Me, Myself & Opera

Recently nothing much to do. I dug out a demo VCD made by SL which was made to teach si bao and intro LYX & nanyin. Tot it was kind of interesting to rewatch it so I am putting up 2 clips. Uncle did a demo on some liyuanxi movements. Most of the time, this kind of demo are done by his wife. I dunno why this time it's uncle. Maybe cuz they want a guy? Just like NDP requested a guy to sing. Next, it's a clip showing what is Sheng, Dan, Jing, Chou. These are super basic knowledge. Then there is this demo of movements for xi nu ai le. The movements are not alot, just a quick expression. Most parts of the VCD focused on Nanyin as the basics of 'si bao' was taught at the end of it. nice nice..

Yesterday I went to see a dance play choreograph by Huang Hui (a member of sl). It was a fusion of liyuanxi, nanyin, modern dance and some strange stuff I dunno how to explain. Tot I might go take a look since so boliao and Uncle Lim asked me if I wanna watch. So Susan helped me get a ticket and I went to watch with her. The dance play begin off with a woman talking about her daughter and her life as a housewife. Then from a back of the stage, a woman dressed in opera costume (SL's costume for nanyin dance) walked in with Liyuan style and started doing all the liyuan movements. then another woman walked in.. in the same manner then another walked in.. Total 3 women.. on the stage, not speaking. Just doing different liyuan movements. After some time, they walked off stage. After that 3 girls dressed like housewife, came out and talk.. then dance abit of hip hop dance. Then 2 mummies appeared with Uncle. Uncle was holding this candle. He started singing a piece of nanyin but without ...