Dance characteristics and status quo of modern dance
Modern dance as a kind of dance that can reflect the dancer's thoughts and psychological characteristics through strong body movements, has an important significance to the modern people's aesthetic pursuit and deepening of thought. Below I have searched and organized for you about the dance characteristics and current situation of modern dance, welcome to read, I hope you like it!
The dance characteristics of modern dance and the current situation
At the end of the 19th century in Europe, set off a Renaissance movement, in the face of all kinds of dramatic changes, the people of that era how to live with themselves? Wright Brothers, Edison, Madame Curie, Marconi and a large number of scientists to machine production instead of God's creation; Darwin to the face of the apes mercilessly replaced the perfect image of the Creator's righteousness; and Freud to the most secret human heart layer by layer peeled. The arrival of the scientific era has given people one impact after another, and people were awakened from superstition and ignorance, and began to ask the questions of who am I, where do I come from, and where do I go. The crisis of faith brought about the germ of rebellion, and modern dance found itself in the midst of that rebellion. Artists had to give way to novel ideas and more violent forms in order to keep pace with the times, and modern dance was born.
I. The origin of modern dance and its dance characteristics
(a) Origin.
Modern dance originated in Europe and the United States at the end of the 19th century, it is a dance lineage with great differences from ballet. Modern dance to oppose the old ideas of classical ballet as an aesthetic point of view, advocating that the dance works close to life, not a single pursuit of form and technique, imitating the tedious movements of others. Rather, it should be close to the natural life, the creation of dance works, expressing the true feelings of our hearts, highlighting the art of dance to reflect the reality of life and expression of individuality, which has led to the development of a number of genres. The founder of modern dance is the American dancer Isadora Duncan. Duncan opposed the classical ballet training method, which she felt would turn people into deformed objects. She appreciated the natural simplicity and innocence of the people, and advocated that "the body movements should express the inner feelings, the movements are not just movements, but the flow of the dancer's true feelings", and sincerely and naturally express the inner world of the people.
(2) Modern Dance Style
1, the period of the creation of modern dance and expressionist genre. At the end of the 19th century, modern dance was created by opposing classical ballet, its ideas mainly emphasize the liberation of the human body to pursue the liberation of human nature and freedom, close to real life and natural life, the expression of people's true feelings and inner world, in its creative works, explore the straightforward emotional expression, its artistic characteristics have a strong self. Modern dance in the founding period Isadora Duncan, St. Denis and others made a great contribution. We tend to categorize this period as the expressionist genre.
2, modern dance development period of technique genre dance. In the dance works of the development period of modern dance, it is advocated that the dance form should give way to function, and the dance works should express the value and meaning of contemporary people. In the dance works, the lyricism of feelings is taken as the starting point of the whole dance. In the experiments, distinctive stylistic features are encouraged, so that the technique and dance movements of the dance works highlight individuality without losing the integrity. One of the most representative schools are as follows: the heart force expression school, Han Fury technique, relaxation techniques, Horton technique.
3, modern dance development period of the new vanguard dance. The "new vanguard" is the contemporary dancers to open up the road that no one has traveled before. In the context of modernist society, the art of modern dance has also begun to change gradually. In the new avant-garde dance works, the dance movements of modern dance are required to be further liberated, self-centered, and able to express self-worth, and it is believed that the main art form of modern dance is ego and closure. Moss Cunningham is the representative of the new avant-garde dance, and the main dance style of pop music king Michael Jackson is also the new avant-garde dance.
4. Post-modernist dance in the dance theater period. Post-modernist dance originated in the European theater art form, advocating that the dance once again return to the tradition of theater and expressionism, can not only the pursuit of technology as a prerequisite, put forward why we have to go to the dance, dance is for what. It was at this time that modern dance began to absorb the spirit of humanism. It was at this time that modern ballet was born.
Second, the current situation of modern dance and the significance of the status
(a) The development trend of modern dance.
Modern dance has developed many factions, each of which has its own unique aesthetic point of view. Some believe that dance should not be just a deliberate imitation, but should have its own theme, dance works should be unified with nature, dance movements should be coherent; some are proposed to break the traditional concept, so that the dancers natural performance; some advocate modern dance dance structure as a true embodiment of the spiritual form of modern society. In the mid-20th century, a new form of modern dance and classical ballet no longer mutually exclusive, began to rationally learn from each other and learn from each other's advantages to enrich themselves. Classical ballet began to learn the diverse breathing and training methods of modern dance, and at the same time, it also drew on modern dance's natural expression of emotion. Modern dance also began to learn from the systematic and standardized theoretical system of classical ballet, and borrowed many elements of formal beauty from classical ballet.
