 2008 was a defining moment for me. i realised i can act on stage, with the right kind of expressions, especially when looking pissed or fierce. hence xue hong handed me the angry couple role and poor jingwen has to bear my brunt. but because of that item i got to know her better and although i know darling may be unhappy to hear this, but i vote her as my best partner throughout this 5 years with the best chemistry. but when i am on stage i will be too engrossed in my role and get too excited, and hence i slapped my fav xinyi without even realising it while on stage until the dancers scolded me after the item. oops~


dr08 was also a great moment, two of my most important pple in ke7, darling and hw, also jumped into the bandwagon. to be honest i also dunno how darling jumped into the bandwagon, but i definitely know that i am the one who pulled hw in, just like how xue hong pulled me in. i am glad to see hw enjoying himself, and i am happy to see him still performing for nuscd after that. so i suppose xue hong is also happy to pull me in! am i right, xue hong? :p

retrospect 2009 was ok ok only. din really put much effort in it. because to me the best emcc is still psyche 08. haha. 


but dr09 was really enjoyable. first time dancing shui xiu and the movements are those that i really like. alot of jumping, alot of force and energy in the movements, and of course the beautiful shui xiu, the 柔中带刚... simply splendid. and i also get to know the amazing wang da who is still so flexible and so good... omg!!! haiz if hw joined this item then it is the first time we have full strength of guys! wat a waste... :(

motion in stillness 2010 was not bad, definitely better than retrospect but i still think psyche is the best. hahaha. the highlight of this performance is dancing a taiji item choreographed by bin ge ge, to the avatar soundtrack, which is really cool! the only flaw in this item is the costume is gan phua ugly... another moment of this performance worth remembering is ms yuen asking me, hw and laval to be her 3 snowmen to release the pink snowflakes during her item. the most hilarious is hw jerk the string and the whole string came off with the box of snowflakes still at the flybar remaining intact. and hw was cursing and swearing (in the lowest possible volume) and i was trying my best not to LOL literally. 

i joined cold night 2011 at the very last min. nothing much to say, except that got two very pro lead dancers, xiaofei and i dunno that guy's name. have seen xiaofei dance before in previous productions so it is quite awesome to dance together with her in the same production although i did not dance in any scene with her. haha.


so throughout this 5 years, things have changed, members have left, new members come in... but to me the most significant change is the strong presence of the dance ic. 


in psyche 08, i remembered the dance ic for winter solstice is jingwen. she keep forcing xue hong to finish the choreo (quoted from xue hong hahahahaha), and she is those type that if u screw up any step or got any wrinkle in the costume she will screw you left right centre. but despite being fierce she is still very nice cos i remembered she used a piece of paper and draw out the formations for me and give me helping words so that i can remember the steps better. super touched~


in dr08 the dance ic for my qing guys item is siaoyan who is super on the ball even though she is alumni and she controlled all the dancers very well and keep giving us reminders. although she is quite naggy lah but she is not irritating so still ok, but overall i still like her as the dance ic! hahahaha. 

of course who can forget gorgeous grace tiang, who is the chu lu dance ic. she takes care of every single detail, and you cant afford to screw up the item because you cant bear to disappoint gorgeous grace, and it is also because of her the group dynamics of this item is very strong. :)

these are my dance ic hence i can remember very well. sorry if i forgot my other dance ic because my memory is failing me. and i am also sure that there are other very good dance ics, for example huishi. i remembered after a full run in the dance studio, she gathered all the dancers in her item and gave a super passionate speech with quite alot of gan-ning also. i was like... WOW!!! and she is already quite tall and some more she grab a chair and stand on top of the chair and gan all the dancers and all the dancers are all looking up at her. 


in my honest opinion, a good dance ic should have these "terms of reference"
- work closely with the choreographer to ensure that the item reaches the best performance standard
- 雕 the dancers' movements when choreographer is not around, making sure all the dancers achieve the same 感觉 
- make sure all costumes, headgear, accessories etc etc are ready and well prepared
- take care of your dancers' welfare! make sure they eat already, make sure they are not sick, make sure they are all feeling good and ready to dance full out!
- account for your dancers!!! make sure they are not missing!!! make sure they come for every practise and they appear on stage for tech run, full run and the actual performance!


ok i gettiing very 激动. hahahaha. maybe there are more "terms of reference" but i guess all that i just mentioned are the most important ones... jia you dance ic!!! may you be the next jingwen, siaoyan and grace tiang! hahahaha.