The main difference is that the nature is different, attributes are different, and characteristics are different, as follows:
I. The nature is different
1. Contemporary dance
Contemporary dance mainly refers to the widely absorbed but eclectic use of traditional Chinese dance materials and foreign art materials for creation and performance.
2. Modern Dance
Modern dance is a school of dance that emerged in the West at the beginning of the 20th century in opposition to classical ballet.
2. Different attributes
1. Contemporary dance
The attributes of contemporary dance are more contemporary and timely, more traditional and current reality of the relationship between the traditional and the more traditional sense of immediacy, more in line with the entertainment needs of most people. It is fashionable, mainstream and popular, and it also accumulates the cultural nature of China's era of change.
2. Modern dance
The attributes of modern dance are more of the essence of art, and more of the artist's personalized expression, that is, the technical way of thought and art. To achieve the systematic and extreme simplicity of the phase of artwork, the pursuit of uniqueness, pioneering avant-garde.
Third, the characteristics are different
1, contemporary dance
The works of this dance pursue distinctive artistic images and rich national aesthetic interests, reflecting China's contemporary hot social life and the spirit of the times.
2. Modern Dance
Advocates the idea of getting rid of the overly rigid movement program of classical ballet, and freely expresses people's true feelings with dance movements that conform to the laws of natural movement, emphasizing that the art of dance should reflect the life of modern society.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Contemporary Dance
Baidu Encyclopedia - Modern Dance