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...platform and coolly follow the game's flashing foot-pad squares while adding a show-off flair all his own. That swaggering, 180-beat-per-minute performance made him No. 1 in northern Cali-fornia. In previous contests Aldea has wowed judges with trademark moves, like a drunken kung fu impersonation - all the while following the requisite dance steps. "I've been to Japan and the Philippines," says Aldea, whose parents are originally from Manila, "and the dancers there focus more on perfect scoring instead of artistry...
...performance artist Needa. "But at the same time, the East will never cease to influence the West, either." In the 2000 U.S. census, nearly 7 million people identified themselves as multiracial, and 15% of births in California are of mixed heritage. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the Oscar-winning kung fu flick, was more popular in Middle America than it was in the Middle Kingdom. In Hollywood, where Eurasian actors once were relegated to buck-toothed Oriental roles, the likes of Keanu Reeves, Dean Cain and Phoebe Cates play leading men and women, not just the token Asian. East and West...
...four days to the Oscars ceremony and CoCo Lee is having trouble sleeping. She and a group of kung-fu dancers have been rehearsing two hours a day preparing their rendition of A Love Before Time, the atmospheric theme from the acclaimed film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But CoCo's recurring nightmare is that on the big night she'll end up showing her, um, wrong side. "I start on a huge platform raised at least two stories off the ground and I have to walk down a stairway, while singing, in five-inch heels," she explains. "My dream...
...only returning starter in the Crimson's infield is junior second baseman Cherry Fu, one of the team's strongest hitters. She boasts a .347 career average and earned Second Team All-Ivy honors last season...
...great riseball," Fu said. "I think it taught us that we need to adjust to different styles or it will cost us. We'll be better prepared for the next pitcher like [Swanson...