The long fan dance skills are taught as follows:
1. Fan skills: Master the basic usage of the fan, including opening the fan blades and the fan surface.
2. Basics of body movements: Proficient in basic body movements such as split-leg stance, horse stance, footwork, etc., to achieve stability and composure to facilitate the completion of subsequent movements.
3. Basic movements: Be familiar with the basic movements of long fan dance, such as dragon and phoenix spreading wings, scattering flowers, etc. You need to be light, flexible and stretch.
4. Action combination: Action combination is carried out according to music and rhythm, ensuring the smoothness and coordination of the movements, and perfectly showing the sense of formation and artistic beauty.
5. Express emotions: The charm of the long fan dance lies not only in the beauty of the movements, but also in the expression of emotions. In dance performances, accurate dance movements should be used to show the depth and breadth of emotions and leave a deep impression on the audience.
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As an ancient form of music and dance in my country, fan dance was mostly performed by women in ancient times. The movements are gentle, gentle, elegant and smooth, showing women's lightness, elegance and lyricism. The graceful beauty, or the dancer appearing in the image of a wizard holding a fan, is a religious ritual "witch dance" with a strong mythical and ghostly color.
Fans are also popular as props in Chinese folk music and dance. The popular Han folk music and dance Yangko in the north uses fans, handkerchiefs, and colorful silks to perform. Different characters hold different fans and wave them to the rhythm of the music.
During the "Yunnan Lantern" dance performance, the male dancers hold colored lanterns and the female dancers hold flower fans and lanterns. During the dance, the lamps and fans are intertwined and moving gracefully. They are simple, natural and elegant. People compare it to It is a beautiful and unique "camellia". Others include the "Tea Picking Lantern" music and dance in the south, where the dancer holds a tea basket in her left hand and a colorful fan in her right hand, singing and dancing.
In Jiangxi's "Gannan Tea Picking Dance", the dancers move like a fan flower, which is divided into a single fan flower for both men and women and a double fan flower mostly used for women, and has formed the basic essentials of the fan flower dance: "The transformation of a fan into a flower depends on the hand. The power lies in the wrist, not the elbow. Swing the water sleeve to the left and swing the fan to the right. The ten fingers hold the two arms and walk."
China's fan dance is also constantly developing and innovating, integrating many operas. Elements, such as the long silk fan dance, is a dance based on the fan modified with water sleeves in opera. Women dance elegantly and lightly, while men dance elegantly and handsomely.