Dance,Dance,Dance

<正>China’s dance industry booms while being troubled by market disorder and product piracy Aflock of children led by their teachers swarmed into the Beijing Exhibition Center,the capital’s first large comprehensive exhibition venue built in 1954. They went there to visit the 2011 China Dance Expo.     

Qiuxia and Her Sea Lion Starlets

EVERYONE who goes to seethe Qinhuangdao Xin'ao Un-derwater World is transfixed bythe performance given by LinQiuxia and her sea lion friends.They take the spotlight at center stage.Soon after she graduated from col-lege, 23-year-old Qiuxia started her ca-reer raising and training sea lions in theNanning Zoo, Guangxi. In the past threeyears, this pretty, vibrant girl has forgedan intimate friendship with four cute sealions.Qiuxia says that sea lions are intelli-gent animals that provide …     

Peacock Dance

CHINESE folk dance is a microcosm of the country’s rich culture.The Peacock dance of the Dai ethnic group is one of the most traditional folk dances in China.The presence of the Dai was first recorded in Han books in the f irst century.This ethnic group is mainly found in Yunnan in southwest China,the province known as the "land of eternal spring." It has its own language,calendar and medical science.Though being in a border area,the Dai people have always maintained contact with the heartland economy and culture.     

Dance Fever

<正>Festival links Xinjiang to the world The ballet classic Swan Lake presented by the Moscow Regional Russian State Ballet Theater on July 20 marks the beginning of the special performances of the Second China Xinjiang International Folk     

Dunhuang Dance

The classic Chinese dance drama Silk Road thrills New York audiences with colorful pageantry,exciting choreography and a message of international friendship     

Dine Dance Drink

Liquor again becomes a necessary companion of the Spring Festival There is an old Chinese saying:no liquor no banquet.For locals,alcohol is an essential ingredient in spicing up celebrations.In preparation for parties to come,consumers flock to stores and markets,buying up hordes of special purchases,including     

Born to Dance

It was at the London premier of Bravo China! that I first saw her. She was performing Soul of the Peacock and it seemed to me not an artist but a bird - a graceful peacock with a small elegant head and proud gait - that danced before me, Four years later I met Yang Liping, arguably the most famous folk dancer in China, in person, She is of the Bai ethnic minority that lives in southern Yunnan Province.     

Expressiveness in Dance

Chinese modern dance artists seek breakthroughs in their own voice The Seventh China Lotus Award Modern and Contemporary Dance Competition was held on September 10-15 in Ordos,     

The Wonders of Dance

正SEVERAL months ago,Chen Wei and former university classmate Hu Yulin got married.Looking back on their lives together in university,Hu had a crush on her,but she had no feelings for him–yet.Born into an impoverished rural family,Hu Yulin was quite small when he became entranced by the melodies of a flute vender,so he bought a flute for two yuan.He recalls,"From then on,I taught myself,for there was no one to teach me."At the age of 17,Hu went to Beijing to be mentored.With Chen e oking their t feelings mpoverished rural famquite small when he d f o e n on,or there was e."7,Hu went to ntored.With     

Tujia Song and Dance

CHANGYANG is a Tujia ethnic autonomous county. It is also cradle of the ancient Ba Civilization of the Yangtze River Valley in the southwestern mountains of Hubei Province. The Tujia community's rich folklore gives visitors a glimpse of its ancient civilization.     

贵州苗族舞蹈与仪式

贵州苗族舞蹈经由仪式这个节点,将其文化注入并被内化为舞蹈精神。舞蹈中的情境转换、舞(观)者的心理角色定位等舞蹈行为和因素,形成一个操作行为的、符号的体系,深刻地制约和影响着苗族舞蹈的生成与历史发展,并形式化为苗族舞蹈的形态特征。     

Yue Xiang: Peacock Dance King

Yue Xiang was born in Ruili in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province in 1948.He fell in love with the peacock dance,a popular folk dance of the Dai ethnic group,at an early age and later studied it under the tutelage of Gensabu and Mao Xiang,well-known masters of the style.By tirelessly observing the living habits of this magnif icent bird and imitating their movements,Yue Xiang has become a famous folk artisan in the China-Myanmar border areas,promoting the Dai heritage.He has won prizes in dance competitions held by China’s Ministry of Culture and attended the National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities twice to perform a peacock boxing display.Moreover,he has been invited to perform around China and abroad.In 2007,Yue Xiang was named a custodian of the national intangible cultural heritage of the peacock dance.     

The Dance of the Wild Flowers

I have just returned from a remote part of China‘s Gansu Province where I had the privilege of making a presentation on behalf of a group of grade 4 French Immersion students from Parksville Elementary School in Canada. To whom was the presentation made and why? Let me tell you the story…     

街舞与青年体育文化

青年街舞的文化意义在于,它以体育为栽体,反映了青少年对外来文化的吸收、消化与发展.街舞在中国青少年中流行的原因,既有青少年自身的心理需求,也有时代背景的深刻内涵.街舞对校园文化建设可以起到积极的作用,但也要看到街舞热潮背后,暗含着社会急剧发展下本土青年文化的缺失.     

贵州彝族铃铛舞试析

应用田野考察、专家访谈、文献资料法等研究方法,对彝族铃铛舞的体育渊源、变迁等进行研究,并对铃铛舞的社会价值进行拓展,让铃铛舞的功能在多层次、多角度的社会中得到充分的显现与重塑,使得彝族铃铛舞这一古老而悠久的民族传统文化不仅得到很好的传承和发展,而且铃铛舞将会在促进大众身心健康、民族团结、学校体育的发展、地方经济发展等方面发挥其巨大的作用.