The "three bends" is a typical basic feature of the Dai dance, which is rich in sculptural beauty. The first bend is from the standing foot to the bent knee, the second from the knee to the crotch, and the third from the crotch to the tilted upper body. The arm movements are also in three bends: fingertips to wrist, wrist to elbow, and elbow to arm. The legs still move in three curves: standing foot to heel, heel to bent knee, knee to hip.
Three bends is the essence of the Dai dance, if you do not have a good foundation, you can only get its shape, not both its charm, so the basic hand position foot position movements must be practiced more and more feeling, imagine yourself as a beautiful peacock, with their own bodies to feel.
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Dance movements of the Dai dance:
1, frontal undulation: the heavy beat sinks downward, slowly sinking, going downward to be even, the spine should be vertical, squatting can not be leaning forward or backward, the spine sinks against the heel, and lifting upward to be slow, the same as in the case of the sagging.
2, next to the ups and downs: when sinking out of the right crotch, knees bent downward, the left knee forked the knee of the right foot, the upper body to the left, the head to the right; the opposite direction of the action, out of the left crotch, the right foot pointing to the ground to the left leg pressure, this time the left leg is the main leg, the center of gravity in the left leg, out of the crotch of the upper body can not be leaning forward and backward, to maintain a straight, the top out of the right waist, the head to the left.
3, the feet of the undulation: when the body sinks when there is a leg lift, hook back when the knee can not be forward top, must be vertical backward kicking, and is a hook foot, whenever kicking up to be rapid, the action to be clean, but also with the breathing; when the leg kicked backward when the upper body a little bit of the left and right undulation, can not be vertically undulating; when up the left leg, out of the right crotch, out of the right leg left crotch, this action in the Dai, the left leg is the main leg. This action is very important in the Dai dance.
Baidu Encyclopedia: Dance of the Dai People