霸王别姬双剑 Double-sword (dance) from Peking Opera, Mei Lanfang (as concubine)

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An older form of dance-with-swords, danced by Mei Lanfang, the "queen" of male-played women (dan) in what a is here known as Peking "opera", though dance/gymnastics/recitatif in combo better describes it, .

One must note that the use or movement of the twin "swords" (shuangjian) has almost no resemblance to the sort of wushu (Martial arts) slashing or thrusting we see Zhang Ziyi displaying in "Flying Daggers" or "Crouching Tiger", where the sword -in-dance moves Hong Kong kungfu style, and the focus dance-wise is entirely on supernatural leaping tiaoyao 跳跃 establishing via superior height preparation for the fatal downslash. or inthrust stab.