(2) The significance and status of modern dance in the dance system.
The birth of modern dance is an important stage in the history of dance. The birth of modern dance has injected new elements into the dance system, and its emergence has given new meaning to dance and conformed to the pace of the development of the times, which has a pivotal position in the dance system and is an indispensable part of the dance system. Modern dance follows the mind to call for nature, simplicity, freedom, and with inner harmony and unique personality, which is a kind of how to illuminate the future of dance.
Modern dance's affirmation of artistic originality has raised the position of dance as a serious art, allowing the art of dance to not only step into the depth of the human spirit, but to continually extend into the breadth of the human spirit. Modern dance makes dance return to its origin: it makes dance from a kind of rigidity, stagnant things, into movement, light and joy, so that the human spirit can be liberated and return to nature. Contemporary Dance has promoted the original nature of dance, which reveals human instinct and self, and creates a dynamic image of dance art with a distinctive personality while following this instinctive desire. The dancer's body is no longer just a tool for mechanical imitation, and no longer takes vague beauty as the ultimate goal of dance. As a result, the original nature of the art of dance has been greatly expanded.
The birth of modern dance is the unity of history and culture, it is the fresh blood in the dance system, in the dance system has a significant position. Modern dance is to push the boundaries of the new, rigorous exploration as the goal, so we have to tolerate it with a tolerant mind, with a tolerant eye to appreciate it, in the appreciation of modern dance to have a unique thinking and the ability to self-judgment, to grasp the inner feelings of the creators of the work and the background of the work. Therefore, grasping the creator's emotion and the background of the work will help us to better appreciate and understand modern dance. Modern dance is a strong sense of form of dance, which breaks the ideal of classical aesthetic principles and methods, reflecting the human desire for natural and real beauty.
Detailed introduction to modern dance
Characteristics and skills of modern dance
1. The basic characteristics of modern dance
(1) modern dance's outlook on life is tolerant and generous, optimistic and easy-going; its artistic outlook is to seek common ground while reserving differences, and "the Eight Immortals cross the sea and show 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. Graham's crown of "greatness" is supposedly constructed from an unrivaled 180 choreographies and dances.... Her fellow students 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 not, should not be the only measure of modern dance works high and low standard; Gramm when she first appeared, her with edges and corners, more with the sensitivity of the coming new era of convulsive movements, had been the press at the time insulted as "either epileptic seizures, or the labor is imminent". But decades later, when the whole world was using her spasmodic expressions, her principle of "constriction-relaxation" (constriction-relaxation) was recognized as the rallying cry of a new era and the representative of a new aesthetic.
(4) The concept of new and old is not an absolute right and wrong in modern dance. Although the new is not necessarily always better than the old, the new is every time more interesting and evocative than the old.
(5) For modern dance works, every effort should be made to avoid judgments of right and wrong, especially when looking at postmodern dance, which is far from traditional concepts. Dance is an aesthetic, not an ethic, at a distance from economic foundations and ideologies.
(6) It is better not to make judgments about the value of modern dance works, especially the kind of new works for experimental purposes, including student's work, but to make every effort to explore their creative potential and understand their creative motives as the fundamental purpose.
(7) All choreographic creation is, in the final analysis, a conscious or unconscious exploration of the philosophical and aesthetic proposition, "What is dance?" This is a philosophical and aesthetic proposition.
(8) danceability, a serious problem in classical dance, does not hold true in modern dance, because the concept of modern dance is so broad, because nature is not dancing in the eyes of modern dancers, and because every behavior and every movement of a person is not dancing. Paul Taylor, the third-generation master of modern dance in the United States, said, "It is not the movement that we lack, but the eye that discovers those movements that will serve one's purpose excellently."
(9) Thoughtfulness and philosophizing have always been one of the key 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 modern dance is all about bold experimentation and serious exploration, not about cheap pleasing or technical showmanship.
