What should be pointed out here is that dance comes from life, it is the art of the people. The nature of dance has decided its mass, therefore, dance creation is not a mysterious kingdom. As long as you master the basic methods of dance creation, grasp the correct way of creation, hold fast to the fundamental means of artistic expression of dance, in the continuous summary and practice, there will be many good works emerge from your hands.
I will start from "the premise of dance creation", "the basic techniques of dance creation", "and square dance creation of the same and different", "Children's dance creation of a number of issues" and so on several aspects, talk about some of the issues related to the creation of dance, I hope to dance for the prosperity of the creation of a small contribution.
We first talk about the premise of dance creation.
To create a good dance work, there must be the right way. The premise is that the creators must have a high degree of professionalism, which is gradually formed by persistent practice and accumulation. To summarize, we must first start from the following aspects.
(a) Observe life, familiar with life.
Life is the source of artistic creation, dance works, dance images are generated from life. Dance creators can only observe life carefully in their daily work, gradually accumulate a large amount of material from life, analyze, understand and familiarize themselves with these materials scientifically, screen out typical "materials" with symbolic meaning, and have real personal and practical experience of them before they can create successful works that touch people's hearts. It is possible to create a successful work that touches people's hearts.
For example, Sun Hongmu of Zhejiang Province said when she talked about the creative process of her work, "Beekeeper's Chick," that on the surface, the work of beekeeping lacked dynamics, i.e., choreography, in accordance with the requirements of dance creation, and that it was difficult to set up a good dance image. However, from the perspective of dance is longer than lyricism, seriously think and analyze, and found that the bee this magical little insect hardworking, tough, brave, it creates wealth for mankind, to send sweetness. Beekeepers, on the other hand, run around all year round, tracking down honey sources, working hard and plainly. The work of beekeepers and the spirit of bees deserve our praise. But how can we express them in dance? After careful observation, we found that beekeepers and bees have an unusual honey-loving relationship, and this special relationship makes us see their "dynamic" inner world in their "static" labor. Their joyful, sweet and happy inner world is suitable for expression through dance. The specific method is to turn thoughts and emotions into "moving" images that can be seen by the audience, and this image is a sublimated expression of emotions, which is by no means a forced imitation of the external form of their labor, but should always capture and express the beekeeper's "feelings".
Without exaggeration, a work of art has no expressive power, and exaggeration must be rich in association - imagination. The association of the beekeeper's head, body and hands are covered with honey, causing the bee to chase and play with the man, from which the exchange of feelings between the bee and the man is reflected. The "rhythmic factor" in the joyful labor formed by this exchange gives the dance "shape" and "emotion", thus creating the basis for the dance's image. In addition, the clever use of props, highlighting the lovely character traits of the beekeeper girl, etc., so that "Beekeeper Girl" to leave a deep impression on the audience.
The beauty of life is not equal to the beauty of art. Creators of various beautiful things in life should be highly concentrated and sublimated, and should be good at sucking nectar like bees, absorb the sweetest nutrients in life, and carry out a high degree of artistic generalization, so as to make it into a fresh and active dance image, and give the audience the enjoyment and cultivation of beauty.
(2) Dance works should celebrate the noble character, rich in the spirit of the times.
Any work of art serves the era in which it is located, can not keep up with the times of the work of art can not have a foothold, it has lost its survival value. A large number of folk dances can be in our country for a long time, the most fundamental reason is that they can adapt to the people's aesthetic pursuit of a constant change, tightly rooted in the pace of the times, and constantly improve themselves to survive. The reason why many classic dance works have always flourished is that the themes they express have captured the human pursuit of beautiful things and have reached a high level of idealization in terms of the content and form of the works. Now we advocate the promotion of national culture and emphasize that literary and artistic works should reflect the main chord of the times. The promotion of national culture refers to our nation's outstanding cultural heritage handed down over thousands of years, which is the essence of our nation, and it contains our nation's pioneering, courageous, innovative, courageous, selfless dedication, and so on, the most noble spiritual qualities of the singers. The literary and artistic workers by their works of creation, should be a large number of works of art containing the lofty spiritual character of the nation to educate and infect people, inspire and motivate people, to improve the cultural level and spiritual quality of the whole nation.
