How to Appreciate Dance

When the stage of Ms. Yang Liping with her beautiful dance to interpret the peacock's spirit, when the sun of Mr. Jia Zuoguang show galloping horses and geese in the air, when our country's large-scale revolutionary epic "Oriental Red" majestic show in front of you, have you ever had the beauty of the moving, have you ever had a shock of the soul? Dance is a kind of physical language used by human beings to reflect nature, life and social art forms. Dance appreciation refers to people watching dance performances on the human body dynamic beauty of an aesthetic activity. Here, I would like to talk about some of my own understanding of dance appreciation. The so-called professional dance appreciation can start from several aspects of the composition of the art of dance.1. The type of dance is divided into life dance, art dance, ballet, modern dance and folk dance and so on. We can not generalize the appreciation of dance. Because different dances have different appreciation standards. Before enjoying the dance, it is very necessary to figure out the type of dance to enjoy. For example, the life dance is directly related to the various lives of people, the utilitarian purpose is relatively clear, and it is a broad mass of dance activities that everyone can participate in. For the appreciation of this type of dance, we can downplay the requirements for the professional aspects of the dancers, and the purpose of this kind of dance often lies in the popularization of the masses or religious propaganda. Artistic dance is by professional and amateur dancers through the observation of social life, experience, analysis, focus on generalization and imagination for artistic creation to produce a clear theme, rich emotions, complete form, with a typical artistic image, by a few people on the stage or square performance to the masses to watch the dance works. For artistic dance, the appreciator often need to be from the professional aspects of the dancers to make a certain evaluation, at the same time, this kind of dance in the plot of the understanding of certain requirements, the audience must understand the performance of the dancers is the art of some social life re-creation, there is an art of amplification and exaggeration of the characteristics of the art of the ***. 2. Dance subject matter and dance theme the so-called subject matter of the dance is the work of the direct depiction of the phenomenon of life, is the choreographer's mastery of the subject matter and the subject matter of dance. The so-called subject matter of dance is the life phenomenon directly depicted in the work, which is the material that the choreographer selects, refines and processes as the content of the work after mastering the material of social life. The theme of the dance is the emotion, meaning and central idea expressed through the depiction of real life and the shaping of the artistic image of the dance work. The subject matter and theme can be categorized as the background of the plot that the audience needs to know to appreciate the dance that the dance is going to show. Only to have an understanding of the two, we can have a purpose to appreciate the dance, but also easier to understand from the performance of the dancers. Such as the class to enjoy the large-scale music and dance epic "Red East" is based on the history of China's revolutionary struggle, with magnificent music and dance scenes, showing the Chinese people since 1921 for liberation, celebrating the new life of the vivid picture. 3 dance plot to grasp the plot of the dance is the plot of the dance and dance drama, the characters of the evolution of the development of the process of life and events. It consists of a series of specific events that can show the relationship between characters and characters, characters and environment. Whether or not the plot is correctly grasped determines whether or not the audience can truly understand what the dancers are interpreting with their body language and the ideas they want to express. This is the so-called dance language. At the same time, the audience can correctly grasp the plot, for the dance choreographer and actor is also a great test, the choreographer must be interpreted by the story of the full refining and processing, dancers in the interpretation of a dance before, but also should have a deep understanding of the plot and master, on stage to make full use of their own dance language to the audience to talk about the interpretation of the content. For example, Yang Wei, the chief choreographer of the large-scale dance "Red Plum Praise", understands that a speechless dance drama lies in the simplicity and refinement of the storyline. She uniquely designed and choreographed a wonderful stage images: in the face of torture and lure, Jiang Sister is resolute and tenacious; traitors are wagging their tails and begging for mercy, serving as a tiger. In the hunger strike, the "little carrot head" endures the torment of hunger, longing for the free-flying butterfly in his little heart. In the madness of the massacre, the mother of the "Prison Flower" resolutely chose to sacrifice her life to death. In the face of the dawn of victory, Sister Jiang, together with her friends, embroidered a brightly colored five-star red flag with her own loyalty. Under the banner of the wind, the warriors were immortalized in the blazing fire.4. Objective environment design dance is not simply a dancer's interpretation alone, a good dance and its indispensable objective environment components. The so-called