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Dance Reflection Paper

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On December 8th, 2017 I viewed the Martial Artists and Acrobats of Tianjin at the Walton Arts Center. I enjoyed several different aspects of the performance. The choreography and the costumes conveyed different ideas to the audience. Sometimes the choreography was slow and sad, other times it was upbeat and happy. This variety provided a gratifying experience to those in the house. Throughout the show, you could recognize a distinctive theme relating back to the title. The dances depicted hobbies that were commonly practiced in the Chinese culture. These included jumping through bizarrely high hoops, juggling, and extreme tests of balance. My favourite dances were both duets; one between a prince and a princess, titled Ballet Adagio, where the princess balances (en pointe!) on top of the prince’s shoulder and head. This showed an unreal amount of strength in both dancers. The other was between two acrobats (this piece was named Contortion with Carpets’ Spinning in the program). They performed on a small box in the center of the stage. The artists constantly did flips and balanced on top of eachother. The contortions they practiced included hyperextensions, flips, and balancing. The two dancers were connected almost the entire time on the small box. It was really interesting to see these incredible skills because the choreography wasn’t focused on just ballet technique, but mostly tricks. The costumes and music were very fitting to the choreography. Several pieces were

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