TWO SHOWS for Eastbound 2012

We have just confirmed that there will be TWO SHOWS for Eastbound 2012! They will be at 3pm and 7pm on Saturday, March 31st. Hope to see you there!

Hi AADT members and alumni!

As you all know, AADT allocates part of the budget every year for dance costumes and props. We also use the budget for troupe-wide and inter-dance socials.

If you or your parents would like to support AADT through a donation we would be incredibly grateful! As a gesture of appreciation we will include your name under a benefactors section of the Eastbound program this year (which is on MARCH 31 this year).

Hi everyone!

Announcing some exciting news:

Eastbound this year will be on March 31^st, 2012!

Let us know (by emailing aadt.board@gmail.com) if you can come and we will save you a VIP seat (at regular price). We hope to see you there!!

This year our co-captains are Erika Lee and Grace Xiong. Our board includes Kevin Lee, Alice Li, Monica Liu, Grace Qi, Annie Qin, and Lillian Tsai. Michelle Yu is our newest board member and has just joined as Publicity Chair!

This year we have over 100 members in the troupe! Throughout the fall semester we have had workshops to improve hip hop, ballet, and traditional Chinese dance skills. This year we also started our first Harvard-Yale hosting system between AADT and Yale’s Phoenix Dance Troupe for the Game. We hope to keep this up in the future!

For the fall semester we have been preparing 12 dances, listed below with descriptions:

Farewell on Snow Dragon Mountain

Choreographer: Tara Tai

A contemporary ethnic piece with lyrical, emotional music. The dance shows a daughter falling in love with a nomadic solider, marrying him, and leaving her mother with only her memories.

Sword Dance

Choreographer: Grace Xiong

A peaceful, but intense sword dance featuring music from Kungfu panda.

Lantern Dance

Choreographer: Dora Tao

An upbeat, and energetic traditional Chinese dance with lantern props.

Need a Girl

Choreographer: Alice Li

A hip hop piece telling the love story of a robot and puppeteer.

Sano Sano Sa

Choreographer: Misa Yasuda

A modern Japanese fan dance with soft and graceful movements.

Autumn Fan

Choreographer: Erika Lee

A fusion-style, elegant fan dance with graceful spinning.

Umbrella

Choreographer: Monica Liu

A demure umbrella dance with epic intensity.

Butterfly Lovers

Choreographer: Monica Liu

A dance with watersleeves expressing the story of the butterfly lovers.

Mongolian

Choreographer: Clare Lee

A Mongolian piece combining different tempos and props.

Broken

Choreographer: Gary Mak

A hip hop dance with three pieces, including a partnered section.

Love Like Oxygen

Choreographer: Kevin Shee

A cute and sweet dance to Shinee’s song.

Keep Your Head Down

Choreographer: Kevin Shee

An all-male dance to TVXQ’s song.

Congratulations Seniors!!!

AADT Seniors at the Senior Talent Show

My babies have grown and are now ready to spread AADT love to the rest of the world! Congratulations!!!

Biorhythms: Who Ever Said You Can't Dance in Med School?

At least here at the University of Michigan Med School, we are all about exercising our ability to move to the beat through our biannual dance show: Biorhythms.

At our Biorhythms show this past Saturday, we saw med students bring Britney Spears to life in a Britney Spears medley, master the "shimmy" in a Persian Dance, showcase our 90s favorites, steam up the stage with a chair dance, bring the house down with Bhangra (click here to see a video, password: biorhythms), and musical acts by the M1 Band: Saturday Night Palsy and a capella group: Auscultations had the audience bobbing their heads. I also choreographed a Tibetan piece inspired by Le Zhang's Tibetan piece from Eastbound 2006. More videos and pictures to come soon!

Thank you to Anameti and Alison for the great videos and pictures of Bhangra!

EASTBOUND 2010

Don't be left out! Get your tickets NOW!

A few alums and I will be watching the 7:30PM show and would love to see y'all there!

AADT Fire at Cultural Rhythms 2010

Skip to 1:20 if you want to get straight to the dance. Trust me, you're in for a treat. Great job dancers, you guys totally rocked Sanders yesterday!