In 2004, Zhang Yimou captured an unforgettable water-sleeve drum dance in *House of Flying Daggers*. (Leifeng Network (official account: Leifeng Network)) The dancer portrayed by Zhang Ziyi stood at the center of a drum formation. Leaping and spinning to the music, she sent two long water sleeves billowing through the air, sometimes tracing immense arcs and sometimes whipping them toward the drums surrounding her. The performer's movements, the trajectory