Out of more than 130 dancers worldwide, 28 junior and 55 adult dancers advanced from the preliminaries to Saturday’s semifinal round of this year’s NTD International Classical Chinese Dance Competition. Fifty advanced to Sunday’s finals.
As with the previous two days, each contestant performs a short dance routine along with a set of required movements, demonstrating leaps, spins, and classical technique.
One highlight is the advanced movement method known as “the body leads the hands, the hips lead the legs.” Reintroduced by the artistic director at Shen Yun Performing Arts, the once nearly lost technique allows dancers to create powerful, sweeping movements that magnify both emotion and presence on stage….