The Tibetans are an ethnic group with a long history, and in the course of this long history, they have created an ancient, unique and glorious ethnic culture. Due to the wide distribution of Tibetans, the different living areas and production methods, as well as the exchange and fusion of culture and customs with other neighboring ethnic groups in different regions, different styles and genres of Tibetan folk dances in various regions have gradually been formed.
The Tibetans are a people who can sing and dance well, and their songs are melodious and expansive and melodious, and their folk dances are of various kinds and are both strong and soft. The characteristic men's "Tap Dance", unique performances of various "Inspiration Dance" and collective self-indulgence of "Strings", "Pot Zhuang", etc., are all favorite and widely known dance types of the Tibetan people.
The folk songs and dances of the Tibetan people, if divided from the music rhythm and dance style and point, the variety is mind-boggling. But if the form of song and dance is divided, basically can be divided into "folk song and dance" and "religious dance" two categories. Can also be subdivided into "harmonic", "Zhuo", "Nangma" and "Qiangmu" 4 categories. Where the song and dance-based collective self-entertainment circle dance, generally known as "harmony"; and in the circle song and dance, with a strong performative collective dance, is generally known as "Zhuo". In addition, in the performative "Zhuo", you can often see a variety of "drums" as a dance tool for the dance.
Dance of the Dai People
The dance of the Dai People is rich and colorful, which can be divided into group dance, single dance, pair dance and instrumental dance, etc.; and can be divided into Peacock Dance, Elephant's Foot Drum Dance, Knife Dance, Wax Strip Dance, Long Nail Dance, Fish Fishing Dance as well as Horse Deer Dance, Lion Dance, etc. according to the content of the dance performance. Among them, the Elephant Foot Drum Dance and Peacock Dance are the most famous.
The Elephant's Foot Drum Dance is characterized by strong rhythmic movements, the beating of the hands, the kicking of the legs, the arching and shrinking of the chest, the shrugging of the shoulders, and the tilting and bending of the torso are all according to fixed rhythmic movements. The Small Elephant Foot Drum Dance is characterized by flexibility and dexterity, and can be performed in drum fights and drum races, with the winner being the one who kicks the other party or pulls down the other party's turban. Elephant Foot Drum Dance is solid and steady, with the sound of the drum and the size of the drum tail swing to determine the winner. The drum sound of the elephant's foot drum is grand, and it is mainly accompanied by the mass dance field, and the dance steps are relatively simple. The drum is played mainly with the right hand, while the left hand presses the drum surface and plays a matching role. The Elephant's Foot Drum Dance has the widest popularity. In the days after rice-planting, the Dai people often dance to the accompaniment of the elephant-foot drum. In many places, there are drum competitions. When the drum race, many elephant-footed drums are played at the same time, and the drums shake the sky, the noise is thunderous, and the scene is magnificent and touching.
The Dai people love the peacock and dance the peacock dance to show their national character and express their ideals and wishes. The peacock dance is performed on festive days. In the past, the performance of the authority of the men, the performance of the body to wear a peacock-shaped decorations, face wearing a minaret-shaped white Bodhisattva mask, single dance wearing a female mask, double dance wearing a male and a female mask. The dance imitates the various movements of the peacock, and has formed a set of relatively fixed programs such as leaving the nest, descending the slope, dancing, looking for water, photographing the shadow, drinking water, taking a bath, spreading the wings and so on, and there are strict steps, directions and combinations of movements, and it is famous for sculptural dance modeling, and it emphasizes on the performance of the peacock's characteristics of being tame, lightweight, beautiful, kind, graceful and graceful. Peacock Dance is accompanied by elephant foot drums, gongs and other musical instruments, and the movements and drum beats are strictly coordinated. After the establishment of New China, the peacock dance was processed and transformed, enriched the dance plot, discarded the heavy props and decorations, and replaced with dresses and skirts with peacock motifs, giving full play to the dancers' curvilinear changes in their physique and the flexible use of their eyes, hands and legs, which greatly enriched the expression and content of the peacock dance, and made the peacock dance even more lively and beautiful.
Characteristics of modern dance:
(1) The modern dance's view of life is tolerant, optimistic and easy-going; its artistic view is to seek common ground while reserving differences, and "the eight immortals cross the sea, each showing their own skills". American modern dance third-generation master Merce Kannenhan once said: "If you don't like other people's works, then make up a good one that you like."
(2) The concept of volume comes first in modern dance. Gramm's crown as a "giant" is, shall we say, constructed from an unrivaled 180 choreographies and dances. Her classmates have also pointed out: "Do you want to make a great dance? Well, choreograph 100 bad ones before you do!"
(3) The concept of beauty has long been not the only pursuit in modern dance; and in modern aesthetics, beauty is even less supreme. Therefore, the beauty or lack of beauty, should not be the only measure of modern dance works high and low standards; Graeme when she first appeared on the scene, her with edges and corners, more with the coming of the new era of the sensitivity of the convulsive movements, has been the press insulted as "either epileptic seizures, or is the birth of the imminent". But decades later, when the whole world was using her spasmodic expressions, her principle of "constriction-relaxation" was taken as the rallying cry of a new era and the representative of a new aesthetic. (dancelover: people who have done the New Oriental TOEFL reading comprehension questions should not be unfamiliar with Graham's example)
(4) The concepts of new and old are not absolute rights and wrongs in modern dance. While the new is not necessarily always better than the old, the new is every so often more interesting and evocative than the old.
(5) For modern dance works, we should try our best to avoid the judgment of right and wrong, especially when we look at the post-modern dance which is far away from the traditional concept. Dance is an aesthetic, not an ethic, far removed from economic foundations and ideologies.
(6) It is better not to make judgments about the value of modern dance works, especially new works of the experimental kind, including students' work, but to try to explore their creative potential and understand their creative motives as the fundamental purpose.
(7) All dance creation is, in the final analysis, a conscious or unconscious exploration of "what is dance?" Such a philosophical and aesthetic proposition.
(8) Danceability, a serious problem in classical dance, is not established in modern dance, because the concept of modern dance is so broad, because nature is not dancing in the eyes of modern dancers, because every behavior and every action is not dancing. Paul Taylor, the third-generation master of American modern dance, said, "It is not the movements we lack, but the eyes that find those movements that serve their purpose excellently."
(9) Thoughtfulness and philosophizing have always been one of the important characteristics of modern dancers. And no longer are they the kind of artists and craftsmen who only imitate without thinking of creating.
(10) It is necessary to figure out that the purpose of modern dance is bold experimentation and serious exploration, not cheap currying favor or technical showmanship.
The characteristics of social dance:
1. Elegance comes from upright physique
2. The presentation of style shows the pursuit of beauty
3. The premise of tacit cooperation is self-balance
4. The highest skill of leading is to use the whole body
5. Improving the music training is the way to make the dance steps fascinating.