Self-taught Biloxi students come together to form Lion Dance Team

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) – Behind each efficiency is a forged of hard-working performers, and a Lion Dance is not any exception.

The White Tiger Lion Dance Workforce began off as a small group of scholars looking for a strategy to characterize their church.

“Having a soccer workforce as a church, we didn’t imagine it however then somebody talked about lion dance and all of us thought that was an ideal concept,” mentioned the lion dance workforce captain.

Not like most organizations, these college students are self-taught thanks to some YouTube movies and having little background on the custom.

“We simply watched professionals and noticed what they did, and we simply mimicked their actions and tried to determine what they did,” mentioned the captain. “I might exit to the competition as a result of I grew up right here and they might have a competition yearly and they might have a Lion Dance and I at all times cherished watching it.”

The dance requires excellent timing and exact approach to verify the dancers are transferring in concord.

“Being a head is a two-person factor, it’s an all-for-one greater than a one-for-all,” mentioned one workforce member.

One thing that’s not a problem for this workforce, all due to crowd vitality and a powerful friendship that ends with one objective.

“I wish to make sure that the viewers is having a great time as a result of I do know after I raise my head participant, I see everyone smiling,” mentioned one member. “I see all of the reactions to the lion being alive. It brings me pleasure to place all these smiles on their faces.”

“So, it’s simply principally all the way down to communication and belief like it’s important to belief your teammates like our tails that they are going to management us. Not choose us up and drop us,” mentioned one member. “On the root of this workforce, we’re principally all pals simply making an attempt to unfold the custom of Lion Dance. So being pals simply helps us to inspire one another and work collectively.”

“Lion Dance is a dying sport and never many individuals find out about it, so we’re simply making an attempt to maintain the custom alive,” mentioned the captain.

The workforce mentioned they carry out for different occasions apart from the Lunar New 12 months. If you want to turn out to be a member or be taught extra about them, you’ll be able to head over to their social media pages.

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