Upper body movement: taking the thoracic spine as the axis, the shoulders take the initiative, pulling the chest alternately from the front to the back to draw a circle around for continuous lateral rotation around the circle. The chest and shoulders rotate around the circle once in two beats, and in the first half of each beat, when the shoulder peaks move to the highest point, the speed of the movement is slightly slowed down, resulting in the feeling of being soft and tough.
Lower body movements: sit and flex the hips once a beat to form an elastic up-and-down vibration, i.e., the first half of the beat is flexed down, and the second half of the beat is stretched up. The above movement characteristics are relatively weakened when fast-paced and jumping movements are performed.
Hand movements: the right hand holds the middle part of the whip, using the wrist, fingers and upper and lower arms to rotate and echo with the upper and lower body movements. The left hand is usually empty-handed or waving a scarf. During the dance, the eyes follow the whip and the head changes with the direction of the eyes. Bearing". The so-called "bear" is to dance with the whip or money drum props in the dancer's body parts do points, rubbing, patting, knocking, hitting, touching, teasing, dragging, clamping, bias ding, buckle, rowing, flipping, spinning at the same time, these parts must be proactive with the whip to meet the whip, "patting the hand to bear the arm, patting the foot to bear the heel, patting the head to bear the neck, patting the waist to bear the stock," and "patting the waist to bear the stock.
When the whip strikes the body, the parts of the body must take the initiative to meet with the whip.
"Spin". "Spin" is mainly manifested in the chest, shoulders, arms three major parts. Chest rotation to the thoracic vertebrae as an axis, to form a horizontal round movement; shoulder rotation to the chest action driven, for longitudinal elevation of the circular movement; upper and lower arm rotation direction and arc changes dominate and move the dancer's whole body momentum, in order to form the clouds of water and streams of water, endless streams of water, week after week of charisma. This rhythmic characteristic of "spinning" can also be called "round".
"Contain". When dancing, one's breath sinks into the dantian, and one is able to swallow and spit in a controlled manner. This makes the audience feel dignified and generous, elegant and enthusiastic. The balanced breathing with the dance beat connects the dancer's emotions and inner artistic experience.
"Twisting and tilting". The so-called "twisting and tilting" is to take the thoracic vertebrae of the upper body as the active point, echoing the flexion and extension of the lower limbs, resulting in a visual effect of "tilting and bending and stretching, turning and turning".
"Trembling". The so-called "trembling" is the dancer's one-legged bending knee, small jumping belt trembling or double feet trembling.
Shoulders swinging back and forth, twisting the waist to send the hips, feet with the beat up and down tremor, with the rise and fall of the dance, the whip issued a rhythmic, crisp and pleasant sound. There are hundreds of ways to play the whip dance, at least four beats in a routine, up to 36 beats, accompanied by suona, bamboo flute or three strings, the dance moves consistently and freely, tough and athletic, showing the beauty of the female form, forming a unique style. The dance is both vigorous and graceful. The dance is enthusiastic, cheerful, bold and graceful. When the mood is high, the dance becomes faster with the rhythm of the music and the movements are more unrestrained and enthusiastic. The dance of the Overlord Whip is often matched with the male dance of the Octagonal Drum Dance and the Double Flying Swallow Dance to form the dance movements of "Heart Together," "Back to Back," "Feet Hooking Feet," and so on, as well as the dance movements of "A Dragon," "A Dragon," "A Dragon" and "A Dragon. "A dragon", "four plum blossoms", "splitting four doors", "stars in the sky" and other team patterns. Playing the whip is the Bai people are very favorite, conducive to physical and mental health of the masses of activities, in the national festival, almost in all villages can be seen in the men and women in the whip and jumping octagonal drums to their heart's content.