The professionalism of non-professional actors - the 3rd Mid-Autumn Dance Festival in Alberta

The professionalism of non-professional actors - the 3rd Mid-Autumn Dance Festival in Alberta (Photography by Linda Wei) embodies the softness, gentleness and beauty of Jiangnan women...

(Photography by Linda Wei) Wei) The dance that embodies the fragility, gentleness, beauty, and delicacy of Jiangnan women is undoubtedly "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night".

"Moonlight Night on the Spring River"

"Picking Wei"

The scene of folk women picking weeds is simple and joyful, and the smiles of oriental classical beauties are sweet and lovely. This is the classical dance "Picking Wei" taken from the Book of Songs.

"Singing in the West"

Singing in the West" uses waist drums to show the rough and heroic people of the west and the majesty of nature.

>"Mother's Song"

Tibetan girls who are born good at singing and dancing use "Mother's Song" to interpret their lives and their love. These were the adult dances that were well received at the 3rd Alberta Mid-Autumn Festival Dance Festival at the Mesa Arts Center on September 23. Their performers are all Arizona dance-loving moms and dads.

"Beirut Night"

"The Most Dazzling National Style"

I think of the adult dance "Water Girl" three years ago. At that time, the actors in the adult class Looking at the dance videos, everyone said, "It's definitely not possible, I definitely can't dance." Later, "Water Girl" was performed in "Alberta Spring Festival Gala" and became one of the most watched dances. Today, "Plucking Weird Flowers", "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", "Mother's Song", "Western Singing", "Beirut Night" and "The Most Dazzling National Style", The adult class team is getting stronger day by day, and many of them started learning dance in their thirties and forties. I go to class every week just like the kids, pressing my legs, bending my waist, and screaming in pain. No matter what basic movements it is, it is no longer easy to do at this age. Everyone is sweating in the weekly classes. Memorizing actions is even more difficult. Parents increased the class time from one and a half hours to two hours, hoping that more sweat would win the recognition of the audience. Hard work pays off, can you tell that many of them are on stage for the first time? After a period of training, they not only made significant progress in basic skills, but also integrated their understanding of music and dance into their movements, making every adult dance full of charm. Some of the girls in the adult class are engineers, some are company employees, and some are stay-at-home mothers. No matter what profession they come from, they strive to improve the details of the performance. You go online to choose performance costumes yourself, and some even go to China to buy them yourself and have them shipped back. Modify your clothes, hair, swear and more. In weekly classes, they are always challenging themselves to show a more beautiful version of themselves. After the performance, the mothers humbly said that they had no talent, but sweat and a forever young heart.

Let us once again applaud the professionalism of the adult class!