objective environment includes the design of the stage background, lighting, etc., the choice of background music, the dancer's costume design and so on. Do a good job of objective environment design can give a dance icing on the cake, do not do a good job, may also become a failure of the dance. We can divide the image of the audience enjoying the dance into three kinds, i.e. visual image, auditory image and kinesthetic image. The so-called kinesthetic image refers to the emotional experience of a specific image that people experience through their own kinesthetic organs in the process of movement. The shaping of the kinesthetic image in the audience's mind often depends on the performance of the dancers on the stage. The visual image perceived by the audience through vision not only requires excellent performance of the dancers, but also requires the careful design of the stage designer. The stage design, costume and music design of the whole performance of the large-scale folk dance "Dreaming of Dunhuang" seems to bring the audience to the ancient and mysterious western region, which makes me a bit mesmerized. The audience can understand the background and plot of the story through the visual stage design, and a good stage background can give the audience an immersive feeling. The last auditory image is the physical and psychological emotional experience or the image of a particular life associated with the sound emitted by the vibration of an object acting on people's auditory organs. Art itself is connected, 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 be in line with the content of the dance to be expressed, it is for the dance plot service. Appropriate background music creates a perfect mood for the dance, and the climax of the background music can promote the climax of the dance plot. The large-scale music and dance epic "The East is Red" consists of more than thirty revolutionary songs and more than twenty dances, including five choruses, seven performance songs, and eighteen recitations are interspersed. Many poets, composers and dancers took part in the creation, which shows the important role played by music.5. Dance CompositionDance composition, i.e. dance picture, is the way the dance language exists and presents on the stage, and is also the dynamic structure of the dance in time and space. It generally refers to the dancer's movement line and picture modeling in the stage space, which is one of the important means of expression of dance works. Including: 5.1 Neatness and uniformity, also known as simple unity, is the simplest kind of formal beauty law. Characterized by no difference and consistency of formation, it can reflect the beauty of simplicity and neatness, and give people an aesthetic feeling of rhythm and order.5.2 Balanced symmetry, also known as balanced symmetry, is a slightly more complex form of beauty than neatness and uniformity. The regularity is characterized by both consistent repetition and inconsistent differences. But in the difference still maintains the consistency, symmetry, give a person peace, stable aesthetic feeling, and balance gives a person in the stability but also has the freedom and flexibility of the pleasurable feeling. 5.3 Harmonization and contrast of the difference and contrast of things unity. Contrast gives people a sharp, eye-catching, uplifting and active aesthetic feeling, while harmony gives people the pleasure of integration and coordination. 5.4 Unity in diversity is also called harmony. Is the highest form of beauty of the law, is neat and uniform, balanced and symmetrical, harmony and contrast and other forms of contrast and unity, so that people feel both rich and simple, both lively and orderly. Gives a person a whole, diverse aesthetic feeling. Dance composition can be planned for the dance appreciation of the ultimate overall effect, is also an indispensable part. Some people believe that to understand dance appreciation, must have certain prerequisites, appreciate the dance must have a certain appreciation of the art of the most basic qualities required. As Marx said, "If you want to get the enjoyment of art, you must yourself be a man of art." Here, I do not agree. I think not only high-level experts with artistic cultivation and artists are qualified to enjoy dance, but also the ordinary people are equally qualified to enjoy dance. Art is the art of life, art comes from life, also need to return to life. Therefore, dance should not be the unattainable spire on the ivory tower, but the art of life that the general public can accept. If dance can only be accepted by part of the so-called art-cultivated crowd, then it will become more and more detached from life, more and more lonely, and also lose the most essential purpose of dance. The most important essence of dance as an art is the dialog between the dancer and the audience. The highest state of dance is to let every audience understand what it expresses and to be shocked at the same time while enjoying the dance. Art has no borders and no language barriers, and a touching Nei Mongol folk song can even make a camel cry and evoke the mother camel's love for her baby camel. If a dance is incomprehensible to the audience, I think the key to the problem does not lie in the lack of audience level, but the dance itself is detached from real life. As a choreographer, create with heart; as a dancer, interpret with heart; as an audience, experience with heart. Only in this way can we achieve the best effect of the art of dance. Originating from life, dance can go farther and farther.