What is the definition of choreography? Is it different from original dance?

1, the definition of the two:

Choreography is the short form of dance choreography, which is defined as the choreographic design of the dance according to the given music melody, using body movements and details to match, conveying the dancer's expression of ideas.

Original dance means that the dancer carries out the original dance design choreography. Original dance includes all kinds of dance, as long as it is original by the dancer and not plagiarized dance can be called original dance.

2, the difference between the two:

(1) from the lexical point of view:

Choreography is a verb, referring to the action and process of choreography. Original dance is a noun, refers to a class of dance. The two are lexically different.

(2) In terms of scope:

Choreography refers to the choreography of dance based on music, which is a type of original dance. Original dance covers and defines a wider scope than choreography.

(3) From a creative point of view:

Choreography is mainly created by team choreography, while original dance includes both individual creation and team choreography.

Components of Choreography:

1. Finding the Theme, Music

Sometimes, the two steps are reversed. It may be that we hear a certain piece of music, get the urge to create a dance, and then choreograph a dance based on the theme expressed in that music.

Whichever step it is, care must be taken to identify the theme. So you must dissect the music, understand the background of the music and the emotion of the performance and then show it in the form of dance, and the music is the soul of its dance, a dance without a theme is like an article without a central idea, there is no soul.

2, find the theme of action

Find the right theme, the right music, teachers often fall into the dilemma of no action to fill the dance.

This time, we need to identify one or several theme movements. This theme movement can come from the theme identified for the dance, or it can come from the feeling of the music.

Don't think of one movement after another without a theme. Not only the creation of the dance will be vague, and the dance also lacks coherence and watchability.

3, stretch out a small section of the action

Find the theme of the action, according to the theme of the movement of the movement law we can continue to create a few small sections of the action. Usually, with a few small movements and a change of formation, a simple dance has basically taken shape.

4, the series of small sections of action

Series of small sections of action can be a change of formation, can be the theme of the re-creation of the action, can also be in line with the characteristics of the dance skills.

5, plus skill movement

Here we should emphasize that not every dance needs skill display. Unreasonable skill demonstration will not only not increase the quality of the dance, but will also reduce the viewability of the dance, and will also damage the coherence of the dance.

6. Revise in rehearsal

The next step is to revise in the rehearsal process. Because sometimes there will be some problems in the rehearsal of the imagined movements by the children. For example, the children are not able to perform this movement or this group of movements; or the smooth connection in the imagination can not be realized in reality, and so on.

Good dances are actually improved through constant revision. In addition to the choreographer's own refinement and modification, at this time you can also invite other teachers, kindergarten directors or some outside dance teachers to watch and give their opinions.

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