PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF ORIGINAL ECOLOGICAL DANCE IN THE BIJIE CITY AREA OF GUIZHOU PROVINCE

Abstract

This Article aims to study the performance characteristics of the original ecological dances in Bijie City, Guizhou Province. Through a combination of documentary research and fieldwork, we systematically analysed the movement vocabulary, cultural symbols and social functions of the Miao Lusheng Dance ‘Gun Shan Zhu’, the Yi Bell Dance and the Yi Sama Dance. The study found that: 1, the three dances are rooted in migration history and production practices, forming the core features of ‘ritual’, ‘narrative’ and ‘labour’; 2, the form of performance is mainly group dance, with high synergy between movements and ethnic instruments (lusheng, brass bells), and ecological metaphors carried by costumes, colours and props; 3, In contemporary heritage, dance has achieved a fusion of tradition and modernity through technological innovation and stage adaptation, but faces challenges such as a succession of inheritors and loss of cultural context. The study proposes the construction of a ‘campus inheritance’ protection system, which plays an important role in cultural protection and inheritance, and promotes the innovative development of original ecological dances.