Divided according to the characteristics of dance:
I. Professional Dance
Classical Dance: Classical Dance: Classical Dance is a dance that is based on the traditional dance of national folklore and has been handed down through the refinement, collation, processing, and creation of professional workers of successive generations and through the testing of artistic practice over a long period of time, and it is regarded as a dance of a certain exemplary meaning and Classical dance is characterized by a certain exemplary significance and classical style. Generally speaking, classical dance has a rigorous program, standardized movements and more skillful techniques.
Ballet: European classical dance, translated from the French ballet. Ballet was conceived in the Italian Renaissance, the second half of the seventeenth century began to develop popularity in France and gradually professionalized, in constant innovation in the world. One of the most important features of ballet is that the actress performs with her toes on the ground, so it is also known as pointe dance. Its representative works are "Swan Lake", "Fairy", "Nutcracker" and so on.
Folk Dance: It refers to the form of dance that is produced and circulated in the folk, subject to the constraints of folk culture, improvised, but relatively stable in style, and with the main function of self-indulgence. Ethnic folk dance is a multilayered concept and scalable interface that can accommodate various degrees of processing. Folk dance is the signifier of a nation, the soul of a country. It requires a high degree of recreation by the artist, coming from the folk and finally returning to the folk. The benefits of practicing folk dance are as follows: 1, a strong sense of fun 2, cultivate the temperament of the dancer 3, let a person in a happy mood.
Folk dance: refers to the folk dance forms which are produced and circulated in the folk, subject to the constraints of folk culture, improvised but relatively stable style, and with the main function of self-indulgence. Folk dances of different regions, countries and nationalities have obvious differences in performance techniques and styles due to the influence of the living environment, customs, lifestyles, national character, cultural traditions, religious beliefs and other factors, as well as the age and gender of the performers and other physiological constraints. Folk dance is characterized by simplicity, variety, rich content and vivid image, and has always been an indispensable source of material for the creation of classical dance, court dance and professional dance in various countries. China's folk dance has a long history and is very rich, generally can be divided into Han folk dance and minority folk dance two categories.
Modern dance: Modern dance (Contemporary), is the early 20th century in the West and the emergence of a classical ballet opposed to the dance school. Its main aesthetic point of view is to oppose the classical ballet of the old-fashioned, detached from the phenomenon of a Xin life and the pure pursuit of skills of the formalist tendency, and advocate to get rid of the classical ballet is too rigid action program, the boundaries of the natural laws of motion dance movements, free to express the true feelings of the human being, and emphasize that the art of dance to reflect the life of the modern society.
Tap dance: Tap dance (English: tap dance) has the meaning of tapping and knocking, is a modern dance style. It was formed in the United States in the 1920s. At that time, Irish immigrants and African slaves brought their respective folk dance to the United States, and gradually fused to form a new dance form. This form of dance is more open and free, without a lot of formalization**. Instead of focusing on the body's dance posture, the dancers focus on the intricate skills of striking rhythms between the toe tips and the heels. Tap dance performance, performers wearing special tap dance shoes, with all parts of the foot, friction on the floor tapping, a variety of tap sound, coupled with a variety of beautiful dance posture of the dancers, the formation of tap dance is unique to the humor, witty and expressive very rich in a kind of charm.
Jazz dance: Jazz dance is a kind of rapid and dynamic rhythmic dance, is a kind of outgoing dance, unlike classical ballet or modern dance performance of a kind of introverted dance. Jazz dance is an extension of African dance, brought to the United States by black slaves, and gradually evolved in the United States to form a localized, popular dance. Jazz dance is mainly a kind of dance that pursues pleasantness, vivacity and vitality. It is characterized by the freedom to jump, not like the traditional classical ballet must be confined to a form and comply with the inherent posture, but and disco dance the kind of completely self-enjoyment of the dance is different, it is still in the free in the existence of a law.
Two, the international standard ballroom dance:
1, Latin dance: Latin dance is also known as Latin style dance or free social dance. Latin dance is a popular folk dance, casual, leisure, relaxation is its characteristics, there is a large space for free play, it is the Latin American people in the long history of the formation of a distinctive feature of passionate, romantic and energetic, fiery forms of artistic expression, loved by the Latin American people, become an essential and important part of their lives. The international standard Latin dance is standardized, strict, standard, it is in the Latin dance on the basis of the development of norms formed by the competitive professional dance, the content of the rumba, cha-cha-cha, cowboy dance, samba, bullfighting dance.
(1) Rumba (rumba): originated in Cuba, the music is 4/4 beat, the speed of about 27 bars per minute. Rumba is characterized by: lingering music, soft dance posture, dance movements graceful swing. Cubans are accustomed to walking with their heads to the east and west, and twisting their hips to the sides to regulate their pace and keep their body in balance. Rumba dance step adheres to this characteristic. The original style of dance, fused into the modern mood. Action stretch, lingering charming, lyrical dance, romantic and beautiful. With the lingering and gentle music, the dance is full of romantic mood.
(2) cha cha (cha cha): originated in Mexico, the music is 4/4 beat, the speed of about 31 bars per minute. Cha cha cha, interesting music, strong sense of rhythm, dance style fancy, dance steps sharp and compact, widely popular in the world!
(3)Samba: Originally from Brazil, the music is 4/4 or 2/4 beat, at a speed of about 51 bars per minute. Samba, the music is enthusiastic, the dance is dynamic, the dance steps swaying and changing, loved by the people!
