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Introduction of Chinese and English in Traditional Dance

Indian dance is divided into Kathak and BharataNatyam. The music of the northern Indian dance is Hindustan, while the southern Indian dance uses Kannadic music. The rhythm and melody of the two kinds of music are different, and their expressions are also different. When dancing Kasak, your legs should be straight and your body curve should always be streamlined. This kind of dance pays attention to the use of exaggerated facial expressions and rich hand movements, combined with gorgeous costumes and makeup, and expresses feelings through body language rather than music; When you dance BharataNatyam, your legs can bend and your body changes greatly, which is more enjoyable.

Indian Dance-Showing to God

For Indians, dance is not only an art, but also a religious significance. Indian dance stems from unparalleled piety, cleanliness and selflessness to God. Dancers use their fingers, arms, eyes, facial features and bodies to express and interpret everything in the universe. Therefore, some Indian dances are only performed for gods in temples, which adds a layer of mystery to Indian dances.

Basic movements: Indian dance has a lively rhythm, and there are about 50 movements in a 4-minute dance. Including gestures, eyes, inner thoughts and facial expressions, this changeable gesture can represent people's secular desires, and even represent natural scenery such as heaven and earth and natural phenomena such as day and night.

● Before dancing, keep your legs bent, put your hands together and start the performance.

Reach out your hands and step forward with your feet. As the music starts, change the posture of your hand.

● The rhythm of "drumming" began to appear in music, and the dance steps began to change.

● Keep smiling.

● Dancing moves faster and faster, and hand gestures are varied.

Clothing: In India, only married women usually wear saris up to 6 meters long. Besides dancers, even very young girls can dress like this. Sometimes, dancers also wear Punjabi: pants+knee-length skirts+long scarves. There are many styles of trousers, wide and tight. Scarves are tied in different ways. You can wear it around your neck at ordinary times and tie it around your waist when dancing to increase the sense of lines. Punjabi has become a fashion. This style of clothes became popular in Japan last year.

Accessories: The long and sharp ornament on the forehead is called BINDI. The traditional BINDI is very big, covered with diamonds and precious stones. But what is popular now is concise style. Girls usually wear them when they get married or dance. A circle of bare diamonds above the eyebrows can also be called Bindi, which means good luck.

Red dot: A red dot between the eyebrows. When dancing, in order to increase the brightness, you can also use small diamonds instead of traditional red dots. When not dancing, usually only married women can order red dots.

Bracelet: In Indian dance, gesture is a very important dance language, so dancers care about bracelets. Wear a lot, 20 at most.

Ankle: In Indian dance, there are a lot of stamping movements, which are crisp and fast-paced, so toes are very important.

Hand shape: An important element of Indian dance is hand shape. There are about 100 kinds of gestures, each of which has a specific meaning, some represent beauty, some represent peace, some represent anger, and some even represent ugliness. Indians believe that gestures are a symbol of communication between man and god, and different gods like different gestures.

Smile: In the process of dancing, the dancer's heartfelt smile is consistent from beginning to end, expressing joy and peace of mind.

Head movement: The head moves rhythmically to the left and right.

Waist movement: the swing of the waist makes the body beautiful.

Foot movement: toes, heels, stamping. The movements of Indian dance feet are also very expressive.

Eyes: The essence of Indian dance is to follow the eyes when dancing.

● Indian dance sign language is unpredictable. For example, finger and facial gestures are used to express beauty, and lotus gestures are common gestures when performing for gods. Gestures not only dazzle the audience, but also reflect the active thinking of the performers. They are real mental exercises and can be described as "ingenuity".

● The jumping posture represents the Indian god bird "PIKAKE". When jumping, pay attention to keeping your eyes on your hands. This kind of jumping posture is not only beautiful, but also can practice body balance and improve bone density, especially the strength of hips and pelvis.

Unlike other dances, Indian dance requires dancers to be in a semi-squatting position. This posture is good for thigh and hip lines!

● Want to have all kinds of eyes? Learn from Indian dance! Keep your head still and turn your eyes in all directions. Remember to keep your eyes open when turning.

● Raise your heels and stand on tiptoe. The action of Indian dancing feet will make you have beautiful calves and ankles.

● During dancing, the shoulders are always in a flat posture, and turning your head also helps to maintain the cervical spine.

You must keep your back straight when dancing Indian dance. This explains why Indian beauty has the sexiest back in the world.