these were certainly some of the most colorful and fully expressive performances we’ve seen thus far.

The first video had very thick severe make-up, costume and chair and even though I really had no idea what was really going on and there was no movement in the dancers feet I got a general feeling of sadness or struggle from the performer who really had amazing control of their facial muscles. In the second video with the backstory and subtitles I had an easier time following along which made watching more enjoyable and it didn’t seem as long as it had been.

I do wonder how much of the regular target audience watching this is familiar with all the hand signs though, it was like more elaborate performative sign-language. It was really enchanting to watch though.