Islamabad treated to gravity-defying stunts, live music and dance
Chinese art troupe mesmerises audience with an assortment of lively performances.
ISLAMABAD:
As a harbinger of hope and prosperity for 2012, a Chinese art troupe mesmerised audience with an assortment of lively performances at Pakistan Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Friday.
The Happy Spring Festival aimed to celebrate the Chinese New Year and foster Pak-China friendship. The show was put up with the collaboration of Roots School System.
A seven-girl acrobatic gymnastics outfit, Sunny Girls, performed on a remix of the popular British group, Zero 7’s “In the waiting line”. The performers enchanted the crowd with their impeccable flexibility and human pyramid variations. Another group, Golden Meditation, showcased the ball laying technique. Punctuated by human pyramids and patterns, the performance involved juggling up to a staggering four balls on their feet.
Hu Xiquan, who performed an acrobatic heading jar, accomplished another astonishing feat. He wowed everyone by balancing a large garden pot on his forehead, head, nose, fingers and shoulders.
Backstage, while talking about his technique, Xiquan commented, “It is a combination of inherent ability, manipulating physics, confidence and a lot of practice.”
Chinese singing sensation Yi Wei serenaded the audience with a song from her new album “Sweet emotion” and Hadiqa Kiyani’s hit song “Buhe Bariya”.
Master Wang Dongee entertained and amused children and adults alike with a magic show. He turned ribbons into canes, canes in o cards, and cards into hats. He even performed an elevation trick with a table floating in mid air. The most well received trick was one with student participation, where he asked young boys to hold a red silk sheet and made popcorn from rice.
Towards the end, Roots’ students performed the traditional Chinese lion and dragon dance. Other dances performed by Roots students included ribbon dance, umbrella dance and a mixed martial arts dance.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 14th, 2012.
As a harbinger of hope and prosperity for 2012, a Chinese art troupe mesmerised audience with an assortment of lively performances at Pakistan Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Friday.
The Happy Spring Festival aimed to celebrate the Chinese New Year and foster Pak-China friendship. The show was put up with the collaboration of Roots School System.
A seven-girl acrobatic gymnastics outfit, Sunny Girls, performed on a remix of the popular British group, Zero 7’s “In the waiting line”. The performers enchanted the crowd with their impeccable flexibility and human pyramid variations. Another group, Golden Meditation, showcased the ball laying technique. Punctuated by human pyramids and patterns, the performance involved juggling up to a staggering four balls on their feet.
Hu Xiquan, who performed an acrobatic heading jar, accomplished another astonishing feat. He wowed everyone by balancing a large garden pot on his forehead, head, nose, fingers and shoulders.
Backstage, while talking about his technique, Xiquan commented, “It is a combination of inherent ability, manipulating physics, confidence and a lot of practice.”
Chinese singing sensation Yi Wei serenaded the audience with a song from her new album “Sweet emotion” and Hadiqa Kiyani’s hit song “Buhe Bariya”.
Master Wang Dongee entertained and amused children and adults alike with a magic show. He turned ribbons into canes, canes in o cards, and cards into hats. He even performed an elevation trick with a table floating in mid air. The most well received trick was one with student participation, where he asked young boys to hold a red silk sheet and made popcorn from rice.
Towards the end, Roots’ students performed the traditional Chinese lion and dragon dance. Other dances performed by Roots students included ribbon dance, umbrella dance and a mixed martial arts dance.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 14th, 2012.