Featured explanation · Anhui Huagudeng
Shan Shen Bu
闪身步
Find the teaching footage, understand the dodging step, and see how a dance lesson became a comedy format.
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闪身步
A sideways dodge.
A folk-dance step.
A joke in a different setting.
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Recognize the movement
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Understand the words
Read the Chinese characters, pinyin and natural English meaning. Similar-sounding names can describe different moves.
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Follow the origin
Separate the dance tradition from the later joke, and a teaching recording from an online reupload.
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