An Interesting Dancing Class

On Tuesday afternoon of 29th of July, we did a most interesting thing--cultural exchange in way of body language. What? What's that? Yes, Siggy and Carrie, two outstanding representatives of Americans learned how to dance the most popular Chinese square dance from a Chinese teacher--Jane and we, 15 Chinese teachers learned how to dance a popular American dance-Jazz from Siggy. Interesting, right? In a very large classroom, HGS 301, we made spacious room by putting aside those four big tables. Then Jane who is quite good at dancing Chinese square dance stood in front of us. She showed us how to dance a popular square dance to the song--The Growth of All Creatures sung by a very famous Chinese singer--Dingding Sa. It is a typical Chinese folk song, the rhythm of which is very pleasing to the ear. And the square dance Jane taught us is quite elegant and beautiful and it is the kind of dance somewhat like Chinese Yunnan Minority dance, which is noted for Peacock Dance. Look! How beautifully all the teachers including the two American teachers Siggy and Carrie are dancing the Chinese square dance in the two following pictures!

After learning the beautiful peacock-like Chinese square dance, we start learning the popular American sexy dance--Jazz. First, Siggy showed us the basic steps of the sexy dance. She danced so well and so hot that we couldn't help laughing and clapping our hands. Then, she turned on her computer. In the video, a very beautiful sexy young girl and a group of energetic young men and young women are dancing the sexy dance together while the young girl sings the song. All of us tried our best to imitate the dance steps of the stars. Since we have never danced so hot a dance, Siggy showed us the dance step by step patiently. She is such a good teacher that in no more than 10 minutes, we all learned to dance the first few steps. You see, how well and sexy all of us can dance. But it's a pity that Carrie only sat there watching us dance without joining us. We do hope that next time Carrie can also teach us some other America dance that she is good at. What a happy and unforgettable afternoon we have spent! This is also an interesting way of cultural exchange, right?

In the following picture, we were learning the hot Jazz from those young dancers in the video. You see, how seriously we were learning the dance.