Kuandu Arts Festival Part II

October was an incredibly busy month here at TNUA with the Kuandu Arts Festival. There was something going on almost every day, and the weekends saw crowds of people coming to the campus for shows or exhibitions. This post has a few pictures but mostly videos from different events during the festival including the Open Day and 30th Anniversary Celebrations.

Firstly I just need to apologise for my terrible video editing and/or lack thereof. They were not made for any other purpose other than to be a lovely memory of my time here. Also I only just recently acquired a copy of iMovie, and as of yet have very little grasp on how it all works.

Come and study at TNUA!

First off I have a few things from the Open Day. My favourite being the Ballerina Balloon people.

A few of the Seniors in the dance department put together a short display for the Open Day Show. The following two videos are of Fufu practicing his tricks in the halls of TNUA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0wMl2xyF7g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEiKgzBmRVw

And this is the Main Event. As if you wouldn't want to come to this University after seeing this! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnZ5jp69ebw

Gangnam and Games

During October (a little bit late in the Semester) was the Welcome Party hosted by the Sophomore class. The theme of the night was the Olympics, and all the students were split up into teams. Taiwan,  Japan, USA and one other country that I forget. There was a 'torch' lighting ceremony, and then a girl on the recorder and a beat boxer started up with what sounded like the National Anthem. (I could be so wrong though!) Each year level choreographed a dance piece, which all ended up being jazz and hip hop of course :) There were a few games and a short interval or pizza and cake. The two MC's for the evening were hilarious! Even if I had no idea what they were saying at any point during the night.

For those at WAAPA who were part of or watched our dance students Welcoming number at the beginning of this year, take a look at how they do it here at TNUA..... Gangnam  Style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZVYtxn7Zc

This game was hilarious and should be included in our Orientation Week festivities! The idea is that you line up a group of people across the stage. There is one person on the end who's job it is to come up with dance moves that need to be repeated by the dancer next to him/her in a kind of Chinese Whispers kind of way until someone stuff up. That person is then taken out of the line and the whole thing starts again.
In this video, the first boy coming up with the moves is Miguel. He is my favourite!
The second boy to do it is one of the exchange kids Thomas, from Purchase in New York. The hysterical laughter you can hear, is Ashley :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLqe6bHTiIs

Drummers and Dragons: 

This last two videos are from the 30th Anniversary celebrations. The first is of traditional Chinese drummers and the second is of two dancing dragons and is a bit long, but well worth a watch because the men under the dragon suit do an impressive job!

Drummers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KprJPoxvOzU

Dragons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=746g-dbT-Is