By Deba Uwadiae

It took a while for the audience to leave at the end of the performance in the sold out hall at the 3^rd Wuyue Dance Performance on Sunday, September 28, 2025, at the Dublin Abbey Theater, Dublin, Ohio.

 From the opening of the curtain at 6pm to when the curtain was drawn down at about 7.10pm it was an exhilarating, exciting, and entertaining dance performances displaying the Chinese Dance, Hip-Hop and Ballet, presented by the organizers, Columbus Wuyue Arts Foundation.   

The different dance team including Huayi Buckeye, Ruth Dance Studio, Yongge Chen’s Ballet Class, Dance with Melody, Wuyue Dance Group, Ace+ Ukan + Ohio Lockers, and Amy Ho kept the audience at the seat edges as they savored the well-orchestrated dance performances.

The different dances with name tags like The March of the Elephant, Ode to the Spring Luo’yang, Raymond’s Dream Scene Variation, Dreaming of Hometown, An’He Bridge, Night Mooring by Qin’hual, Jasmine Flower, Dance of the Grassland, Dance Without Limits, Pointing to the Moon, Waterside Town, The Talisman Variation, Under the Hawthorn Tree and Blue Wish were carefully delivered reflecting the coordination of various elements that must have gone into the planning.

“I loved everything, the choreography, the color, the style, there is so much to witness. In so many ways, we are here to support the community and every artist that lives in Dublin. This is one of those aspects that made Dublin community unique,” said Merijin van der Heijden, Executive Director, Dublin Arts Council.

“The event is marvelous. This year we have more than 56 dancers participating. It’s an opportunity to share our arts and culture. I am excited and confident and I am seeing people appreciating our culture,” said Amy Ho, a member of the dance team.

Yanling Zhang of Wuyun dance group founded in 2016 said “We are so glad that we have a dancing performance here. It is an opportunity to serve the community. I want to say that all of our members are non-professional. We have our jobs but we have come together to dance and perform to the public. This is also an opportunity to promote the Chinese culture in the community.”

“All the students in our ballet class started learning it at our later age. Our average age is over 60. We started from scratch and we have made a lot of progress to be able to perform today,” said Yiwei Fan of the Yongge Chen’s Ballet Class.

Kris Zhang, a board member of Wuyue Dance said “We have been working to introduce the Chinese culture and tradition to the community. The dance performance is part of it.”

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