The Dragon dance is more elaborate of a performance, as it requires a team of people ranging from 7 performers and up. It is much longer, and requires more of a team effort to perform. Again, like the Lion Dance, there is an "awakening" however, the Dragon is more interested in chasing a pearl (or Dragon Ball). The Dragon doesn't ever catch the ball, but the performance is the story of its attempt to catch it, often snaking its way around people and looping around its own body. The performer carrying the pearl leads the dragon around, deciding on the mood and the energy of the dragon as it runs its course.

The dragon itself is composed of several parts - a large paper mache head on a pole, sections of the body on poles, a paper mache tail on a pole, and a cloth body that connects it all together. The pearl itself is a paper mache orb that spins and is mounted on a pole of its own. The Dragon dance is often seen on street parades or being performed in large areas as the dragon itself is mounted high and the amount of room needed to perform the routines is often larger than that of a Lion Dance.