People who appreciate this aesthetic activity must have certain subjective conditions, that is, they must have certain dance knowledge, dance appreciation level and cognitive ability, so that dance appreciation activities can be carried out normally and smoothly. Therefore, it is very necessary for us to understand the characteristics of dance art, the relationship between dance and other arts, various factors that constitute the image of dance, and the process of its extreme production. Dance is an art that expresses people's feelings and thoughts and reflects social life with refined, organized and beautified human movements as the main means of expression. Judging from the sensory characteristics of dance works that attract viewers, it is a performing art that combines hearing (temporality) and vision (spaciousness). Dance is to shape the artistic image of dance in a certain space (stage or square), mainly through the continuous movements of dancers and the ever-changing dance team types, pictures, music, stage art (clothing, scenery, lighting, props) and other means of expression. Therefore, by investigating and understanding how the various means of expression in the works are closely combined to form a complete artistic image, and how the thoughts and feelings of the characters and the theme of the works are expressed, it is possible for us to deepen our understanding of dance works and appreciate them better.
The process of dance appreciation is inseparable from the image, and its rational activities are always combined with perceptual activities. Therefore, dance appreciation is also a process of thinking in images of dance audience. The concrete process of thinking in images appreciated by the dance audience is just the opposite of the thinking in images created by the dance writers: the author's creation begins with the feelings of life, and only with the excitement of subjective feelings can he get the theme, form a clear theme, and then use various artistic expression means to create an artistic image. However, the audience appreciates dance works, but first of all, from the perception of the dance image, through the actions of the characters on the stage, they are infected by art and have emotional excitement. That is to say, the author creates an image by grasping the realistic representation and essential meaning of life, and the audience appreciates the work by grasping the image, so as to know the realistic representation of life reflected by it, and then know and understand its essential meaning.
In short, there is nothing mysterious about dance appreciation. More contact, more dancing, familiarity and understanding will gradually improve the level of dance appreciation. This is just as Liu Xie, an ancient literary theorist in China, said: "Anyone who copies a thousand songs and then knows the sound, watches a thousand swords and then knows the instrument, so he learns the image of the garden first." It means that you can play thousands of songs before you know music, and you will recognize swords after observing thousands of swords, so you must do more observation and research on the method of comprehensive observation. A person's ability to appreciate "Xiao Sheng" and "Sword Finger" comes from his artistic practice and from his comprehensive and repeated observation and comparison of things. Therefore, we say that only by repeatedly appreciating and thoroughly understanding excellent dance and ballet works can we fully feel the artistic pleasure in dance aesthetics, and at the same time, we can continuously improve the level of dance appreciation and strengthen the cultural accomplishment of dance.
How to appreciate ballet
There are roughly two ways to appreciate ballet. One is traditional and the other is modern. It is generally advocated that the method of appreciation should be unified with the object of appreciation: that is, ballet, musical ballet and pure ballet in the three traditional periods of "early", "romanticism" and "classicism" should be appreciated with meticulous traditional concepts.
The traditional concept of appreciation requires the audience to arrive at the theater about half an hour in advance, leave the trivial matters and troubles in daily life outside the theater gate or in the earthly space in the cloakroom, and then settle down and devote themselves wholeheartedly to the theater, a very special aesthetic field, which has nothing to do with the traffic jam on the road, the noise in the food market, the disputes at work and the trivial matters at home. Enter the artificial fairyland such as Fairy, Giselle and gabriela, enter the dreamland such as Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker and Swan Lake, and escape from the noise of the city and the mental pressure for several hours. Next, we can also study the program carefully, read the plot outline, relevant comments, brief history of the dance company, introduction of directors and dancers, find out well-known ballet stars, imagine intoxicating music, and look forward to luxurious costumes and magnificent scenery. ...
The modern concept of appreciation has no harsh requirements for the audience, but provides them with a philosophy of being happy with the situation, because the rhythm of modern life simply does not allow the audience, especially the professional audience, to arrive at the theater half an hour in advance, but emphasizes that the audience does not need the opinions of any ancestors in the process of appreciation, but only needs to understand with different rational knowledge they carry with them and participate with colorful perceptual experience from life.
According to this appreciation idea, what is on the program list is simply a trap set by the directors, or a panacea sold to make up for the incoherence of the directors or ballet directors. You don't have to look, or you'd better not! It doesn't matter how the plot is written. Success depends only on how he "dances" on the stage. In the final analysis, ballet is still dominated by dance, supplemented by drama. Otherwise, it can't explain the phenomenon that the hero in ballet frequently salutes the audience after dancing duets or even variations. If drama is more important than dance, this behavior is not "drama". How can western audiences and critics endure a whole century?
This appreciation thinking holds that stars can appreciate it, but they don't have to admire it. The atmosphere of star worship is really too classical! According to their own aesthetic standards, rather than following the opinions of critics; The most important thing is to find the star in your eyes, not to go with the flow.
How to appreciate modern dance
Modern dance has been developed in China for many years, especially in recent years. Various types of dance works created by modern dance creation techniques have emerged in an endless stream, and people have gradually recognized and accepted modern dance and its importance from the initial rejection. Because of the special artistic form of modern dance, many people still only know its name but not its connotation. So how to appreciate modern dance, I think we might as well start from the following aspects:
The first is to appreciate modern dance works with a tolerant attitude. We say that the ultimate goal of modern dance is originality and earnest exploration, so we must first accept it with a normal heart and have keen thinking and judgment when appreciating it. In the eyes of ordinary people, since it is a dance, it is necessary to keep dancing, but in modern dance, this concept does not exist at all, because the concept of modern dance is very extensive. In the eyes of modern dancers, everything in nature is impossible to dance, and everyone's every behavior and every movement is dancing.
Secondly, we should master the creative background and motivation of the creator. In fact, a work represents the editor's inner world and creative mentality at this time to a great extent, and these phenomena are often shown in the works. Therefore, mastering the creative background and motivation of the creator is helpful to better appreciate and understand the work.
Third, look at the "dynamic" and "structure" of the work. Modern dance is an art with a strong sense of form. Therefore, no matter what form modern dance takes, the most basic thing is to start with action. The formation, continuation, development and change of an action depend on the borrowing method of the action, followed by the structure of the work. Modern dance breaks the classical aesthetic principle of harmonious ideal, pays attention to people in real society and pursues the true beauty of nature. So pay special attention to comparison, action and action in structure.
Fourth, we should watch more modern dance works as much as possible. In the process of appreciation, we should feel the works wholeheartedly with the six innate senses. In modern dance works, the emphasis is on the dancer's own weight rather than ballet lightness, on the process of space rather than the action itself, on the frustration of charm rather than the smoothness of space, on the imbalance of composition rather than balance, and on the revelation of process rather than hiding. After understanding these, we will make rational thinking and comprehensive analysis of the works.
Having said that, I think everyone should have a preliminary concept of modern dance. In fact, in any case, dancing is still a process of feeling. Even modern dance with rationality as its first feature is a perceptual representation. If we use too pure and rational thinking to understand the work, we can only walk into a misunderstanding of modern dance. Therefore, if you have the conditions, you should watch the excellent modern dance several times. Practice has proved that good modern dance can make you never tire of watching it, and you will have new feelings and discoveries every time. . . . . . . . . .