Basic Lion Dance Moves Tutorial

Basic Lion Dance Moves Tutorial:

Basic Lion Head Moves: Jumping, Rolling, Kicking, Licking, Licking Hair, Looking, Searching, Small Steps, Golden Cockerel Standing Alone.

Lion searching for food: the lion's head should be down as far as possible, the chin keeps moving up and down, and the eyes blink regularly. The front feet should trot in place without stopping.

Lion head golden chicken stand alone: a little difficult, but the main force is the lion's tail, the lion's chin should be for the Zama step, the lion's head for the golden chicken stand alone, one foot should be smooth, otherwise it is easy to cause unnecessary mistakes, generally for the right foot standing on the Zama step.

Lookout: the lion's eyes are regular, blink to the right, and then to the left and then blink this action repeated 3~5 times.

Small trot: some people call it a trot, but it is much slower than a canter, usually on the ground, showing the lion's urgency and impatience.

Seven kinds of steps of lion dance: Qilin step, Jiaoyi step, bow step, Ding step, virtual step, leaning step, and reverse step. The movements of the lion's head and tail must be in tune. The lion must cooperate with the rhythm of the drums, action *** with the drums beat bright, light, heavy, fast, slow order, in order to play a wonderful lion art.

Lion how to reflect the eight states:

Happy - the lion in order to pick the green, not to begrudge the hard work, remove all the difficulties, when picked green, smiling.

Anger-The lion will get angry when it encounters obstacles or disturbances from the outside, and the lion dancer has to realize how to express it.

Sadness - When the lion encounters difficulties and fails to deal with them, it will show its sadness, and it is up to the lion dancer to express it.

Leisure - the lion jumps freely on the pile, and shows its happiness by catching the water with its feet.

Movement - The lion likes to move and jump, and the lion dancers jump on the piles to show their dynamics.

Silence - The lion is tired from the hard work and difficulties, so it has to rest.

Frightened - when the lion encounters a risk, it will be afraid of the action, and the lion dancers need to express their fear to the audience.

Suspicious - the lion is suspicious of every new thing around it, so the lion dancers need to look suspicious.