There are various dance forms in Northeast Yangko, which can be divided into three categories according to different dance performance styles: Diyangko, Inch Stilts and Stilts. Diyanke can dance anytime and anywhere, regardless of the venue and the age of the masses. Diyanke's dance costumes are simple in design and bright in color, with bright colored silk tied around her waist.
The "inch stilt" yangko is mainly to install short stilts on the feet of performers, which are about five inches long and made of wood and covered with long skirts. The stilt yangko is the most representative and can best reflect the artistic characteristics of the northeast yangko. The dancers walked on stilts and wore exaggerated long-legged pants. The dance is swaying and lively.
2. Dance aesthetic diversification.
The aesthetic diversification of Northeast Yangko mainly focuses on the double experience of visual aesthetics and psychological aesthetics. In the costumes and props of Yangko, the costumes of female dancers are bright and eye-catching, with coordinated collocation, cotton-padded jacket long skirt and crown headdress, giving people a striking aesthetic feeling. Male dancers wear uniform colors, cotton-padded jackets with trousers and felt hats on their heads, which enhances the visual sense of the characters.
3. Vivid dance performance
The vividness of the Northeast Yangko performance can be summarized as "steady, rough and handsome". The so-called "stability" mainly means that dancers should maintain a solid and stable dance posture, and every dance movement is very full. The so-called "gen" mainly refers to the unique gen power emitted by the northeast yangko itself, which is mainly manifested in the dancers' control of dance movements.
The so-called "wave" is mainly manifested in the dancer's body dynamics, expressing his feelings with magical dance movements and vivid expressions. The so-called "cleverness" is mainly manifested in the emotional expression of dancers, and in the process of the wrestling of yangko, the playful and cheerful northeast yangko is presented.