Japan, a country that promotes “dance education”, began to be influenced by Western dancing as early as in the post-WWII era. Till now, numerous famous dancers have been produced in the country. In recently years, as the Education Ministry of Japan has the intention to divert the attention of children away from electronic gadgets and train up their communication skills, it promotes “dance education” on an even larger scale, and has included “urban dance”, a popular form of dance in the USA, as a compulsory component in the syllabus of Physical Education for junior high school students. Thanks to a broad-scale promotion on the educational level, it’s not difficult to find dancing people in the streets of Japan. Night clubs, dance studios and even outdoor squares have become the venues where young people enjoy music and dancing. Their enthusiasm for dancing has infiltrated every corner; nowadays, dance studios are never short of teenage new dancing stars who can stun you by their dancing skills.
Wing, also a dance learner from young age, has always admired Japanese dancers for their details and sense of rhythm. She is also greatly impressed by their diligence and persistence for dancing. This time, as Wing is forming a dance troupe for a competition, she is determined to set off for Japan to train up her dancing skills and re-adjust her psychology of dancing, with a view to breaking through her own limits and seeking a great improvement in choreographic inventiveness and skills.
Through this visit in Japan and the experience gained there, will Wing take herself and her troupe towards the international stage?
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