Abstract
Introduction
Research Status of Hand Dance in Chinese
Classical Dances
1.1 The Existent Forms of Chinese Classical
Dances
1. Basic Hand Shapes of the School of Shen
Yun of Chinese Classical Dances
2. Basic Hand Shapes in the Han-Tang School
of Chinese Classical Dances
3. Basic Hand Shapes in the School of
Dunhuang of Chinese Classical Dances
4. Modes of Motion of Hand Dance in Chinese
Classical Dances
5. Practices of Hand Dance of Chinese
Classical Dances in Training
1.2 A Case Study of Hand Dances in the
Dance Creation of Chinese Classical Dances
1. Tang Mancheng: The Typical Application
of Hand Dances in the Shen Yun School in Ru Ci Duo Jiao (So Rich in Beauty)
2. Sun Ying: An Analysis of the Hand Dance
in the Han-Tang, School from Stepping Dance to Tong Que Ji
3. Gao Jinrong: The Application of Typical
Hand Dances in The Rain of Flowers on the Silk Road, the Predecessor of the
Dunhuang School
The Realistic Basis from Life and Cultural
Basis of the Hand Dance in Chinese Classical Dances
2.1 The Realistic Basis from Life of Hand
Dance
1. The Main Means of Expression of Sign
Language
2. Nouns and Verbs in Sign Language
3. Various Sentence Patterns in Sign
Language
2.2 The Cultural Basis for Hand Dance in
Chinese Classical Dances
1. An Analysis of the Hand Dance Movements
in Grotto Statues and Unearthed Cultural Relics
2. The Preaching and Singing Culture of the
Temples in Tang Dynasty
3. A Case Study of Thousand-handed
Bodhisattva Avalokite?vara (Guānyīn)
2.3 The Gestures and Movements in Dances of
Chinese Traditional Operas
1. The Materials of Movements in the Hand
Dance of Liyuan Opera
2. The 53 Moves in Mei Lanfang School of
Peking Opera
3. The Extraction and Application of Hand
Movements in Liyuan Opera
The Artistic and Cultural Features of Hand
Dance of Chinese Classical Dances
3.1 The Characteristics of Artistic
Expression of Hand Dance of Chinese Classical Dances
1. Artistic Representation: The Features of
Narrative Hand Movements
2. Artistic Presentation: The Features of
Lyrical Hand Movements
3.2 The Characteristics of Cultural Symbols
of Hand Dance of Chinese Classical Dances
1. Basic Modes of Hand Dance of Chinese
Classical Dances
2. Cultural Features of Hand Dance of
Chinese Classical Dances
Conclusion
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Acknowledgements