Different Acting¹ Styles

不同的表演风格

From the perspective of acting styles,lion dance can be categorized into two types：gentle style and wild style. The former shows the lion's gentleness and loveliness by grabbing the ball,playing with the ball,rolling about, licking its fur, shaking its fur, scratching, rubbing its ears, caressing² the lion cub,etc. The latter focuses on the lions aggresiveness and high skills such as walking on the ball, scrambling³ for the ball, rolling the ball, diving for the ball，jumping and turning, climbing, walking on the seesaw⁴, walking on pointed⁵ stakes and other highly skill-demanding feats⁶. The wild style performance can be soul-stirring as it displays the lion's majesty⁷ and wildness.

从表演风格来看，舞狮可分为两种类型：温柔的风格，狂野的风格。前者显示了抓球，玩球，滚动，舔皮毛，摇晃皮毛，抓和摩擦耳朵，抚摸小狮子，等狮子的温柔和可爱。后者侧重于狮子强大的攻击力和高技能，如在球上行走，争抢球，滚动球，扑向球，跳跃和旋转，登山，走跷跷板，走尖木桩等高难度技巧。野性风格的表现可以是惊心动魄的，因为它展示了狮子的威严和野性。