Contributed by Sandy Johnson
GCC student Lauren M recently travelled overseas with her dance troupe to Macau for the annual dance
festival celebrating Macau’s return to China.
To summarise, in Macau there is an annual dance festival to celebrate Macau’s return to being part of
China, after being previously governed and owned by Portugal.
Teams world wide submit to represent their country in this festival and at the end of Term 2 my dance college was selected to represent as team Australia, and I was lucky enough to make it onto the team.
The festival consists of a parade for the public and media to meet all the teams, this takes place in front of
the ruins of Saint Paul.
Lauren also took part in a flash mob and an outdoor show in the Portuguese part of the city.
Then the festival comes to an end with a grand finale performance in the Macau forum arena, which is televised in China.
This festival was an incredible experience that allowed meeting and learning from different people and cultures from across the globe.
