Tag Archives: performance
Body Language in Quyi
Just like drama,Quyi also pays much attention to the maneuver of "Hand, Eyes, Body and Step in performance. Hand, Eyes, Body and Step here refer to a performer’s expressions and movements that accompany his singing and reciting in the performance. Hand refers to gestures the performer uses to present story plots. Gestures can indicate distance, [...]
Foot Coordination Skills
Ancient foot coordination skills included Juggling Bowls and Kicking Balls. Juggling Bowls is similar to present-day Juggling Objects with Feet. In the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), people paid much attention to hand skills and thus foot coordination skills did not become an independent performance item. In the pre-Qin period and the Han Dynasty, Cu Ju, which [...]
Dujiaoxi
Dujiaoxi(monodrama), also called Huaji(buffoonery), is a form of Quyi arts that is popular in East China’s Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Dujiaoxi dates back to around 1920s. The art used to be mostly performed by one person, its art form was much influenced by Shuochang(storytelling that combines singing and reciting) in the three places and at [...]
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