Havana, April 18 (Prensa Latina) Chinese actress and dancer Zhang Lin, visiting Cuba today to participate in the International Urban Landscape Dance Festival, will present “Head Bowl Dance,” a work included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
She is the only member of the Chinese delegation participating in the competition, which will take place from April 25 to 27 in Havana, and which will move freely, with a symphony, metaphorically speaking, in which the body is the main protagonist.
At an event featuring theoretical forums, yoga and contemporary dance workshops, flamenco and tango music, and other activities, Lin performs this dance with the ease of a bird in mid-flight, holding bowls on its head.
The Mongolian “Head Bowl Dance” is a unique form of traditional Mongolian dance, possessing profound cultural richness and high artistic value, according to the event program.
Through dancer Lin’s skills and graceful movements, multiple symbolic meanings are conveyed, the statement added.
Lin, with cups attached to her head, usually made of porcelain, maintains the stability of these vessels while spinning and jumping in her dance, demonstrating her body control and balance.
This dance, through the central element “the bowl on the head,” integrates life, ceremony, and faith into a whole.
The 2025 edition of the International Urban Landscape Dance Festival will feature artists from Bulgaria, China, Spain, and Mexico, the latter country having the largest delegation of dance companies.
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