By Noel Ceriani<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 Planning for American University of Sharjah\u2019s Global Day is hard work. Just ask Ann Jacob, media coordinator and performance planner of the Korean Cultural Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was such an amazing experience but it was super stressful,\u201d said Jacob, who could have been speaking for her counterparts in other cultural clubs and student organizations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was managing the lights, costumes, the song mix, the video background, rehearsal timings, the choreography and choreographer, who was very busy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt took up a lot of my time with planning and I was definitely working on it every day,\u201d Jacob added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to managing all aspects of the performance, planning for the pavilions was an even longer experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
President of the Jordanian Cultural Club Mouj Al Sheikh said that all cultural clubs were informed last semester that Global Day 2022 was happening and the JCC met with the pavilion designers two months ago. They discussed in multiple meetings what the pavilion would look like inside and outside, and how it will represent Jordanian\u2019s culture, food, and clothes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe represented downtown Oman as it is a commonly known place and the different types of food,\u201d Al Sheikh added. \u201cWe wanted to make a downtown supermarket theme, which explains the pictures on the walls and the table with all the snacks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aside from pavilions, there were also indoor and outdoor performances from 15 cultural clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are around 60 people dancing and the majority of dancers are part of the Indian Cultural Club and the rest are also Indians who joined for the Global Day dance,\u201d said Kashish Samtani, AUS student and Indian Cultural Club performer. \u201cWe didn\u2019t do the dance ourselves, there is a choreographer who helped us and the dances aren\u2019t that hard, they are very easy to follow so everyone can learn\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dance was approximately 18 minutes long and with three costume changes. The theme was an Indian wedding, added Samtani. \u201cWe hope that the audience gets the feel of what an Indian wedding is like and can experience it through our performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The performances included students who were experienced in dancing and also people who have never danced professionally or in front an audience before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nadia Altaf, a Korean Cultural Club performer, said \u201cI was hesitant because I didn\u2019t have dance experience prior to this but they were looking for any experience level. I thought let\u2019s just give it a shot, and we practiced two to three times a week for a month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working with the choreographer was a new experience and rehearsing was exhausting, mentally and physically, added Altaf. She got used to it towards the final days and her stamina increased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m satisfied with how the performance worked out even if it wasn\u2019t perfect,\u201d said Altaf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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