i did not dance in this production, but neverthelss i still wanted to contribute to the dance troupe, and i am very thankful that peter (the director of the dance troupe) gave me the role of the FOH manager (sounds super atas hahahaha) and also asked me to order dinner for the dancers and the production crew. at the same time i also want to thank darling to allow me to go help out with the production. she is always so understanding of my passion for performing arts.
the dance troupe is only in her second year. i was heavily involved during the first year, when i followed the troupe to sibu for the Sibu International Dance Festival, and i was also involved in their first dance production held at victoria theatre. as i had mentioned before, the reason that keep me going for dance is always the people. there are people inside that i had known for a very long time from the nuscd days, for example xuehong, bin gege, nzj. the people that i only knew from last year, such as regina, sandra, viv, zixiang. i started off being a bit shy with them, but when time goes by, we clicked and became good friends, united by our passion for chinese dance. i am always thankful to be able to make good friends and forge strong bonds through dance.
ok so enough recapping of what happened in the past, let's now focus on the present. for this year, myself, zixiang, sandra and guofeng did not dance. but they got many strong dancers in, for example tan fangxi, a very strong dancer that i had noticed since my uni days, who was actually in the same nus chemistry batch as me, and was in dance ensemble. my student foo chunying had also joined the troupe, and she danced in 3 items. not forgetting to mention elizabeth chan who came back to singapore after her studies at HKAPA, and i actually had the honour to dance on the same stage with her 8 years ago at buddha tooth temple for DLS item. although there are only 20 dancers in total, but i think the overall quality of the dancers was stronger compared to last year.
Choreographer: Xuehong
Choreographer: Elizabeth Chan
Choreographer: Bin gege
Choreographer: Nah Jiemin
Choreographer: Viv
Choreographer: Yoke Kay
Choreographer: Xuehong
Choreographer: Bai Laoshi
