First, play the song:
There are ring dances such as "Tiao", "Tiao Jiao", "Left Foot Dance", "Tiao Ge", "Jumping on the Moon" (that is, "Tiao Yue"), which are popular among Yi people in western Yunnan, Liangshan, Sichuan and other surrounding ethnic minorities.
The self-entertainment dance "Dage" is very similar to that of the Han nationality in ancient times. During festivals and celebrations, people hand in hand in a circle, singing and dancing or dancing with music, and the dance always focuses on lower limb movements.
Second, jump string:
String dance is also called "cigarette box dance" because the dancer is tap dancing with a cigarette box in his hand. The cigarette box dance is popular in the Nisu inhabited areas of Honghe, Shiping and Jianshui in south-central Yunnan Province. Dance can be divided into "strings" and "miscellaneous strings".
Sine is a combination of two-person self-entertainment dance and performance dance. The main traditional passages are Mute Chopping Wood and Pigeons Eating. The dance is graceful, light, lively and funny. On the other hand, "Miscellaneous String" is further developed on the basis of "Sine", which is a kind of song and dance sketch with characters and stories.
Third, Zorro:
Zorro, also known as "Solo", is another round dance popular in Nisu nationality, a branch of Yi nationality on the south bank of Honghe River in Yunnan. Melody jumping is cheerful, and the rhythm is clear and powerful, accompanied by dance movements such as quick waving, wrong step and stepping on the foot, which is especially popular among young people.
Fourth, jump three strings:
Sanxian Dance, also known as Big Sanxian Dance and Yueyue Dance, is a self-entertainment dance loved by Asi and Sani people of Yi nationality in central Yunnan. Dancing three strings, accompanied by three strings of large, medium and small and bamboo flutes with different timbres, is an essential dance for the Torch Festival.
Five, blanket dance:
Felt dance is a unique dance form of Yi people in Liangshan, Sichuan. Dancers use blankets as props to imitate the posture of eagles and bears by stretching, folding, swinging and rotating their bodies. This kind of dance has now become a representative performance dance of the Yi people.