How to choreograph a dance based on a song?

The source of dance movement: as mentioned in the previous chapters, one is from the refining of life movement, and the other is from the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign "dance material" (that is, we usually see, hear, and learn the basic some of the right things). To make it become the "dance language" in the work, it must be refined and sculpted according to the needs of the content and characters, and not be copied. How to start choreography? 1, feelings are the action of the information: choreography is the first thing to figure out is what you want to show the character's feelings and personality, first of all, according to the clues of the dance structure to design the character's continuous mood, consciousness, and even subtext, follow this vein to carve the action. You can let yourself enter the role first, and let the character in the work come alive in your own body. Then in-depth role based on their own accumulated life from the dance material in the search, refined here and now, this situation requires the dance image to experience feelings as the driving force of the action. 2, the typicality of the action: successful works it has a typical action. Typical dance movement is not the wider the better, but the stronger the better personality, but to have a prominent character, to have clear feelings. People have seven emotions: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love and evil ....... Design dance movement first to say clearly what is the feelings. But there are men and women, young and old, ancient and modern, this nation and that nation, they express the feelings of different, so the movement should also be characterized clearly. 3, the dance of the "mood": the mountain is not high in the water is spiritual, dance movement is not in the "complicated" and "simple", can highlight the "mood The "mood" of a dance work is spiritual. The "mood" of the dance work is the artistic conception of transforming the theme idea into "poetry and picturesque", which is the combination of "emotion" and "meaning" and "scenery". It is the unification of "emotion" and "intention" with "scene" and "situation", and it is the ideal of human being. Dance works "mood" is the big picture, choreography from the big picture, small (action) to start, around the action to consider the mood. 4, the theme of the dance action: that is, to shape the work of the dance image of the representative action, this practice is common in folk dance. Various regions of the national folk dance dance up a thousand variations, but can not be separated from so few of the most representative action. They become the dance works in the "dance language" (action combination) of the basis and recurring through the action. Action combinations should be choreographed to be vivid, smooth and touching. Should pay attention to: A, there should be contrasting changes: contrast time (rhythm) on the fast and slow, strong and weak, prolonged and short, etc.; space (modeling) on the big and small, high and short, square (lines harsh, angular) and round (soft, rounded), put (stretch) and close (shrink), dynamic and static, and so on. Contrasting movements increase the ups and downs of emotional changes and make all kinds of emotions appear more distinct and prominent in the relative, so it can make the dance language more vivid. B. Necessary repetition, reproduction: dance and music belong to the same time art, dance, although only the image of the space, but not like "sculpture" that will always be static there for all to see. In order to make the dance image and "mood" to stay in the audience's mind, repeat, reproduce the same approach is indispensable. The practice can be varied: (1) Theme action throughout. (2) Theme action in different episodes, passages, different rhythms change appear. (3) The main dance combinations (passages) appear repeatedly. (4) The beginning and the end are the same dance treatment or "mood" reproduction. 5, composition: composition is an important component of choreography. Composition includes stage scheduling and picture. Composition is designed with the behavior and emotional development of the characters on stage. There is no fixed "program". The key is to set the stage into the space and realm required by the work through changes in the pattern of the line. For the composition of the stage, China's traditional aesthetic habits are "balanced", "proportional". "Balance" is often said "do not deviate from the stage". There are two kinds of balanced composition, one is symmetrical and balanced, and one is asymmetrical and balanced. Different compositions will leave the audience with a different sense of straightness: round makes people feel full; square looks serious, neat (but rarely used); and triangular between the two, more flexible, easy to form a variety of graphic small units; arc has a sense of depth; column has a sense of approaching, oppression; horizontal row - calm; oblique row --forward. In the stage scheduling: go straight line appears to be close to the distance, the road is short; take the curve appears to be farther away, the road is long; take the "8" word, the distance is unlimited, you can walk from morning to night, so that can be caused by the backward and forward, from the distance and close to the feeling; the "V" word forward, there is a sense of impact, A sense of pressure; cross formation can render tension, hot and other atmospheres; from dense to diffuse formation, can cause a desire to occupy, can cause momentum, the force can not be stopped strong atmosphere; suddenly before, after, left, right formation, give a person the feeling of turbulence, instantaneous change, can be expressed in the wind and waves of the boat, the heart of the illusion of the ups and downs of the fierce battle and so on. ...... It should be noted that the composition of the dance can not be designed in isolation, must be combined with the dance action, and with clothing, props are inseparable. 6, choose the actors rehearsal dance: the choice of actors must be considered (1) whether to take up the role of molding the necessary dance skills and techniques. (2) whether to match or close to the identity of the role, personality and appearance, (3) in line with the genre of the program on the actor's requirements of the characteristics, such as: the actor is a comedy or tragedy type, is a lyrical or martial arts type and so on. After determining the actors, the choreographer should dissect the theme, content, characters, plot, scene (paragraph), and scenery of the work to make the actors have a clear and complete concept of the work. After further analyzing the roles and clarifying the tasks of the actors, the choreographer will familiarize them with the dance music, and then teach the movements one by one and rehearse one section at a time (accompanied by a piano or a simple musical instrument) until the whole dance is completed. A. Rehearsal: you can first rough row (i.e., build a frame), can be grouped actions, heavy to the end B. Appropriate to invite the audience to watch the rehearsal, can be high actor mood. C. In the rehearsal, we must pay attention to the fact that the actors must enter the role. 7, ensemble music: ensemble music and synchronization of action, after teaching ensemble music. 8, stage synthesis: that is, we say the rehearsal, the work on stage is the "synthesis" stage. Synthesis before the choreographer must work to the stage in all aspects of personnel - scenery, lighting, costumes, props, sound effects, etc., to introduce the content of the work and put forward the design requirements, and finally determine the program. (1) The dance set should illustrate the period of the work and create a specific environment. The set should be concise and clear. (2) The lighting of the stage should show the early and late hours of the dance, changes in the weather, omens of good luck and bad luck, and the inner rendering of the characters. (3) The costumes help to show the identity of the characters, the attributes of the nation, and the color of the costumes can also highlight the character. Requirements for lightweight and fit, beautiful and distinctive, exaggerated but not distorted. Synthesis includes: walk on stage, walk on light, make-up rehearsal, color rehearsal. A, walk the stage: is the combination of the stage field, scenery and dance experiment. Let the actors familiarize themselves with the status of the stage surface and set scene, to fix the scheduling of the dance, the formation, the position of the picture from beginning to end. At the same time, check the scene and dance composition is coordinated. B. Walking light: it is the experiment of lighting design and dance. To show with the content of the dance and the scheduling of the actors to fix the light. C. Make-up rehearsal and rehearsal: both belong to the total synthesis (including the orchestra, actors, layout, lighting, costumes, make-up, props, sound effects, etc.) of the rehearsal. Choreographer guide make-up rehearsal, you can stop at any time to coordinate the stage aspects of cooperation, a section, a scene, when the "synthesis" is completed, the dress rehearsal should be done in one go, in order to check, find problems, and then make further adjustments. So far, a stage performance of the dance works were born.