The 8 basic movements of Xinjiang Dance are as follows:
Pressing and lifting step, branching step, turning step (pad turning step), horizontal wrong step (cross-cutting step), forward or backward wrong step, front pad step, place step, rotating and bending the leg step.
1. Pressure lifting step:
You can walk forward or backward to the beat. One toe touches the ground and then the heel presses down on the ground. At the same time, the other foot lifts and bends toward the back. Lift every three steps. Boys lift a little more, and this movement can be used all the way forward, to the sides, or to turn around.
2. Branch step:
The right foot toward the left foot in front of the left leg, the left leg to the left side of the back side of the left leg, the left leg in the right foot after the left leg, back and forth action.
3. Turning Step (Pad Turning Step):
The inside of the right foot steps outward to the left front, the left foot in place according to the next point step, the center of gravity is on the left toe. At the same time, the right foot does a pad step. Then the body turns to the left with the girl, the hand can do the ringing action or drag hat action, or the left hand leans on the girl's waist, the left hand is raised behind the ringing
4. Horizontal staggered step (horizontal cut step):
The right foot to the left in front of the step, then back to the original position, in place, do the back and forth staggered step, the left foot in place, then the point of the step.
5. Forward or backward staggered steps:
One step per beat, you can add a padding action.
6. Front pad step:
Take a step with the right foot outward toward the front of the left foot, followed by a step with the left foot inward toward the front of the left foot, and repeatedly backward toward the front of the left foot (girls use this move when they go backward).
7. In-situ point step:
Place your left foot in the same place and step forward and backward with your right foot (point step).
8. Rotating Flexed Leg Steps:
These are divided into left rotation and right rotation. Left rotation:Left foot toes outward, cocked off the ground, root of foot as fulcrum, rotate body slightly toward the right, straighten arms, palms facing up, right foot outward, turn body, turn knee, right foot in front, right foot cocked backward, bring left knee up to the right knee socket.
:Xinjiang Dance
The original Xinjiang Dance is Uyghur, and the dance is lively and beautiful, with a light and dexterous pace, and the use of various parts of the body is more detailed, especially the changes in wrists and posture are extremely rich, the female dance is graceful and stretching, and the male dance is vigorous and strong, with a strong Western style, divided into the Sai Naim Dance, the Sama Dance, and the Durang Dance. Duo Lang Dance, etc.