Characteristics of Dai peacock dance

Characteristics of Dai peacock dance peacock dance is the most famous traditional performing dance among Dai folk dances in China, which is popular in Dehong Autonomous Prefecture. So, do you know what are the characteristics of Dai peacock dance? Let's have a look.

One of the characteristics of Dai peacock dance is 1, which is reflected in the flexibility of the knee. This is the * * * feature of Dai folk dance, and it is also the feature of peacock dance. In the process of various movements, the knee always fluctuates with toughness, but this fluctuation is not the average fluctuation of machinery, but changes with the changes of internal and external emotions.

For example, when the main leg is upright, it is slightly faster and the squat period is slightly slower; It is tough in the ups and downs of slightly straight knees and half squats. It looks beautiful in peacock dance.

Secondly, peacock dance's characteristics are also manifested through the use of both rigid and flexible arms, hand bowls and fingers. The movements of the above three parts are soft but not soft, and they have firm and tenacious inner strength. Every dance in the hand is soft and firm. This movement rhythm perfectly shows the peacock's docile, kind and steady character.

Thirdly, the characteristics of peacock dance are fully reflected by the quickness and agility of calf movement and the flexible use of eyes.

Fourthly, peacock dance and all parts of the performer's body form a graceful and elegant three-way bending shape. For example, the right hand lifts the wrist upright, the left hook holds the leg, bends the knee, elbows, lifts the wrist, sends the crotch, slightly bends over, slightly crooked and so on. This unique curve pattern reproduces the elegant posture of the peacock. Peacock dance's Three Bends is slightly different from other folk dances. Generally, the crotch is in the opposite direction to the inclined upper body, and the closed part is mostly in the upward inclined direction.

People who used to dance in peacock dance were all men. When dancing, they wore a steeple helmet mask and a man and a woman mask. In recent years, when peacock dance performed on the stage, she no longer wore masks and props, but replaced them with long skirts with peacock patterns, which enabled the performers to create peacock images more freely and flexibly and greatly improved the expressive force of traditional art.

Because peacock dance's legends are different from popular areas, they have different characteristics in some aspects. Generally, the knees are flexible and slow, the movements on the hands are soft, and the lines of the three-bend modeling are soft. Arch shoulders, soft shoulders and arch breasts are often used to enhance their aesthetic feeling and inner feelings, and the drums are slow and light.

Male peacock dance. This is a female peacock dance. In the folk, most of them are performed by men. In this dance, the knees are stiff and tough, the hands are flexible, the hands are flexible, straight and stretched, the feet are strong, the three-way bending shape is obvious, and the movements are big and powerful. Enlarged soft shoulders, bow shoulders and broken shoulders enhance the rigidity and flexibility of dance. The drums are vigorous and powerful, with distinct beats and unusually rich rhythms.

Little peacock dance. It is shown in the dance of the little peacock. This kind of dance often uses quick little shaking of the knees and short steps without ups and downs. The calf is very light and flexible, and the main leg often squats and jumps, making the dance very lively. The hand movements are light and sensitive, and the triangle is small and exquisite. Continuous small shrugging is often used to make this dance light, lively and enthusiastic. These drums are fast and light.

Because there are many legends in peacock dance, performers arrange their own dances according to folklore, some focus on imitating peacock's movements, and some show peacock's various inner activities. In addition, the Dai branch is different, so although there are relatively unified performances in peacock dance, it is not a pattern, nor is it static.

Peacock dance's movements are graceful, elegant, flexible and agile. Has the following characteristics:

Dai nationality is a nation with a long history and splendid culture, and its ethnic origin comes from Baiyue nationality in ancient coastal areas of China. Mainly living in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, Gengma, Menglian, Jinggu and Xinpingdi, population 1075 128. Most of the Dai people live by the water, have their own language and characters, and combine with foreign cultures to form a Dai culture with their own national characteristics. Dai area has humid climate, beautiful scenery and rich products, with more than 20,000 species of plants, including about 5,000 tropical higher plants, accounting for one sixth of the national total. It is not only a plant kingdom, but also a natural zoo with more than 200 kinds of rare birds and animals.

