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Burmese Dance History
Burmese Dance: Basic Form
Burmese Dance: Basic Steps
Burmese Dance: Side Steps
Burmese Dance: Hopping Steps
Burmese Dance: Running Steps
Burmese Dance: Basic Hand Movements
Burmese Dance: Lotus Flower Hand Movement
Burmese Dance: Wide Hand Movements
Burmese Dance: Hand & Joint Movements
Burmese Dance: Advanced Hand Movements
Burmese Dance: The Costume
Burmese Dance: Rama Solo Move
Burmese Dance: Rama Archery Move
Burmese Dance: Rama Nature Move
Burmese Dance: Advanced Rama Moves
Burmese Dance: Pure Move
Using Costumes in Burmese Dance
Burmese Dance: Sliding Steps
Burmese Dance: Wave Hand Movement
Burmese Dance: Facial Expressions
Burmese Dance with Music
Summary: Burmese dance combines folk and classic steps to tell a story. Learn more about the history of Burmese dance in the free video from a professional Burmese dancer.
U Win Maung's dance style is an official branch of the Shwe Man Thabin Theatrical Troupe. U Win Maung's father, Shwe Man Tin Maung, was awarded the title of Alingakyawswa, the highest...read more
Hatching from ancient Indian culture, the Burmese dance uses graceful and lively movements to tell a story. Whether it's a tale of ancient history, political strife, unwavering love or spiritual journeys, the Burmese dancer conveys emotion and action with the common postures of everyday life. The dance steps are executed very slowly with random burst of rapid leaps and movements. With colorful and elaborate costumes, it is clear to see how the Burmese dance has entertained for centuries, and because of its lasting legacy, a talented Burmese dancer is highly respected as a source of national pride. In this free video series, learn more about Burmese dance. Our expert is a professional Burmese dancer that has taught many dance classes. With this instruction, learn how to do some Burmese dance steps. One of the key characteristics of this dance style is the use of hand gestures. Learn how to do a variety of hand movements: wide, ocean, joint, and more. Also, learn how to dance the Rama solo. Using costumes and music, see a demonstration of Burmese dances. With these simple dance lessons, learn all about this cultural dance from Burma.
"Today I'm going to talk about the Burmese dance, and the history of a Burmese. You can see that like beginning of the Burmese dance we don't, the human especially don't dance, only the puppet and puppeteer. They have the story and dancers. And what I can say is like the human dance is really happen in a classical style. Classical style in the palace, so after that like around about like 1886, when British took over the Burma, that when we don't have no more kingdom, the inside, the palace dancers, become into regular people to the outside. So people start seeing their dance and they copy and now what we can see is like traditional Burmese dance are always combined with the folk styles and the traditional classic styles. So, to learn the Burmese dance is basically that we have to have the proper form. It's required a lot, you have to bend the knee, there's the first thing that you have to learn first."
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