Introduction to mask dance Introduction to mask dance

1. Mask dance is a ritual performed in ancient China to drive away ghosts and diseases. There are images of mask dances painted on the cliffs of Dawangyan in Malipo County, Yunnan. The ancestors wore masks to scare devils, drive away diseases, and pray for the safety of humans and animals. Mask dance developed into Nuo opera and has been preserved in some areas of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces to this day.

2. The dance movements of mask dance are both standardized and improvised. Standard refers to the unified movements during group dance; improvisation refers to the fact that when the performer's emotions are high, the actors will show off their talents and dance freely. The dance in the Korean mask dance follows the simple, solid and calm Korean traditional Guge length, Zhajin Mori length, Daling length and Andang length of small gongs, big gongs, long drums and round drums (Note: Long and short is the transliteration of Korean language, and the meaning of beat is generally 3/4, 4/4, 12/8, 6/8) rhythm. Performers wearing various masks on their heads perform "bright face" "Turn the face" and "pose the face"; use the skills of jumping steps and crane steps to enhance the atmosphere with actions such as watching, teasing, coaxing, shouting, jumping, stepping on the ground, stamping feet, clapping, and rotating. The dance postures are exaggerated and generous, and the range of movements is larger. .

3. Sometimes we use our hands, arms, legs, shoulders, neck, and wave the sleeves of our gowns to dance to the melody of Daling. We mainly use our legs and feet to do leg raising, Movements such as jumping, padding, pausing, and forward and backward bouncing steps; using hands and arms to perform hand-circling, waist-crossing, shoulder-circling, shoulder-carrying, swinging, flying, flicking, inside-out paddling, sleeve-swinging, Movements such as sleeve rowing and sleeve wrapping can be performed slowly and sometimes fast, leisurely and leisurely according to the needs of the "dance" and the plot; it can also be arranged to meet the needs of the dance plot, such as labor movements, hunting and archery, etc., which are full of life and make the audience I couldn't help but dance with the actors, and the atmosphere at the performance was particularly lively.