Every year, the school's Chinese program organizes a festival to celebrate the beginning of the Lunar New Year. This often takes place in late winter. The festival at school consists of a Hy-vee Chinese dinner, followed by performances created by students. I've taken Chinese for four years, and it feels like the same thing every year - a true testament to the progression of procrastination of an adolescent.
Choreography has always been my contribution. During my 8th grade year, it came in the form of motion's for my group's pitiful performance of I Love You, You Love Me, Chinese version. If you're thinking of the ol' song from Barney, you're thinking right. This one was pretty easy and didn't have any rushed planning, but this was pre-high school of course.
My freshman year was when my group did a fan dance to 恭喜恭喜(Gong Xi Gong Xi). That one was prepared maybe two weeks before our performance. It was pretty fast paced, and legitimately choreographed with effort. We worked hard and performed it well.
The next year, I choreographed a ballet solo/ribbon trio .The other two members of my group also made their own fan duo piece. It was definitely more messy than the year before, given it was also choreographed the week before we performed it. The anticipation was lessened too.
This year...ha. This year consists of a ballet solo, parasol duo, and fan trio. The performance is in a week, and we've just started to look at it today. There's little excitement and instead just loathing. We'll see how this one turns out...
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