(4) bullfighting dance (paso doble): originated in France, the development of Spain, its music for the 2/4 beat, the speed of about 62 bars per minute. Bullfighting music is majestic, dance style is bold, the pace is strong and exciting, is the reason why people are attracted to it.
(5) cowboy dance (jive): originated in the United States, is called "jitterbug" dance development, cowboy dance eliminated "jitterbug" in all the difficulty of the action, increased some skills. The earliest record of cowboy dancing is a book published in Europe in 1944 by Victor Silvester, a dance teacher in London, who introduced cowboy dancing. Pop, Rock and Roll, and American Swing have all had some influence on Cowboy Dance.
2, Modern Dance: Modern Dance is a sports dance competition in a group of events, the athletes participating in the competition men to wear a tuxedo Modern Dance suit, bow tie, women to wear a long dress, combing party formal hairstyle. This program group *** including waltz, Vienna waltz, tango, foxtrot and quickstep five. The judges do not score the pairs of athletes competing in the competition, but only determine the order of merit, and ultimately the top three winners based on the overall ranking. In the Modern Dance category, there are five dances: Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Quickstep and Viennese Waltz.
(1) Waltz: also known as round dance, slow waltz, Boston waltz, originated from the Austrian folk dance, elegant and noble dance, known as "after the dance"! Its main feature is to lift, swing, reverse, tilt into one, dancing under the accompaniment of beautiful music, two pairs of rotating, warm and romantic.
(2) Tango: a kind of international standard ballroom dance, originated in Africa, popular in Europe and the United States, 2/4 or 4/4 beats, the speed is smooth, mostly sliding, and seldom have ups and downs. Its best feature is: when we move in one direction while our body is facing the other direction.
(3)Foxtrot: It is a unique style of social dance, its music is 4/4 beat, about 30 bars a minute, the music distribution is moderate, the dance steps are light and free, and it is a joyful dance.
(4) Quickstep: relaxed, cheerful, lively, and therefore loved by the people. Its music is 4/4 beat, 50 bars per minute, and the slow step usually accounts for two beats, the dance is light and jumping, full of youthful vigor.
(5) Vienna Waltz: also known as the fast waltz, the main feature is the non-stop rotation, the number of steps is very small. The music of the Viennese Waltz is called Round Dance, which is 3-beat music with 56 bars per minute.
Three, fashion dance
Disco: disco, from the French discothèque, meaning those who play the recorded dance music ballroom, disco is discotheque short, the original meaning of the record ball, at first refers to black people in the nightclubs according to the recording of dance music, the 70's in fact, became the dance music of any new dance music It is a generic term for any new dance music. Compared with rock, it is characterized by a strong, indistinguishable, metronome-like 4/4 beat, with simple lyrics and tunes. 1960s to 1970s rise, began to be popular in the United States of America's black ghettos and Latin American underclass, and soon became popular all over the world. Disco music with exaggerated strength and weakness of alternating repeatedly induced the internal rhythmic impulses, the dance steps are more free, according to the personality play. When men and women dance together, there is very little physical contact, and the movements are not exactly the same.
Ready Dance: Around the 80s, a group of young people in warehouses, garages, seaside outskirts and other open spaces, carry sound and lighting equipment over, set up a DJ booth, and then find a few DJs to play songs, and engage in their own private party, and at that time it was also the time of the outbreak of the Acid House, several drugs, such as MDMA, Acid, etc. by the young people at that time, a huge emerging force from the underground, and a new generation of young people, the Acid House. A huge emerging force from the underground subculture burned up, which is the Post-Acid House Rave Dance Music Revolution; originated from the underground development has become a mainstream commercial market pattern, affecting the 90's young people's dress, thinking mode and lifestyle, and leading this trend forward to the new music genre "Electronic Music The new music genre "electronic music" has become another avant-garde music genre in the 21st century. And going to the Club has become the most popular activity for young people in addition to going to the movies and shopping and eating.
Street Dance: Street Dance (English: Hip Hop, Japanese: ヒップホップ) first originated in sub-Saharan Africa, is the development of jazz dance to the product of the 1990s, it is a variety of action is by a combination of walking, running, jumping, and through the head, neck, shoulders, upper limbs, torso, and other joints of the flexion and extension, rotation, around the ring, pendulum vibration, wavy twisting and other consistent combination of the various movements, each action has its own specific fitness effect. All have their specific fitness effect, both pay attention to the upper limbs and lower limbs, abdomen and back, head and torso movement coordination, but also pay attention to the composition of each link of each part of the independent movement. 80's spread to China, and gradually as a fitness activity spread.
Divided according to the form of dance performance: solo dance, duo dance, trio dance, group dance, group dance, song and dance, song and 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.
Participant dance, performed by two people *** with the completion of a theme of the dance. Mostly used to directly express the exchange of 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 three different categories, such as expressing a single emotion and a certain plot, as well as showing the dramatic conflict between the characters.
Group dance, where more than four people dance can be called group dance. Generally for the performance of a generalized complex or to shape the image of the group. Through the dance formation, the picture of the alternation, change and different speed, different strength, different amplitude of the development of dance movement, posture, modeling, can create a deep poetic mood, has a strong artistic infectious force.
The group dance is a relatively large-scale dance work composed of several dances. Each of these dances 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 in lyricism, but also good at narrating, can watch characters complex, delicate thoughts and feelings and a wide range of life content.
Song and dance drama is a comprehensive form of performance in which singing and dancing are used as the main means of artistic expression to display dramatic content.
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.