Dance Magazine: Yabin Wang converts movement into liquid that spills across the stage. A celebrity in her home country of China, this choreographer, dancer and actress has helped to pioneer modern dance there by blending Chinese classical and contemporary dance. Wang's international career was kick-started in 2010 at American Dance Festival, where she returned this summer to perform on a shared program with Michelle Dorrance, Aparna Ramaswamy, Rhapsody James and Camille A. Brown.
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I always get excited when I see articles about Chinese artists and people working in fields similar to mine. As someone who grew up in a place with little to no exposure to my cultural background, I absolutely love learning as much as I can about it now. The article reminds me of when I took a trip to China about 2.5 years ago, and I went to go see a dance/acrobatic opera show in Beijing. The dramatic movements of the performers in the trailer are very similar to that one the ones in the show I saw in person, and the long flowing sleeves accentuating their movements. The other costumes are also pretty dramatic and and I love seeing that kind of style because it’s so much different from western operas/costumes. The Moon Opera seems like a very intricate and interesting piece, and I’d be very interested in getting to go see this production or one similar to it. I hope that more Chinese artists will be brought into the spotlight as well.
This article presented its audience with this question: “It's been performed 70 times worldwide since premiering in 2015. Why do you think it has had such universal appeal?” Although this was later answered, I feel like it’s an interesting yet simple question. I think the performance got as much recognition as it did because it was so different. I personally love when choreographers or any kind of performance creators stay within the realm of their culture and tradition. I represented their roots and where they came from and shows groundedness in my opinion. I think when people dive into their culture and continue that throughout their lives, or careers, shows their dedication to keep tradition going which is very admirable. I understand that it could be hard, depending on how “Americanized” families become, to keep your roots strong and an active element throughout your everyday life. So I really appreciate their choreographers piece and I would personally much rather go watch something that I don’t know much about.
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