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| Tossing Diabolos. What a treat! |
I saw a remarkable performance last night. A troupe of middle graders from
Taiwan, the Taiwanese Youth Folk Sport Troupe from Keelung, Taiwan were
putting on a show of dancing, top spinning, acrobatics, rope skipping and
diabolo (1. A double conical Asian yo-yo) spinning. Average age = 14. These were very athletic and
graceful young people. Very high energy.
The things they did mostly
worked out fine and the coordination required to jump multiple ropes at once,
or throw a top onto a 3 inch disc or keep the diabolo or indeed multiple
diabolos going at once is impressive. Mostly worked out. But a few drops or
trips or missed tops did happen. And here is where the real professionalism
came out. In every case when something went wrong, the kids made a correction
and moved on without missing a beat. No frowns, no tantrums, no pause. In most
cases many performers are involved, such as 5 girls twirling and throwing
diabolos at once. Someone drops a yo-yo, picks it up and seamlessly gets back
into the act.
As we all know, we learn a
lot from our mistakes, if we have any sense at all, and we get better by
getting back in the game after an error. These kids took the good and
not-so-good completely in stride, at least publicly, and are to be applauded
not only for their successes, but also for their mature response to glitches.
Unlike some professional athletes
I could name.
Image: http://www.taiwanembassy.org/public/MMO/Photo/15217213671.JPG
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