Episode 2 - Chinese Dance Deep Dive
Episode 2 of the Freestyle Thoughts, a Dance Podcast podcast, hosted by Anna Langford, titled "Episode 2 - Chinese Dance Deep Dive " was published on January 13, 2024 and runs 65 minutes.
January 13, 2024 ·65m · Freestyle Thoughts, a Dance Podcast
Episode Description
Welcome to Freestyle Thoughts, a Dance podcast! Today we're taking a deep dive into Chinese Dance and taxonomy into Chinese dances. This is the first part of a three-part mini series. This part discusses Classical Chinese dances. We're talking about specific dances that are linked in the description, so please feel free to take a look at some of these videos to get a better understanding of some of the episode's content.
Video & Article Links:
- General Articles: What is Traditional Chinese Dance, Traditional Chinese Dance
- Dunhuang: 飞天 (fēi tiān) 1, 飞天 (fēi tiān) 2
- Peking Opera-inspired: A Brief History of Peking Opera (article), 百花争艳 (bǎi huā zhēng yán), 春闺梦 (chūn guī mèng)
- Wushu-influenced: Wushu straight sword form, Swords dance, 象王行 (xiàng wángxíng)
- Dynasty-based dances: Tang - 清平调 (qīngpíng diào), Qing - 小薇小薇 (xiǎowēi xiǎ0wēi), Qin - 清风徐来 (qīngfēng xúlái), 一梦惊鸿 (yímèng jīnghóng)
- Han: 盘 (pàn), Joy, 红灯笼 (hóng dēng long), 英台初妆 (yīngtái chūzhuāng), 且吟春语 (qiě yínchūnyǔ)
- Classical: Classical dance example
- Modern: 芒种 (máng zhǒng), 三拜紅塵涼 (sān bàigōng chénliáng), 人间烟火 (rénjiān yānhuohuǒ)
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