2. Six techniques of modern dance
The Graham technique
Martha Graham (Martha Graham) to "contraction and extension" (Contraction & Release) as its principle of action, technique training focuses on the contraction of The technique focuses on contracting the lower abdominal muscles to gather momentum, and then releasing that momentum to extend the movement farther, higher, and longer. Floor training includes sitting, kneeling, and lying; standing movements focus on weight transfer, balance, and extension; and flow combinations focus on walking, running, jumping, spinning, and triple-beat changes.
Hanfori Technique
Doris Hanfori is the founder and director of Hanfori Technique. Doris Humphrey (Doris Humphrey) to "Fall & Recovery" (Fall & Recovery) for its movement principles, skills training to swing (swing); and center of gravity shift (weight shift) generated by the power of the main, the formation of a "start, stay, stay and turn". The technique training is based on swinging and weight shift, forming an arc-shaped movement cycle of "starting, staying, falling, and starting again". Han Frui's movement training model can also be extended to the phenomenon of the cycle of the universe, which is an important example of the philosophy of life embedded in the training of dance technique.
The Limon Technique
José Limon is the first dance company in the world that has been recognized as a leader in the field of dance. José Limon, a direct disciple of Han Fury, based his technique on Han Fury's technique and infused it with Limon's own personal insights. In addition to retaining the swing and center of gravity shift of the "fall and recovery" basis, Limon techniques more emphasis on the smoothness of the movement, as well as the decomposition of various parts of the limbs of the exercise, Limon viewed the parts of the limbs as a single musical instrument, when the whole body activity is like a symphony in general, a variety of musical instruments **** with the playing of a moving melody.
Horton Technique
Modern dance Lester Horton (Lester Horton) is the famous black dancer Alvin Ailey (Alvin Ailey) teacher, in Horton's death, Ailey became the main heir to Horton Technique. Horton's technique emphasizes the extension and lengthening of limb lines, and also attempts to challenge the difficulty of human balance, so there is often a single point on the ground while the other parts of the limbs are stretched out in the opposite direction of the movement training. Most of Horton's movements are inspired by images of primitive groups or ancient ruins.
Relaxation techniques
Originating in downtown New York City in the 1960s, they were developed by young people active in the Judson Church at the time, who explored and experimented with the potential of the limbs and improvised through contact. The body's movement patterns and dynamics are neither overused nor relaxed, but are allowed to form a continuous stream of energy that extends the body from one movement to the next or several.
Utilizing the knowledge of exercise physiology and anatomy, the extension technique allows the limbs to be used in the most energy-efficient way, allowing the bones and muscles of the entire body to work together to complete a series of body movements.
Free form
When Postmodern dance emerged in the 1960s, the fixed form of modern dance technique training was gradually criticized by avant-garde dance artists, who turned to free play as the main form of movement training. In addition to emphasizing the personal style of the instructor, free-form physical training involves a variety of explorations of time, space, and energy, and is often derived from the basic actions of daily life, such as walking, running, jumping, twirling, squatting, and sliding.
Introduction of several modern dances
Jazz dance
Jazz dance is a dance form that emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the United States with the creation of jazz music. It is not confined to the form, accompanied by dynamic and rhythmic music free dance, so that people from the body to the mind are fully released. Jazz dance is a kind of rapid and dynamic rhythmic dance, its main purpose is to entertain others as well as themselves. The unadorned form of expression and the joyful atmosphere emanating from the dance is highly contagious. Almost everyone can master it, it can help to correct the shape, show a beautiful body, especially suitable for friends who are not satisfied with their own shape to learn, and jazz dance performance space is very wide. Jazz dance is a kind of dance which is enjoyable, lively and energetic. Its characteristics are free to jump, unlike the traditional classical ballet is limited to a form or to comply with the inherent posture, and not like the disco dance that kind of complete self-enjoyment, it is still in the freedom of the existence of a melody. In terms of dance technique, jazz dance applies the position and principle of ballet, the technique and sensitivity of tap dance, the body contraction and relaxation of modern dance, the hip swing of Latin dance, and the upper body moving position of oriental dance, etc., and accommodates the essence of many kinds of dances into it, so as to show its own charm of dance.
