Huteng
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thumb|Sogdian Huteng dancer, Xiuding temple pagoda, [[Anyang, Henan, China, Tang dynasty, 7th century.]] Huteng (, also 胡腾舞, Húténgwǔ, "Dance of the Nomadic leap") was the Chinese term for a type of dance that originated in Central Asia, especially among the Sogdians and the region of Tashkent (石國, Shíguó). The dance was well known during the Tang dynasty, and there are numerous depictions of it in works of art. The dance was characterized by spinning, leaps and backflips. The dancers would particularly make somersaults, first planting their feet firmly on the carpet, tilting their face upward
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thumb|Sogdian Huteng dancer, Xiuding temple pagoda, [[Anyang, Henan, China, Tang dynasty, 7th century.]] Huteng (, also 胡腾舞, Húténgwǔ, "Dance of the Nomadic leap") was the Chinese term for a type of dance that originated in Central Asia, especially among the Sogdians and the region of Tashkent (石國, Shíguó). The dance was well known during the Tang dynasty, and there are numerous depictions of it in works of art. The dance was characterized by spinning, leaps and backflips. The dancers would particularly make somersaults, first planting their feet firmly on the carpet, tilting their face upward and arching their body, then lift their arms and jump backward to the sound of flutes and the pipa.
Another famous dance from Central Asia was the Sogdian Whirl (胡旋, Húxuăn, "Whirling Nomads", also 胡旋舞, Húxuănwǔ, "Dance of the Whirling Nomads", sometimes rendered as "Whirling Nomads" but known as "Sogdian Whirl dance" or simply "Sogdian whirl" to Western scholars), in which a young woman was spinning inside a circle. Also another one was the "Dance of the thorn branch" (柘枝舞, Zhèzhīwŭ).