雨后春山 - Spring Mountain after the Rain

Chinese contemporary; 中国现代民族舞蹈
Female group, fan; 女子群舞,扇子

Contemporary art work at its best! Though fan dance is not very popular with the modern crowd and is hardly "hip", probably more considered as hackneyed and boring, but this dance just shows you how dazzling and "cool" fans can be. Amazing, how creative artists can be. Dances like this should spark some interest in even the most resistent audience.

Costumes (the colors, especially, plays nicely with the lighting), props (fans, but not really fans), and music (dynamic, very catchy) all complement the choreography well. Imagery is wonderful (check out that tree towards the end); give off the fresh after-spring-rain feel, doesn't it? Heh, you can almost smell it, or not...