I had the opportunity to do a Lion Dance at the Onoway Elementary School on Thursday of last week and it was awesome. I tend to forget how much I enjoy them as I don’t do them as often as I would like to or in fact as often as I should anymore.
There are some things that I became aware of during the practice and the performance.
1) My cardio and stamina are not where I would like them to be at to perform a good lion dance.
2) We had taped the string for the eyes, and I found it a lot easier to use them.
3) The drumming speed was easier to follow I found although I did go off a few times during the dance.
4) I would like to work more on my crispness and movements especially as the dance went on as they started to lack, I feel.
Overall it was a great experience and I am hoping to do some more this year. The dance itself felt much better than the practice the night before did so I feel improvements will happen quickly as long as I keep at this. Also it was a unique pairing as it was myself who is one of the longest serving lion dancers with one of our newest ones, Todai Emma Ferris.p/>
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