I don't know, I think Taiwan's lion showed more raw strength and more cohesiveness in corporal expression. It may be that standards set by Malaysian lion dance culture culture, which have a greater tendency to draw inspiration from northern lion dance, may be influencing exactly what gets judged in the competition here. I would think dancers would be expected to bring out the heart and soul of the /southern/ lion. KSK team E's lion often feels like like a really dainty Northern lion dance in its execution. Sure, it's all aesthetically pleasing from the standpoint of western sports and dance like gymnastics and ballet, but it doesn't really show the power and emotional breadth of the southern lion as other cultures from other countries have come to interpret it.
Feels like a speedrun and that the lion's personality is not well developed. The objective of high pole competition should not just be who goes the fastest and performs the most stunts. Modern high pole teams focus little on the lion's expression, emotions, and telling a story, with cannot be developed effectively in a 'blitz' routine. I didn't really get much of a story out of this, except of course the westernized soccer theme which was lowkey cringey and inappropriate. Lion dance is not supposed to be a gymnastics sport and I'm worried these contests are now taking the tradition in that direction...
@kimjongun48512 жыл бұрын
damn so good
@sesame11242 жыл бұрын
好看
@AndyJones-e9x3 жыл бұрын
马来西亚华人真了不起!可惜喇叭声太烦人。
@jiajieho68983 жыл бұрын
喇叭对狮人来说是一种打气的方式
@GuiGuitube3 жыл бұрын
@@jiajieho6898 this is a traditional art competition, they should give some respect ,if they like horn so much , go watch football
@@chf357 KSK doesn't understand how to do southern lion expression anymore however. Their older teams did, but not really the remaining 2 competing teams. They're all about the acrobatics and gymnastics aspects, and making the movements look refined and coordinated, which they excell at, but they don't bring out a developed lion personality. The lion's head literally freezes up so often in this competition and makes the lion look like it's having an absence seizure. They seem to have spent too much time watching northern lion routines and thinking hoksan lions are supposed to look like them.