LION OR DRAGON? — A PRIVATE PERFORMANCE OBSERVATION RECORD

Event / place / year:
Actual performance date and time:
Organiser or venue listing URL / date checked:
Troupe name and programme wording, if available:

OBSERVE BEFORE NAMING
1. Body: compact head-and-body costume / one long body / view unclear:
2. Support: performers inside costume / visible poles and handlers / unclear:
3. Animals: how many separate heads AND matching bodies can you follow?
4. Props: separate pearl, greens or other props seen; record, do not guess:
5. Movement: describe only what you actually observed:
6. Appearance: fur, colour, lighting; a clue, not a decisive rule:
7. Label: lion / dragon / uncertain; give the structural reason:
8. Local name, style or ritual explanation confirmed by programme/troupe:

KEEP TWO COLUMNS IN YOUR NOTES
Observed directly:
Explanation supplied by organiser/troupe, with source:
Still unknown or hidden from view:

EXAMPLE — FICTIONAL, NOT AN ACTUAL EVENT
Observed: three separate compact animals, each with its own head and body.
Tentative identification: several lions, not one dragon because there are
several bodies rather than one long continuous pole-supported body.
Unconfirmed: regional style, exact performers per costume, ritual name.

Respect event barriers and the troupe's directions. Do not touch props,
enter the performance space or interrupt to improve the view. Ask about
photography where needed. Use an actual event listing for time and place;
a lunar calendar date does not confirm that a particular dance is scheduled.
This original record is for spectators, not performance training.
The accompanying illustration has schematic counts, not universal rules.