What are the artistic features of Dunhuang Dance?

The dance of Dunhuang murals mainly focuses on the following aspects: geisha from Beiliang to Northern Zhou Dynasty, classic paintings in Tang Dynasty, flying in the sky of each generation, lotus boy, King Kong and King of Heaven, secular dance, and painted bodhisattvas.

Dance characteristics

1, the hand shape is colorful, slender and beautiful, full of China classical beauty.

2. Flexible arms and angular wrists and elbows.

3. Barefoot, the basic shape of the foot is hooked, inclined and curved.

4. The posture is basically sinking, getting out of the crotch and rushing into three bends.

There are two styles of hip movement: one is pushing the hip; One is sitting on the hip. Pushing hips is based on lifting hips, with tough lines and powerful movements; Sitting on the hips has different directions before and after, and the movements are soft. Generally speaking, it constitutes a combination of rigidity and flexibility and a distinct curve, which is a combination of softness, rigidity, weight and curvature.

The image of dancing with props such as long silk, waist drum and pipa is also one of its distinctive features. Gao also believes that the dance gestures in early Dunhuang murals have obvious influence on Indian dance, many of which are from India.

Extended data:

Dunhuang dance score is mainly composed of three parts: song title, sequence words and phrases representing dance movements, rhythm and the relationship between dance and singing. The songs in Dance Music include Nanxiangzi, Fengguiyun, Yuanfangyuan, Shuang Yanzi, Huanxisha and Moshanxi, most of which were popular at that time.

The preface mainly explains the beat, rhythm, paragraph, start-stop conversion and so on. Phrases are composed of words such as Ling, Song, Dance, According, Strange, Shake, Tou, Yue, Please, Tong and He. Each song has 2, 4 and 8 paragraphs. There are four paragraphs, each of which is 12, 14, 16 and 22 words, indicating different rhythms.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Dunhuang Dance Score