Sentence examples for water sleeve from inspiring English sources

One of the most visually stunning moments comes in the first act, with the dance of the Shuixiu (water sleeve) princesses, where dancers move wearing long flowing silk sleeves that are designed to accentuate and articulate their emotions.

The port de bra ("carriage of the arms") breaks at the elbow and correspondingly at the wrist to create sharp angles with the arms, as with traditional water sleeve performances.

There is much use of the upper body, long scarves or Chinese-style "water sleeves" and hand-held percussive props.

For example, the long "flowing water" sleeves that are attached to the costumes of dignified characters can be manipulated in 107 movements.

One feature which was specific to the Beijing opera was the "water sleeves", fitted to the costumes of both male and female characters.

The narrow, dingy space is cluttered with gowns in mesmerising designs and hues: flame-red dragons on backgrounds of pale gold; sea patterns in azure and cobalt; robes with wafting silk "water sleeves" that hang down from the arms.

We have flax to thank not only for inaugurating the history of fashion generally but also -- oddly enough -- for bringing about the oversize, silken "water sleeves" that in the hands (or rather, over the hands) of a great actress of Chinese opera can be far more expressive than Britney Spears's navel.

All three types of gowns have water sleeves, long flowing sleeves that can be flicked and waved like water, attached to facilitate emotive gestures.

It involved borrowing from the management a biscuit tin lid, a pint pot of water, the sleeve from a box of matches and a raw egg.

We should point out that The Hug is not the first device to try and tackle this problem – the Jomi smart water bottle sleeve's crowdfunding project was suspended for lack of financing, which could imply a lack of consumer interest.

The instrument consists of a water-level logger contained within an underground, water-filled sleeve, into which sediment is funneled from a surface trap.