In simple words, dance is an art of human movement. However, this human movement must be the human movement that has been refined, organized and beautified - the human movement that has been danced. In addition, there are many kinds of art belonging to the category of human movement, such as acrobatics, mime, human sculpture, rhythmic gymnastics and so on. Therefore, dance is different from other human movement art is the main aspect: it is to dance movement as the main means of artistic expression, focusing on the expression of language and text or other means of artistic expression is difficult to express people's inner deep spiritual world - delicate emotions, profound ideas, distinctive character, and man and nature, man and society, man and man and the conflict between people and the people themselves, to create a vivid dance image that can be perceived by the people. To create a vivid dance image that can be perceived by people, in order to express the aesthetic feelings and ideals of the dance authors (choreographers and dancers), and to reflect the aesthetic attributes of life. In addition, due to the human body movements without stopping the flow of the characteristics of change, it must be in a certain space (stage or square) and a certain amount of time; and in the dance activities, generally have to be accompanied by music, to wear a specific costume, some dances but also to hold a variety of props, if it is performed on the stage, the lights and scenery is also indispensable. Therefore, it can also be said that dance is a spatial, temporal and comprehensive dynamic modeling art.
Dance appreciation is a kind of spiritual activity produced when people watch dance performances, and it is the whole process of feeling, experiencing and understanding dance works. Therefore, it is essentially a cognitive activity. But it is different from the general cognitive activity, but a special cognitive activity of the dance works. Dance appreciation, that is, the audience through the dance works portrayed in the dance image, specific awareness of its reflection of social life, the thoughts and feelings of the characters, as well as the dance author of the aesthetic evaluation of this phenomenon of life. Audience in the process of appreciating the dance works will often be linked to their own life experience, cause emotional ****ming, stimulate the memory of the relevant impression, experience. As well as a series of imagination, association and other image thinking activities to enrich and supplement the dance image in the dance works, making it more complete, vivid and distinct. Thus, we can experience a broader life content and deeper ideological meaning in the process of watching dance works.
People dance appreciation of this dance aesthetic activities, first of all, must have certain subjective conditions, that is to say, to have a certain dance knowledge, dance appreciation level and cognitive ability, dance appreciation activities can be normal and smooth. This is as Marx said, "If you want to get the enjoyment of art, you yourself must be a person with artistic cultivation."" Only music can stimulate a person's sense of music; the most beautiful music is meaningless to an ear that does not recognize meter, music is not an object to it,......," so it is very necessary for us to understand the characteristics of the art of dance, the relationship between dance and other arts, the various factors that make up the image of the dance, and the process of its production, and so on. In the previous we have talked about, dance is after refining, organizing, beautifying the human body movement as the main means of expression, expression of people's feelings and thoughts, reflecting the social life of a kind of art. From the dance works resort to the appreciation of the sensory characteristics, it is a synthesis of auditory (temporal) and visual (spatial) performing arts.