Dance is a kind of art that takes the human body as an expressive tool, and takes the human body movements that have been refined, organized and artistically processed as the main means of expression, to express people's thoughts and feelings and to reflect social life.
Dance originated from labor. Ancient dances were based on imitating hunting or celebrating the harvest. With the development of society, it is increasingly moving towards the expression of human thoughts and feelings. Dance is always a distinctive and graphic reflection of people's different ideas, beliefs, ideals and aesthetic requirements. Both for people to appreciate and entertainment art form, but also has the social role of publicity and education.
Dance can be divided into self-entertainment dance and performance dance according to its purpose and role; according to its style and characteristics of different can be divided into classical dance, folk dance and modern dance; in addition, there are other artistic factors combined with the dance drama.
Self-indulgent dance A kind of dance that does not take the theater stage as the place of performance, does not seek to be appreciated by others, but dances as self-entertainment. Its movements do not indicate any meaning, relatively simple, with a certain degree of regularity. Formation changes are simple, and the number of people can be increased or decreased at any time. Some are accompanied by musical instruments, while others dance to the rhythm of drums or songs. Within the limits of a certain rhythm and regularity, the dancers can improvise. China's various ethnic groups also have their own traditional dance forms, such as the Han's rice-planting songs, Tibetan string dance, Mongolia's Andai dance, the Tujia's pendulum dance, the Miao stepped on the drums, as well as enriching the cultural life of the masses and often dance the social dance, the youth group dance.
Performing dance: a kind of theater, stage as the main performance place, specifically for people to watch the dance, with awareness, education, beauty and entertainment. This kind of dance is created through the artistic processing and finishing of the dancers, so there are distinctive thematic ideas and typical image, the action is also more complex, regular and standardized, the dancers can not be free to play. The performance process is subject to the constraints of certain stage space and time. At the same time, there are music, choreography, lighting, clothing and other artistic means of cooperation.
Classical dance: traditional dance with exemplary and classical style passed down from ancient times. Many nationalities in the world have their own unique national style of classical dance. Such as Ireland's magnificent tap dance, China's classical dance is mostly preserved in the art of opera, where every move of the characters singing and speaking in the play is danced, and there are also sets of dance combinations, and in the performance, the close coordination of hand, eye, body, method and step is a traditional feature of Chinese classical dance.
Every nation in the world has a unique style of dance, of which folk dance occupies an important position. Most of the folk dances in China are combined with folk songs and take the form of songs and dances, so they are also called songs and dances. Folk Dance A dance form with distinctive national style and local characteristics, widely spread in the folk. It arises from people's labor and struggle. Due to the different lives, customs, labor practices and historical and geographical environments of the people of various ethnic groups and regions, there are obvious differences in the styles and characteristics of the dances. In the process of passing on from generation to generation, through the people's continuous processing and creation, become a precious national cultural treasures.
Ballet European classical dance theater. The word "ballet" is derived from the Italian word "ballare" (dance). Ballet art is from the 15th and 16th century Italian aristocratic aftermath of the theater performance off, formed in the 17th century in France, the 18th century into Russia, the early 19th century to develop into an independent, complete art, the creation of the actress to the toe of the ground dancing skills, the development of a variety of aerial jumps and spinning skills, and a complete set of training system, and gradually formed different styles of the Italian, French and Russian schools, which had a great influence on world culture. Nowadays, many countries have different styles of classical ballet and famous ballet works, and at the beginning of the 20th century, the modern ballet school appeared. The art of ballet was introduced to China before and after the May Fourth Movement, and it was only after the founding of New China that professional ballet groups were established.
Modern Dance A dance that gets rid of the programs and constraints of classical ballet and emphasizes the free expression of feelings and life through natural dance movements.
Dance drama A form of theater in which dance is the main means of expression, and music, mime, stage art and other factors are synthesized to focus on shaping the characters and showing the conflicts in life. With a complete theatrical structure dance in the dance drama is generally based on classical dance or folk dance to combine the character and plot development of the characters in the play, divided into two categories of plot dance and performance dance, plot dance to show the storyline and character; performance dance is mainly depicted in the development of the plot of the times and environmental characteristics.
Dance has a powerful artistic charm in revealing the human heart and expressing inner feelings. The preface of the Mao Poetry said: "Love moves in the middle and is shaped in words, the words are not enough, so the contempt, the contempt is not enough, so the chant, the chant is not enough, I do not know that the hands of the dance, the feet of the dance also." This means that people are only in a very excited, inner emotions with language so that singing are difficult to fully express the time, only will not be able to help through the hands dance to express. Dance is the use of people to express feelings of this special form, constituting its unique means of artistic expression. The way it expresses feelings is the combination of the heart and the mind, the feelings caused by the body to move, to express the feelings of the body to move, to give people a vivid visual image.
Appreciation of dance is a kind of cultural and aesthetic activity, as well as a kind of spiritual activity. In the appreciation method, first of all, you can understand the content and theme of the dance works, the form and the actors through the program, instructions, and then combined with the performance of the actors' dance movements, stage lighting, scenery and costumes show the atmosphere, the scene to further understand and appreciate the content and meaning of the works, to achieve the shape (actors' movements), the meaning (the scene and the meaning of the action), the feelings (feelings) of the unity of the three. Secondly, it is necessary to have a good understanding of the art of dance. Secondly, we should learn and understand the basic characteristics of dance art. Dance is literature, music, art and other artistic factors together and **** with the molding of artistic images. Having a certain knowledge of dance will be conducive to the appreciation of dance works. Then, learn to know the music. Dance music and dance are closely linked, distinct and accurate musical image, beautiful and moving melody, rich and varied weave, will be able to better guide us to a deep understanding and appreciation of dance works.
