Crouching lion, hidden dragon.
It’s 4 p.m. on a Friday at the New York Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club on Canal Street, where 10-15 performers, who make up one of Chinatown’s oldest lion dancing troupes, dating back nearly 70 years, are gathered for their weekly training session.
Clad in a tight black T-shirt, the nonprofit’s president, Brandon Lee, is pacing up and down the room like a drill instructor, barking commands as trainees perform a series of endless, complex calisthenics to whip these young lions into shape for the upcoming Lunar New Year parade.
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