A Dance from the Arts of Ancient China

by admin on Nov.12, 2010, under Dance Training

Mimi and Lesandre used dance as a medium to bring to life the art of ancient civilizations, specializing in archaeo-choreology, or the research into and recovery of lost dance forms. Studying the statues, figurines, scroll paintings, wall frescoes from royal tombs, religious writings and poetry from the Han and T’ang Dynasties, they constructed an image of the dance from that time, based on their formal classical Chinese dance training at the Chinese Arts Institute in Mill Hill, London, directed by Nancy Kuo. Music is by the Flowing Stream Ensemble of San Francisco. For inquiries, please visit: thewayofdance.com/prod.htm **All materials produced are Copyrighted and protected by The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Anyone interested in reproduction must obtain permission to use.**

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23 Comments for this entry

a5r5j5u5n5
November 12th, 2010 on 1:16 am
the music is beautiful and so is the dance
owenoury1
November 12th, 2010 on 1:34 am
Are they Chinese?
parelhutahaean
November 12th, 2010 on 1:45 am
In which region in China is this dance’s origin.
dinpoodl
November 12th, 2010 on 2:23 am
I must to say: they are good dancers:)
LaraDing
November 12th, 2010 on 3:04 am
Beautiful! It looks very authentic to me. The Han is my favourite dynasty from China. I love the dances and the costumes. I don’t think they need any improvement or added colour! Jia you!
samueldejon
November 12th, 2010 on 3:45 am
very impressive,but the costumes need more color.
cellestiall
November 12th, 2010 on 4:20 am
very good!
bluepharie
November 12th, 2010 on 4:34 am
…THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!
alexldl
November 12th, 2010 on 4:58 am
great dancers
occeo
November 12th, 2010 on 5:47 am
wow caucasians doing chinese dance
favutube
November 12th, 2010 on 6:41 am
I see the efforts.
NikkiSavella
November 12th, 2010 on 7:18 am
My goodness! Such elegance along with equal intrigue in costume! ^O^ Never seen such wonderful styles.
Gigchick
November 12th, 2010 on 8:18 am
The greatness of Mimi & Lesandre was their devotion to the art of world dance. These two women shared in the 1970′s the dance experience of China, Indonesia,India,Egypt and other countries to an American audience unfamiliar with world dance styles that did not go beyond ballet & American forms of dance. Bravo!
SBTailand
November 12th, 2010 on 9:11 am
the first dance:music is great, very China. But the hairstyle and costume need improvement.
the second dance: the music is from Yue opera. the hairstyle and costume is great, very China.
larirabbit87
November 12th, 2010 on 9:46 am
wow, the first one is more like a Beijing opera styled(mei genre) dance.
lalamails
November 12th, 2010 on 9:53 am
woah.. you are good! for someone who didn’t grow up in the culture the dance is fairly impresssive!
arthurqbj
November 12th, 2010 on 10:04 am
The second part is great, amazing! but the make-up and costumes needs improvement.
rongrongba
November 12th, 2010 on 10:16 am
Surprisingly good!
wu062841
November 12th, 2010 on 11:10 am
舞好，舞者氣質也好
crazyxglue
November 12th, 2010 on 11:21 am
this is very good stuff 4 r project
Puntonghua
November 12th, 2010 on 11:51 am
Amazing
nivsha
November 12th, 2010 on 12:46 pm
Brilliant! So understated and authentic. Great vision and wonderful discipline. Thank you for the inspiration!
angelalongo
November 12th, 2010 on 1:18 pm
Dear Favorite dance teacher, Thankyou for your dedication, GRACE, and Beauty!!!