Street dance HIPHOP
Street dance is a kind of folk dance, emerged in the 1980s in the United States black teenagers, is the United States black "hip-hop culture" (Hip-Hop) component. Because this kind of dance appears in the street, not confined to the venue equipment, so called street dance, and has a strong participation, performance and competition. In the gradual development, street dance youth formed a **** the same idea and behavior, they use street dance to promote their own personality, show youthful vitality and passion, to express the courage to forge ahead in the attitude of life, they emphasize the concept of "be yourself, enjoy life, and be brave to challenge". Street dance includes three categories: breakdancing (Breaking), hip-hop dance (Hip-Hop), crazy grams dance (Funk Style Dance).
DIRTY DANCING
DIRTY DANCING, also known as Hot Dance, Hot Body Dance. Avant-garde, trendy, fashionable, belongs to a kind of energetic and exuberant dance, the action is hot, hot, with a very strong infectious force, sending crotch, twisting waist, the body is wavy twisting, revealing a charming and sexy. Most of the disco lead dance movements are derived from hot dance techniques to realize the lead dance work, and the usability and viewability are relatively strong. This dance is suitable for bar leading dance, modern popular roaming shake bar, bar, bar and other performing arts venues to use a series of dance.
Dance bar leader
Dancer is those in the city disco, slow-rock bar, performance bar and other entertainment night, in the elevated stage to lead the dance of the girls, they are dressed in avant-garde, hairstyle trend, dance unrestrained, they are the most sensational physical action and dance vocabulary, drive the warm mood of the discotheque, the atmosphere of the dance floor to the extreme point of the frenzy.
History of the development of modern dance
At the end of the 19th century, the tendency of European classical ballet to purely pursue form and technique became more and more serious, which not only affects the development of the whole art of dance, but also hampers its own development. The content and subject matter still stayed within the scope of myths and legends, princes and princesses, and the distance from the real life was getting bigger and bigger, which became a huge obstacle for the dance to reflect the real life of the society. It is in this crisis that modern dance was born.
The types of modern dance, according to the characteristics of the dance to divide:
First, professional dance; classical dance ballet; folk dance; folk dance; modern dance; tap dance; jazz dance.
Second, the international standard dance:
1, Latin dance (rumba, samba, cha-cha-cha, bullfighting, cowboys);
2, Modern Dance (waltz, Vienna waltz, tango, quickstep, foxtrot).
3, fashion dance; disco; sharp dance; street dance; bala bala; cheerleading dance; hot dance dance; according to the form of dance performance to be divided: solo, duo, trio, group dance, group dance, song and dance, opera, dance theater, dance drama and so on. Solo dance, performed by a person to complete a theme of the dance, mostly used to directly express the thoughts and feelings of the characters and reveal the inner world of the characters. Duo dance, performed by two people **** with the completion of a theme of the dance. Mostly used to directly express the thoughts and feelings of the characters exchange and show the relationship between the characters.
Trio dance, performed by three people to complete a theme of the dance. According to its content can be divided into three different categories to express a single emotion and the expression of a certain plot, as well as the expression of dramatic conflicts between the characters. Group dance, where more than four people dance can be called group dance. Generally, it is to show some generalized complex or to shape the image of a group. Through the dance formation, the picture of the iteration, change and different speed, different strength, different amplitude of the dance movement, posture, modeling development, can create a deep poetry of the mood, has a strong artistic infectivity.
The group dance, composed of a number of sections of the dance of a relatively large dance works. Each of these dances has a relative independence, but they are unified in the **** the same theme and a complete artistic conception. Song and dance, is a combination of singing and dancing form of artistic performance. Characterized by singing and dancing both long for lyricism, but also good at narrative, can watch the characters complex, delicate thoughts and feelings and a wide range of life content. Song and dance drama, is a singing and dance as the main means of artistic expression to show the dramatic content of a comprehensive form of performance.
Dance drama, dance as the main means of artistic expression, and a combination of music, stage art (costumes, sets, lighting, props), etc., to show a certain dramatic content of the dance works.
Style and genre of modern dance
The founding period
At the turn of the century, modern dance was founded by the opposition to classical ballet, and its ideas mainly emphasize the liberation of the human body and the free pursuit of human nature liberation and freedom, with the colors of romanticism and idealism. In artistic creation, it explores the expression of unrestrained emotion, and its art is strongly subjective. The main representatives of this period are Isadora; Duncan, Ruth. St. Dennis. Ted. Sean, Mari. Wegman and others. Whether it is Duncan's "Dance of Freedom" or St. Denis's use of oriental dance forms and religious philosophical ideas, although they each have their own aesthetic claims and artistic practices, but in general they are Expressionist schools centered on the systematic theories established by Laban. Like other Expressionist artistic propositions, it preached sensation first, seeing intuition as the only way to know the world. Wigman is a representative of expressionist dance, her dance also has one of the most prominent features, is an attempt to cut off the dance subordinate to music, so that dance as an art and independent existence.
