The Chopsticks Dance has the following repertoire:
The Song of Joy, Spring to the Grassland, The Shepherd, Chopsticks Dance (Bardemar), Sabhan, Chopsticks Dance (Group Dance)
The Origin of Chopsticks Dance:
Chopsticks Dance originated in the plateau of Ordos and got its name due to the fact that the dancers hold chopsticks in their hands and strike the songs and dances. It is mainly circulated in the area of Ertok Banner and Uttarakhand Banner in Ikezhaomeng. Its main rhythm of a shoulder part and rhythm, this art and the Mongolian steppe life of the natural environment, mode of production and habits have a very close connection is also representative of one of the forms of traditional folk dance, which comes from the herdsmen's life, the herdsmen after grazing long yells get together, say pulling and playing and singing, for self-entertainment.
The performer holds a chopstick in each hand, holding the thin head of the chopstick; striking the thick head of the chopstick, the action from the chest of both hands to cross the chopsticks, but also can hit the shoulders, both hands in front of the abdomen cross the chopsticks and so on. The slow dance is calm and deep, while the fast dance is graceful and athletic. When the dancer's feelings come to a climax, he can't help but leave his seat and dance to a more spacious position, enlarging the amplitude of his movements and showing his athletic dance posture.
The distinctive rhythm and cheerful sense of humor, accompanied by pleasant singing and banging sounds, happy people can not help but shake their bodies, relaxed and easy to use chopsticks to hit their own bodies to dance, all night long. All night long. In the form of performance, but also by the original single performance has developed into a double dance, male and female group dance, square collective dance, and, in the past, only men perform, and now there are women on the stage.
The performance form of Chopstick Dance directly and objectively reflects the spirit of the Mongolian people. It is a unique form of performance. Chopsticks, a tool that is inseparable from daily life, are processed into props for the dance. In short, the real charm lies in their bosom, can tolerate the feelings of the grassland, there is this bosom and feelings, can not dance out of the heart and mind collision dance to?