In the flower-drum dance, they performers used drums as they danced.
Most Chinese dances derived from "folks" or people who danced during celebrations in communities until the Han dynasty (WorkArtsWest 2005). In the Han era, a musical entertainment court would be established for the imperial court, documented and enhanced folk songs and dances. The political stability and economic prosperity that followed during the Tang dynasty allowed the growth and flourishing of poetry, music and dance between 618 and 907 AD. Dances in the Tang dynasty received past techniques from the Zhou, Qin, Han, Wei, Jin and Nanbei dynasties. Earlier in the rule of this dynasty, Buddhism was introduced in China and trade broadened. As a consequence, social relationships expanded rapidly and dances were influenced by folk dances from other countries, like India, Rome, Persia, Korea, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam and other central Asian countries. It also merged with other fine art forms, such as painting, scenery, and colorful costumes, poetry, classical music and drama. These combinations peaked in the era and credited the Tang dynasty as the golden age for dance in ancient China (WorkArtsWest).
In the early 50s and mid-60s, Chinese choreographers created dance-dramas, deriving from the techniques of traditional operas and folk dances (Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Finland 2005, WorkArtsWest 2005). Examples are "Stealing Magic Herbs," "Master Dongguo," "the Small Sword Society," "Luo Shgngjiao," "Liu Human," "Five Red Clouds," and "To the Tune of Die Lian Hua." These dance-dramas reached a height with more than 100 new productions. The ballet was first introduced in China in the 50s as traditional Russian and European ballets with some Western modern dance. Since 1979, Chinese ballet artists have been evolving their own genre from the literary works of Lu Xun's "New Year's Sacrifices," Ba Jin's "Family," Cao Yu's "Thunderstorm," and Guo Morou's "The Peacock's Courage." Chinese ballet dancers are viewed as having matured and achieved with the awards they have been received in international ballet competitions.
Ballet first showed up in the early 19th century Shanghai (CCTV 2005). China was then reeling from the impact of the Opium War, during which Western powers established themselves in the city. At this time, Russian immigrants had ballet performances and built ballet schools. Madam Dai Ailian, an overseas Chinese, studied in on of London's...
Of course, the much shorter pleated skirt we now associate with modern Japanese school girls is also a chic look, and the carrying over of this simple design into a popular and often fetish-linked fashion for Western girls of modern times is an important note of timelessness. Court" Fashion for Japanese Males, Asuka Period (593-710): Eastern influence is not reserved for Westerners alone, as one can see in Asuka and Nara
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