The "spirit of the times" we refer to should be a kind of accumulated and upward, stimulating and inspiring spirit. This spirit can make people burst infinite power, can inspire people's creativity, can make people y feel the beauty of life and nature, and thus full of hope for life. The "spirit of the times" is not the so-called "fashion" pursued by some people. Any fashion has its own attributes, some of which represent the trend of the development of things, while others show a decadent and backward concept. In some of the current creative works, some people do pursue the "fashion" away from the times, away from life. The authors integrate their own narrow and depressing life concepts into their works, showing their own spirit and inner world which are out of tune with the times. This is what we should firmly reject. Some authors, in order to be new and different, cater to the needs of some viewers in the market, i.e., to emphasize the so-called theatre effect and economic benefits. To some excellent, can reflect the unique charm of some of China's ethnic minorities folk dance horizontal distortion,
Some of the most representative of the Oriental implicit beauty of the dance, was rigidly plugged into the West's violent popping crotch, the top of the belly, the top of the chest movements. Think so that there is "sexy", in order to fascinate the audience, only enough to stimulate and regardless of how the evaluation of society, only this kind of disregard for the aesthetic feelings of our nation, ignore or dilute the creation of our nation's unique, for the international community admired the beauty of the East ideas, is also something we should be criticized.
A large number of good works, can give people uplifting, enlightenment, give people the enjoyment of beauty, so that people from the enjoyment of this artistic beauty, to realize the beauty of a spiritual sentiment, so that people have a deep love for life, society, which is very good to play the educational role of literary and artistic works.
For example, in the "Shining Red Star", Dongzi's mother sacrificed herself bravely in the dance section, the blazing fire, valiantly standing on top of the fire; the shocking music melody, full of red lights; superimposed on Pan Dongzi a silent "Mom!" To the audience as well as the big impact, shocked people's hearts, triggered a strong spiritual **** song.
Another example is "Spring Silkworms" according to Tang Li Shangyin "spring silkworms to the death of silk, wax torch into ash tears make dry" of the famous line, the spring silkworms, wax torch dedication spirit embodied. The choreographer focuses on molding and embodying the beauty of the silkworm's soul, highlighting his character of benefiting mankind. In the use of artistic means, a large transparent mulberry leaf is designed, behind which is the curvaceous "spring silkworm" (actor). Through the actor's graceful arm movements and the drifting gauze in her hands, she expresses the process of the spring silkworm spitting out silk and spinning a cocoon around itself, demonstrating the meaning of "the silk is finished, but the love keeps on coming", and giving the audience the profound thought that the spring silkworm has no regrets when it finishes its work and dies. This work shows the spring silkworm, the actual praise and inspiration is the spirit of dedication.
Then the dance "Dunhuang color sculpture", the work does not directly celebrate the heroes, nor praise some kind of lofty ideology. Rather, it draws on the Dunhuang Grottoes "flying sky", shaping a group of young girls dance image. The author seized the most touching aspects of female beauty - tenderness, dignity, gentleness, serenity, and portrayed a group of young Oriental girls who are fresh and active, which is unforgettable after viewing. The work achieves two purposes: one is to reflect the splendid history and culture of our motherland and the exquisite art of statue-making through the gestures, movements and modeling of the dance, the music that blends well with the mood of the dance, and the choreography and lighting that creates a specific atmosphere, thus stimulating people's patriotism; the other is to demonstrate the unique charm of female beauty through the beautiful dance, giving people the enjoyment of beauty and arousing people's love of life.
The above examples are to illustrate that, although the dance works with different themes, different methods of expression to create artistic images, but the character of these works is noble, healthy and upward. They reflect life in different ways and from different perspectives, and inspire people with beauty. Therefore, it is in line with the spirit of today's times and serves the times well.
(3) Familiarize yourself with the accumulation of professional materials and improve your professionalism in an all-round way.
1. Watch and learn more dance vocabulary.
Dance vocabulary (movement) is rich by accumulation, only a considerable accumulation, in order to create in the hand. Only when you know the movements by heart can you find out the pattern of movement and change, and then further change and develop these movements.
Additionally, it is often observed in the life of the people's labor or other customary action to analyze, understand their patterns, movement patterns, movement rhythms, etc. to select its typical, representative of the beautification and refinement, so that it becomes a glittering dance image. For example, in the creation of "People in the Waves", the author went deep into the fishermen and observed the labor life of fishermen such as weaving nets, pulling nets, holding tents and sculling; the fishermen used to stand with their legs apart and walk with a steady and powerful pace; the battle of the winds and the waves formed the character traits of their bravery, boldness, simplicity, and straightforwardness. The author has typicalized these materials and created a vivid and full-bodied dance image.
