Good chemistrybetween dancers is crucial for the demanding sport of dragon dance. Photo: AFP Relaxnews
By day, Le Yen Quyen works as a pharmacist at her local health clinic in Vietnam s Mekong Delta. At night, she dances under the head of a lion on perilously high metal poles, practising her moves ahead of Lunar New Year festivities.
Quyen, 27, was one of the first women to join the Tu Anh Duong lion and dragon dance troupe, where performers mimic the movements of the creatures to bring good luck and dispel evil spirits.
Evening after evening in the southern city of Can Tho, she perfects the stunts she will show off during Tet, the Vietnamese New Year holiday which begins next week.
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Le Yen Quyen poses with her lion dance mask before a practice session at the Tu Anh Duong lion and dragon dance school in Can Tho city on January 20. AFP
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By day, Le Yen Quyen works as a pharmacist at her local health clinic in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. At night, she dances under the head of a lion on perilously high metal poles, practising her moves ahead of Lunar New Year festivities.
Quyen, 27, was one of the first women to join the Tu Anh Duong lion and dragon dance troupe, where performers mimic the movements of the creatures to bring good luck and dispel evil spirits.
CAN THO, Feb 7 By day, Le Yen Quyen works as a pharmacist at her local health clinic in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. At night, she dances under the head of a lion on perilously high metal poles, practising her moves ahead of Lunar New Year festivities. Quyen, 27, was one of the first women to join.
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The Orange Peel, a live music space that has been closed since March, in Asheville, N.C., Jan. 27, 2021. Tens of thousands of eligible music clubs, theaters, museums and other spaces may overwhelm a $15 billion grant fund run by the Small Business Administration. Mike Belleme/The New York Times.
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.- In December, Congress created a $15 billion grant fund for clubs and performance spaces, recognizing that thousands of cultural institutions were at risk of closing permanently because there is no safe way to attend a rock concert or Broadway musical in a pandemic. Now comes the hard part: doling out the cash. The list of eligible recipients is large, and the Small Business Administration the agency in charge of creating rules and systems for the initiative, the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant has never run a major grant program. Its biggest pandemic relief effort, the $800 billion Paycheck Protection Pro