Based on the role and purpose of dance, dance can be divided into two categories: life dance and art dance. Life dance is a dance activity that people do for their own needs in life; artistic dance is a dance that is performed for the audience to appreciate.
Life dance includes: customary dance, religious ritual dance, social dance, self-entertainment dance, sports dance, educational dance and so on.
Customary dance, which can also be called festival and ritual dance, is a variety of mass dance activities held by many ethnic groups in our country during marriage, funeral, planting, harvesting and some other festivals. In these dance activities, the expression of the customs and habits of the various ethnic groups, social customs, cultural traditions and national character traits.
Religious and ritual dances are dance forms for religious and sacrificial activities. Religious dance is a kind of figurative reproduction of the supernatural, supernatural and mysterious power of the gods, which makes the invisible god become a tangible body that can be perceived, and is the personification of the mysterious power. It is mainly used to pray for the blessing of the gods, to get rid of disasters and illnesses, to turn misfortune into good fortune, to make people and animals prosperous, to have a bumper crop, or to thank the gods for their gifts; the ritual dance is a tribute to the blessing and blessing of one's ancestors and the gods and Buddhas.
Social dance is a dance activity for people to have social interactions, promote friendship and contact feelings. Generally refers to a variety of social dance in the ball. In addition, many of China's ethnic minorities in a variety of festivals carried out by the mass of the dance activities, because of these, can also be said to be the social dance of the various ethnic groups.
Self-indulgent dance is a dance activity in which people entertain themselves for the sole purpose of self-indulgence. Dance to express and vent their inner emotional impulses, so as to obtain the full satisfaction of aesthetic pleasure.
Sports dance, is a combination of dance and sports, artistic and aesthetic way to exercise the body, so that the physical and mental health of the overall health of the new varieties of dance. Such as a variety of fitness dance, rhythmic gymnastics, middle-aged and elderly disco, ice dance, water dance, as well as China's traditional martial arts in the sword dance, knife dance and symbolic simulation of a variety of animals, close-up image of the Elephant Boxing, five birds, etc. are.
Educational dance, refers to schools, kindergartens and other aesthetic education dance activities, as well as the opening of the dance course, used to cultivate and beautify people's ideological feelings, moral character, cultivate people's unity and friendship, strengthen the etiquette, as well as to promote the physical and mental health, can play a role in the subtle.
Artistic dance refers to the professional or amateur dancers, through the observation of social life, experience, analysis, concentration, generalization and imagination, artistic creation, so as to create a distinctive thematic ideas, emotionally rich, complete form, with a typical artistic image, by a small number of people in the dance stage or the square performances to the general public to enjoy the dance works. Because of the many varieties of artistic dance, according to each different artistic characteristics, can be roughly divided into three categories.
Each category, according to the different styles of dance features to distinguish, there are: classical dance, folk dance, modern dance and new creation dance.
Classical dance is based on national folk dance, through successive generations of professional workers to refine, organize, process and create, and after a longer period of artistic practice, the test, passed down, is considered to have a certain exemplary significance of the classical style characteristics of the dance. Many countries and nationalities in the world have dances with certain exemplary significance and classical style characteristics. Many countries and nationalities in the world have their own unique styles of classical dance. Classical dance in Europe, generally refers to ballet in general.
Folk dance is created by the masses of people in the long-term historical process of collective creation, continuous accumulation, development and formation, and in the masses widely circulated in a form of dance. It directly reflects the thoughts and feelings, ideals and aspirations of the people. Due to the differences in the way of life and labor, historical and cultural mentality, customs and habits of the people of various countries, nationalities and regions, as well as the natural environment, thus forming different national styles and local characteristics.
Modern dance is a dance genre that emerged in Europe and America at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Its main aesthetic point of view is to oppose the classical ballet's tendency to stick to the old ways, detach from real life and purely pursue the formalist tendency of skills; advocate getting rid of the classical ballet is too rigid action program, the boundaries of the natural law of movement dance movements, free to express the true feelings of people, emphasizing that the art of dance to reflect the life of modern society.
Newly created dance, that is, different from the above three styles of dance, it is often based on the performance of the content and the need to shape the character, unconventional, drawing on and absorbing the various styles of dance schools, various means of dance expression and performance methods, and incorporation for my use, so as to create a unique new style of dance different from the various dance styles have been formed.
The second category, according to the characteristics of the dance expression to distinguish, there are: solo dance, duo dance, trio dance, group dance, group dance, song and dance, song and dance drama, dance drama and so on.
Solo dance, performed by a person to complete a theme of the dance, mostly used to directly express the thoughts and feelings of the characters and reveal the inner world of the characters.
The duo dance, performed by two people *** with the completion of a theme of the dance. Mostly used to express the exchange of thoughts and feelings between the characters and show the relationship between the characters.
Trio, by three people to perform a theme of dance. According to the content, it can be divided into three different categories, such as expressing a single emotion and expressing a certain plot, as well as expressing the dramatic conflict between the characters.
Group dance, where more than four people dance can be called group dance. Generally more for the expression of a generalized mood or image of the group. Through the dance formation, the picture of the change, change and different speed, different strength, different amplitude of the dance movement, posture, modeling development, can create a deep poetry of the mood, has a strong artistic influence.
The group dance is a large-scale dance work composed of several dances. Each of these dances has relative independence, but they are unified in the **** the same theme and complete artistic conception.
Song and dance, is a combination of singing and dancing form of artistic performance. Characterized by singing and dancing, it is long in lyricism and good at narrative, and can express the complex and delicate thoughts and feelings of the characters and a wide range of life content.
Song and dance drama is a comprehensive form of performance in which singing and dancing are the main means of artistic expression to show the content of the drama.
Dance drama, dance as the main means of artistic expression, and a combination of music, stage art (costumes, sets, lighting, props), etc., to show a certain dramatic content of the dance works.
The third category, according to the method of reflecting the real life of society and the characteristics of the dance image, can be divided into three categories: lyrical dance, narrative dance and dramatic dance.
Lyrical dance, also known as emotional dance, its main artistic characteristic is in a specific environment, with distinctive, vivid dance language to directly express the character - the dancer's thoughts and feelings, as a way to express the dancer's feelings and evaluation of life.
Narrative dance, also known as plot dance, its main artistic characteristic is to shape the characters through the plot events constituted by the actions of different characters in the dance to express the thematic content of the work.
Dramatic dance, that is, dance theater.