Ocean Dance Group

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Ocean is Iny Asian Dance Theater intermediate dance class. Ocean was first formed in 2004. In 2005 Ocean dance’s member started decreasing in size and they stopped show casting. Then in 2009, Ocean dance group was born again with new dancers.

Their dances since 2009 include:

The Little Mermaids

Qeej Dance

Qeej is a bamboo and wooden mouth organ found throughout Eastern Asia, and is a traditional music instrument played by the Hmong people. The qeej has six pipes of different lengths attached to a wooden air chamber, and is played in major holidays and ceremonies. When playing, the musician has to perform the mandatory steps, which include spinning (to confuse evil spirits which may try to prevent the soul of the deceased from joining his ancestors) and larger circular patterns (which indicate the journey on horseback of the soul).

MN Sunshine Dance Choreographer Iny Mai Vang adapts the tradition and incorporates with graceful dance movements and enhances with group formations to honor the Qeej.

The Qeej Dance was first performed by the combination of MN SunShine and Ocean dance groups. This dance had given the dancers a great experience, teaching and learning from each other, building a stronger relationship between them. Though Qeej Dance was first performed by both MN SunShine and Ocean, MN SunShine is passing down this beautiful Qeej dance to their wonderful younger sisters Ocean dancers.