What are the types of dance?

There are many varieties of artistic dance, according to each different artistic characteristics, can be roughly divided into two categories.

The first category, according to the different styles of dance features to distinguish, there are: classical dance, folk dance, modern dance, contemporary dance and ballet.

Classical dance: on the basis of national folk dance, through successive generations of professional workers to refine, organize, process and create, and after a long period of artistic practice, the test, passed down, is considered to have a certain exemplary significance and classical style characteristics of the dance. Many countries and nationalities in the world have their own unique style of classical dance. Classical dance in Europe generally refers to ballet.

Folk dance: it is a form of dance created collectively by the masses of the people in the course of long-term history, accumulated, developed and formed, and widely circulated among the masses. 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: 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 too rigid action program, the boundaries of the natural movement of the law of the dance movement, free to express people's true feelings, and emphasize that the art of dance to reflect the life of the modern society.

Contemporary dance (new dance): that is, different from the above three styles of new styles of dance, it is often based on the content of the performance and the need to shape the characters, unconventional, borrowing and absorbing the various styles of various dance genres, a variety of dance means of expression and performance methods, and eclecticism for my use, so as to create a variety of dance styles different from those already formed with a unique new style of dance.

Ballet

Ballet: It is a highly programmed theatrical dance refined and processed by professional dancers in the court. The word ballet is originally a translation of the French ballet, meaning jump, or dance, and its original meaning is just to legs, feet as the movement parts of the action of the general term. In order to re-establish the ideal of the drama of the ancient Hitchcock's integration of poetry, music and dance, the dance masters of the French court created ballet, which is a comprehensive form of dance drama integrating dance movements, pantomime gestures, facial expressions, theatrical costumes, musical accompaniment, literary tableaux, stage lighting and scenery, and other ingredients, and has dominated the western theater dance art for more than 300 years, and has been in the past for more than four centuries. It has been more than four centuries since the introduction of Russian ballet at the Beijing Dance School in 1958.

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 theater, dance theater 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.

Participant dance, performed by two people *** with the completion of a theme of the dance. Mostly used to directly express the exchange of thoughts and feelings of the characters and show the relationship between the characters.

Trio dance, by three people to perform a theme of the dance. According to its content can be divided into three different categories, such as expressing a single emotion and a certain plot, as well as showing the dramatic conflict between the characters.

Group dance, where more than four people dance can be called group dance. Generally for the performance of a generalized complex or to shape the image of the group. Through the dance formation, the picture of the iteration, change and different speed, different strength, different amplitude of the development of dance movements, gestures, modeling, can create a deep poetic mood, has a strong artistic infectious force.

The group dance is a relatively 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 both long in lyricism, but also good at narrating, can watch characters complex, delicate thoughts and feelings and a wide range of life content.

Song and dance drama is a comprehensive form of performance in which singing and dancing are used as the main means of artistic expression to display dramatic content.

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.

However, this is a little bit of my own insights. I'm not sure if I'm right or not, but I'm sure I'll be able to help. Thank you