Anny LOU

Interview with Lou Chuanghong, Deputy Director of Sydney Chinese Dance Company

Lou Chuanghong is the deputy director of the Sydney Chinese Dance Company. Born in Zhejiang, the hometown of ancient Chinese beauties, she has an unforgettable tranquility and elegance. She is slim and graceful, and has the natural and pure beauty of the South, making her a favorite of dance teachers.

As the saying goes, a lotus comes out of clear water, and it is natural without any decoration. There is a kind of woman whose grace is infused with acquired cultivation, and the classical charm exuded in her every move is enough to attract people’s attention inadvertently, making you no longer satisfied with the superficial visual enjoyment, but wanting a deeper understanding and eager to know more. Natural beauty is something that can be encountered but not sought, while acquired charm comes from life experience. If a young woman is a glass of fresh juice, then a woman like Lou Chuanghong is a mellow wine, rich in taste and lasting.

Lou Chuanghong has been with the Sydney Chinese Dance Company for eight years. In the early days of the dance company, there was a shortage of dance costumes and shoes. As the deputy director, she generously donated money to buy training clothes for the members. In order to improve her own dance skills and reserve coaches for the company, she also joined the Australian Ballet to practice dance.

As a dancer, Lou Chuanghong has devoted all her spare time and energy to the pursuit of her love of dance art and the development of the dance troupe. This selflessness and persistence not only reflects her sincere love for dance, but also reflects her noble character.

Over the years, Lou Chuanghong has persisted in practicing many different styles of characteristic dances. Dai dance allows her slender figure to fully display the charm of the South; Spanish dance allows her passionate and unrestrained romantic feelings to fully embody. In order to perform the solo dance “Why are the flowers so red”, she was very devoted to learning the dance technique “turning around”, and paid extraordinary hard work and sweat, and finally reached the ultimate state of “turning around” and the skirt to form a red flower. The pursuit of excellence in dance skills has allowed Lou Chuanghong to break through herself again and again in excellence. In the large-scale dance drama “Tang Flower Fairy” originally created by the Sydney Chinese Dance Company, she combined the historical background of the play and created her own characteristic heroine – a simple and kind-hearted country girl to support other roles in the dance drama. When the play was first performed on June 1, 2013, her interpretation of the gorgeous love story between the country girl and the male protagonist’s imperial guard moved everyone on and off the stage, and won the audience’s applause and wide praise.