{"id":35341,"date":"2013-09-12T18:31:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T10:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/?p=35341"},"modified":"2013-11-04T18:02:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T10:02:22","slug":"foreign-dancers-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chengduliving.com\/foreign-dancers-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Dancers and Their Journey from Los Angeles to Chengdu"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is Gerran\u2019s first week in China. He has never been to Beijing or Shanghai; Chengdu is the first city that he has seen. Now he is on the highway riding to Meishan, a third-tier city an hour\u2019s distance from Chengdu, to teach a dance workshop.<\/p>\n
Gerran is not the only American choreographer in China these days. Chinese dance studios have been thriving, fueled by the attendance of young middle class Chinese students with disposable income and thirst for American dance culture. Popular contemporary Chinese choreography \u2013 the type featured in music videos, commercial events, and the majority of recreational dance classes \u2013 derives almost entirely from trends in the West, and studios that have been able to capitalize upon that Western cosmopolitanism have succeeded in the market.<\/p>\n
Gerran came to Chengdu from LA with another dancer, named Josh, who has been to China before. Last year Josh crisscrossed China with the Chinese pop star Amei, as a back up dancer in her tour production, and taught a series of workshops at the Chengdu studio Sinostage, which is currently hosting both he and Gerran.<\/p>\n