Lion Dance
If one traces back to the roots and history of lion dance, one would discover that lion, the animal itself, did not exist in China. The "Lion" itself, was a creature that people worshipped as Gods, to rid of sickness and drought. The history of Chinese worshipping animal creatures as Gods can be tracked back all the way to the Han Dynasty.
Dragon Dance
In April 2013, our Association added Dragon Dance to our performance repertoire. We are very honoured to have Dragon Master, Sifu Roger Ting Wan Kee from Singapore Dragon & Lion Dance Association to coach us Fuzhou Style Dragon Dance. In August 2015, we became part of the International Fuzhou Dragon Dance Alliance.
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ABC News - 30Jan2021
We were graced by Jason Fang from ABC News last month when the crew came to our training venue to interview and film our crew training for Lunar New Year performances. He interviewed three of our members and filmed our dragon and lions training. The interview can be viewed on Youtube
The report was also on the ABC website
Welcoming the Year of the Ox 2021
We welcome the Year of the Metal Ox. In the Chinese Zodiac, the Ox is very hardworking and methodical. 2021 is going to be a year when work will get rewarded, and those zodiac signs who are lucky in terms of money this year will be the ones that will make a considerable effort.
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Please make sure that social distancing rules apply when we are performing so that everyone can stay safe and still enjoy all the festivities. Thank you!
Feel free to publish a summary of this article (in English or translated into another language) along with a link to the full piece https://www.thechinesezodiac.org/chinese-horoscope-2021-year-of-the-metal-ox/
OSMAD Miss Saigon
We were approached by a theatre company to help with one song in the production which requires a dragon. Over two training sessions, we had a crew of 11 training basic training techniques in dragon dance. Then, ouir dragon coach choreographed a short routine for them to perform on stage. We would like to wish the Miss Saigon crew from The Old Scotch Music and Drama Club the best of luck over the next few weeks. The opening night is this Friday night at the Geoffrey McComas Theatre at Scotch College, Hawthorn. Tickets can be purchased at www.osmad.com.au.
It was certainly a highlight of the COVIDsafe Eggs-plore Bendigo at Easter for the Bendigo Chinese Association to conduct the four 90 minute (+) shows at the Ulumbarra Theatre – two each on Saturday and Sunday
Doug Lougoon - President, Bendigo Chinese Association (6Apr 2021)
Thank you to all who made this happen!!
Thank you for so willingly and skilfully collaborating with our very different Easter program for 2021 – we hope you enjoyed the ‘theatre experience’ as much as we did
Thank you to all for the many hours of work and practice undertaken leading up to and culminating in this extremely successful event – it certainly will remain as a highlight of ‘Covid times’ for The Bendigo Chinese Association and our treasured friendship with Hong De Lion and Dragon Dance Association
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