Friday, August 27, 2004
chinese peacock dance
today, i was watching sesame street with my sister. it was the 35th anniversary special and i saw this amazing featurette with Grover and Ming the peacock. it talked about this amazing chinese dance called the peacock dance. the little girls wore the most elegant dresses. now i want one. apparantly, there are many different kinds but i can't find the exact ones from the show, which were stunning. i almost learned traditional japanese dance, like my mom did as a small child, while in high school, but i had a lot of trouble finding a teacher. now this makes me want to take up peacock dancing.
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In today's Global Grover bit, Grover presents us with Ming, a Muppet peacock who's supposed to show us how to do the Chinese peacock dance. Ming does a soft-shoe tap dance instead, so Grover has to show us a film clip of Chinese kids doing the peacock dance. Grover and Ming end the piece by tap dancing together.
The peacock dance is a traditional dance of Dai people. Dai people live in Yunnan province, southwest of China, where most of the rainforests are. The unique tropical weather and the natural environment formed Dai's unique tradition and culture. They share their homeland with creatures of great variety and have managed to preserve natural habitats of thousands of rare species. The beauty and mildness of the peacock has always been a great inspiration for Dai people. They consider peacocks as Goddesses that can bring them peace and happiness, which they pray for with graceful peacock dancing. This piece of peacock dance vividly shows one day of peacocks' life in the rainforest- waking up in the morning, stretching his beautiful wings, chirping along with other birds and bathing in the spring, amazed by their own graceful reflection in the water.
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resources:
chinese dance
chinese dance descriptions
sesame street anniversary summary
chinese cultural educational products
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today, i was watching sesame street with my sister. it was the 35th anniversary special and i saw this amazing featurette with Grover and Ming the peacock. it talked about this amazing chinese dance called the peacock dance. the little girls wore the most elegant dresses. now i want one. apparantly, there are many different kinds but i can't find the exact ones from the show, which were stunning. i almost learned traditional japanese dance, like my mom did as a small child, while in high school, but i had a lot of trouble finding a teacher. now this makes me want to take up peacock dancing.
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In today's Global Grover bit, Grover presents us with Ming, a Muppet peacock who's supposed to show us how to do the Chinese peacock dance. Ming does a soft-shoe tap dance instead, so Grover has to show us a film clip of Chinese kids doing the peacock dance. Grover and Ming end the piece by tap dancing together.
The peacock dance is a traditional dance of Dai people. Dai people live in Yunnan province, southwest of China, where most of the rainforests are. The unique tropical weather and the natural environment formed Dai's unique tradition and culture. They share their homeland with creatures of great variety and have managed to preserve natural habitats of thousands of rare species. The beauty and mildness of the peacock has always been a great inspiration for Dai people. They consider peacocks as Goddesses that can bring them peace and happiness, which they pray for with graceful peacock dancing. This piece of peacock dance vividly shows one day of peacocks' life in the rainforest- waking up in the morning, stretching his beautiful wings, chirping along with other birds and bathing in the spring, amazed by their own graceful reflection in the water.
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resources:
chinese dance
chinese dance descriptions
sesame street anniversary summary
chinese cultural educational products
¶ 1:36 PM
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