The 24 Basic Movements of China Dance

The 24 basic movements of China dance are as follows:

Grade 1 (4-5 years old): walking, music reflection, finger expansion, arm movement, bending, turning, front leg pressure, double suction, foot position, head movement, arm swing, jumping, walking, and playing games. Grade two (5-6 years old): walking honorific, musical reflection, hand position, pulling hook, lifting waist, loosening waist, opening legs sideways, pushing, twisting, head moving, squatting, leapfrog, holding chicken, playing, imitating and imagining.

3 (6-7 years old): Absorb jumping salute, music reflection, wave, bow, hook and stretch feet, suck legs, hold hands, loosen shoulders, squat, walk with heavy feet, squat, jump, walk and imitate imagination.

Grade 4 (7-9 years old): two-beat dance, three-beat dance, one-handed position, waving, crossing pressure, opening mouth, premise, lifting back, hugging legs, leg press, front kick, back kick, foot position, step break, arm break, small dance, beat practice, Tibetan dance, Northeast Yangko, tail movement.

The Basic Action Elements of China's Dance

China's dance emphasizes the curvaceous beauty of "twisting, leaning, winding, bending, leaning, turning and rolling" and the temperament beauty of "vigorous, straight, implicit and flexible". From the unearthed tomb figures and Dunhuang murals, it is not difficult to see that this point has been in the same strain since ancient times and has been constantly developing and evolving.

For example, the hip-bending, sleeve-stretching and back-bending of dancers in Qin and Han Dynasties, the three bends in Tang Dynasty, and the meridian, yin and yang, and twisting of folk dances in China all run through the human body's twisting, warping, roundness and bending.