Final performance of Menggu (or is that Pingu?)

Well, I have now finished my Menggu dance lessons. I spent the first 3 days learning the basics of the dance style where the movements are very strong and precise but also small movements that then need exaggerating. The last two days were spent putting a dance together but with very little time for me to rehearse. The dance is about the beautiful land and life in the Mongolian region. The dance is meant to be strong, always keeping a view to the vastness of the landscape.

Mary H is really going out of her way to make my experience a good one. She dressed me up in a Menggu costume and head-dress we had a laugh at how I looked (not exactly my usual style) and then videoed me performing the dance. She says she will send the DVD in September (after editing, will probably require quite a bit of editing).

So next week I start Daizu dancing...