When watching the performance, will be in the viewing process on the basis of the initial impression of the work obtained, with the deep expression of the character's emotions, and gradually enter the mood created by the work, and then according to their own life experience on the understanding of life to produce associations and reflections, so as to produce **** with the work of the sympathy. At this point we not only appreciate the dance, but also get a good enjoyment of artistic beauty.
In order to encourage our country's outstanding new dance creations, discover and cultivate outstanding talents, improve the dance choreography and performance level, the country set up a national dance competition, Chinese dance "Peach and Lee Cup" invitational tournament, and so on. So that our country's dance career has been constantly prosperous and growing.
The development of any art is inseparable from social concern, I hope that more people can participate in, pay attention to dance, pay attention to this art, with a new perspective to the new interpretation, I think you will be as shocked as I am, I believe that we are also proud of the Chinese characteristics of the art of dance is going to the world, dance everywhere.
Art is composed of different varieties 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. The purpose of our study of the types of dance today is to gain a deeper understanding of the characteristics of the art of dance, the law of the development of the art of dance, and to familiarize ourselves with the various styles and methods by which the art of dance reflects and expresses the life of society.
Based on the role and purpose of dance, dance can be divided into two categories: life dance and art dance. Life dance is a dance activity that people do for their own needs in life; artistic dance is a dance that is performed for the audience to appreciate.
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 expression of the customs and habits of the various ethnic groups, social customs, cultural traditions and national character traits.
Religious and ritual dances are dance forms for religious and sacrificial activities. Religious dance is a kind of figurative reproduction of the supernatural, supernatural and mysterious power of the gods, which makes the invisible god become a tangible body that can be perceived, and is the personification of the mysterious power. It is mainly used to pray for the blessing of the gods, to get rid of disasters and illnesses, to turn misfortune into good fortune, to make people and animals prosperous, to have a bumper crop, or to thank the gods for their gifts; the ritual dance is a tribute to the blessing and blessing of one's ancestors and the gods and Buddhas.
Social dance is a dance activity for people to have social interactions, promote friendship and contact feelings. 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, because of these, 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 of the overall health of the new varieties of dance. Such as a variety of fitness dance, rhythmic gymnastics, middle-aged and elderly disco, ice dance, water dance, as well as China's traditional martial arts in the sword dance, knife dance and symbolic simulation of a variety of animals, close-up image of the Elephant Boxing, five birds, etc. are.
Educational dance, refers to schools, kindergartens and other aesthetic education dance activities, as well as the opening of the dance course, used to cultivate and beautify people's ideological feelings, moral character, cultivate people's unity and friendship, strengthen the etiquette, as well as to promote the physical and mental health, can play a role in the subtle.
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, emotionally rich, complete form, with a typical artistic image, by a small number of people in the dance stage or the square performances to the general public to watch the dance works. Because of the many varieties of artistic dance, according to each different artistic characteristics, can be roughly divided into three categories.
Each category, according to the different styles of dance features to distinguish, there are: classical dance, folk dance, modern dance and new creation dance.
Classical dance is based on national folk dance, through successive generations of professional workers to refine, organize, process and create, and after a longer period of artistic practice, the test, passed down, is considered to have a certain exemplary significance of the classical style characteristics of the dance. Many countries and nationalities in the world have dances with certain exemplary significance and classical style characteristics. Many countries and nationalities in the world have their own unique styles of classical dance. Classical dance in Europe, generally refers to ballet in general.
Folk dance is created by the masses of people in the long-term historical process of collective creation, continuous accumulation, development and formation, and in the masses widely circulated in a form of dance. It directly reflects the thoughts and feelings, ideals and aspirations of the people. Due to the various countries, nationalities, regions, labor methods, historical and cultural mentality, customs and habits jerk? It is the second most popular dance in the world, and the second most popular in the world. What is the most important thing? What are the reasons for this? BR> Modern dance 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 at the time of the old-fashioned, detached from real life and the pure pursuit of skills of the formalist tendency; to get rid of the classical ballet is too rigid action program of the bondage to the laws of natural movement of the dance movement, free to express the true feelings of people, emphasizing the art of dance to reflect the life of modern society.
Newly created dance, that is, different from the above three styles of dance, it is often based on the performance of the content and the need to shape the character, unconventional, drawing on and absorbing the various styles of dance schools, various means of dance expression and performance methods, and incorporation for my use, so as to create a unique new style of dance different from the various dance styles have been formed.
The second category, according to the characteristics of the dance expression to distinguish, there are: solo dance, duo dance, trio dance, group dance, group dance, song and dance, song and dance drama, 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.
The duo dance, performed by two people *** with the completion of a theme of the dance. Mostly used to express the exchange of thoughts and feelings between the characters and show the relationship between the characters.
Trio, by three people to perform a theme of dance. According to the content, it can be divided into three different categories, such as expressing a single emotion and expressing a certain plot, as well as expressing the dramatic conflict between the characters.
Group dance, where more than four people dance can be called group dance. Generally more for the expression of a generalized mood or image of the group. Through the dance formation, the picture of the change, 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 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. It is characterized by singing and dancing both long in lyricism, but also good at narrative, can show the complexity of the characters, 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 the main means of artistic expression to show the content of the drama.
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, according to the method of reflecting the real life of society and the characteristics of the dance image, can be divided into three categories: lyrical dance, narrative dance and dramatic dance.
Lyrical dance, also known as emotional dance, its main artistic characteristic is in a specific environment, with distinctive, vivid dance language to directly express the character - the dancer's thoughts and feelings, as a way to express the dancer's feelings and evaluation of life.
Narrative dance, also known as plot dance, its main artistic characteristic is to shape the characters through the plot events constituted by the actions of different characters in the dance to express the thematic content of the work.
Dramatic dance, that is, dance drama.