The Choreography of Qiang minority in chinese contemporary dance style

Abstract

This Creative research aims to study on the original dance form of Qiang minority in Northern Sichuan, China and to create “Clouds” a new Chinese contemporary dance base on the Qiang minority cultures. All data collected from documentaries related and field work, the sampling group are National Artist , Deans of the college, Director of the dance department and Dance students. Represent and draw conclusions through descriptive analysis.

Research found that The original dance style of Qiang minority are differences on local festivals and has a strong particularity. In 2006, Qiang minority Nian was included in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage list by the Sichuan Provincial Government. Strongly support the promotion of art development and art dissemination. In the process of creation, researcher pay attention to the customs and habits of the Qiang minority festivals and try to maintain the original style characteristics and the basic rhythm, and do not lose the original national characteristics by following under the Choreography ‘s methods of Lin Chen to transfer the traditional dance of Qiang minority to a new form of Chinese contemporary dance style.

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