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伦敦奥运8分钟杂谈 |
将举办下届2012年奥运会的主办城市伦敦宣布,将于今年8月举行的北京奥运会闭幕式上,由其国家跳舞组合Zoo Nation表现嘻哈街舞(Hip Hop) ,届时, “皇家芭蕾”和当代舞团“Candoco ”也将只作为陪衬,不过该决定引来不少时事评论员的批评。
据香港文汇报消息,在北京奥运会的闭幕式上,伦敦奥组委方面日前决定以嘻哈街舞表现其国家的多元化及活力,但不少时事评论员认为嘻哈街舞仅能令人联想到美国特色,与英国无关。不过伦敦奥组委坚持只会于北京奥运会闭幕式上表演嘻哈街舞以之代表该国。
At the closing ceremony of the Olympics in Bejing this summer
the hip hop dance troupe, with support from dancers from the
Royal Ballet company and Candoco
will be performing an eight minute routine.
Read more in the Guardian, 13 June 08
Zoonation's hit show Into the Hoods
has just had its run at the Novello Theatre on
Aldwych extended until August - proving that a hip
hop show can sustain a long West End run.