Bamboo pole dance footwork simple explanation is introduced as follows:
1. A group of two people face to face each holding the ends of the bamboo pole, the rhythm of the pole for two kinds of provisions, the first is "open and close", the second is "open and close, open and close", the pole opening distance is greater than 40cm. The second is "open and close, open and close, open and close", and the opening distance of the pole is more than 40cm;
2. First, we do the step without pole and the rhythm/coordination of the pole;
3. After we are more skillful in the two roles, we will consolidate the practice, and the first one person will dance, and then slowly transition to multiple dancers;
4. The dancers can only enter from the fixed side and exit from the other, and cannot do it in the opposite direction.
4. Dancers can only enter from one side and exit from the other side of a fixed line, but not in the opposite direction. At the beginning, they can use tentative steps and do not have to jump into the bamboo pole formation completely;
5. When the dancing students call for a stop, all pole-beaters shout "hey hey" at the same time to finish the last two pole-beatings, and then stop;
6. The rhythm of beating the pole should not be too fast, and the pole-beating students should stop immediately if they find that the rhythm of the dancing teammates is confused. When the rhythm is disorganized, they should stop immediately, and if they call out to stop, they should also stop immediately.
The form of the dance is the same as the Li Bamboo Dance of Hainan Province. That is, two large bamboo poles flat on the ground, outside the two large bamboo poles, people two a pair, face to face with small bamboo poles, along the large bamboo poles back and forth sliding bump, dancers in the two poles sliding collision gap in the jump. The dance moves imitate the forms of ants, turtledoves, leopards, paintbrush and other animals, and are lively and cheerful.
The Bamboo Dance is generally divided into four parts: Encounter in the mountains, Crossing the river on a bridge, Falling in love, and Carrying the bride home. Each part of the dance reveals the sincere feelings of young Miao men and women, and is full of many original aesthetic elements, which are simple and natural.