2. The comprehensive study of various art disciplines.
Dance is a comprehensive art based on human movement, therefore, the creation of dance is not only to have a skillful use of human movement, but also through other artistic means, for the theme of the work, characterization, plot development, the rise of the climax, and so on, to play a role in fueling the momentum.
(1) First of all, the creator should have a strong sense of music. Musical sense refers to the understanding of music. Not only in the understanding of the rationale, but more importantly, the understanding of the musical expression of emotion and music type image. For example, if a dancer and a painter listen to a famous piece of music at the same time, their understanding of the music will be different. What comes to the painter's mind is the picture, the composition, the layout, the various colors, the contrast of light and dark. A dancer, on the other hand, will have various images of jumping, spinning and sometimes tumbling, sometimes stretching, according to the ups and downs of the melody, the speed of the rhythm, the strength of the sound, and the various jumping, spinning and sometimes tumbling, sometimes stretching, and sometimes stretching, in his mind. Although the two understand differently, but they are both very strong sense of music appreciators.
(2) To learn the basics of composition and picture.
Dance composition is vital in the work, a good composition can give people an uplifting feeling that it is ever-changing and rich in content. Dull, unchanging composition picture will make people feel boring, no infectious. Russian Birch Song and Dance Troupe's "Little Birch Tree", although the movement is simple, but it uses the meandering flow of the formation, iterative and complex changes, depicting a profound mood, evocative, glittering with charm. Chongqing Dragon Lantern Festival opening gala, "Chinese" dance section, only by the rising and falling of the Great Wall of China's formation, the four major pieces of staggered, rapid interspersed and grouped words, reflecting the cohesion of the Chinese nation and the great momentum, giving people a strong sense of shock.
(3) To understand and learn the basic knowledge of lighting and costumes, so that they can be used in the creation of a comprehensive consideration.
A good use of stage lighting changes can deepen the theme of the work, rendering a strong atmosphere, and bring the audience into a specific scenario. Spring Silkworms" backlight, top light, the use of side light, the image of the "silkworm" crystal clear wonderful carcass; "Goodbye, Mom" through a special lighting effects, creating a hazy, dreamlike picture of mother and child meet. These skillful use of lighting art means, are lighting technicians in accordance with the choreographer's creative and design requirements and solutions.
The design of dance costumes is of course the work of the designer, but the choreographer has to put forward the design requirements for the costumes. This requirement is generally to consider two points: one is to help point, look at the style of clothing, color, you can understand what you want to show the subject matter; the second is that the clothing should reflect the identity of the characters and personality traits. In addition, the costume design should take into full account the dance on the body art, is to use the body, limbs to "speak", to express certain content. Clothing design is not qualified, does not meet the requirements of the work, not only can not express the content of the work, and will even destroy the desired effect. Good dance costumes, will give the audience a distinctive character image, will achieve unexpected artistic effect. Such as "University Games Opening Ceremony" in the color-changing skirt, has changed into yellow, red, green three colors, expressing different connotations; "Silk Road Flowers and Rain" of the "Flying Skyscraper" dress, the Dunhuang mural "Flying Skyscraper" image comes to life!
(4) The choreographer should fully cultivate his own imagination (association, fantasy), so that the dance has a romantic and lyrical color, which is an extremely important aspect of the work to move people's hearts and infect the audience.
Imagination is a common technique in literature. Wonderful imagination, like the magic wand in fairy tales, points there, there will produce strange changes. British poet Younger said, "The pen of an original writer, like Amida's wand, is able to conjure up a brilliant spring from the desert." For a dance to be original, imagination is an important factor in achieving this goal. The intention of the dance "Water" is actually imaginative. From the swing of the girl's hair to feel the flow of the water, and from the flow of the water through the beauty of the girl; "The Spirit of the Sparrow" through the arms and fingertips of the form, shaping the peacock graceful and elegant, dignified and noble manners; college students opening ceremony prologue "Yellow River Water from the Sky" through the four symbolize the dragon meandering tumbling, rising up the sky of the great scene, a metaphor for the Chinese nation's broad-mindedness and infinite power, and the The Dragon's Successor's Rise and Soaring Momentum. There are also works that lack imagination, so the theme is not good enough to achieve the desired effect. For example, the children's dance "Tiger Pillow" is intended to show the long history and splendor of Chinese culture and folklore, and to show the children's innocence and childishness. But the work is not imaginative enough, the plot is flat, no flash point. If the tiger pillow bigger, so that it seems to be humanized, adding "pillow" and the emotional exchange between people, the effect will be very different.