The characteristics of folk dance

Introduction to the characteristics of folk dance

Chinese folk dance has a distinctive personality and strong artistic flavor, which is loved and respected by many foreign friends. The following is what I help you to organize the characteristics of the talk about folk dance, welcome to read, I hope you can enjoy.

Characteristics of folk dance:

(1) singing and dancing.

In the long history, our country's industrious laboring people have created a variety of folk art with their ingenuity and the constant pursuit of life. With the development of history and culture, these folk dances have the tradition of singing and dancing, such as the Han's rice-planting songs, the Northeast's "two-people turn", the South's "picking lanterns", the Manchu's "Mang style", the Uygur's "Mang style", and the Uygur's "Mang style".

(2) The use of props to sing and dance.

These props are: handkerchiefs, fans, flowers, silk, hats, masks, waist drums tied in the waist, waist bells, stilts, and a variety of props, such as umbrellas, lamps, knives, swords, sticks and so on.

(3) distinctive image, vivid plot.

In folklore, folk dance is expressed in a variety of forms, but usually based on a story, the characters portrayed in the dance are vivid and interesting, fully reflecting the characteristics of the nation itself, gestures and movements vivid.

(4) The unity of self-entertainment and performance.

China's folk dance has a very distinctive features, the performer in the performance at the same time he himself is an entertainer, both actors and the audience. Emotional mobilization in place, usually can not help but dance.

For example, in the "World Youth Festival" won the gold medal of Yang Liping's "Peacock Dance", Wei Zhonghui "Peacock Fugue": "There is a great bird of the Yan Fang, sense of the spirit and come to the instrument. Endowed with beautiful essence to quite quality, born Dan cave of the south hanging. Dai Cui banner to table function, hanging green lemonade of the Sen. The tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the tail of the bird. The five colors are dotted with notes, and the Chinese feathers are different. The scales are intertwined with each other, and the writing is scattered. The mouth of the danjiu is gold, and the eyes of the xuanjiu are plain. Or Shu Yi Xuan Zhi, Fen Xun Hong Zi; or stamping feet stumbling, whistle Yu Yi." ("Arts and Letters Classes Gathering" ninety-one) peacock has always been regarded as a symbol of good luck and happiness, the dancer through the female charm to show the beauty of the peacock, in the costume has also been changed to fall full of peacock feathers of the wide pendulum skirt with long thin nails, appearing to be more soft dancer hand lines, the performance is more vivid, making the "Peacock" This makes the "peacock" come to life, giving people a sense of visual feast.

Virtual performance in folk dance is also very common, such as group dance "tea dance", showing a group of young girls to go to the tea mountain tea picking, and the stage is no tea mountain, tea forest. At this time, it is necessary for the dancers to show through their own body language and vivid expressions all the way up the mountain, down the mountain, across the bridge, to the tea forest tea picking scene. This kind of virtual performance without physical more test of the dancer's knowledge of the dance itself, inspiration and experience, then it is not just dance, mobilize the audience's emotions, let them into the dance, experience the charm of dance.

Some examples of typical ethnic dances:

1, Han Chinese folk dance

Han Chinese folk dance is a wide variety of folk in the folk widely circulated in the dragon dance, lion dance, lantern dance, silk dance, rice-planting songs and so on. Now by the expert finishing processing has entered the classroom of the Northeast Yangge, Yunnan lanterns, Anhui flower drum lanterns, Shandong Jiaozhou Yangge and drums Yangge. Characterized by southern lights and northern songs, i.e., southern flower-drum lanterns and northern rice-planting songs

2, Tibetan dance

The Tibetans are an ethnic group with a long history, and in the course of a long history, the creation of the Tibetan ancient, unique and glorious national culture. The different styles and genres of Tibetan folk dance in different regions have their songs with beautiful melodies and broad, melodious, folk dances of various kinds, strong and soft people in song and dance to celebrate festivals, but also in song and dance rituals and prayers, with song and dance to accompany the labor, but also with song and dance to praise the love and life, song and dance activities have become an indispensable part of their lives. As a result, Tibetan dance and singing art are closely combined, and the unique artistic style of song and dance is famous.

3, Mongolian dance

Mongolia is a people who can sing and dance. Mongolian dance is characterized by fast rhythm, passionate, novel vocabulary, unique style. The movements are mostly shoulder shaking and wrist flipping to show the Mongolian girl's cheerful and beautiful, enthusiastic and cheerful character. The men's dance posture is upright and bold, and the pace is light and free, which shows the beauty of Mongolian men's toughness and vigor. Mongolian dance has long been renowned, their folk dance enthusiastic, robust, fast-paced, with rough, tough, simple, solemn distinctive features, full of vitality from nature, showing a bold and confident "pride of the sky" temperament.

4. Uyghur Dance

Uyghur people have been living in Xinjiang, the northwest of China, since ancient times, and the art of their songs and dances is splendid and colorful. On the basis of inheriting the traditions of music and dances of the ancient Orkhon River Basin and the Tianshan migratory migratory birds and absorbing the essence of the ancient Western region's music and dances, they have been constantly pursuing improvement through the artistic creations of the Xinjiang people of all ethnic groups and the long-term development and evolution, and formed folk dances of various forms and special styles popular among the people. Through the artistic creation and long-term development and evolution of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang through successive generations, the art of folk dance has been continuously pursued and perfected, resulting in a folk dance art with various forms and special styles loved by the people.

