Zang Dance at Jingzhou Vocational and Technical College: Transformation from Original Dance to Academic Dance in China

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Zhihao Gong, Ourarom Chantamala, Sirimongkol Natayakul

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This qualitative research aims to: 1) study and analyze the structure of the original Zang dance; 2) the transformation analysis of the original Zang dance of Jingzhou Vocational and Technical College to a systematic academic.Research Methodology is a case study of Zang primitive Zang dance at Jingzhou Vocational and Technical College  focusing on three styles of Zang dance;Tita Xianzi and Guozhuagn that is the information study of documents, field works. There are 64 respondents in this study, 10 dancers, 22 Zang students, 6 dance teachers, 5 principals, and 21 spectators. Research conclusion by descriptived analysis.


The research reveal that The Structure of original Zang dance was devided into 3 points: 1) Dance movements; 2) Music and Songs; 3) Costume for dance.In addition,The transformation of original Zang dance to new style of Zang dance at Jingzhou Vocational and Technical College had 3 steps: 1) Developed the conceptual ideal; 2) Developed to Conceptual design; 3) using the teaching method of Pan Zhitao to created the dance.


In conclusion, the original Zang dance and academic Zang dance are difference in movements, characteritics, music and costume for dance. The main reason for these differences is that the original Zang dance focuses on entertainment, while the academic dance is more in line with contemporary  stage aesthetics. The movements elements of the academic Zang dance are extracted from the original Zang dance, but in the process of processing and reconstruction,the Zang cultural background is missing. During the expulsion of the traditional Zang dance scholarship, the cultural background of the Zang people who are constantly incapacitated at the same time.


  

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