"The name of this dance comes from a poem describing the quaint, graceful beauty of the lotus flower. This dance won first place in Senior Chinese Classical Dance division in 8th Taoli Competition."

Yeah this Lotus Dance is from a famous poem named 《爱莲说》, which extols the lotus.

As is well-known that the lotus root is in the dirty mud....but

Growing in mud, yet she never contaminates with it. She floats on waving water, yet never dances with it. "出淤泥而不染,濯清涟而不妖"

is the most famous sentence in the poem.

Thank you a lot for the information, very interesting!