The Art of Chinese Dance

The art of Chinese dance traces its origins to even before the appearance of the first written Chinese characters. Chinese dance was divided into two types，civilian and military，during the Shang and Zhou periods of the first millennium B.C.

Communication in Dance

Most people use sound to communicate in their everyday life，but dancer on stage uses his limbs and body to do the same thing.Just like the Chinese language，Chinese dance has its own unique vocabulary，seman tics，and syntactic structure that enable a dancer on stage to fully express his thoughts and feelings with ease and grace.

Dances of Minority People

Each minority people or aboriginal group of China has its own folkdance forms.The Miao people of south western China，for example，developed a lively form of antiphonal singing and competitive dance；the aborigines of Taiwan，influenced by their island life and environment，created hand-holding line dances as part of a harvest ritual.Folk dances directly reflect the lifestyles and customs of a people，and in addition to their artistic value as dances，they are a precious part of China’s cultural heritage.

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