Lion Dance!
Feb. 1st, 2019 05:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chimney_swiftIt begins!
So I'm a member of a lion dance troupe. Lion dance, if you don't know, is a traditional Chinese dance. It's most often done as part of celebrations and to give good luck, and it draws a lot from kung fu. Here's a pretty cool YouTube video of some very impressive lion dancing. We're not that good or crazy, but our best members can do some pretty cool moves.
Yesterday, we had our first performance to celebrate Chinese New Year. New Year is a big time for lion dancing, because it's a big time for good luck. Many, many places want a lion to come and perform to bring luck to them for the new year ahead. As such, we're swamped. I'm booked three weekends in a row both Saturday and Sunday with performances, and we have a couple mid-week as well. But this will be the first year that I get to perform with the group properly. Last year I just played cymbals, and couldn't make the big CNY celebration in Boston Chinatown. This year, I'm in a lion for a bunch of performances, and I'll be at CNY--if not in a lion, at least there! I'm very excited.
So I'm a member of a lion dance troupe. Lion dance, if you don't know, is a traditional Chinese dance. It's most often done as part of celebrations and to give good luck, and it draws a lot from kung fu. Here's a pretty cool YouTube video of some very impressive lion dancing. We're not that good or crazy, but our best members can do some pretty cool moves.
Yesterday, we had our first performance to celebrate Chinese New Year. New Year is a big time for lion dancing, because it's a big time for good luck. Many, many places want a lion to come and perform to bring luck to them for the new year ahead. As such, we're swamped. I'm booked three weekends in a row both Saturday and Sunday with performances, and we have a couple mid-week as well. But this will be the first year that I get to perform with the group properly. Last year I just played cymbals, and couldn't make the big CNY celebration in Boston Chinatown. This year, I'm in a lion for a bunch of performances, and I'll be at CNY--if not in a lion, at least there! I'm very excited.
