The basic eight movements of Yi dance are as follows:
One, stomping the main action
Hands bent at the elbows and shoulders, the right foot starts to take two steps to the right, stomping the right foot twice, and the hands make a small circle, at the same time, take a step to the right, stomping the left foot; take a step to the left foot, stomping the right foot.
Second, the main movements of the swaying step
Hands draw circles around the waist; take three steps to the right and tease the left foot; take three steps to the left and tease the right foot; step back four steps, step forward three steps, and jump and stomp the ground in a half-squat with both feet.
Three, flat jump main movements
To the right side of the body, hands five fingers clasped in the hands of the companion, hands swinging up and down between the hips; eight steps to the right, back the right foot, stepping on the left foot, do it twice; at the same time, bury the head, head up.
Four, paw step main movements
To the right side of the body, hand in hand; hands upward flinging, bent elbow downward flinging straight; at the same time, paw the right foot, lifting the left foot, the right foot in the back of the natural lifting; to the center of the circle on the right foot, feet together stomping, at the same time, hands elbow bending with the shoulder level.
Fifth, throw down the main action
Bending the knees, the left foot to the outside of the circle step back; the right foot close to the center, feet stomping; legs bending the knees, half-squat stomping; at the same time, hands bent elbows with shoulders and throw down.
Six, the main movements of the pair of pats
Let go of the hands, the hands half clenched fists and shoulders flung down; the left hand is under, the right hand is on the top of the clap; turn around and jump forward two steps, the pair of pats, the right foot stomps two times.
VII. Stepping Main Movements
Pull each other's hands, elbows at shoulder level, make a small circle, walk eight steps, throw down both hands naturally; stomp the right foot, collect the left foot, step the right foot, collect the left foot.
Eight, the main action of teasing the feet
Hold hands, hands from the bottom to the top of the flat thrown down, at the same time, take a step on the right foot, the left foot slightly lifted hook foot, close to the right foot; the right foot to step forward, stepping on the right foot, hands naturally down, take a step on the right foot, to collect the close to the right foot, the tip of the left foot pointing to the ground, teasing the right foot.
The Yi dance symbolizes the following:
1. The Dasanchin Dance is also known as the A Tiny Moon Dance.
2, playing songs is the most common and most mass of the Yi dance.
3. The four-stringed dance is spread in the Yi areas of Eshan, Xinping and Shuangbai in Yunnan Province.
4. The Fork Dance is a kind of men's dance circulating in the Sani Yi area of Yunnan Province.
5. In the Liangshan Yi Sodi area, a women's collective dance during the Torch Festival is called Du Huo.
6. The Bell Dance, also known as the Foot Jumping Dance, has been passed down in the Yi region of Guizhou and is a dance performed when an old man dies.
7. The Jinzhu Dance is a ritual dance of the Napo Yi people in Guangxi.
8. The Mute Dance evolved from the Yi Mute Festival in Daying Qixuan Village, Xiangyun County, Yunnan Province.