(www.atlantachinesedance.org/ Ming Gu Xian 06' Performance, I am in the photo second to the left at the top)
Here is more samples of music similar to the 12 girl band
I am glad that you like this style of music. Here are some sample of the dance style. Its a mix of Persian and Chinese dance movement.

The music style of the 12 girl band song, Clouds of the Sky is a region of Chinese region called Xin Jiang. The region is also called Uyghur. Basically, the people of that region are... read more

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Ma Di, I love his music. It makes my heart melt. I just want to dance and dance and dance! He is playing a Bamboo flute. Song was composed according to ancient silkroad music of the Chinese Tang Dynasty.

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I love this song, by the "12 Girls Band". Album: Tribut to Wan Luobin, A silkroad journey. The women were inspired by the art of the Yue Fang, the ensembles who played in the Tang Dynasty courts dur... read more

Chinese Dance Vocabulary. These are movements that will transition well for a Belly dancer and add to their Middle Eastern Dance Vocabulary.

Walking Movements:
1. “T” walk
2. Lotus Feet
3. Cloudy Feet
4. Traveling Buddha
5. Basic Swing Walk “Concubines walk” – low arms at side, (think of the movie "Mars Attack")
Variation: high arms open
6. Walking the Tight Rope “small”
7. Walking the Tight Rope “big”
8. Fairy Walk (a Chinese Skip)
9. Traveling Arms with Flirty side head tilt
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By Andye A., Reviewing a Chinese Sleeve Dance Workshop by Yolanda Campbell, Sponsored by Kira Lang


Chinese Sleeve Dancing is a very old art that originated centuries
ago. It is very beautiful and can be seen at the various annual
Chinese Celebrations that take place in Atlanta as well as other
areas of the world….including of course China.

When I heard that we were going to have a class here on this
beautiful art I was eager to sign up. I remember emailing Kira just
before the de... read more

I am very excited to say, that I will be teaching another Classical Chinese Dance Workshop the first Saturday of December. Still in the planning for location, time, etc. But, I believe the date is fine. I am so happy to have Scarlett of Scarlett Rhythms host my workshop.

Dances in the Tang dynasty inherited techniques that were developed in the past dynasties such as Zhou, Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, and Nanbei. During the early Tang period, Buddhism was introduced to China, and because trade a... read more