Dance is one of the eight great arts. It is an art that expresses human movement, and uses the body as a language for three-dimensional "spiritual communication". Generally accompanied by music, rhythmic movements are the main means of expression. So what aspects should dance appreciation start from? Let me tell you about this work.
What are the aspects of dance appreciation? 1 First of all, the plot of the ballet.
That's all that matters. It would be a pity if the audience didn't know what the actors on the stage were doing for a long time. First of all, we should know what the actor is expressing, be infected by the actor's emotions, expressions and speech speed as much as possible, and enter the plot as much as possible, which requires a full understanding of dance music, dance stories and dance background beforehand.
The plot of dance is the evolution and development process of characters' lives and events in plot dance and dance drama. It consists of a series of specific events, which can show the relationship between people and people, and between people and the environment. A correct grasp of the plot determines whether the audience can really understand what the dancers have interpreted with body language and what they want to express. This is the so-called dance language. At the same time, whether the audience can correctly grasp the plot is also a great test for the directors and actors. Choreography must fully refine and deal with the story being interpreted. Before performing a certain dance, dancers should also have a deep understanding and grasp of the plot, make full use of their own dance language and tell the audience what they have performed on the stage. For example, Yang Wei, the chief choreographer of the large-scale dance "Red Plum Zan", knows that the simplicity and refinement of the story is the key to a silent dance drama. She ingeniously designed and arranged wonderful stage pictures: in the face of torture and inducement, Jiang Jie was firm and tenacious; The traitors are begging for mercy, and there is nothing they can do about it. In the hunger strike, "Little Radish Head" resisted the torture of hunger, and what he longed for in his little heart was a butterfly flying freely. In the crazy massacre, the mother of "Prison Flower" resolutely chose to give up her life and go to death. Facing the dawn of victory, Jie Jiang and his friends, with their loyalty, embroidered a bright five-star red flag. Under the banner fluttering in the wind, the warriors won eternal life in the raging fire.
Second, ballet sign language
Ballet is a dance with a long history. Instead of jumping out of the box, it uses several fixed sign languages to express several feelings.
For example, cross your hands, put the back of your hand outward on your chest to indicate "love", cross your hands, and face the front of your outer abdomen to indicate "death". Read the synopsis carefully before watching the ballet, and the responsible synopsis will introduce all kinds of sign language that will appear in the ballet.
Third, the actor's performance skills.
This is a very important part of appreciation. First of all, the audience needs to be familiar with the performance skills. Just like people in China listened to Peking Opera in those days, in fact, opera fans know every play by heart, and they can hum it themselves, but they still have to watch it constantly. What should they see? See the corner skills; Just as westerners watch operas, they also watch the skills of actors; In order to appreciate dance drama skillfully, dancers need to accumulate knowledge of dance skills for a long time.
Fourth, dance composition
Dance composition is the dance picture, the existence and presentation of dance language on the stage, and the dynamic structure of dance in time and space. Generally speaking, it refers to the dancer's action lines and picture modeling in the stage space, which is one of the important means of expression of dance works. Including:
1. consistency. Also known as simplicity and unity, it is the simplest rule of formal beauty. It is characterized by indifference and consistency of queues, which can reflect the beauty of simplicity and neatness and give people the beauty of rhythm and order.
2. Balance and symmetry. Also known as balanced symmetry, it is a kind of formal beauty that is slightly more complicated than uniformity. Laws are characterized by both consistent repetition and inconsistent differences. However, it still maintains consistency and symmetry in differences, giving people a peaceful and stable aesthetic feeling, while balance gives people a sense of stability, freedom and flexibility.
3. reconcile and contrast. Unity of difference and contrast. Contrast gives people a distinct, eye-catching, stimulating and active aesthetic feeling, while harmony gives people a sense of pleasure of integration and coordination.
4. Diversity and unity. Also called harmony. It is the highest law of formal beauty, the contrast and unity of uniformity, balance, symmetry and harmony, which makes people feel rich, simple, vivid and orderly. Give people a holistic and diverse aesthetic feeling. Dance composition can be planned as the final overall effect of dance appreciation, and it is also an indispensable part.
Five, dance theme and dance theme
The so-called dance theme is the life phenomenon directly described in the work, and it is the material that the director selects, refines and processes the social life material he has mastered as the content of the work. The theme of dance is the emotion, implication and central idea expressed by dance works through the description of real life and the shaping of artistic image. Theme and theme can be divided into the plot background that the audience needs to know to appreciate the dance. Only by understanding these two things can we appreciate dance purposefully, and we can easily understand it from the dancers' performances. For example, the large-scale music and dance epic "Dongfanghong" enjoyed in class is based on the history of China's revolutionary struggle. With magnificent music and dance scenes, it shows the vivid picture of China people fighting for liberation and celebrating their new life since 192 1.
Sixth, the design of objective environment.
