Sorry that this might be offensive to some, but I need to vent this somewhere before I actually spoil my happy mood after the concert...
I was googling for feedback after my concert and most of them have been very good, except for 1 that said that the performance was boring. But well, I figured out that she was from another dance troupe and that I have went to watch their concert, and hm, I guess they didn watch their own dance concert.
But I would never have guessed that my own senior would be most disappointed with our show.
1st issue: The voiceover. I am sorry if it didn carry any emotions. But 1, I never wanted to do this voiceover. 2, I never knew what the words want to bring out. 3, I was only given 1 hour to record and laoshi didn tell me what she wants until I do the recording. But then I would still aplogize for my inability to do this well. And disclaimer, I am not upset about this issue at all.
2nd issue: Untidiness. If anyone, ANYONE dare says this batch of dancers do not have mo4 qi4, I have to say you are terribly wrong. Through my 3 years in NUS chinese dance, this has been my most closely knitted dancers ever. In fact, my batch of dancers face only one problem: our inability to bond with the seniors. And if I have to come up with a reason why we have been untidy, the answer would be laoshi's music have been getting complicated, as in it no longer goes 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8. So many a times, we have to go according to the music, in which it is inevitable that things get a bit messy. But then, I have to admit that it is our fault but NOT due to inadequate telepathy between the dancers.
I know someone out there mean no offence. But I am just upset. I have been trying to uphold ur legacy, and bonding my batch, my future batch with ur batch of seniors. But somehow, it has never been successful.
After watching both productions, I can only say that this show is NUS Chinese Dance's turning point since I entered NUS. There may be glitches here and there, but I do think many will agree with me, that it was our best performance, and it was the first huge performance since we felt that NUS Chinese Dance bonding.
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boo woman!
dun be too upset by whatever is said lar. : )
we know what goes on behind the scene gd enough already!
i was jus tellin clare the other day. i think our com was good. but their com is even better. and im sure nuscd will move to even greater heights soon enough where there's bonding between seniors and juniors. not an immediate effect. but will happen one day. and take pride that we were once part of this change. :)))
cheer up!
da fang lian!
oh man, hug hug.
btw i wanted to pass u some chocolates tt day when i went to backstage but i didn't see u, so ur chocolates ended up to the hardworking committee instead. ^-^
anyway it's unfair to compare. i know. whatever was in the past cannot be applied today. back then oil prices were at 0.9 something, today it's 1.8 something. so it was never meant to offend.
i can see the strength in the committee. they are great, seriously. the best in quite a few years already in fact. one better than the other.
perhaps i'm a perfectionist, perhaps i'm actually self-reproaching. i should have visited you all during full dress, but i didn't. i really do take a large part of the blame on myself.
when we first found out tt there are a total of 12 dances, all of us were shocked. because it's just too much. it's too tiring. we represent the laziest batch from NUS Chinese Dance. We slack whenever we can, we zao4 whenever we find time. to be able to hold through the performance is already something my batch can never do, simply because we're too lazy. n playful.
never meant to be a source of pressure, because we've already left. we left with our memories in our knapsacks, we left without any more to do with Chinese Dance. honestly, it's only because i'm me, that's why i'm back. my mates are already gone. so no one is keeping score, no one is blaming. i appreciated the wonderful dances, i really sincerely do. there're are little things here and there, but i guess my own DR was even worst.
so once again, no offense. don't take heart.
hug.
Yo Blackie!!
I'm sure WH didn't meant anything hurting. U see, artists/producers create smtg coz there is a msg tt they want to convey, a pic they want to paint. But when the actors are unable to articulate what the artist wants to convey, they become angry/anxious/emo and what-not. Remember all my screaming and scoldings during monster dance?? Same thing :)
But I'm really glad to have u in NUSCD. When WH first told me tt her junior,a very good junior, is joining CD, I was very happy. She even asked me to look aft u!! (i think i've failed her on this) And I still rem seeing u for the 1st time during tech class in Rehearsal room (how many yrs ago was tt??) Hope I'll get to see more of u in dance attire, sometime, somewhere...
To add on to da fanf lian's comment, "change is the only constant in the universe"--From monster dance, inspired by WH (check prgm booklet if u dun remember! :P)
~k-idol fan^^
Dear gal,
if u read the recent flurry of nostlagic blog entries, you'll realise that we, too at some point, have been part and parcel of this "Living. Breathing. Yearning. Dance" mode.
we too share your passion, love, tears, sweat for Dance, in Dance, with Dance.
many years ago, I would share your same angst as well. you dont know how upset /angry/pissed off we (wan wan included) were over similar criticisms and comments. How we fought to keep NUS Chinese Dance's pride and name intact and shinning bright back then, but thats a story for another day.
Just want you to know and understand that we, oldies are with you in this.
I hope years down the road, you too, as a fellow oldie, would be like me, smiling at all these blog entries with nothing but fondness and more fond memories. perhaps a sniff or two.*
luv, aggie
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