
Ruff Collar
Dance
Social
dis-dance
Brief introduction of the performance:
Each participant wears a Ruff Collar of one-meter diameter, dancing with local dancing music. The Ruff Collar is destroyed by body contact, while they are gradually getting close to each other.
1. Make a Ruff Collar of one-meter diameter for each participant
︎︎︎ Make it with a fragile material, for example craft paper, carboard or plastics etc.
︎︎︎ Find your own method to create the “Ruff Collar”. All methods and forms are permitted.
︎︎︎ Make sure that your “Ruff Collar” must be a wearable device/object around the neck, with one-meter diameter or length, which supposed to remain a certain social distance.
︎︎︎ You can paint or write anything on the “Ruff Collar” if you want.
2. Dance with the Ruff Collar
︎︎︎ At least two participants should be included, professional or amateur.
︎︎︎ Choose a piece of local popular dance music.
︎︎︎ Choose a site, private or public
︎︎︎ Dancers stand apart at extremities of the same space. Dancers put on the Ruff Collar.
︎︎︎ Put on the music.
︎︎︎ Dancers move their bodies, they slowly shorten the distance with
each other while they dancing.
︎ All dance disciplines are permitted, such as ballet, salsa, hip-pop, afro-dance and any local traditional dance.
︎ Film your performance with a smartphone or camera, and upload the video or photo to social media platforms, such as Instagram or Weibo, or Tiktak (#Ruffcollardance #yaoqingmei DoubleDecker)





