CONTENTS: An investigation into primitive dance; music and dance in slave society; the rise of folk song and dance and dancing girls; Han dynasty variety shows and dances; the exchange of song and dance between different nationalities; the Tang dynasty, golden age for dance in ancient times; song folk dance and dance troupes; dance and traditional opera during the Ming and Qing dynasties; dance of the national minorities; thirty years of continuation and development.

China Books & Periodicals; First Edition