The development of folk dance characteristics and dance skills
China's folk dance is not lacking in simplicity, variety of forms, rich in content, vivid image and so on, has always been the countries of the classical dance, court dance and professional dance creation indispensable source of material. The following is my compilation of the development characteristics of folk dance and dance skills, welcome to read the reference!
First, the pluralism, diversity and complexity of the development of ethnic folk dance
In China's 56 ethnic groups, the Han Chinese account for more than 90% of the total population. The vast living area and completely different natural environments, the formation of Han folk dance variety, different styles of regional characteristics. The traditional rice-planting dances in the north are divided into Shaanbei Rice-planting Dances, Northeast Rice-planting Dances, Hebei Rice-planting Dances and Shandong Rice-planting Dances. Southern popular lanterns have Yunnan lanterns, Guangxi colorful tune, Fujian tea cai tea of the difference. The folk dance in the north has the legacy of ancient strength, while the folk dance in the south is characterized by beautiful and delicate, graceful and elegant. The Flower Drum Dance of Huaihe River area, which is located between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, takes the strengths of both the north and the south, and forms the characteristics of both rigidity and flexibility, robustness of men and beauty of girls. The most characteristic folk dance of the Han people, the Dragon Dance, is even more soaring in the air, with a thousand forms. According to incomplete statistics, China's Dragon Dance, Lion Dance, stilts, fish lanterns, etc. to show their style.
The other 55 ethnic minorities are small in proportion to their population, but live in an area that accounts for 50-60% of China's total area. Some ethnic groups live in the grasslands, plateaus, mountainous areas and border areas, where the natural environment varies greatly. These characteristics are reflected in the folk dances of each ethnic group. Formed a colorful variety of dance forms. For example, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and other ethnic groups in the northern pastoral areas, the dance shows nomadic life, with strong movements and intense rhythms, while the dances of Zhuang, Li, Hani and other ethnic groups in the agricultural areas in the south show the labor life of tea-picking and rice-pounding, with soft movements and soothing rhythms. Ethnic mixed areas, more cross-ethnic dance forms, "Elephant's Foot Drum Dance" is originally a folk dance of the Dai, but the neighboring Dai live in Jingpo, Achang, De'ang and other areas of the nationalities are also prevalent "Elephant's Foot Drum Dance" is located in the southwest of the Miao, Zhuang, Dong and other ethnic groups are generally popular. The Lusheng Dance, Copper Drum Dance and Shigong Dance are popular among the Miao, Zhuang, Dong and other ethnic groups in the southwest. The Dragon Dance and Lion Dance, which are widely spread in the Han area, are also widely spread in the Dong, Bunyi, Miao, Qiang and other ethnic groups. In addition, in the northeast of China, Mongolia, Manchu, Daur and other ethnic groups, there are still a lot of shaman ritual dance remains. These ethnic folk dances are from life, they express the ideals, emotions and love of laborers, or passionate and unrestrained, or gentle and delicate, full of strong local flavor. And has a simple and natural emotional characteristics.
The cultural structure of folk dance
Folk dance is a cultural phenomenon, which uses the human body movements and thoughts and feelings to express social life, reflect the history of the nation, and to convey feelings and emotions. Folk dance is closely related to the material and spiritual civilization, as early as in the prehistoric period, our ancestors used the "hands of the dance, the feet of the dance" to express their excitement ` feelings, dance activities almost permeate the labor, hunting, fighting, rituals and other fields. Humans entered the class society after the primitive dance also followed the development of differentiation, part of the dance for the slave masters to perform, and later developed into a court dance; the other part of the dance is the slaves, from the ritual or other functions of the dance gradually developed into folk dance, due to the uneven development of the history of various ethnic groups, some ethnic minorities do not have their own national text, so very few in the history of its traces left. However, what is extremely valuable is the folk dance rooted in the fertile soil of people's life, after thousands of years of inheritance and evolution, it is still circulating in the life of the masses of various ethnic groups, especially in some ethnic minority areas located in the border areas with inconvenient transportation, until the 1950s and 1960s of the 20th century, it still retains more of the original features of the dance, with the prehistoric nature of the dance. Their performance forms, styles and features, and the cultural connotations reflected in their content, involving the history of the nation, religious beliefs, production methods, customs, morals and ethics, aesthetic interests and other aspects, it can be said that folk dance is a total repertoire of social and cultural intertwining and fusion.
Three folk dance techniques
(a) Technique stylization
The technique of folk dance is not pure technique, but stylized technique. The development trend of Chinese folk dance technique should be the strengthening and development of stylized technique. Stylized skills include all kinds of prop dance skills in folk dance, and also include the unique spinning, jumping, turning and other skills in folk dance of various ethnic groups.
(B) skills emotional
Folk dance skills are closely linked with the excretion of life emotion and atmosphere of the scene, is the materialization of the inner passion of folk dancers. If there is no emotional input, then the most difficult and exquisite technique forms in folk dance will become pale and powerless, without luster. This emotional skill greatly enriches the artistic expression of the dancers and enhances the artistic infectious force of the dance.
(C) skills art
With the development of the times, with the folk dance from the square to the theater of the transformation, the function of the folk dance skills is not only limited to the excretion of emotion and rendering the atmosphere, it will gradually to shape the image of the dance, the performance of the psychology of the characters, to create the artistic direction of the stage mood development. The highest level of folk dance technique is to make it artistic, so that the whole process of technique is completely hidden in the dance performance of emotion, rhythm.
Folk dance is a part of national culture, people put ideals, beliefs, pursuits and other spirit of this form of expression, become an integral part of their historical life. These ancient folk dances are precisely rooted in the people's art, because it is created by the people, the people to appreciate, and to be preserved by the people, the people's development. May it always be rooted in the middle of the people, always out of folk dance Yao ;