5 steps to ensure you enjoy dancing – even if you don’t know how
- Event adviser Andy Wong says all Hongkongers should cast aside their inhibitions and express themselves anyway they like at Dance Day in December
Inside a solemn auditorium lies a fantastical stage.
Skilful dancers with perfectly toned bodies are moving with elaborate, flowing steps – turning, skipping and leaping in time to the music. The audience is sitting quietly in the dark admiring the dancers shining on stage. No one dares to make a sound or snooze.
Dance is not something high up and out of reach. It is about breaking boundaries and finding happiness.
That is the typical impression many people have of a dance performance. It is serious high art, and one needs to be educated in order to appreciate its high-brow artistic language and aesthetics.
Yet that is not entirely true, says Andy Wong Ting-lam, the award-winning homegrown Hong Kong dancer and choreographer.
As event adviser for the city’s annual Dance Day – featuring activities including a “U Can Dance!” Free Dancing Zone, Workshop and Dance Showcase – presented by the government’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department in Tsuen Wan in December, Wong says everyone can enjoy dancing regardless of age and background.
And the stage for dance is not limited to one inside an auditorium.
