Dunhuang dance

Dunhuang dance
Dunhuang dance
	Dunhuang mural flying apsarasa
Chinese	敦煌舞
Literal meaning	Dunhuang dance
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dūnhuáng wǔ

Dunhuang Dance is a form of Chinese dance which combines traditional culture and modern art.^[1] Dunhuang dance draws inspiration from the body movements in the Dunhuang grotto frescoes (such as in the Mogao caves), and the musical instruments and music scores found in Dunhuang, Gansu province, West China.^[2]^[3]^[4] The dance shows the combination of ethnic dance styles from Central and Western China.^[5] The dance, itself, is also influenced by Buddhist images and Buddhism.

Sources of inspiration

The Mogao grottoes in Dunhuang houses several form of fine arts such as dance and music.^[1] It is filled with many dance images which inspired modern dance artists in China.^[1] Images of flying apsaras (Feitian) from the grottoes are also a source of inspiration.^[1]

List of Dunhuang dances

Thousand Hand Guan Yin

It is a contemporary creation produced by the Chinese choreographer Zhang Jigang.^[3] It was performed by the China Disabled Performing Art Troupe in which the group dancers are hearing-impaired.^[3]

Modern choreography Thousand hand Guanyin

Other depictions in media

Rain of Flowers on the Silk Road, a dance drama presented in Beijing on May 23, 1979 by the Gansu Dunhuang Art Academy of China. ^[5]

Gallery

Dunhuang dance
A pipa player playing with the pipa behind his back. Dunhuang, Mogao Caves.
China, mid-Tang Dynasty. Artwork from the Dunhuang Grottos, Yulin Cave number 25 showing a Bird of Life, playing a pipa, with a dancer playing drum
Buddhist cave art, a dancer spins while the orchestra plays. Grotto 46 Left interior wall, second panel. Also called cave 112.
Cave 220 “Hu xuan” dancer in mural from Mogao.

References

^ a b c d Yang, Jia (2017). "Analysis on Cultural Characteristics and Art Development of Dunhuang Dance Art". Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2017). Paris, France: Atlantis Press. doi:10.2991/iccessh-17.2017.110. ISBN 978-94-6252-351-7.
^ Shahshahānī, Suhaylā (2004). Body as medium of meaning. LIT Verlag. pp. 72–86. ISBN 978-3-8258-7154-3.
^ a b c The heritage of Chinese culture and dance. Classical dance : Dunhuang. Ming Chen; Sandra Parks; Jake McNeill; Stella Xu; Kennesaw State University. 2016. OCLC 964534193. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25 – via Worldcat.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "A DANCE OF DUNHUANG". www.esplanade.com. 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
^ a b "Dance Drama Celebrates Dunhuang Culture". en.chinaculture.org. Retrieved 2021-12-25.

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[:2-1] Yang, Jia (2017). "Analysis on Cultural Characteristics and Art Development of Dunhuang Dance Art". Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2017). Paris, France: Atlantis Press. doi:10.2991/iccessh-17.2017.110. ISBN 978-94-6252-351-7.

[2] Shahshahānī, Suhaylā (2004). Body as medium of meaning. LIT Verlag. pp. 72–86. ISBN 978-3-8258-7154-3.

[:0-3] The heritage of Chinese culture and dance. Classical dance : Dunhuang. Ming Chen; Sandra Parks; Jake McNeill; Stella Xu; Kennesaw State University. 2016. OCLC 964534193. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25 – via Worldcat.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[4] "A DANCE OF DUNHUANG". www.esplanade.com. 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-25.

[:1-5] "Dance Drama Celebrates Dunhuang Culture". en.chinaculture.org. Retrieved 2021-12-25.