1, classical dance
The classical dance refers to the traditional folk dance on the basis of successive generations of professional workers to refine, organize, process, create, and after a long period of artistic practice test, passed down is considered to be a certain exemplary significance of the dance and the characteristics of the classical style.
China's classical dance was founded in the 1950s and was once called "opera dance" by some people. It was itself a mixture between opera and dance, that is to say, it hadn't yet completely metamorphosed from opera and was called opera.
2, modern dance (English: Modern dance)
is the early 20th century in the West, the rise of a kind of classical ballet in contrast to the dance faction. Its main aesthetic point of view is to oppose the classical ballet's formalist tendency of sticking to the old ways, detaching from real life and simply pursuing skills.
It advocates that classical ballet should get rid of the shackles of overly rigid movement programs, and that it should freely express people's true emotions through dance movements that conform to the laws of natural movement, emphasizing that the art of dance should reflect the life of modern society.
3. Folk Dance
Generally refers to the form of dance that is produced and passed down in folklore, subject to the constraints of folk culture, improvised, but relatively stable in style, and with the main function of self-indulgence.
The folk dances of different regions, countries and nationalities have obvious differences in performance techniques and styles due to the influence of the living environment, customs, lifestyles, national character, cultural traditions and religious beliefs, as well as the physical conditions of the performers such as age and gender.
Folk dance is characterized by its simplicity, variety of forms, rich content and vivid image, which has always been an indispensable source of material for the creation of classical dance, folk dance, court dance and professional dance in various countries.
4, jazz dance
that is, the United States modern dance, is a kind of rapid and dynamic rhythmic dance, is a kind of outward-looking dance, unlike the classical ballet or modern dance performance of a kind of introverted dance. Jazz dance was initially an extension of African dance, brought to Native America by the black community who were sold as slaves, and gradually evolved into a localized, popularized dance in the United States.
5, ballet (Italian: balletto; French, English: ballet)
It is a kind of European classical dance, bred in the Italian Renaissance, the second half of the seventeenth century began to develop popularity and gradual professionalization in France, in the continuous innovation in the popularity of the world.