Lion Dance At Parker Place

Sally Lai Yan Pang

CMNS 488

Short Assignment #2

Lion Dance

• Traditional dance in Chinese culture• Performance art by two people• Mimic lion’s movements in a lion costume• Accompanied by cymbals, singular gong,

drums, and firecrackers• Intention of it is to wards of bad luck• Usually performs in Chinese festivals, business

opening ceremonies, traditional wedding

Northern style lion dance

• Resembles movements of pekingnese dog

• Usually appear in pairs

• Short, stocky and furry

• Relatively smaller than Southern style

Southern style lion dance

• Fut San (Buddha Mountain)

• Hok San (Crane Mountain)

• Fut Hok (hybrid of Fut San and Hok San)

• Chow Gar (Chow family style kung fu)

• Green Lion (Fujian, Hokkien, Taiwan)

Southern lion dance

• Wide range of colors

• Large eyes

• Mirror on the forehead

• Single horn at the center

Lion dancers

• People from martial art school

• Movements that they do are: high jumps, standing on each other shoulders

Video of lion dance

• Hok San style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht_2GwqFBrg