Monday, July 23, 2012

Dragon Dance

Last Thursday I spent my first practice learning how to dragon dance. I quite enjoyed it. It was even more fun than I was expecting. Its also a lot trickier than I thought. Knowing which direction to move isn't always intuitive. Being aware of everyone else and knowing how to adjust your own direction and speed is very important. I can definitely see how it would take a fair bit of practice as a team to make it look smooth.

I have yet to learn the lion dance. I've never made a great effort to learn the lion dance, not really sure why. I'm oddly nervous around the lions, like they are something to be revered. Fragile and holy. They make me feel brutish. I'm uncomfortable even handling them much less being in one.  Its all very silly I know. I'm going to have to learn...

4 comments:

Melanie Beckett said...

Although I understand the reverence you feel about the lions, I can't imagine you being brutish. I imagine with your strength and agility, it would just be a matter of getting used to the coordination. Have fun!

Kevin Lindstrom said...

If you would like some help on Lion dancing, let me know.

Sifu Lindstrom

Kevin Lindstrom said...

If you would like some help on this, let me know.

Sifu Lindstrom

Khona said...

Dude... I wanna read another one... blog, dude...