Children of the Rainforest: Dance February 20, 2010

The simple beauty of traditional Hmong dress and dance will bring the rainforests of Laos to life on a cold winter's day in Madison. Madison's Viv Ncaus Hmong Dance Troupe will perform in colorful, traditional dress, hand-made with intricate stitching, which is the original written Hmong language. Dances portray the Hmong connection to nature, birds, forest, and traditional bamboo instruments. Viv Ncaus means "sisters" in Hmong and the dance group teaches Hmong girls to respect Hmong arts, embroidery, and music while still embracing their new Hmong-American culture. The Children of the Rainforest series offers performances for families to celebrate cultural differences in rainforest regions around the world, and is generously sponsored by William Wartmann.