What is the soul of dance?

Dance expresses and preserves its culture through human dynamics, which is its root. Silent dance exists, but dance without human movements does not exist! "Music is the soul of dance" is only used to describe the intimate relationship between music and dance. This intimate relationship is mainly due to the instinct of the rhythm of human life, the complementarity of functional differences and the synchronization on the same basis, resulting in a high degree of integration. In other words, dance can be supplemented and enriched from music: dance can make use of the advantages of music in expressing the inner feelings of characters, enrich the connotation of dance, and set off and render the deep psychology of the inner world of characters; You can also use the rhythm of music to further strengthen the movement rhythm of dance and improve the artistic appeal of dance. Music and dance can express and promote each other, but this does not mean that dance has lost its independence. For example, whether it is the western dance drama Swan Lake or China's symphonic ballet Yellow River, although the two classic works have achieved a high degree of unity in the form of dance and music, as far as the essence of dance is concerned, the most direct expression of this art is to convey people's hearts, moods and emotions through emotional and beautified body language! It is worth emphasizing that dance is a contemporary and tangible art, and the soul is intangible but does exist, just as the human soul is invisible to the naked eye, but without the soul, a person is a dead body, and the soul of dance art should also be tangible and intangible! Just like the soul of Tai Chi is not a movement, but a "gas field" revealed by one stroke and one style of the human body, which can be felt without the naked eye! Most dancers think that the soul of dance is human body movements, but human body movements can be seen by anyone and presented in a specific time and space. People, time and space are the three core elements of dance, and the dynamic image of human body formed by the combination of the three is the most essential feature of dance. As the soul of dance art, it should be the "force" presented dynamically through the human body. This kind of "power" is not what we usually call "real power", but what Susan Langer called "illusory power", which is the transmission of artistic vitality in human movements and a spirit and elegance beyond the human body. You can't see it but you can feel it!