Dai people are very familiar with and understand the life characteristics of peacocks. So there are relatively regular programs in peacock dance. For example, at the beginning of peacock dance, peacocks usually fly out of their nests and look around sensitively. When it found that there was no threat around it, it walked down the hillside safely, danced on the lawn, and then parted the grass and branches to look for spring water (or food). When it finds water, it happily shines on its own shadow, drinks water and takes a bath at the water's edge, shakes off the water drops on itself, spreads its dazzling wings (opens the screen), compares with everything, flies freely and happily, and so on. This is the general procedure of peacock dance.

Peacock is one of the most representative animals in Dai area. Peacock dance is also one of the most representative dances of the Dai people. Due to climate and natural conditions, there are many peacocks in Dai areas. Dai people have the habit of keeping peacocks for a long time. Dai people think that peacocks are beautiful, kind and smart, which is a symbol of good luck, and they have reverence for them. Dai people often regard peacocks as a symbol of national spirit, and express their wishes and ideals by dancing peacock dance, and sing praises to a better life. Peacock dance, located in Ruili County and Mengding County of Gengma County, has many professional artists who make a living by dancing peacock dance. They imitate peacocks: flying down the mountain, walking in the forest, drinking spring water, chasing and playing, dragging their wings, flapping their wings, spreading their wings, climbing branches, resting branches, opening the screen, flying, and so on. Jump out of colorful dance movements and sculptural dance styles. Their dance has strict procedures and requirements, fixed footwork and state, and even every movement is accompanied by fixed drum language.

Characteristics of Dai peacock dance 2 Dai peacock dance is the most famous traditional performance dance in China Dai folk dance, which is distributed in Ruili, Luxi, Xishuangbanna, Mengding, Mengda, Jinggu, Cangyuan and other Dai inhabited areas in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, among which peacock dance (Dai language "Galoyong") in Ruili, western Yunnan Province is the most representative. According to legend, 1000 years ago, the Dai leader told Ma to imitate proud as a peacock's graceful posture and learn to dance. Later, it was shaped by folk artists and handed down to form peacock dance.

Dai people have a long history. Since 1 century, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has maintained economic and cultural ties with the mainland. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dai leaders sent envoys to Luoyang many times to perform music, dance, magic and acrobatics. It can be seen that the music and dance culture of the Dai people has reached a fairly high level as early as more than two thousand years ago.

In the minds of the Dai people, the "bird of God" peacock is a symbol of happiness and good luck. Many people not only keep peacocks at home, but also regard peacocks as a symbol of kindness, wisdom, beauty, auspiciousness and happiness. Among all kinds of dances of the Dai people, peacock dance is one of the most popular, familiar, changing and developing dances. Peacock dance is a folk tradition in A Dai with a long history, which has been incorporated into religious etiquette. Peacock dance is the favorite folk dance of the Dai people. In the dam area where the Dai people live in compact communities, there is a "dance" (festival) almost every month, and there is a song and dance every year. In the annual folk festivals of the Dai people, such as the Water-splashing Festival, the Closing Festival, the Opening Day and the Rushing Day, as long as they are happy places, the Dai people will get together, beat gongs and drums, and dance the graceful "peacock dance", showing a festive atmosphere of bumper harvest and a beautiful scene of national unity.

Peacock dance has a broad masses and a long history. As early as 1000 years ago, the Dai people circulated many beautiful legends about peacock dance, and the story of Zhao Shutun and Nan Munuona was one of them. Peacock dance, a folk performance at fairs, festivals and various festive days, is compiled according to various legends.

Peacock dance's movements are graceful, elegant, flexible and agile. Peacock dance's vocabulary is very rich. Imitating every movement of a peacock is really varied, such as five wrist-lifting hands, four palm-spreading hands, one palm-pressing hand and so on. Gestures can be palms, peacocks, legs, half-clenched fists, fan-shaped hands, etc. There are steps, ups and downs, small steps, one step, one step, etc., as well as many beautiful and elegant dances such as lifting front legs, side legs and hind legs. Shoulders often cooperate with hands and feet, such as soft shoulders, flat shoulders, arched shoulders, broken shoulders and shrugging. Rich dance vocabulary describes the peacock's liveliness, intelligence and beauty.

