The earliest person who danced the peacock dance was Knife Meilan.
Today, when it comes to the peacock dance, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely Ms. Yang Liping, in fact, the peacock dance is also the knife Meilan teacher, she is the pioneer of women's peacock dance, is the first "Peacock Princess" on the Chinese stage.
Even Yang Liping is watching her peacock dance grew up, when she visited Myanmar with the delegation, but also almost by the prince of the wedding, over the years she experienced a brilliant, but also lost the stage, but never complacent or compromise to give up, and eventually become an international reputation of the Oriental dancers!
One of the Peacock Dance is what kind of dance
The Peacock Dance is the most prestigious traditional performance dance in China's Dai folk dance, which is spread in the Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, Ruili, Luxi and Xishuangbanna, Mengding, Munda, Jinggu, Canyuan and other Dai inhabited areas, which are known as "Garo Yong" (Dai), a traditional Chinese folk dance. Among them, the Peacock Dance (in Dai language) in Ruili City, western Yunnan Province, is the most representative.
Two peacock dance categories
1. Small peacock dance, performance in the small peacock dance, this dance, the knee is often used to rapid small trembling, as well as no undulation of the short step, the calf appears very light and flexible, the main leg is often used to crouch down small jumps to make the dance very lively. The hand movements are light and sensitive, and the three curves are small and delicate.
2. Male Peacock Dance, which is a kind of peacock dance that expresses the difficulty of sex. In the folk mostly performed by men. This kind of dance, the knee undulation more rigid, hand movements flexible, hand movements flexible erect and stretching, small feet more powerful, three bends modeling angular more obvious, the movement is larger and very fit. Enlarged soft shoulders, strengthen the dance of the rigid and stretching characteristics.
3. Ali Peacock Dance, Ali Peacock Dance originated in Pulan County, spread in Pulan and Shiquanhe and other areas. It is a folk dance performed by the local people during the New Year festivals, which expresses people's yearning and pursuit of a better future.
The dance is mostly performed in a circle or semi-circle shape, with an unlimited number of people, without musical instruments, but with accompanying singing. The pace of the peacock dance is monotonous, but it is a favorite folk dance.