5, Dai dance

The Dai people live in the subtropical area surrounded by mountains, valleys and dams. The Dai dance is rich and colorful, in which the most famous elephant foot drum dance is characterized by strong rhythmic movements with the broadest mass. Peacock dance is the expression of the peacock's graceful, lively and beautiful, at the same time, "Buddha in the dance" phenomenon is also a major feature of the Dai dance style.

6, Yi dance

Yi people live in China's Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places, they can sing and dance, has a rich and colorful form of dance, folk dance, a class of dance is produced in the production of dance, such as buckwheat dance, the dance of the grain, weaving and felt dance, etc., most of which are simulated labor action and performance of the production process. Another category is in the festivals or in the wedding joy in the common dance such as jumping pot Zhuang, jumping "all fire", the foot dance, was felt dance, Lu to dance. The movements are concise and fast, the music is melodious and smooth, the local flavor is strong, and the color of the times is strong. The Liangshan Yi dance is one of the most popular.

7, the Korean dance

Korean people living in the northeast of China, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning and other places of the Korean people, hard-working and simple, can sing and dance. They have been engaged in agricultural labor since ancient times and love nature. They are especially fond of white cranes as a symbol of longevity and happiness. This national character and aesthetics are directly reflected in their songs and dances, which form a unique style of dashing, elegant, subtle and elegant.

Expanded content: what are the benefits of dancing folk dance

1, the benefits of dancing folk dance

1.1, shaping the beautiful body. After folk dance dance training (such as chest, head up, stomach) can make them stand straight, beautiful shape, and can correct the hunchback, shoulder and other physical problems.

1.2, increase flexibility and flexibility of the body. Because learning to dance folk dance requires frequent practice of foot pressure, splits, waist and other basic skills, so learning to dance folk dance can exercise the body's flexibility and increase the flexibility of movement.

1.3, to enhance the ability to endure hardship, honing mental fortitude: no matter what kind of dance need to learn the basic skills training. And as we all know, basic training is often accompanied by pain. Therefore, in the basic dance training can cultivate the spirit of not afraid of suffering, honing strong will.

1.4, improve physical fitness. Dance requires a certain amount of physical exertion, often after practicing can promote appetite, enhance digestion, improve body resistance, reduce the chance of illness.

1.5, improve the ability to cooperate and collective sense of honor: dance solo, duo, group dance, only with a good understanding of the performance, thus training the spirit of cooperation, and consciously abide by the rules, discipline, and cultivate the concept of collaboration.

2, children learn to dance one of the benefits of folk dance

Training form, enhance temperament, dance can improve the human system, with the obvious improvement of the function of the body, to cultivate the child's healthy body, upright, and children's temperament 's development plays an important role. Our teaching materials can make young children and teenagers in the dance learning to achieve the effect of movement, and then cultivate their sense of dynamism and self-confidence, and through the study of traditional dances, enhance the children's interest in national culture and art, the formation of internal and external cultivation of elegant artistic temperament, a healthy body and beautiful temperament to do the backing, they will be able to maintain interest in everything and vitality, I believe that the future no matter what field they are in, will be able to The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.

3, children learn to dance folk dance benefits of the second

inheritance of national culture, enhance the overall quality, "folk dance is the mother of the art of dance", it is taken from the folk, easy to imitate and inheritance, vivid and distinctive forms of expression, can fully stimulate the children's enthusiasm for learning.

In the process of learning Chinese folk dance, children not only dance with the music, but also will come into contact with the music, costumes, customs and legends of the people behind these dances. This will give the children a more comprehensive and complete understanding of the traditional culture and art of various ethnic groups, thus enhancing their overall quality.

What are the characteristics of folk dance

Song and dance, free and lively. One of the main features of Chinese folk dance is the close combination of dance and singing. This form of singing and dancing, free, lively, lively, can be easier than pure dance to show more life content, and easy to understand, so very much for the masses of Chinese people. The use of props, skill combination.

Vivid plot, vivid image. Chinese folk dance is very important to the content, most of them are based on certain stories and legends, so the characters are vivid and outstanding. Although some dances only express a certain mood, it is also as a complete storyline of the fragments and appeared.

Self-entertainment, unity of purpose. Many Chinese folk dances are often a combination of self-entertainment and performance. Some dance activities, for the dancers, he is self-entertainment, but also to perform for the audience, so the dancers pay much attention to their own dance skills, so the Chinese folk dance has been a high degree of development.

What is the difference between folk dance and classical dance

1, the skills required are different

Classical dance requires higher skills, and the actor's softness is also higher.

Ethnic dances have different requirements due to the different types of dances, some of them need to have strong control over the instruments (such as the top bowl of the Mongolian dance), and some of them need to grasp the body posture (such as the "three bends" of the Dai dance).

2. Different degrees of modeling

Classical dance has a shorter molding time, although there is a complete system, but with the influx of new ideas, it is very variable.

Folk dance has a long history, and the dances of various ethnic groups are very different from each other, but the degree of modeling is very high.

3, the dancers show different emotional tone

Classical dancers need more emotional changes on stage, there are joy, sadness, to deal with the feelings to be more delicate. A look or a smile has to be in the right place.

The overall emotional tone of folk dance is high, lively, unrestrained, full of joy, without melancholy.

4, carrying different historical and cultural heritage

In general, the classical dance shows the depth of Chinese history and culture, while folk dance shows the breadth of Chinese history and culture.

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