Dance variety show showcases brilliant adaption of Painted Skin

Wang Xuerou (in red) and Hao Ruoqi (in blue) have borrowed the soul-switching setup in Painted Skin II: The Resurrection for their dance number. The featured song is Su Yunying’s Moment.

Fun fact: Hao Ruoqi is the lead dancer in An Outing With Beauties, which was featured in web drama Tang Dynasty Tour.

Dance Smash 舞蹈风暴 is currently streaming on Mango TV.

Tang Dynasty Tour showcases world class dance performance

Timetravelling series Tang Dynasty Tour 唐砖 is the first time I’ve seen an ancient drama directly lift an already popular dance to be performed in the show. The dance, An Outing with Beauties 丽人行, is adapted from award-winning dance drama  Du Fu, is based off a poem that uses descriptions of the nonchalance and beauty of the women picnicking in the spring to criticize the lives of the rich in the Tang dynasty.