Browse Exhibits (5 total)
Dance for celebration/entertainment
Due to the long history of China, there are lots of traditional festivals. In order to celebrate these festivals, dances moves were made specifically for each of festivals. Thus, there are lots of meanings in each of the movements and steps of these dances.
Religious dance
People from the ancient times know very little about science and often resort to superficial beliefs in religion. Due to the beliefs, there is a plethora of religious dances that reflects the people's desire to be get rid of natural disasters or personal troubles. Therefore, there are lots of symbolization in the dance movements.
Single gender dance
Gender is am important factor in an art piece, since it has a strong symbolization. Thus, Chinese cultural dance is also sentitive in choosing the gender of dance. The choice of the gender of dancers is mostly influenced by the symbol of women, but may also include hisorical reasons.
Communist dances
These are dances that originated from the period of Communism in China and are used as a part of its propaganda.
