Dance is divided into: classical dance, folk dance, modern dance, contemporary dance, ballet, etc.
1. Classical dance
Classical dance is based on national folk dance, refined, organized, processed and created by professional workers of all ages, and has been tested by long-term artistic practice and spread. The dance that came down is considered to be a dance with certain exemplary significance and classical style characteristics. Many countries and ethnic groups in the world have their own unique styles of classical dance.
2. Ethnic folk dances
Ethnic folk dances are collectively created by the broad masses of the people in the long-term historical process, formed through continuous accumulation and development, and are widely spread among the masses. A dance form. It directly reflects the thoughts, feelings, ideals and aspirations of the people.
3. Modern dance
Modern dance is a dance genre that emerged in Europe and the United States at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Its main aesthetic point of view was to oppose the formalist tendency of classical ballet at that time to be conservative, divorced from real life and purely pursuing skills.
It advocates getting rid of the constraints of the overly rigid movement routines of classical ballet, and using dance movements that conform to the laws of natural movement to freely express people's true emotions, emphasizing that dance art should reflect modern social life.
4. Contemporary dance (new creative dance): a new style of dance that is different from the above three styles. It is often based on the needs of expressing content and shaping characters, drawing on and absorbing various styles. Various styles of dance schools, various dance expression means and expression methods are all eclectic and used by me, thereby creating a unique new style of dance that is different from the various dance styles that have been formed.
5. Ballet
Ballet is a highly stylized theater dance refined and processed by professional dancers in the court. The word "ballet" is originally a transliteration of the French "ballet", which means "jump" or "dance". Its original meaning was just a general term for movements with legs and feet as moving parts.
Ballet has dominated Western theater dance art for more than 300 years, and has lasted for more than four centuries. It has been more than 40 years since the Beijing Dance School was established in 1958 and introduced Russian ballet.
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