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[Closed] What does it take

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to be a Shen Yun dancer?

I imagine that most of us have seen this ad on YouTube in the last few months. Regardless, I suggest it's worth watching again. And again.

I love dance anyway - classical ballet; modern; folk - but this is amazing.

Anyone else impressed?


 
Posted : 02/12/2019 10:27 pm
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Bendy...


 
Posted : 02/12/2019 10:31 pm
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It looks superhuman. The thing for me about these types of performance arts is that like greyhound racing, I always think something sinister is going on with the ones that don't make it.


 
Posted : 02/12/2019 10:35 pm
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👍 I like.


 
Posted : 02/12/2019 10:38 pm
 aP
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Looks amazing. But so do the prices for going to see them


 
Posted : 02/12/2019 11:37 pm
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I hadn't seen it before, so thank you.


 
Posted : 03/12/2019 12:55 am
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Thanks op. Saw this on YouTube the other night but didn't realise there was a show near me. Gift sorted 😂👌


 
Posted : 03/12/2019 6:11 am
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I would imagine it takes a hugely authoritarian govt selecting kids that show an aptitude for dance, gymnasticsย  and ballet from an early age, and controlling every aspect of their lives from that moment forward with the end product being (by the looks of it) popular Cultural Propaganda.

I've a friend in a dance (ballet) company and the workload and injury rates are pretty hefty, I can only imagine what that would be like here.


 
Posted : 03/12/2019 7:38 am
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Amazing. That would have to be a short career though.


 
Posted : 03/12/2019 8:30 am
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Amazing. That would have to be a short career though.

And a lifetime of joint problems.


 
Posted : 03/12/2019 9:29 am
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Ha,but how good are they at Twister after 8 pints?


 
Posted : 03/12/2019 1:08 pm
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Damn those Chinese, they are plotting to take the world over, I tell you....


 
Posted : 03/12/2019 1:30 pm
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I'd pay to watch this.


 
Posted : 03/12/2019 1:33 pm