Hakka Element Dance Episode 4: Tea Picking Dance – Tea Picking Fun
《客家元素舞蹈》第4集:採茶舞—採茶趣
Instructor: Chen Chi-lan
Introduction: Hakka tea-picking culture developed in the mountains of Taiwan, and the Hakka lifestyle is transformed into body movements in dance. This episode introduces the props, costumes, basic tea-picking gestures, basic steps, the use of soft sieves and bamboo hats that often used in the tea-picking dance that can be combined with basic movements to create different combinations. The instructor does a demo at the end as well as giving advice for creating the scenario of a tea garden to enrich the dance.