Fun at our Traditional Dragon and Lion Dance Workshop

8/10/2021

2^nd October saw the second of the “About China“ workshop series take place at Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Theatre. The event was jointly organised by NCI and Lakeside Arts to mark our annual global Confucius Institute Day,

Led by local musician, artist and storyteller Ling Peng, the workshop began with a warmup hand-clapping game, which soon got the children working together and ready to learn. Ling then introduced various traditional Chinese musical instruments including the Chinese bass drum, gong and muyu. After the children learned to play their instruments in a group rhythm, Ling taught them how to make dragon and lion dance moves whilst creating an accompanying percussive tune. Supported by Sky and Helen, two student volunteers from the CSSA, the children delivered a wonderful dragon and line dance parade in front of their parents, winning big smiles and rounds of applause. The workshop ended with some exciting dragon storytelling – the perfect ending to an hour of creative learning through sound and movement. 

The children said that they really enjoyed the workshop and would love to do it again. “Dragons are my favourite! That’s why I am here at the workshop. It’s so fun!“ said one.

More workshops will take place on Saturdays throughout October at Lakeside. To find out more or book a place, please visit  https://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/whats-on.html

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当地时间2021年10月2日，在诺丁汉大学孔子学院举办的《关于中国》系列活动第一期受到广泛好评之后，该系列活动的第二期如期举办。本次活动向儿童以及家长开放，并且诚邀作为音乐家、作曲家、艺术家的彭玲女士带领孩子们通过舞龙、舞狮和奏乐的方式亲身感受中国“龙”的神话故事。

活动开始前，彭老师首先带领孩子们玩拍手游戏，讲全场的氛围调动起来。接下来，彭老师分别带领孩子们演奏了鼓、镲、木鱼等中国传统乐器，在这些乐器的伴奏声下，孩子们和两名来自诺大中国学联的志愿者一起将竹龙舞动起来，剧场里充满了孩子们的欢声笑语。舞龙结束后，彭老师和志愿者又通过亲身示范的方式教授孩子们舞狮的技巧。随后，孩子们两两一组，在彭老师的鼓点节奏下将狮子的神态和动作模仿得惟妙惟肖，连台下的家长也忍不住拍手称赞。最后，孩子们围坐在彭老师的身边，听彭老师绘声绘色地讲述“望娘滩”的故事，孩子们被彭老师的深情演绎代入了情境之中，每每到情节高潮，总发出声声惊叹。

孩子们在本次活动中全身心投入进舞狮和舞龙中，同时还尝试了多种中国传统乐器，结尾的故事也升华了本次龙文化的内涵。本次活动不仅有效地推广了中国传统表演和中国传统乐器，还带领外国小朋友领略了中国龙文化，加深了外国小朋友对中国传统文化的热爱。

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