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Cheer up and have fun: dancer spreads message of body jam

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Dance and fitness instructor Wong Chi-chung loves to move - and he wants the rest of Hong Kong to loosen up too.

The 35-year-old is also trying to introduce Hong Kong to a new fitness craze, body jam, a combination of dance and aerobics-style group exercise.

'Many of my trainees move their body and step with the music mechanically, like this,' he says, mimicking their robotic expression and movement.

'Dancing is amazing. My job is to let these people cheer up when they are dancing, follow me and change their expression to this.' He points to his beaming face.

Mr Wong is Fitness First's head teacher for body jam, which employs a range of music from hip-hop and funk to Latin American and jazz. It emerged five years ago in New Zealand.

Mr Wong first worked as a record store assistant and then in a hotel, but he dreamed of being a singer. It wasn't until he was 25, however, that he found his real love - dance.

'People often believe that it's too late to start learning dancing. I really met a lot of difficulties at the beginning as I was not as agile as those who started practising from a very young age. But I just kept practising and it worked.'

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