Dada (played by Li Xinyun) is a protagonist in Dada's Dance.
Dada is a young woman living with her divorced mother in a central China city. She dances to salsa while getting ready, teases her neighbor Zhao Ye, and avoids her mother's boyfriend's crude advances. After he claims she was adopted, she takes Zhao Ye south to meet a woman who may be her birth mother. Zhao Ye (played by Li Xiaofeng) appears in Dada's Dance.
Zhao Ye is Dada's neighbor and has a crush on her. He spies on her through her open window each morning as she dances and gets ready, and Dada knowingly teases him about his feelings. After learning she may have been adopted, he is taken along by Dada on her journey south to meet a woman who could be her birth mother. Mother (played by 盖克) appears in Dada's Dance.
Mother is Dada's divorced mother, and the two live together in a central China city alongside her boyfriend. Her relationship with Dada is central to the household situation described in the plot; her boyfriend's crude advances toward Dada and his claim that Dada was adopted prompt Dada to seek a woman who may be her birth mother.
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Characters
Dada
(played by Li Xinyun) — protagonist
Dada is a young woman living with her divorced mother in a central China city. She dances to salsa while getting ready, teases her neighbor Zhao Ye, and avoids her mother's boyfriend's crude advances....
Zhao Ye
(played by Li Xiaofeng) — supporting
Zhao Ye is Dada's neighbor and has a crush on her. He spies on her through her open window each morning as she dances and gets ready, and Dada knowingly teases him about his feelings. After learning s...
Mother
(played by 盖克) — supporting
Mother is Dada's divorced mother, and the two live together in a central China city alongside her boyfriend. Her relationship with Dada is central to the household situation described in the plot; her...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Dada → Mother
(Family Daughter)
The plot states that Dada lives with her divorced mother.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Dada → Zhao Ye
(Social Neighbor)
Zhao Ye is identified as Dada's neighbor and watches her through his window.
Story Analysis
A young woman's response to domestic discomfort leads her from playful neighborhood tensions toward an uncertain search for her birth origins.
