During the Lantern Festival, there are many lovers who celebrate "reunion" with dance. Yesterday and today, the charity performance "Fan Dai Life - 2024 Dance Talent Lantern Festival" produced by the Shanghai International Dance Center Theater and funded by the Shanghai International Dance Center Development Association was staged. Folk non-professional dance troupes gather together for dance fans and enthusiasts aged 8 to 68 to celebrate this family-friendly traditional festival with a multi-style dance performance.
From 2018 to the present, the National Dance Theater has held a special public welfare activity of "Dance Masters in the Lantern Festival" every year, inviting ordinary dance lovers to appear on the professional stage of the National Dance Theater, bloom highlight dance moments, and realize their dance dreams, which has lasted for 7 years and has become one of the brand projects of the National Dance Theater.
Fan Dai Life - 2024 Dance Talent Lantern Festival" activity began to recruit in October last year, and after online audition and offline on-site re-selection, a total of 12 dance programs with diverse styles and different forms stood out among more than 100 registration teams, and finally appeared on the professional stage of the National Dance Theater.
Although they are non-professional dancers and groups, their love and dedication to dance are not inferior to that of professional dancers. The 12 dance programs presented in the performance are diverse in style, including unique folk dance, gentle and elegant classical dance, unique modern dance, creative contemporary dance, cool and handsome street dance, and cheerful and enthusiastic Latin dance.
What is touching is that there are 8-year-old children and 68-year-old people who dance on stage, and dancers of different ages use their wonderful dances to send warm hearts and contribute to supporting public welfare. It is reported that the two performances yesterday and today were both open to the public at a minimum of 50 yuan and a maximum of 80 yuan.
At the same time, this event adheres to the tradition of "using dance to help public welfare", and joins hands with the "Shenzhen Pink Ribbon Breast Care Center" to carry out women's health popularization activities on the spot, dance for life, and convey women's care. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Yuan).