Early situation
In this period of modern dance art, the viewpoint advocates that the form follows the function, and the value focuses on revealing the value and dignity of human beings, and revealing the spirit of the times and real life. In artistic creation, the expression of feelings in the sense of expression as the essence of artistic creation. In artistic thought, he advocates the true reflection of the world, not only reflecting the goodness of human nature, but also exposing the evil of human nature. In his exploration, he focuses on his personal style and creates personalized and systematic movement systems and technical schools. The most representative schools are as follows:
Psychological Expressionism: Martha Graham's "Contraction" and "Possession". Martha Graham's "contraction and extension" (Contraction&Release) as its principle of action. The main idea is to reveal the dark side of the human heart, emphasizing the "introspective" psychology. She emphasized that dancers should "objectively express their self-beliefs with their body image", and that "dance should peel off the outer clothes that cover human behavior" to "reveal an inner man".
Symbolism: Han Fury's technique takes "Fall&ecovery" as its principle of movement, which she believes encompasses the full range of human movement and is the root of all dramatic effects. For example, if a person falls down before violence, he or she must hold up and resist, and this conflict exists in these actions.
Humanistic Dance: José Limón's technique training principles are based on the principle of humanistic dance. Li Meng's skill training principles based on Han Fury skills, and then injected into Li Meng's personal research insights, depending on the parts of the body as a single instrument, the whole body activities, like a symphony, a variety of musical instruments **** with the performance of a moving melody.
Relaxation techniques: a form of contact improvisation derived from exploring and experimenting with the potential of the body.
Horton Technique: Inspired by the images of primitive groups or ancient monuments, such as the two-dimensional frescoes of ancient Egypt, Horton Technique has evolved as one of its fundamental movement disciplines, emphasizing "pride in one's own identity and traditions, communicated to the world.
These genres and techniques greatly enriched the content of modern dance, bringing it to a new level and stage, and representing the values and artistic thinking of the world at that time.
New Pioneer
The so-called "New Pioneer" of the new avant-garde dance means to create an artistic path that has not been traveled in the mid-to-late twentieth century, the art of modern dance was influenced by postmodernism, and its art has a clear tendency towards postmodernism. In terms of artistic conception, it advocates further emancipation of the body, believing that the form of dance art is self-contained and closed, capable of self-expression and examination. They are keen on formalism, believing that form is everything, and that movement is an end in itself rather than a means of conveying feelings and meaning. In artistic creation, this is reflected in the irrational and intuitive entry, refusing to explain to the audience their works "what you see is what you see". They tend to be anti-traditional, anti-aesthetic, anti-cultural, anti-rational, anti-art, and anti-dance. They even dismantled the elements of dance and experimented with various choreographic techniques, introducing concepts from other fields into their creative works and creating a series of choreographic methods. Schools such as Cubism, Abstraction, and Dynamism emerged, while free forms were formed in terms of technique. When Postmodern dance (Postmodern dance) emerged in the 1960s, the fixed form of modern dance technique training was gradually criticized by avant-garde dance artists, who turned to free play as the main form of movement training. In addition to emphasizing the personal style of the instructor, free-form physical training also involves an exploration of time, space, and energy.
A representative of this period is Merce Cunningham. Merce Cuninghan and his School of Opportunity Dance: he rejected the basic requirement that "dance movements must have meaning". He said: "There is no idea contained in my dance art". His artistic method is to pursue "incidental movement". Any movement can be part of the dance. He believes that human life is often bound by habit, and that by using incidental components in choreography, it is possible to discover the most instinctive and appealing ways of human movement. One of the main dance styles of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, was also modern.
Abstract School: The abstract school of modern dance is an abstract language to express the so-called pure spiritual world, the pursuit of novelty, grotesque: the representative figure Alvin Nichols. He believed that the greatest natural instinct of human beings is their ability to think abstractly and to exist transcendently.
Postmodern
Mainly from the European dance theater art, the pursuit of dance again to return to the theater tradition and the tradition of expressionism, not to technical perfection as a prerequisite, in the human body in how to dance, but focus on why human dance, dance began to another way to inject humanistic atmosphere. And modern ballet is also one of the genres of modern dance in this period.
