When the music begins
We all cannot help but to wiggle hips
Which is the signature move of disco dancing
I’m a professional dancer
From 2015 to now
I create a work called Disco-Teca
In the form of disco dancing
We perform in different places, different cities
We’re consisted of 5 dancers, 2 men and 3 women
We collect various disco movements from the 80s
And the popular music and clothes elements at that time
Like maillots
High-waist bell-bottoms
Pink, leopard-print and plastic sunglasses
What on earth is the spirit of disco
In 2016 Dr. Wangqian joined us
And imparted much knowledge to us
Disco was brought into Guangzhou from Hong Kong in the 80s
And then spread across the Chinese mainland
The culture and atmosphere of the whole society changed
Young people sweat with enthusiasm in their best years
To reach their target
Females no longer stayed at home taking care of husband and children
They dressed up
Wearing heels
And high-waist skirts to show their legs
They went to dance halls
Males had to have long hair
Shirts, bell-bottoms and leather shoes
A young man full of energy was shaking his hips and shoulders
An Introduction to Disco Dancing
How to Dance Disco
Movements in Disco-Teca are basically copied
From those books published in the 80s
The drawings in the books
Show some signature moves like snapping fingers
And pointing to the sky and then ground
And standing with arms akimbo
When the Bollywood film (and music) came into China
People started to move their neck, shoulders and even eyebrows and eyes
They liberated every joint that can be moved
And there were qigong disco dancing
And martial art disco dancing
In Disco-Teca I use different versions of one song
They are in different languages
The English version is about 2 close brothers falling in love with one girl
The Hong Kong version is by Sandy Lamb
A girl meets a boy she likes
And for people in the Chinese mainland, the most familiar version is the Girl under the Streetlight
It’s surprising that middle-aged and elderly people
Also come to watch our performance
A grey-haired couple
Were the first to enter
And the last to leave
They were smiling all the way
It seemed the performance suddenly evoked their memories
I think it’s where the meaning of disco lies
Through the bridge of disco
We can connect to the elder generation