Dynamic Yunnan - 打歌(YunNan Folk Dance)

"Dynamic Yunnan" is filled with songs and dances that celebrate the sun, the moon and the region's folk legends. Ms. Yang said part of the show's popularity stems from its authenticity: nearly all the performers are young people from Yunnan's ethnic minorities. And like her, few have had formal training.

One young man, she said, was selected after she heard him crying out for his runaway cow. A young girl was chosen after pleading for the opportunity to dance so she could earn the $48 it would cost her family to buy a cow. Ms. Yang said the girl's story moved her to tears. "I picked her even though I thought she was too short," Ms. Yang said, laughing. "But she works hard. I can always hear her singing in the back. She puts all her energy into it. You see, this show is nothing but real life."

To prepare the show, Ms. Yang said she spent more than a year traveling to remote villages in her native Yunnan, studying local dances, recording disappearing folk songs and recruiting dozens of young people from ethnic minority groups. Yunnan is China's most ethnically diverse province.

Many of the villages she visited were wedged between mountains and seemingly lost to the modern world. There she encountered the folk rhythms of farmers and villagers who seemed to have a natural aptitude for song and dance.

"In these villages, people have songs and dances for every event - when they're happy, at harvest time, when they're getting married or mourning," she said. "It's not a choice, it's a lifestyle."

打歌 Dage Dance

打歌(跳土风舞)是云南很多民族的青年男女交友择偶的最常见的方式。"蚂蝗叮着鹭鸶脚，生生死死扯不脱"，姑娘们又喜欢又害羞。豪爽的彝族人说："为人不跳乐，白在世上活­"；"有嘴不会唱；有脚不会跳，俏也无人要"；他们还有许多生动的说法："太阳出山来打歌，踏平草地跳平坡；汗水不湿羊皮褂，阿哥阿妹莫歇脚"；"打歌打到太阳落，只见黄­灰不见脚，打起了黄灰做得药"......

有歌为证："采花来来采呀采花来，一家一个采呀采花来，阿娃花下说给你呀，好是好玩呢，就是害呀害羞羞......"；"想是想来挂是挂，不想不挂咋在着......"；­"想你不能搭你去，爱你不能搭你在，就象小鸡么吃了针穿线，牵肠挂肚挂心肝，啊苏噻呢么哟嘿......"

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Dynamic
• Yunnan
• 打歌
• YunNan
• Folk
• Dance
• 云南映象

[eeeeeeemilyy]

i saw this live!! it was amazingg

[truc8340]

I saw this marvellous show last year in Kunming. If Youhave  the oportunity D'ONT MISS IT !!

[dolphinwjy]

@eduardogor77 It's called Yunnan impression~ Welcome to Yunnan!

[eduardogor77]

what's the name of the show?? I wanna see it!!!