National Performance Dance Troupe

The performance that kicked off the Inauguration ceremonies was definitely one-of-a-kind. All the performers were dressed in the whitest white I’d ever seen, bordered by woven geometric designs in really bright colors. All the women had these white ribbons/ropes tied around their heads that made them look like Aida or something along the lines of Nubian princesses. Then, they all had bells on their ankles that they rang by stamping around.

I have seriously never seen any dancing as extreme as this was. The dancers were bending over backwards and standing up again in a heartbeat. They waved their arms around and kicked their feet up… I imagined them losing their balance every other second, and yet they managed to pull it all off without much trouble at all. For their finale they did this one dance where they all jumped like 10 feet in the air, and managed to land exactly on the beat. I thought that was damn impressive… until they did it about 400 times in a row. Then I was just astounded. I couldn’t believe none of them passed out!

Simultaneously, the other half of the troupe was drumming and singing in order to create the music for the event. They were as interesting to watch as the dancers.