the wedding photoshoot preview:
and many thanks to the supporters (pe classmate, colleagues, students and my parents):
i like to share this quote from xiaoyun:
"我们虽然不是顶尖的舞蹈员，但是我们对舞蹈的热忱绝对不会输给
and her personal thoughts:
"Hearing this phrase again is proof of what I always believe in. It carries a lot and deep meaning inside. Being a good dancer is not about technique only. It is the way you hold yourself as a dancer, the things you do and the words you said, it is not only about one man show but a troupe's effort. There are more things and details to look into other than the dance itself."
i totally agree with her and next time if i ever organise school productions again i will always come back to this blog post and read what she said to guide myself to be a better person. i will firmly abide by her principles. :)
from this performance i saw the good, the bad and the ugly.
the good:
- helping the choreographer to carry drums from place to place and finding venues for the choreographer
- helping the choreographers to do headgear and solve the problems the choreographers have
- helping fellow dancer when she has a headache, giving her panadol, and massage her head
- helping fellow dancer do acupuncture (i must admit the courage of both the sinseh and that fellow dancer, hahahahahaha)
- responsible dancers who show professional attitude and spirit
the bad and the ugly:
- maybe someone was too busy taking care of the welfare of the bravo delta academy guys, or too busy flirting with them, she nv prepare sponges for the own troupe's guys make-up kit.
let me re-enact the scene:
myself: how come dun have the sponges?
blurry rain: ohhhhhh... if i have the time i buy tomorrow, if i nv buy can you all use tissue paper??!!
myself (in a very firm teacher-to-student tone): No. Sponges.
blurry rain: ok ok i go find for you... [and she disappeared from my sight]
- fellow dancer got a terrible headache, so the choreographer went to approach someone from the exco to ask if got panadol, and the someone who was still eating ask back the choreographer to find panadol for the dancer, and continued eating.
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ok lah i agree that the bravo delta academy pple are invited guests to our country and we should treat them with utmost hospitality and make them feel at home so they can perform to their maximum potential, so the audience feel happy, the 老师s feel happy and everyone also happy.
so besides being their baby sitter and tour guide, the exco pple also have to absorb arrows from DLS because she confirm wants the best treatment for them. so with all these, together with the very siong work involved in organising a production, deal with nonsense from irresponsible dancers, some small details may be missed out.
but since we are at this leadership position, it is our responsibility to ensure that everything works well, no nonsense from irresponsible dancers, everybody's welfare is taken care of, and everyone is happy.
anyway, i can say that the perform was a success (at least from the audience point of view), so it is time to move on to the next performance, good things we keep, things to improve on we improve!
and i want to add a personal thought, regarding the yellow river item. WAH LAO THAT TALL BEIJING GUY WITH SUCH LONG LEGS STILL RUN SO SLOW CAUSE ME TO RUN SLOW ALSO AND CAUSE A CLUSTER F**K ON STAGE AND I HAVE TO SQUEEZE THROUGH EVERYBODY TO GET TO MY POSITION. si bei sian. :(
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oh yah i shamelessly kapoh a bucket of garrett popcorn, which was a gift from jingwen, grace and xuefen for the alumni dancers.
popcorn i eat lah, their words of encouragement (written on the garrett popcorn SERVIETTE which has the words Love is messy) i shall share with you all here:
gorgeous grace:
so envious that all of you are still dancing! here's our little 'contribution' to the performance since never dance or help out.
加油 (literally with fatty popcorn)! enjoy your precious time on stage! and dance your hearts out!
加油 (literally with fatty popcorn)! enjoy your precious time on stage! and dance your hearts out!
xuefen:
dearest dancers, it's great to see all of you again! can't wait to see your SHINE on stage~ especially the alumni item~ miss dancing with all of you and backstage times. glad that you are still dancing~ 加油! :)
jingwen (the screw-you-up-left-right-centre dance ic which YY claims):
dear dancers... yes it's indeed a messy love affair... we would love to be on stage with you guys... but our love doesn't defy all other adversities and so we aren't able to make it up there with you all. still, we share our love by supporting you guys from below the stage and hope you all replenish energy with our full of love pop corn. break a leg! and shine on stage!