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Who are the dancers?

posted 12 years ago by stewardia
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In yellow with the very long fake nails - photo 4 of 5 I believe..

I first saw them in this music video.

http://youtu.be/njnrYhy318Y

Love to see more of their work..

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[–] stewardia 12 years ago

That second one gets close.

This one may be the one I cited in the IO Echo music video:

http://youtu.be/izAqmF6w1SU

Complete with the figures dressed in white one either side of the performers in yellow.

Clicking on that video opens up many other videos of them in performance in the right sidebar. Or at least other companies that perform in the same style. Is it Dunhuang?

And this one is a stunner:

http://youtu.be/7vs-H7xLnrs

And this one has cuts from the IO Echo video:

http://youtu.be/Ov_iJQGq6DI

As many of those videos originate from China and other asian countries and I'm not conversant in those languages, I still haven't a clue what this style or school of dance is about.

[–] Coolestmovies 12 years ago

I believe the video you call "a stunner" actually features the dancers from SAMSARA. They're not Chinese, but Vietnamese. My memory's a bit fuzzy, but I recall this style of performance originated in Vietnam and the Chinese variants are just copies (with all puns intended). :)

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[–] contactmyles 12 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo0hUKwvYsc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Amazing performers, a real highlight!

M. Connolly

[–] st-mayhem 12 years ago

China Disabled Peoples Performance Art Troupe.
They are all deaf and mute.
You can see the whole performance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE-jPFqvUTo

[–] i-tapp 12 years ago

I thought the credits had the dancers as Javanese.

[–] DoctorFell 11 years ago

i think the dancers at the very beginning are javanese

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