The shoulder movements of Mongolian dance include hard shoulders, shrugs, soft shoulders, and shoulder wraps.

1. Hard shoulders

Hard shoulders refer to the contraction of the chest and back muscles driving the shoulder blades to retract and forward. The wrists and arms should also cooperate with the shoulders in alternating contractions. Swing back and forth during the process. When using this shoulder movement, you should pay attention to being stiff but not stiff, and ensuring a flexible connection. It can be divided into fast and slow according to the needs of the plot, emotion, etc. The body can also make corresponding movements with the shoulder movement.

2. Shrugging

The shrugging action is to lower the upper ends of both shoulders at the same time. It can not only be performed alternately on one shoulder, but also can be performed continuously on both shoulders. When doing a shoulder shrug, make sure your shoulders are straight up and down, and the upward movement should be full of strength, and the downward movement should return to the original position easily and naturally.

Shrugging is also called laughing shoulders because it resembles the continuous trembling of the shoulders when a person laughs. The shrugging movement can show the bold and rugged character and happy and relaxed mood of the characters in the dance work.

3. Soft shoulders

In this movement, the dancer's shoulders move continuously and alternately, showing a dignified and elegant beauty. In Mongolian dance, there are many works that use soft shoulder movements to express the protagonist's profound connotation, express emotions, describe psychology, and depict characters. For example, in the Mongolian dance masterpiece "Cup and Bowl Dance", the dancers use horizontal swings, double swings, soft arms, and soft shoulders to start the dance with their backs to the audience.

Since the dancers’ backs are turned to the audience, the audience cannot see their expressions and faces, but with the graceful movements of the dancers’ backs and shoulders, the audience can’t help but imagine their beautiful faces, happy mood, and The soft character and dignified form leave endless space for the audience's imagination.

4. Shoulder wrap

This shoulder movement is divided into two types: double and single. The double-shoulder movement means that both shoulders of the dancer move up and down in a circle at the same time; the single-shoulder movement means that one shoulder moves up, back and down in a circle. When doing this action, you should maintain a balance between your neck and head, relax your shoulders naturally, and move your waist forward and back along with the above movements, showing a subtle beauty.

For example, in the Mongolian dance work "Wine Cup Dance", the dancers rely on coherent and brisk shoulder-circling movements, combined with smart body changes and horizontal swings, double swings, hand wraps, and soft arm movements, Make graceful movements such as alternately pressing the wrist to hit the cup, lifting the wrist to hit the cup, and pressing the wrist to hit the cup.

It shows the dignified, delicate, graceful postures and joyful mood of the characters in the work, and also shows the unique style of Mongolian dance that is agile and lively.