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Once unfamiliar with the almost lost dance form and the associated legends and tales, Mr. Wang has distinguished himself with his persistence, earnestness, and pursuit of perfection.
To be the best, Ms. Shia said you have to “always have the heart to keep going and persevering.”
An Australian native, Andy Shia possesses a cheeky humor you wouldn’t suspect from his contemplative manner.
Mr. Huang takes hours to do background research on a specific character he will portray in a piece, especially if the character is a historical figure or an important catalyst in a story.
Besides being a classical Chinese dancer, Ms. He excels in classical piano, an endeavor she began at age 4.
Ms. Liu studied piano, singing, and painting from a young age, but she chose classical Chinese dance as her specialization and her career.
As other classical Chinese dancers are putting on lightened stage make-up, Miranda Zhou-Galati of Chinese and Italian ancestry, chooses a different shade of foundation.
“Good techniques can’t just be achieved through mechanical practice. You have to think about the angles, directions, and trajectory to get the best results.”
Growing up in Sydney, Liu had a strong desire to know more about his Chinese heritage. Eager to learn, he took up classical Chinese dance.
In classical Chinese dance, Ms. Jiang says, “Feeling is harder to get than the actual techniques.”
Perfecting the art of being in character, the bubbly 22-year-old is at the peak of her profession and doesn’t look set to slow down.
Classical Chinese dance requires hard work and self-discipline, but Ms. Na Chen thinks it is worth it.
Chinese classical dance employs unique postures, physical expression, as well as highly complicated leaps, tumbles, flips, and spins, all of which Ms. Li pulls off with relative ease.
In 2009, Ms. Chau was one of 15 girls from around the world selected to participate in NTD Television’s International Classical Chinese Dance Competition.
Mr. Chun has been chosen to portray multiple noble and wise figures from Chinese history and literature.
Ms. Seron Chau is noted for outstanding expressiveness on stage. She highlights this strength in her dance competition appearances.
Ms. Chia-Ling Chen has her philosophy of dance. It isn’t about the technique, she said, but the inner meaning and messages that the dance conveys.
