National Dance Turkish National Dance
Developed on the basis of various cultures in Anatolia Plateau. Most of the content reflected is to show people's love for life, their pursuit of love and their devotion to religion by imitating natural scenes and simulating the actions of labor and production, and to express people's cheerful emotions in various festive ceremonies. Turkish national dances are rich and colorful, and almost every region has its own traditional dances. The lively Helan dance in the northern part of the Black Sea; Seebeck dance with slow lyrics in the western Aegean region; Harlem dance, passionate Thrace dance and Baal dance in the east and southeast have beautiful movements and unique styles.
The movements of Turkish national dance are heroic for men and smart for women. It is characterized by keeping the upper body straight and various movements of the lower limbs and feet. When performing on the stage, most of them are group dances. Men and women are not limited. While dancing, the lead dancer shouted "Good Jump" to indicate the change of movement and formation. The person standing at the end of the formation holds a square towel to take care of the neatness of the dance graphics.
Turkish folk dance is one of the indispensable social ways in people's lives. Every major festival, festive harvest, wedding ceremony, and even workers and peasants get together, as long as someone knocks on the Dawur drum and plays the tweeter of Surnai, people can't help coming from all directions, dancing with scarves and drums and dancing happily.
long-drum dance
Korean and Miao folk dances. It has a long history. During the Northern Wei Dynasty in Dunhuang (AD 386-534), there were percussion and drum music charts. Koreans are encouraged, and most of them perform for women. When dancing, the dancer puts the long drum in front of her, slaps the drum surface with her left hand, and beats the drum surface with a thin bamboo whip in her hand, dancing while playing, which is very beautiful. Miao and Yao people in China, Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi also like to play the drum dance. A dancer holds the middle of the drum horizontally with her left hand, flips it up and down, and beats the drum surface with her right hand. There are also male dancers tying drums in front of him, beating drums with both hands and dancing. There are generally two ways to play: "Wen Changgu" and "Wu Changgu", the former is soft; The latter moves roughly and quickly, showing more labor and life.
Fan dance
A dance popular among Koreans. It is said that it has been circulating for nearly Z thousand years. At first it was solo or duet, and later it evolved into a group dance. With fans as props, the main movements are "Huoyang Dance" and "Ximi Dance". Accompanied by slow-paced music, dancers dance in the tide and form beautiful patterns with fans in their hands, showing strong national characteristics.
Fan dance, also known as "Bai Peng dance", is also a folk dance of the Hani nationality, which spreads in the Hani nationality area on the south bank of the Red River in Yunnan. Legend has something to do with commemorating Bai Peng, which is regarded by local people as a symbol of peace and freedom. This is a collective dance of God. The dancers are dressed in white and have feather fans in their hands. Waving a fan while dancing, imitating the flying posture of a white duck, with graceful and soft movements and rich local and national characteristics.
Nongle dance
Korean traditional folk dance. It has a long history and evolved from the dance after the victory of hunting. Dance this dance more often at the beginning or end of farming. Popular in Yanbian area. It turns out that agricultural bands are popular in rural areas of North Korea, and they use small gongs to gather labor. After the rally, farmers used flags to lead the way, blowing and beating along the way, dancing in the field, inserting flags in the field, and people lined up to engage in labor. In labor, someone leads the labor song and matches the beat; During the break, people form a circle and dance with the accompaniment of gongs and drums. Dance back to the village after work. When dancing, the dancer hangs the long drum in front of him, beating the drum surface with the tambourine in his left hand and beating it with a stick in his right hand. Hands crossed, slapping and dancing, varied. When women dance, they hold a small single drum, and the dance is full of joy and vitality. Men wear an "elephant hat" when dancing, and there is an "elephant tail" note about 3 feet long (the longest is more than 1 foot) on the top of the hat. Turning the "elephant hat" is the most brilliant part; While drumming, I shook my head vigorously, and my eyes turned beautifully and moving, making the "elephant tail" rotate around my body, and the dance style was lively, from slow to fast, forming a climax. Accompaniment instruments include long drums, French drums, small gongs, big gongs, suona, Hu Di and so on. Dance movements are all conducted by Xiao Gong.