Dance is not a simple solo performance by a dancer. Good dance also has its indispensable objective environmental elements. The so-called objective environment includes the design of stage background and lighting, the choice of background music, the costume design of dancers and so on. Good objective environment design can add icing on the cake to a dance, and bad design may also be the failure of this dance. We can divide the images of the audience enjoying the dance into three types, namely, visual image, auditory image and kinesthetic image. The so-called kinesthetic image refers to a specific emotional experience that people experience through their own kinesthetic organs during exercise. The creation of kinesthetic images in the audience's mind often depends on the performance of dancers on the stage. The visual image perceived by the audience through vision requires not only the excellent performance of dancers, but also the careful design of stage designers. The stage design, costume and music design of the whole performance of Dunhuang, a large-scale national dance, seemed to bring the audience to the ancient and mysterious western regions, which fascinated me. The audience can understand the background and plot of the story through visual stage design, and a good stage background can give the audience the feeling of being there. The final auditory image is the physiological, psychological and emotional experience or vivid association with a specific life caused by the sound of object vibration acting on human auditory organs. Art itself is interlinked, and the organic combination of music and dance can create the most perfect effect of the audience's visual and auditory feelings. The creation and selection of dance music must conform to the content of this dance and serve the plot of the dance. Appropriate background music creates a perfect artistic conception for dance, and the climax of background music can promote the climax of dance plot.
What are the aspects of dance appreciation? The fundamental significance of dance lies in expressing inner feelings and promoting the constant changes of dance posture and steps with feelings as the core; Dance image is composed of the author's subjective feelings and artistic imagination. Dance originates from life, but it is higher than life. It is a high generalization and concise life. Therefore, watching dance should start from the integrity of dance, from which beauty can be found, pursued and created.
(1) Appreciation of Dance Theme and Plot
Every dance work runs through a theme, and the whole drama is performed around a theme through careful arrangement and combination, which objectively and vividly reproduces social life on the stage and sublimates people's hearts through dance. The theme directly affects the success of a dance work. Therefore, when we appreciate a dance work, we must first understand its theme and grasp its inner ideological connotation. A caged daughter is also called a useless warning. The play describes the love between Lisa and Chang Honglan, a rural girl, but she was opposed by her grandmother, who fell in love with money and wanted to betroth her daughter to the silly son of the local miller. During Lisa's tryst with Curran, grandma suddenly appeared, and Curran hurriedly hid in the storage room. Grandma scolded Lisa, but put her in Collen's hiding place. When the miller led his son to propose marriage, grandma opened the door and saw a pair of lovers. Grandma has no choice but to help them. The work enthusiastically praised the simple love and intelligence of rural people, mocked the greed and ignorance of the rich, and reflected the key progressive theme of advocating love freedom and opposing hierarchical feudalism. Another example is Red Silk Dance, which uses bright red silk and cheerful dance steps to create a complete artistic image, showing the fiery passion of the people of New China and their love for the great motherland. Whether it is the unrestrained dance, the choice of props, the change of formation, or the expression on the dancer's face, all express such a theme. Only by accurately grasping the theme of the work can people understand the essence of the work and arouse the deep feeling of * * *.
(2) Appreciate the action
Music sings melodious music with sound; Painting paints a vivid picture with a brush; Dance is to show the richness and diversity of dance works with actions. As a kind of "silent art", to some extent, appreciating dance is actually appreciating the movements of dancers. Action is the basis of dance, which is presented to the audience with direct visual effects. The success of each work depends on the choice of the main movements, whether the movements are appropriate, accurate and beautiful. To appreciate dance movements, the audience must first understand some basic action vocabulary. For example, drooping indicates sadness, and jumping indicates pleasure and enthusiasm. Whipping in ballet means excitement and excitement. Secondly, the proficiency of actors' movements and the consistency between movements are the key factors to determine the success of a work. Anyone who has seen the peacock feathers in Yang li Ping will be surprised. In the dance, the flexible ups and downs of knees, the flexible use of arms, wrists and fingers, and the beautiful "three bends" of various parts of the body show a kind, docile and steady peacock in front of the audience.
(3) Music appreciation
Dance and music are inseparable. Without music, it is difficult for dance to fully express all its feelings. As an auxiliary means, music can increase the emotional color of dance, help the audience better understand the theme of dance, and also make the audience closer to dance. Music has made a qualitative leap in dance, enriched the content of dance and made it more diversified. The world-famous dance "Death of a Swan", action and dance are integrated and complement each other. The music is beautiful and the movements are more beautiful. Music adds an invisible emotional bond between dance and audience.
(4) props appreciation
Props, as a part of dance, increase the artistic expression of dance and enrich dance vocabulary. Its movement is regular and rhythmic. The purpose of props is:
1, sublimation dance theme.
2. Decorate the stage.
3. Set off the dance atmosphere.
4. Describe the inner world of the characters.
5. Create a typical environment.
6. Enhance the dance rhythm.
7. Transform time and space. There is no fixed pattern in the application of props, which is very arbitrary. Everything is to better express the theme of dance, and we must never set up so-called "model" props like "model opera". For example, the red silk in Red Silk Dance and the handkerchief in Flower Drum Lantern fully show the joy and shame of the characters. Props cannot be placed on the stage as separate items for the audience to enjoy, nor can they exist independently. It needs to produce its important existence value together with dancers, so it is a factor that can not be ignored in dance. The use of props should start from the theme of the work and the personality of the characters. Props serve the intrinsic meaning of the work, not just for the pursuit of splendor for viewing.
Dance is not a copy of life style, nor a simple imitation of natural creatures, but a subjective emotion expressed by the author by exerting his artistic imagination to express objective things. Appreciation of dance art is a kind of spiritual activity when people watch dance. Through the visual stimulation of music, movements and costumes, we can understand the theme and significance of dance. Finally, combine your own experience and emotions to achieve emotional sublimation. Dance can only maximize its value when it is appreciated. Because dance is a "silent" art with its unique characteristics, dance appreciation is also different from other art appreciation.
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