On September 27, the famous dancer Liu Yan's new book "Handprints - A Study on the Relationship between Handprints and Classical Chinese Hand Dance" was officially released. Published by the People's Publishing House, the book is another academic masterpiece published after 7 years after Liu Yan's first academic monograph "The Dance of the Hand - Research on Chinese Classical Dance And Dance", which fills many gaps in the field of classical dance research in China from the theoretical and practical aspects.
Handprints are various postures knotted between hands and fingers, and are the carriers for transmitting information, and The Dunhuang murals in China present a rich and unique form of handprints. As early as 2010, during his doctoral studies, Liu Yan pioneered the study of hand dance under the guidance of his mentor Feng Shuangbai, and at that time, even in the international dance community, he could not find a special research monograph. "Although I can't stand, I can use my hands as wings and 'fly' back to the stage." Liu Yan said. In 2008, after an accidental injury in the rehearsal of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, all the spectators thought that Liu Yan would say goodbye to the stage forever, but she regained her strength and returned to the dance world again. "This may be the power of the original heart." From phD to postdoctoral exit, from actor to professor and director, Liu Yan firmly believes that the body is not an obstacle to dance, and she will continue to stick to it in her own way.
Liu Yan introduced, "Handprint Phase" through the comparison of hand shape in the HandPrint and Chinese classical dance, found that there is a great reference and correlation in the concept expression of shape and intention, the aesthetic level of virtual reality, Dunhuang murals have a large number of elements that affect the aesthetic characteristics of Chinese classical dance, hand prints, hand shapes are directly and clearly reflected in Chinese classical dance, is a kind of artistic expression of inheritance and recreation.
"Maybe pathos can really make people enlightened? I was pleased to see her compare the ancient literature classics with the handprints and hand shapes in the Dunhuang murals, which was the continuation and development of my guidance for her to do her doctoral dissertation. Feng Shuangbai, chairman of the China Dancers Association, said.
Previously, "Dance of Hands" had been translated into English and received a warm response from the international academic community. It is reported that the English version of the "HandPrint" is currently in the pipeline.