Mai Xi lai fu
People of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang can sing and dance well, and "Maixilaifu" is a kind of Uygur song and dance with the widest mass base. According to different base cities, there are many kinds of "Maixilaifu". The "Duolang Maixilaifu" in Mohammad County of Kashgar City is the most famous. Its music is "Duolang Muqam", which is played with a variety of traditional national musical instruments, accompanied by traditional folk songs with love songs and folk songs as the content. Its dances include solo, duet and group dance. After five or six rounds of dancing, they entered the stage of entertainment, including offering tea, comparing poems, grabbing bands, singing folk songs and judging cases. There are generally six kinds of contents in "Duolang Maixilaifu": festival Maixilaifu, celebration Maixilaifu, collective Maixilaifu, invitation Maixilaifu, compensation Maixilaifu and reconciliation Maixilaifu. From the formal point of view, there are Masilafu held by peers in turn, Masilafu for an outing, Masilafu between girls and young women, and Masilafu held by peers in winter.
tap dance
Tibetan folk songs and dances were originally court dances. When dancing, dance with your feet, hard shoes, arms moving with your feet, hunching around, turning around, etc. And dance with your feet to the music rhythm to express your inner feelings. Tap dancing is accompanied by flute, dulcimer, lyre, bell and Qin Yue, accompanied by folk songs. The lyrics are vivid, the melody is smooth, the dance movements are vivid, and the rhythm changes from slow to fast. When it reaches its climax, it suddenly ends with an ending step.
Axi jumped on the moon.
Also known as "A Le" or "Yue Yue", it is a folk dance of Yi A people and Shuni people. Popular in Maitreya, Lunan, Huxi and other Yi areas in Yunnan. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a big mountain fire in the place where the Assisi lived. The fire burned in Kuya for nine days. Assisi hit Kuya for nine days, but the fire still didn't go out. The ground was burnt by the fire, and the firemen kept changing their feet or jumping on one foot to continue flapping, and finally put out the fire. In order to celebrate the victory, everyone played the three strings, played the flute, imitated the appearance when striking the fire, and changed their feet to dance. This is the "Xi jumps over the moon" that has been passed down to this day. "Jumping on the Moon" is a name given by the Han people, and the population of Afghanistan "jumps". It has become the main form of social and recreational activities for young men and women. On the evenings of Spring Festival, Torch Festival and National Day, young men and women gather in pine forests or lawns. Men play Sanxian and Qin Yue in different sizes, play the flute and dance with women. The girls hold hands, pull into a circle, swing from side to side, clap their hands and think of the rhythm, and spin and dance. The main action is to jump three steps, stop two beats, lift your feet forward, clap your hands and jump in place at the same time. The dance is vigorous, rhythmic and melodious, and the whole dance is full of enthusiasm and joy.
Pavan dance
Dai folk dance has a long history. Popular in Dai areas of Yunnan. Dai people regard peacocks as auspicious symbols and express their good wishes by dancing peacock dance. Folk peacock dance's performance form is relatively simple, generally only one or two people jump, accompanied by elephant foot drums, zinc gongs and so on. Performers dress up as peacocks, and their dance movements are mostly imitation and beautification of peacocks, with vigorous movements, beautiful images, delicate feelings and elegant dancing. After liberation, after processing and improvement, clothing has also been improved, adding many new movements. Through the gentle ups and downs of the knees, the colorful three-way bending of the body and arms, the movement rhythm of combining rigidity and softness in the middle, the agile use of the calves, and the clever cooperation of lifting the air, abdomen, chest, head and eyes, the dance is more beautiful.
swing dance
According to historical records, the waving dance originated from the military dance of Ba people in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. In the Western Han Dynasty, this military war dance of Ba people became the court dance music of Han Dynasty, which was called Bayu Dance. Liang restored his name and changed it to dance. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Bayu Dance was classified as lofty music. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, Bayu Dance has been enduring among the people. Swing dance can be divided into big waves and small waves. Small-scale waving dance is held once a year in January, mainly performing farming, fishing and hunting activities. Big Wave is held every three years, and the content is mainly wavelet wave dance, plus the military war dance performed by Pisilankapu. When dancing swing dance, you should play the big earth horn, suona, gong, cymbal, drum, three-eye cannon and firecrackers. People form a circle, men in the outer circle and women in the inner circle. In addition to circles, there are columns, herringbone teams and various patterns. The number of dancers is uncertain and they are free to come and go. This action requires the hands to swing on the shoulders, the knees to bend and vibrate, and the hands and feet to move along the edges. The dance is simple and the music is lively. While dancing with your hands, you should sing the song of shaking hands. Its lyrics have a long history of fixed lyrics, but also a small number of improvised new lyrics. People are singing and dancing, and the atmosphere is warm and full of Tujia flavor.
