Keep on Dancing!
So Sunday was an eventful day. I woke up late because I had gotten home late the night before. Plus it was Sunday, I figure since there is something about a day rest I should get to sleep in. I did not sleep in too long because I had to meet my friend Cathy at the sky train station.
My friend Cathy has been working in Beijing for about eight months, but the whole time she had never come to the part of Beijing I live in. This is not too surprising because unless you are a student there are not too many reasons to come out this way. Anyways we met about 1:00 in the afternoon and then spent most of the afternoon just walking around the campus and chatting. We took a few photos of campus as we toured.
After the tour I was walking Cathy back to the station when we ran into one of my classmates Taylor. He has a friend name Ting Ting who used to be in a hip hop group and she really likes to dance and is into that whole scene. I have talked to her about breakdancing and all that so when her, Taylor and MCK planned to go to a breakdance competion on Sunday night they invited me too. When we bumped into Taylor he told me about it. He told me that we were going to meet at 7:30 to leave and since it was 5:30 I figured I had enough time to go home and get some homework done. I rushed home and got some Korean food on the way home, so that I could eat and do homework at the same time. Unfortunately I decided to take a nap after I ate my dinner instead. So when it when I was supposed to call Taylor and MCK to meet them I just about decided not to go since it was already Sunday night and I had not done any of my homework.
To make a long story short, I decided to go and it was a blast. We went to a club called High Speed in the Chaoyang district. Since Ting Ting knew some people performing we were able to get in for a discount price .... I assume, just because the tickets were not too expensive. The show was called "Keep on Dancing" and was put on by Beijing Better Dance Family. The first part of the night was a popping and locking competition followed by a beakdancing competition. In between the competitions there were some performances by Ting Ting's friends who were in a dance group. At the end of the night there was going to be a performance by Skeeter Rabbit. We did not stay long enough to see it since all of either had to go to work or class the next day. I would have liked to see it because he has worked with all sorts of people from Talking Heads to Micheal Jackson.
After a long evening of watching people perform I wanted to try and start learning again. I have tried a couple times before, but those times I never did much more than think about it for a while and then stop thinking about it. I know that Taylor and MCK want to learn, so maybe I can try a little bit before I leave Beijing.
To see more photos from the evening click on the image below.
I also shot a few videos with my camera. If you are interested then watch a few breaking videos. They are not the best because of where I was standing and I was using my camera to shoot the video you can get an idea of the atmosphere, plus you can see some girls breakdancing!
My friend Cathy has been working in Beijing for about eight months, but the whole time she had never come to the part of Beijing I live in. This is not too surprising because unless you are a student there are not too many reasons to come out this way. Anyways we met about 1:00 in the afternoon and then spent most of the afternoon just walking around the campus and chatting. We took a few photos of campus as we toured.
After the tour I was walking Cathy back to the station when we ran into one of my classmates Taylor. He has a friend name Ting Ting who used to be in a hip hop group and she really likes to dance and is into that whole scene. I have talked to her about breakdancing and all that so when her, Taylor and MCK planned to go to a breakdance competion on Sunday night they invited me too. When we bumped into Taylor he told me about it. He told me that we were going to meet at 7:30 to leave and since it was 5:30 I figured I had enough time to go home and get some homework done. I rushed home and got some Korean food on the way home, so that I could eat and do homework at the same time. Unfortunately I decided to take a nap after I ate my dinner instead. So when it when I was supposed to call Taylor and MCK to meet them I just about decided not to go since it was already Sunday night and I had not done any of my homework.
To make a long story short, I decided to go and it was a blast. We went to a club called High Speed in the Chaoyang district. Since Ting Ting knew some people performing we were able to get in for a discount price .... I assume, just because the tickets were not too expensive. The show was called "Keep on Dancing" and was put on by Beijing Better Dance Family. The first part of the night was a popping and locking competition followed by a beakdancing competition. In between the competitions there were some performances by Ting Ting's friends who were in a dance group. At the end of the night there was going to be a performance by Skeeter Rabbit. We did not stay long enough to see it since all of either had to go to work or class the next day. I would have liked to see it because he has worked with all sorts of people from Talking Heads to Micheal Jackson.
After a long evening of watching people perform I wanted to try and start learning again. I have tried a couple times before, but those times I never did much more than think about it for a while and then stop thinking about it. I know that Taylor and MCK want to learn, so maybe I can try a little bit before I leave Beijing.
To see more photos from the evening click on the image below.
I also shot a few videos with my camera. If you are interested then watch a few breaking videos. They are not the best because of where I was standing and I was using my camera to shoot the video you can get an idea of the atmosphere, plus you can see some girls breakdancing!
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