Modern dance is a dance school that rose in the west in the early 20th century, as opposed to classical ballet. Its main aesthetic point of view is to oppose the formalism tendency of classical ballet, which is conformist, divorced from real life and simply pursuing skills.

It advocates getting rid of the rigid movement procedure of classical ballet, freely expressing people's true feelings with dance movements that conform to the laws of natural movement, and emphasizes that dance art should reflect modern social life. A Brief History of Western Ballet and Modern Dance, Xiamen University Press, 2009.438+00)

The famous modern dance companies in China include Yunmen Dance Collection (Taiwan Province Province), Urban Contemporary Dance Company (Hongkong), Guangdong Modern Dance Company, Beijing Modern Dance Company, Shanghai Jinxing Dance Company and Beijing Dong Lei Tianxia Modern Dance Company. Beijing Contemporary Ballet has created many modern ballet works with unique styles.

Classical dance is a dance form named in 1950s, and it is a representative branch of China dance. The initial basic training combined with the training system of ballet, on the basis of traditional folk dance, is considered as a classical dance with Chinese style after refining, sorting, processing and creation by professional workers.

Folk dance originated from human labor life. It is a mass dance activity created and performed by the people to show the cultural traditions, living customs and people's mental outlook of a nation or region, so it is also called "folk dance".

Ballet (Italian: balletto；; Ballet (French, English) is a European classical dance. One of the most important characteristics of ballet is that the actress points to the ground with her toes during the performance, so it is also called tiptoe dance. Ballet is to use music and dance skills to perform dramatic plots.

Ballet was conceived in the Italian Renaissance in the14th century, and was born in the court of Louis XIV in France in the late17th century, and began to develop and become popular in France, becoming more and more professional. /kloc-was perfected in France in the 0/8th century, and entered the most prosperous era in Russia in the late 0/9th century. In the long historical growth process of nearly 500 years, ballet has a great influence and spread widely, and has become an art form that all countries in the world are fully growing.

"Contemporary dance" mainly refers to the creation and performance of using Chinese traditional dance materials and foreign art materials extensively and eclectically. This kind of dance works pursue distinctive artistic image and strong national aesthetic taste, which reflects the fiery social life and spirit of the times in China.