Mourning dance
Sacrificial dance of Tujia nationality. After the death of the old man, Tujia people in western Hubei paid homage by jumping funeral, while Tujia people in western Hunan paid homage by playing funeral songs and jumping cards. The dances during this period are all funeral dances. The funeral dance in western Hubei is the most distinctive. Generally, one person plays drums and sings in front of Ling, while two or four others sing and dance in pairs. undertaker is mostly male. The content includes history, production, love and so on. And most of them are improvisation. Actions mostly simulate the labor and war between birds and animals and human beings, such as a swallow holding mud, a tiger going down the mountain and a beautiful woman combing her hair. Head, hands, shoulders, waist, hips, arms and feet move together, and you can also sing and drink while jumping. The main movement requirements are eight-character step, hand winding, waist bending, knee bending and hip swing. The action is exaggerated, simple and rude, with masculine beauty, and the image created is vivid and lifelike. The funeral dance is loud and exciting when singing, and sometimes it is low and soothing, but the whole dance music is cheerful and has no sense of sadness.
Huaguzi
A celebration and entertainment dance, performed during festivals and leisure time. Without accompaniment and makeup, both men and women came on stage, dancing and singing with handkerchiefs and small fans. The content is mainly about singing love, and the lyrics can be improvised. There are also traditional aria such as Ten Loves, Ten Thoughts, Tanlang, and the Spring Festival in the first month. The whole dance was light, with wonderful lyrics, and the dancers made all kinds of funny moves with their hands, and the atmosphere was lively and warm.
Ba Bao tong ling dance
The Tujia sacrificial dance popular in Xiangxi —— Eight Treasures Tongling Dance is a dance that local elders dance when offering sacrifices, paying homage to the dead and saving money. Dancers wear eight-Luo skirts, crests, horns (or knives) in their right hands and bronze bells in their left hands, singing and dancing, and sometimes singing with onlookers. There are two kinds of sweet bells dancing: sitting in the hall and walking in the hall. When sitting in the classroom, the local teacher sits on the stool and completes the movements by hand, with less movements. The hall requires dancers to keep walking and dancing, and there are many movements. Lyrics are mostly fixed lyrics, including feeding horses, teasing horses, saddle-riding, horse racing, dismounting, diving in into the pit, ringing bells at racecourse, crossing the threshold, playing magic hall and jumping lotus flowers. The dance is rough and ancient.
Bamboo pole dance
Also known as "firewood dance" and "bamboo dance". It is a kind of folk dance of Li nationality, which is popular in Li nationality area of Hainan Island. Generally, it is held in the evening when "recalling the impression" (a traditional festival of the Li nationality), lying in bed (becoming a Buddha), intermittent labor or slack farming. Before dancing, people put two 4-meter-long bamboo poles as cushions in the yard, or in the grain drying field, or on a flat slope with an interval of about 2.5 meters. Four or five pairs of 3.5-meter-long bamboo poles are placed horizontally on the bamboo poles as jumping bars. When dancing, four or five people crouch on both sides of the mat frame, each holding the end of the bamboo pole (or pole) with both hands, beating the mat frame and opening and closing it rhythmically overhead. Make it sound loud and pleasant. Dancer (single or double, etc.) ) When each pair of bamboo poles (or pole) knocks on the mat frame or opens, the feet are constantly changed, and while avoiding various dangers caused by the impact of parallel bars (or pole), they jump up and down nimbly, jump back and forth, hide left and turn right, squat down and jump out of various graceful movements. When a pair of dancers deftly jumped over various dangers, the person who patted the bamboo pole (or pole) shouted "Hey! Oh, hey! " If the dancer can't jump through all kinds of dangers and is caught by a bamboo pole, it will cause everyone to burst into laughter. When Zhang He hits the mat frame, it is generally divided into five rounds, from slow to decisive and from low to high.
Lusheng dance
Also known as "stepping on a turtle" and "reed dance in the hall" Popular in Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hunan Miao, Dong, Naxi and other ethnic areas. There are two main forms of dance. One is that two or more leading dancers play the tortoise, and the tortoise is located in the center, and other dancers form a circle and dance with the dancing posture and music of the leading dancers. The other is mainly performed by the two teams in turn. While playing with Lu Jian, they do quick spins, small steps, handstands and other actions, and everyone forms a circle for entertainment. Some reed turtle dances are composed of dozens of reed baskets, with the big reed turtle player in the middle and others in a circle, playing in unison and dancing with the melody. There are also players who accompany but don't dance, and the girls dance to the rhythm of the music.
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