peacock dance was created by Yang li Ping. With her excellent dancing skills and unique performances, she became a legend in China dance circle. She deeply explored the essence of China traditional culture, combined peacock image with dance, and created a unique peacock dance.
1. peacock dance
peacock dance, the most famous traditional performance dance among the Dai folk dances in China, is distributed in Ruili, mangshi, Xishuangbanna, Mengding, Menglian, Jinggu, Cangyuan and other Dai inhabited areas in dehong autonomous prefecture, Yunnan Province, among which peacock dance ("Galoyong" in Dai language) in Ruili, western Yunnan Province is the most representative.
It is said that more than a thousand years ago, the Dai leader called Ma Lijie to imitate the graceful posture of peacocks and learn to dance. Later, it was processed by folk artists and passed down to form peacock dance.
Second, the characteristics of peacock dance
peacock dance has strict procedures and requirements, a standardized status map and footwork, and each movement is accompanied by a corresponding drum language. Peacock dance's content mostly shows peacocks flying down the mountain, strolling in the forest, drinking water in the spring, chasing and playing, dragging their wings, drying their wings, spreading their wings, shaking their wings, brightening their wings, drinking water, kicking branches, resting branches, opening their screens, flying and so on.
peacock dance's feelings are implicit, his dance vocabulary is rich, and his dance moves are full of sculpture. His dance moves are mostly kept in a semi-squatting posture, and every joint of his body and arms is bent, forming a unique "three bends" dance style, with more hand shapes and hand movements. The same dance posture and pace, different hand shapes or hand movements have different aesthetic feelings and artistic conception.
Classification of peacock dance
1. Ali peacock dance
Ali peacock dance originated in Pulan County and spread in Pulan and Shiquan River. This is a folk dance danced by local people on holidays, expressing people's yearning and pursuit for a better future.
2. Linzhi peacock dance
Linzhi peacock dance originated in Zhaxi Raodeng Township, Milin County, Linzhi Prefecture, and spread in Milin County and Zhaxi Raodeng Township. Peacock dance in Linzhi is not accompanied by musical instruments, and often sings and dances by himself. There are many forms such as solo dance, duet dance, trio dance and group dance, which can be used by both men and women. When dancing in a group, it is in a big circle formation, basically jumping in the same place, and sometimes moving and jumping clockwise.