On August 12, 2012 Ah-Lan Dance dancers Alissa Elegant and Camille Gwise won first place in their age group and the second highest score overall at Northern California Chinese Athletic Federation’s International Martial Arts and Dance Invitational for their duet “Leaving Home” 《出走》。 “Leaving Home” is a Mongolian Dance set to the popular song “Home, My Heaven”《天堂》。You may have seen them perform it when they debuted the piece this June in our Spring Gala.
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Photo by Eric Li
The Bay Area’s largest Chinese language paper “World Journal” covered our June gala “A Silk Road Journey”:
阿嵐中國舞蹈學校6月2、3日在東灣舉行「絲路之旅」的演出。該校學生從小的有4歲，一直到成人還有一些50，60歲的大人都表演各自的拿手舞。從西方芭 蕾舞到東方民族舞，傣族、苗族、蒙古族及中國、日本、朝鮮、印度等。金髮藍眼的白人學生包括大人和小孩都跳起很有韻味的傳統民族舞。很多華人觀眾都誇「這 老外跳中國舞還滿有味道的」。
特別表演的主持人是白人，也講一口非常流利的中文。不看的人一定以為是中國人。在「絲路之旅」的舞劇中，有不同國家的 人去敦煌學佛教，賣絲綢，做買賣。當中，新疆舞，朝鮮舞，日本舞，唐朝舞，印度舞，最後都集中到敦煌的集市中跳出一幅生動的歷史畫卷。讓台下生長在美國的 中國孩子和美國人更好了解中國歷史。阿嵐中國舞蹈學校暑期班現正招生，可上網：ahlandance.com查詢。
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A rehearsal photo to enjoy. See the sword fight this weekend.
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Lunar New Year Celebration, Jan. 29, 2012, Albany, CA. Credit: Dorothy Brown
Come watch us perform in Albany’s Memorial Park for Albany’s Arts and Green Festival. Get a sneak peak of dances our littlest performers have spent the year preparing for our upcoming Spring Gala. Enjoy old favorites such as our Mongolian bowl dance one last time before they are retired from our repertoire. This is a great chance to see performers of all ages show dances from all over China in the great outdoors.
You can see us 11:00-11:30, on May 6th, in Albany’s Memorial Park in front of the Veteran’s building. This is a free performance, open to audience members of all ages.
For more information about the Festival check out the city of Albany’s webpage.
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We are welcoming in the Year of the Dragon with a pair of great performances.
On New Year’s Day we had the first of our annual Chinese New Year performances at the Albany Community Center. It was a great success sharing Chinese culture with many of Albany’s youngest. Our youngest girls, our boys class, and the dancers who have joined us throughout the year were amazing in their debut performance.
Come encourage these new dancers and see the exciting dances we have prepared at tomorrow’s performance and parade. You’re also in for a special treat watching the amazing acrobatic feats of SF Circus members.
The performance starts at 10 AM. Come early to get a seat at this blockbuster annual event of the Albany Chinese community at Albany’s Twin Theater. Then join us at noon in parading up Solano Avenue and sharing the New Year spirit with Albany and Berkeley.
We always welcome new students. If the performances inspire you, join us for class.
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