Most of the music of classical Chinese dance is played by Chinese unique national instruments, such as guzheng, erhu, pipa and so on. Classical Chinese dance costumes are ancient, according to the specific requirements of the dance also have their own characteristics, Han and Tang dances mostly use traditional Han clothes. Classical Chinese dance, as a category in China's dance art, is a dance with certain exemplary significance and characteristics of classical style that has been passed down through generations of professional workers who have refined, organized, processed and created on the basis of traditional folk dances, and through the test of art practice over a long period of time. Classical dance was founded in the 1950s and was once called "opera dance" by some people. It is a mixture between opera and dance, that is to say, it has not been completely transformed from opera. Calling it opera, it has removed the most important singing and reading in opera; saying it is dance, it still maintains a large number of the original state of opera. The songs or dances in opera are for the service of storytelling. Even if it is not singing not white martial arts is still theater, its dance on the role of the line of subordination is also very distinct.
Technique
(A) the characteristics of the rotation
1, the rotation technique in the basic training of classical Chinese dance, to screw the tilted form of the dance structure as the main feature, and the rotation in the basic training of ballet is still very different from the classical Chinese dance. Ballet basic training in the rotation are straight, mostly in the frontal plane on the basis of three-dimensional composition and shaping the image, therefore, the action is long and stretching, a strong sense of extension. The driving of the body, the driving of the arm and the driving of the span are all very important, and the rotation relies on the coordination of the whole body. The rotation in the basic training of Classical Chinese Dance, in addition to the straight body rotation, is characterized by the body shape in the twisting and tilting rotation of the dance posture modeling on the turn, especially "tilting" on the balance of the center of gravity on the turn, in the upper and lower body into a meridian phase on the basis of the three-dimensional composition to shape the image. Therefore, the action shows the slenderness in the graceful turn, the continuation in the urgent belt in the air, as well as the change of the rotating spiral shape, such as the reverse tucking legs up to the chest turn, backward side turn. 2, the waist with the characteristics of the movement, the formation of Chinese classical dance basic training in the turn of the "law" of a variety of, and more generally in the process of moving the "law". For example, the big tuck step turn and the sweeping tang tang sea turn. 3、The folk dance postures in the basic training of Chinese classical dance are very strong in "stance", and some of them can be said to be the continuation and exaggeration of the stance. 4. The mobility and complexity of the folk dance posture turn is relatively strong, with a large amplitude of spatial change, for example, there is a turn from the bottom to the top or from the top to the bottom, and there is also a composite of various dance postures in the process of the turn and the flow of the characteristics. The development of folk dance is just a beginning, there is still a lot of room, there are good prospects.
(2) Characteristics of Turning Over
Turning over is our unique national skill. The variety of styles and the splendor of changes are incomparable to those of any other country or nation. Turning over is a unique technique in the basic training of Chinese classical dance, which is a turning over with the waist as the axis and the body tilted at the horizontal line. From the beginning to the end of the movement, it runs through the forms of twisting, tilting, pitching and side lifting. 1, strong ethnicity Turning over this skill form fully embodies the aesthetic characteristics of classical dance and the characteristics of movement, and it is also the closest combination with the body method. Therefore, it has a strong national character. 2. Strong image Turn-over has a clear image in space movement, such as "sea-visiting turn-over", "limp turn-over" and other large-scale slow turn-over, which is continuous and rounded in the arc movement in the space, just like waves undulating; "point step turn-over" is agile and fast, as fast as a rush. The "point step somersault" is quick and agile, as fast as lightning; the continuous "string somersault" is like a rolling wheel, with strong visualization. 3, strong expressive Turn over with a variety of different speeds and rhythms, different connections, different character, produce different artistic sensory effects, so that you can show a variety of different feelings and moods, such as slow continuous turn over, showing a lingering feeling; fast turn over, showing clean or light and playful; sharp and powerful is to show the heroic and robust... ... In recent years, the somersault has a new development, rich in structural form, strengthened mobility and composite, strengthened contrast, in addition to the character of the contrast between rigidity and flexibility, hurry and slow, size, speed and slow, as a training content and means of expression of the skills in the basic training of the Chinese classical dance, it can be further developed, to better show the national identity of our people.
(3) The characteristics of bouncing
The bouncing in the basic training of classical Chinese dance requires lightness and drift in the method of exertion, and requires the combination of looseness and tightness in the process of movement, the concentration of force, and the speed of the process should be fast, and it is emphasized that "the force is at the root, and the exertion is at the tip", and it is emphasized that the "inch strength" is the most important. ". In terms of jumping, our national characteristics are becoming more and more obvious, and the difficulty is getting bigger and bigger. 1, the original national skills to new and strengthen the difficulty. 2、Strengthen the "stance": develop the ground stance movement into the air. In the process of jumping, there are twisting, tilting, turning, flashing, spreading, prancing and moving. 3. The horizontal turn in the air has a new development, which shows the characteristics of our national skills and the strengthening of skills. 4. The contrast between high and low, ups and downs, and sharp contrast is another characteristic of Chinese classical dance bouncing. 5、Because of the explosive power of the bouncing technique, it provides and creates the conditions for the development of the complexity of the bouncing technique, and in recent years there has been a great development in the compound technique of bouncing. 6, in the air to change the orientation is also the characteristics of classical dance jump. 7、Bouncing and martial arts skills are combined. Countless stances and techniques are important aspects to be absorbed in classical dance. However, their training purposes are different. The training of martial arts is for the purpose of technique and attack and defense, while the training of dance is for the purpose of shaping the image and delineating the character of the characters. 8. Combined with the stance, it forms and strengthens the mobility and linguistic and stylistic characteristics of classical dance jumping in.
Rhythm characteristics
Classical dance is also very prominent in the rhythm, which is inseparable from the characteristics of our national music, our national music is rarely the same as Western music, the same intensity, regular uniformity, pulsating rhythm, generally characterized by elasticity of the rhythm and dotted line combination. It is generally characterized by elastic rhythm and combination of dots and lines, which is reflected in the rhythms of attachment (stretching - rushing) or cutting (rushing - stretching), or stretching in the middle of the two ends, or rushing in the middle of the two ends, or tightly and slowly, or slowly and tightly, etc. Therefore, the inherent rhythm of the movements formed is not the same as that of Western music. Therefore, the formation of the inner rhythm of the movement, such as the soft, static, slow and urgent, put and take, through ...... the staccato, point and line combination, thus producing our specific rhythmic characteristics and sense of rhythm.
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