tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889747597046433941.post3542096965172084239..comments2023-04-02T02:34:33.461-07:00Comments on Festival of Vietnamese Traditional Music in Australia: ÂU CƠ MELBOURNE DANCE GROUPdang thaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00520073303719372514noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7889747597046433941.post-50479007901615466992016-10-15T02:49:16.635-07:002016-10-15T02:49:16.635-07:00The first song that Âu Cơ ever danced and performe...The first song that Âu Cơ ever danced and performed widely was The Sound Of Joy music by Mr Đăng Thảo. I remembered Tina and I just had just forming the group then. I convinced them this is the piece of music that will kick start our practice, because in my head the choreography will have all the basic movements, those will set us up for other dances later on.<br />I love Đăng Thảo's music, love his new take on Vietnamese traditional music, love how he integrates the tabla into most of his pieces of music and especially The Sound Of Joy. I was lucky enough to have been trained by the most gracious dancer, so I tried to show all the then new Âu Cơ members almost all what I new. People opposed a little, because they weren't used to dancing without lyrics but it didn't take much convincing to change their minds. We all love it at the end. We ended up performing in the great Melbourne Town Hall as in the clip. There were few changes with members in Âu Cơ but we still kept in touch and being close. <br /><br />This clip took me right down the memories lane! <br />Good luck to Âu Cơ as they will perform tomorrow's night. <br />Uyên DiAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757273445496015491noreply@blogger.com