Classical dance refers to the classic dance styles handed down from one country and nation to another. It is an exemplary dance processed and refined by professional dancers in the dispersed folk dances of the past generations, which is complete in its system, unique in its training methods, and shows different characteristics of the times with the changes in history, but it has a super-stable historical inheritance.
Classical dances in China, such as the White Storage Dance of the Han and Jin Dynasties, the Nei Shang Yu Yi Dance of the Tang Dynasty, the Sword Dance, and the Cudgel Dance, etc., are structured in a rigorous and standardized manner, with a strong sense of art, and embodying the style of the Han nation and the rich oriental aesthetic characteristics in both content and form. Due to historical reasons, classical dance has gone through several periods of ups and downs, and gradually disappeared in the wars and dynastic changes. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the art of opera completely took the place of dance, and the movement skills of classical dance can only be seen vaguely in the opera.
Since the founding of New China, after the people's organization, especially for the unearthed relics and sculptures and murals of the study, a number of unique new classical dance on the stage, such as the "Moonlit Night on the Spring River", "Sword Dance", "Silk Road Rain & gt;, & lt; chimes music and dance", "imitation of the Tang Dynasty Music and Dance", "Copper Sparrow Kabuki", "Pan drum dance" and so on from the murals at Dunhuang, Gansu dancers even revived the ancient "Dunhuang". Resurrected the ancient "Dunhuang Dance", I believe that with further research and excavation, the unity of form and spirit, the profound meaning of the classical dance will write a beautiful chapter in the new historical period between the dance from the primitive age dance, widely circulated in the folk, rich in local flavor, distinctive national characteristics, especially with the process of labor and production is closely linked to the full flavor of life. It has a strong flavor of life.
For example, the rice-planting dance is from the labor practice of rice-planting in paddy fields, and its footwork is very similar to the front and back of the rice-planting, walking back and forth. There are many different forms of folk dances, and different variations of the same type are produced in different regions, reflecting the distinctive regional differences.
From the rice-planting dance alone, it can be divided into Shandong rice-planting dance, Shaanxi rice-planting dance, Northeast rice-planting dance and Hebei rice-planting dance, etc., and within Shandong rice-planting dance, it can also be divided into Jiaozhou rice-planting dance and Haiyang rice-planting dance and other variants. Folk dances are very popular because they have a lively "clam flavor". At traditional festivals in the countryside, there are often spontaneous performances of folk dances by the masses, with performers joining in voluntarily and the audience joining in from time to time, so it can be said that there is no clear-cut boundary between the performers and the audience of the folk dances, and because of this it is an important medium of communication.
Folk Dance is an important medium of communication between people.
Folk dance is also an important material for professional dancers to create, "Red Silk Dance", "Lotus Dance", "Ansai Waist Drum", etc., are the results of the combination of folk dance and modern art spirit. The "Red Silk Dance", "Lotus Dance" and "Ansai Waist Drum" are all the results of the combination of folk dance and modern artistic spirit, which are unique in the world dance. Ballet originated in Italy during the Renaissance, initially appeared in the court nobles on the banquet, mainly on the toes as a dance, is a form of dance for the entertainment of the aristocracy, and is also known as the "song and dance between the seats".
In the early 16th century, ballet was combined with classical theater, widely popular in the European court, with the first ballet "Queen's Comedy Ballet" was born in the court of Henry III of France, ballet finally became an independent art form. Yu Rongling of the Qing Dynasty from France to study ballet, after returning to China to introduce ballet, and often performed in the palace.
In 1950, the famous dancer Dai Ailian choreographed and starred in China's first ballet, The Pigeon of Peace, which was later followed by Unprofitable Prudence, The White-haired Girl, The Red Detachment of Women, and other outstanding works. In particular, The White-haired Girl and The Red Detachment of Women tell the story of China in the language of ballet, and shape the image of China's own ballet.
As cultural exchanges between China and the West become more and more frequent, Chinese ballet will surely become a fusion of many bodies and raise its own rhetoric, standing in the world of ballet with an irreplaceable image.