What are the dances

Art is made up of different kinds of art. Dance, as one of the arts, is also a very wide world, and it is also composed of different kinds, styles and styles of dance. According to the function and purpose of dance, dance can be divided into two categories: life dance and art dance. Life dance is a dance activity that people perform for their own needs; artistic dance is a dance that is performed for the appreciation of the audience. Life dance includes: customary dance, religious ritual dance, social dance, self-entertainment dance, sports dance, educational dance and so on. Customary dance, which can also be called festival and ritual dance, is a variety of mass dance activities held by many ethnic groups in our country during marriage, funeral, planting, harvesting and some other festivals. In these dance activities, the table view of the customs and habits of various ethnic groups, social style, cultural traditions and national character traits. Religious and sacrificial dance is the dance form for religious and sacrificial activities. It is mainly used to pray for the blessing of the gods, to remove disasters and diseases, to turn misfortune into good fortune, to make people and animals prosperous, to have a good harvest, or to thank the gods for their gifts; ritual dance is a ceremonial form of dance for the ancestors. In the past, people used to express their nostalgia for their ancestors or hoped that their ancestors and the gods and Buddha would bless and bestow blessings on them. Social dance is a dance activity for people to socialize, promote friendship and contact. Generally refers to a variety of social dance in the ball. In addition, many of China's ethnic minorities in a variety of festivals carried out by the mass of the dance activities, mostly young men and women for social interaction, free choice of spouse social activities, therefore, can also be said to be the social dance of the various ethnic groups. Self-indulgent dance is a dance activity in which people entertain themselves for the sole purpose of self-indulgence. Dance to express and vent their inner emotional impulses, so as to obtain the full satisfaction of aesthetic pleasure. Sports dance, is a combination of dance and sports, artistic and aesthetic way to exercise the body, so that the physical and mental health development of the new varieties of dance. Such as a variety of fitness dance, rhythmic gymnastics, middle-aged and elderly disco, ice dance, water dance, street dance HI-HOP, as well as China's traditional martial arts in the sword dance, sword dance and symbolic simulation of a variety of animals, a specific image of the Elephantine Boxing, Five Birds Opera and so on are. Educational dance, refers to schools, kindergartens and other aesthetic education of dance activities, as well as the opening of the dance course, used to cultivate and beautify people's thoughts and feelings, moral character, cultivate people's unity and friendship, strengthen the etiquette, as well as to promote physical and mental health, can play a subtle role. Artistic dance refers to the professional or amateur dancers, through the observation of social life, experience, analysis, concentration, generalization and imagination, artistic creation, so as to create a distinctive thematic ideas, emotional richness, the form of a complete, with a typical artistic image, by a small number of people on the stage or the square performances for the public to enjoy the dance works. Because of the many varieties of artistic dance, according to the different artistic characteristics, can be roughly divided into two categories.

The first category

Based on the different styles of dance features to distinguish, there are: classical dance, folk dance, modern dance, contemporary dance and ballet. Classical dance: it is on the basis of national folk dance, through successive generations of professional workers to refine, organize, process and create, and after a longer period of artistic practice test, passed down, is considered to have a certain exemplary significance and classical style characteristics of dance. Many countries and nationalities in the world have their own unique style of classical dance. Classical dance in Europe generally refers to ballet. Folk dance: It is a form of dance created collectively by the masses of people in the course of long-term history, accumulated and developed, and widely circulated among the masses. It directly reflects the thoughts and feelings, ideals and aspirations of the people. Due to the differences in the way of life and labor, historical and cultural mentality, customs and habits of the people of various countries, nationalities and regions, as well as the natural environment, different national styles and local characteristics have thus been formed. Modern Dance: It is a dance genre that emerged in Europe and America at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Its main aesthetic point of view is to oppose the classical ballet's tendency to stick to the old ways, detach from real life and purely pursue the formalist tendency of skills; advocate to get rid of the overly rigid action program of the classical ballet, and freely express people's true feelings with the dance movements that conform to the laws of natural movement, and emphasize that the art of dance should reflect the life of the modern society. Contemporary dance (new creation dance): that is, different from the above three styles of new styles of dance, it is often based on the content of the performance and the need to shape the characters, unconventional, drawing on and absorbing the various styles of various dance schools, various means of dance expression and performance methods, eclectic for my use, so as to create a unique new style of dance different from the various styles of dance that have been formed. Ballet: a highly programmed theatrical dance refined and processed by professional dancers in the court. The word "ballet" is the phonetic translation of the French word "ballet", meaning "jump", or "dance", and its original meaning was just to legs, feet as the movement parts of the action of the general term. French court dance masters in order to rebuild the ancient Hitchcock integration of poetry, music and dance in one of the theater ideal, created a "ballet" such a blend of dance movements, mime gestures, facial expressions, theatrical costumes, musical accompaniment, literary tableau, stage lighting and scenery and other ingredients in one of the comprehensive form of dance theater, in the Western theater dance art dominant position for more than 300 years, has been four centuries. In 1958, the Beijing Dance School was established to introduce Russian ballet, and it has been more than 40 years since then.

The second category

Differentiated according to the characteristics of the dance expression, there are: solo dance, duo dance, trio dance, group dance, group dance, song and dance, song and dance theater, dance theater 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 and show the relationship between the characters. Trio dance, by three people to perform a theme of the dance. According to its content can be divided into the expression of a single emotion and the expression of a certain plot, as well as the expression of dramatic conflicts between the characters and other three different categories. 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 infectious force. Group Dance, a relatively large-scale dance work composed of a number of dances. Which each dance has relative independence, but they are unified in the **** the same theme and 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 kind of singing and dance as the main means of artistic expression to show the dramatic content of the 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.

The third category

Distinguished by age level, there are young children's dance, children's dance, youth dance, middle-aged and old people's dance.