Dance Theater
Dance Theater: the representative of the German Pina Bausch. Dance Theater originally refers to a kind of classical ballet and new dance combination, and can fully express the plot of the dance. Her artistic characteristics are mainly three:
1. Broken Dance Theater
2. Profound expression of gender and violence
3. Preference for repetition Here, the main focus is on why people move and why they dance, revealing that the two sexes are always interacting with each other as the main body, and showing ultimate humanistic care.
Modern ballet: Modern ballet is also one of the genres of modern dance. It is a form between modern dance and classical ballet, which is modern in concept, but still ballet in technique. The earliest representative of modern ballet was K. Joss, who was originally a student and collaborator of Laban. He had been a ballet performer, so he practiced; there was a basis for combining the two.
Characteristics of Modern Dance
Characteristics of Modern Dance:
To summarize modern dance is characterized by the absence of identity. It urgently seeks individuality, contemporaneity and originality. Generation after generation of modernist dancers have been constantly working on gimmicks to boast of their new discoveries in dance. American modernist choreographer Helen Tomminis summarized the distinctiveness of modern dance when she said, "There is no universal law; every artist creates his own, code."
In the specific practice of dance creation, it is characterized by:
1. Dance can also not express the "self", but only a "pure movement" performance.
2, with the action has everything, do not require action to reflect what content;
3, try to exclude the subjective role of dance creators in the creation of the creation is not subject to the domination of the consciousness, and has the maximum arbitrariness;
4, the dance to the content of the loss of objectivity as high, the meaning of the fuzzy, the viewer thinks that the performance of the expression of what was shown;
5, the dance to the objectivity of the high, the meaning of the fuzzy, the viewer thinks that the expression of what was shown;
5. Dance has become non-dance, and any movement in people's lives is regarded as dance.
The aesthetic idea of modern dance:
The main idea of modern dance is to oppose the formalist tendency of classical ballet to stick to the old way of doing things, detach itself from the life of the society, and purely pursue skills, and to get rid of the overly rigid movement program of classical ballet, and to freely express its feelings by dance movements which are in accordance with the laws of natural movement. It advocates to get rid of the constraints of classical ballet's overly rigid movement program, and to freely express people's true feelings through dance movements that conform to the laws of natural movement, emphasizing that the art of dance should reflect the modern social life. It reflects the contradictions of modern Western society and people's psychological characteristics, so it is called "modern dance".
The artistic pursuit of modern dance:
Modern dance emphasizes that dancers must combine the body with the soul, and advocates that physical movement must be developed into the natural language of the soul. It also disregards any form of dance that already exists as well as the recognized laws of dance, is not limited by the rules of beauty of form, and is constantly inspired by nature and national culture to design any style of dance at will. There is also a great breakthrough in the design of the plot, which does not portray characters, storylines, or scenes of life, but expresses abstract ideas, "ego", inner impulses, instincts, subconsciousness, intuition, hallucinations, and dreams.
The technical movements of modern dance:
The founder of the greatest technical theory of modern dance is Graham, who established her own artistic theory and technical principles based on the basic principles of human movement, and she proposed that: between the fall and the restoration of the rise, the balance and imbalance constitute the law of the dance movement. The center of her technical theory was breathing. She studied the changes in the human body's form between exhalation and inhalation, and believed that dancers could use their breath to propel their bodies to rotate, jump, and fall and brace themselves. The person who established a more complete training system for the modern dance school was the Hungarian Rudolf Laban, who created a training method known as the Laws of Nature, which summarized the composition of human movement into eight elements, such as "chopping, pressing, rushing, twisting, sliding, flashing, pointing and floating", and believed that by correctly dealing with the relationship between each element, a variety of movements could be composed. It is believed that the correct handling of the relationship between the elements can form a variety of movements.
Characteristics of modern dance music:
Modern dance opposes the "dictatorship" of music, and advocates the creation of "free and independent dance", among them, they are committed to cutting off the relationship of dance subordinate to the music, and to establish the dance without music. In addition, they regard every part of the body as a musical instrument, and when the whole body moves, it is like a symphony of limbs playing a moving melody. Therefore, in modern dance, whether there is music or not, what kind of music, and what kind of instruments are used all seem less important.
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