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  2. Yangge - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Yangge dance performance by the Dream Butterfly Dance Group (蝶梦舞团) at Binus UniversityYangge (Chinese: 秧歌; pinyin: yānggē; lit. 'Rice Sprout Song') is a form of Chinese folk dance developed from a dance known in the Song dynasty as Village Music (村田樂). [1]

  3. Yingge dance - Wikipedia

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    Yingge dance, Yingge, Engor (Chinese: 英歌 or 鶯歌; Mandarin Chinese: Yīnggē), or "Hero's Song," is a form of Chinese folk dance dating back the Ming Dynasty.It is very popular in Teochew, a region in the east of Guangdong, particularly in Puning, Jieyang, Huilai, Chaoyang, Lufeng [1] and Hong Kong [2].

  4. List of dance in China - Wikipedia

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    Tea lantern dance Present Yangge (秧歌; lit. 'Rice Sprout Song'); also known as yangko [4] Song –Present Han Chinese [4] Northern China [4] Yangge derivatives Hongchou wu (紅綢舞 ; lit. "Red Silk Dance ") An iconic dance which shows the combination of Northeast Great Yangge (東北大秧歌; Dongbei da yangge) [4] 1950s Han Chinese ...

  5. Dance in China - Wikipedia

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    A Chinese dance. Dance in China is a highly varied art form, consisting of many modern and traditional dance genres. The dances cover a wide range, from folk dances to performances in opera and ballet, and may be used in public celebrations, rituals, and ceremonies.

  6. Ritual and music system - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Chinese dance forms were revised and propagated. In 1943, the Chinese Communist Party launched the new yangge movement where the yangge dance was adopted as a means of rallying village support. The new dance is a simplified version of the old dance with socialist elements such as the leader of the dance holding a sickle instead of ...

  7. History of Chinese dance - Wikipedia

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    The Sui dynasty collected the music and dance of the various peoples under its rule as well as popular music from outside China into the "Seven Books of Music" (七部樂), describing the music and dance of the Western Liang, Korea, India, Bukhara, Kucha, the Qingshang and the Wenkang (文康, a masked dance, later known as Libi, 禮畢).

  8. Dai Ailian - Wikipedia

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    Dai Ailian was born in Couva, Trinidad to a third-generation Chinese family, whose origins were in Xinhui, Guangdong Province.Born Eileen Isaac, she never knew her family's Chinese surname, as her paternal grandfather was given the surname Isaac upon his arrival in Trinidad.

  9. Square dancing (China) - Wikipedia

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    2013 video of square dancing in Shenzhen. In the People's Republic of China, square dancing or plaza dancing (simplified Chinese: 广场舞; traditional Chinese: 廣場舞; pinyin: guǎngchǎng wǔ; lit. 'public square dance'), is an exercise routine performed to music in squares, plazas or parks of the nation's cities.