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Madame Xu Shuying was an expert on minority folk dances from China. Madame Xu called dance a kind of international body language and described Chinese ethnic dances ranging from the shoulder-twitching Mongolian style (suggesting the horseman's life) to Han "flower" dances or the suppressed Korean minority's relatively constrained movements. She said the challenge is to find ways to "maintain and develop and pass on" dance traditions (and those of all art forms) yet "still maintain the characteristics of the minorities." Madame Xu toured the U.S. as part of the Dance Exchange Program and visited several U.S. cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Folk dance music--California Folk dancing--California Xu, Shuying, Madame
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University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology Archive California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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