"Graceful dancers attired in dazzling costumes and using various props performed light acrobatics to musical selections. The dancers hailed from places as far as China, Italy, Thailand and Mongolia, and others came from New Jersey and California. They spoke about the various traditions in Chinese culture before performing the related dances. This year's program introduced a new hip hop lion dance, blending old tradition with modern movement. Performances included the Ribbon Dance, Long Spear Dance, Fan Dance, Peacock Dance, Mongolian Harvest Dance"
"The event concluded with a special horse head fiddle performance and a lively Mongolian dance inspired by horsemanship and grassland culture that evoked the spirit of the horse's energy. It was especially fun for children who joined the dancers in an interactive activity on stage to learn the ribbon dance, one of the oldest and well-known forms of Chinese folk dance."
Dancers in dazzling costumes used props and performed light acrobatics to music. Performers came from China, Italy, Thailand, Mongolia, New Jersey and California and described Chinese traditions before performing. The program introduced a hip hop lion dance blending tradition with modern movement and included Ribbon, Fan, Peacock, Long Spear, Mongolian Harvest and Lion in the City dances. Bayarjargal "Baagii" Chogsom played the horse head fiddle, creating horse-like sounds and relating a legend of an instrument fashioned from a beloved horse's bones and carved horse head. Children joined dancers to learn the ribbon dance, did crafts, and took home goody bags.
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