Hi everyone!
Announcing some exciting news:
Eastbound this year will be on March 31st, 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.
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