"Lotus Dance" is a modern dance duo work is the 1990s China modern dance to the world stage of the successful representative works.
"Lotus Dance" Introduction:
The Lotus Dance is one of the Chinese folk dances. Xifeng District, Qingyang City, Gansu Province, is the place of origin where Gong Liu, the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty, started the Chinese farming culture. The legacy of the Zhou Dynasty and farming culture is the historical and humanistic environment that gave birth to the folk lotus dance culture, which is part of the world intangible cultural heritage.
Introduction of Modern Dance in China in the 1990s:
Modern dance is a kind of art that liberates the body and the mind. From the "mother of modern dance" Isadora Duncan to the classical ballet stereotypes of aesthetic shouting "ballet is not beautiful at all" when a sensational dance revolution, is against the human culture of the closed premise of rigidity.
Today, modern dance has risen vigorously in China, not only beyond the simple imitation of dance movements or the exhibition of individual styles, so that the art of dance can be combined with the true feelings of the heart, which is the most important trend in the development of modern dance in China.
The choreography of Chinese modern dance should not only maintain its original artistic characteristics, but also adapt to the environment of Chinese modern dance development. The development of Chinese modern dance should seek a development path between tradition and innovation. The only way to develop "Chinese modern dance" is to practice it. At present, people's interest and focus on modern dance are centered on the technology and techniques of modern dance.
The choreography has been imitating the western modern dance model, which has led to a big difference in the choreography of Chinese modern dance, and the modern dance has returned to the model of the classical ballet period, which is bound to show off the skills. Only with more artistic style characteristics and other categories of art for more and more comprehensive exchanges, drawing on new choreographic means and choreographic thinking, fusion of their own dance style characteristics, in order to better and more comprehensive development of Chinese modern dance.