Performance Art, Dance Video
5:25
In the past year, the issue of racism has been a big issue A dance music video about ethnic phenomena and problems, through the selection and shotting of different scenes to show the problems of ethnic groups in various situation.
Xuejing Nancy Cao (she/her/hers)
Xuejing Cao is a dancer, media maker, photographer and composer lovers. She is graduating with a BA in Dance and a BA in Critical Media Practices (Media Production) with a performance media concentration. Xuejing has done four internships, including Dance Teaching Assistant at Shandong College of Arts, Photographer in “This_is_Vision” Co. in Shanghai, and two opportunities as arts administrator since she was a freshman year. Nancy is looking forward to pursuing further Performance Arts Administration in New York University.
The World Around US
The theme of this dance video is about racism. Since last year, this topic has been everywhere in our life. From Black Lives Matter to the China virus, this social issue should bring more attention to the public and make people deeply thinking. This dance video from my own perspective, shows how a race of people, and my heart for racism and how it feels when encountered racial discrimination is will do better, and this is all over the world are faced with the problem, so I hope that through this project, to draw attention to racial issues and further attention. As a director, I participated in composing the music, recording the interviews from my friends who are of different races, choreography, performance and finally editing the video. In this way, I combined several mediums forms together including found footage, composition, dance and poem…. This dream project challenged and recognized my own ability, and Let me have more courage and motivation to challenge a new self in artistic creation.