Peacock dance is not accompanied by music melody. Although the accompaniment instruments are only percussion instruments such as elephant foot drums, gongs and cymbals, they are not monotonous. Elephant-foot drums are extremely rich in drums and their sounds change greatly, so performers usually choose a good drummer to accompany them. In this way, you can play colorful and exciting drums. At the same time, it can change the drums flexibly and skillfully with the changes of dancers' dance movements and emotions. Although the gongs arranged in order of size on the wooden frame only play a single rhythm, they can also be divided into light, heavy, fast and slow with the rhythm of dancers' dance movements, and can also change with the changes of performers' emotions and dance movements.

When the elephant foot drum, gong and cymbal are played harmoniously, they can not only beat gentle and lyrical drums, but also beat exultant and vigorous drums. It can also beat the drums that are cheerful and unrestrained. Drums inspire the passion of performers, and at the same time, the superb performing arts of performers infect drummers. When the performer jumps to the climax, the onlookers are led by a drummer or a young man in the audience to cheer: "me, me" or "water, water". At this time, there was a scene of jubilation.

Peacock dance's elegant style, delicate emotional expression and graceful dancing are the crystallization of the wisdom of the Dai people, which has high aesthetic value. It is not only performed alone in important and lively national festivals, but also often incorporated into the group dance Gaguang. Peacock dance has the significance of maintaining national unity, and its representativeness makes it the dance with the most Dai cultural identity.

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Dai dance originated in Yunnan. With the efforts of many old artists, a large number of rich and detailed Dai folk dance styles have been well preserved and passed down, and many excellent Dai dance teaching materials and dance works have been formed. Dai dance is an ancient folk dance of Dai people, and it is also the favorite dance of Dai people. There are many kinds and forms of Dai dances, which are widely spread and have their own characteristics. In Yunnan, the hometown of singing and dancing, there are many original Dai dances with entertainment, performance and sacrifice. Under the nourishment of Jiangnan culture and modern urban culture, the Dai dance in Shanghai has formed a unique style of softness, exquisiteness, classicality, elegance and diversity.

The basic feature of Dai folk dance is the simulation of local common animals, and then it is improved and artistic. There are many stories about animals and plants in Dai people, most of which start with explaining the relationship between people and animals and plants, and map human social life to animals and plants by anthropomorphic methods, so that animals and plants have some thoughts and feelings of people and express the harmonious relationship between people and animals and plants. In addition to the world-famous peacock dance, there are folk dances that imitate animals, such as white elephant dance, red deer dance, clam dance, monkey dance, butterfly dance and dragonfly dance.

Among them, peacock dance is one of the most popular and familiar folk dances, and it is also one of the most diverse and widely developed folk dances. In the dam area where the Dai people live in compact communities, there are festivals almost every month, and there are songs and dances every year. In the annual folk festivals of the Dai people, such as the Songkran Festival, the Closing Festival and the Opening Festival, as long as they are happy places, the Dai people will get together, beat gongs and drums, and dance the beautiful peacock dance, showing a festive atmosphere of bumper harvest and a beautiful scene of national unity.

Dai dance belongs to sub-ecological dance, which generally refers to the dance performed in some tourist attractions, folk ecological parks and ethnic customs parks through re-creation on the basis of retaining the original ecology and nature. Dai people are hardworking and brave, gentle and kind, gentle and gentle, intelligent as water, and sometimes gentle and delicate. It is like a torrent of a big river, rushing and worshiping. Sub-ecological Dai dance fully embodies this colorful "water" national character.

Dai dance in sub-ecology, the meaning and pursuit of life expressed by each action combination, attracts people's attention with its graceful and gentle stretch. The strong emotion of human body rhythm greatly infects the audience through dance artists, thus arousing people's praise and yearning for sincere feelings. Looking at the graceful movements, dancers show people's emotions, ideals and wishes and depict people's spiritual world; It shows love, labor and life, and shows people's inner vitality with the image of dance. Dance expresses the yearning for a better life, so Dai dance in sub-ecology has attractive aesthetic power and appeal, and it is easier to arouse the audience's emotional singing as an appreciator.