Life dance includes: custom dance, religious sacrifice dance, social dance, self-entertainment dance, sports dance, educational dance and so on.
Folk dance, also known as festival dance, is a variety of mass dance activities held by many ethnic groups in China on festive festivals such as weddings, funerals, planting and harvest. In these dance activities, the customs, social features, cultural traditions and national personality characteristics of various ethnic groups are all shown.
Religion and sacrificial dance are the dance forms of religion and sacrificial activities. Mainly used to pray for the protection of the gods, drive away disasters and diseases, turn evil into good, prosper people and animals, harvest crops, or thank the gods for their gifts; Sacrificial dance is a ritual dance form to sacrifice ancestors. In the past, people used to express their memory of their ancestors or hope that their ancestors and gods would bless them.
Social dance is a kind of dance activity that people engage in social communication, enhance friendship and contact feelings. Generally, it refers to all kinds of ballroom dancing at the dance. In addition, the mass dance activities carried out by many ethnic minorities in various festivals in China are mostly social activities for young men and women to exchange freely and choose their spouses. So it can also be said that it is a social dance of all ethnic groups.
Self-entertainment dance is a dance activity with the sole purpose of self-entertainment. Use dance to express and vent one's inner emotional impulses, so as to obtain the full satisfaction of aesthetic pleasure.
Sports dance is a new dance that combines dance and sports, exercises the body in an artistic and aesthetic way, and makes the body and mind develop in an all-round and healthy way. Such as various fitness dances, rhythms, discos for middle-aged and elderly people, ice dances and water dances, as well as sword dances, knife dances, pictographic boxing symbolizing the simulation of various animals and specific images, and Wuqinxi in China traditional martial arts.
Educational dance refers to the aesthetic dance activities in schools and kindergartens, which can play a subtle role in cultivating and beautifying people's thoughts and feelings, cultivating people's unity and friendship, strengthening etiquette and improving physical and mental health.
Artistic dance refers to artistic creation by professional or amateur dancers through observation, experience, analysis, concentration, generalization and imagination of social life, thus creating dance works with distinctive themes, rich emotions, complete forms and typical artistic images, which are performed by a few people on the stage or square for the masses to watch. Due to the variety of artistic dances, they can be roughly divided into three categories according to different artistic characteristics.
The first category, according to different styles and characteristics of dance, includes: classical dance, folk dance, modern dance, modern dance and ballet.
Classical dance: based on national folk dance, it has been refined, sorted, processed and created by professional workers in past dynasties and passed down through long-term artistic practice. It is considered to be a dance with certain demonstration significance and classical style characteristics. Many countries and nations in the world have their own unique styles of classical dance. European classical dance generally refers to ballet.
Folk dance: it is a dance form created, accumulated and developed by the broad masses in the long historical process and widely circulated among the masses. It directly reflects people's thoughts, feelings, ideals and aspirations. Due to the differences in people's life and work style, historical and cultural mentality, customs and natural environment in different countries, nationalities and regions, different national styles and local characteristics have been formed.
Modern dance: it is a dance genre that rose in Europe and America at the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Its main aesthetic point of view is to oppose the formalistic tendency of classical ballet at that time, which was conformist, divorced from real life and simply pursuing skills; It is advocated to get rid of the shackles of the rigid movement procedure of classical ballet, and to express the true feelings of people freely with dance movements that conform to the laws of natural movement, and it is emphasized that dance art should reflect modern social life.
Modern dance (new dance): a new dance style different from the above three styles. It is often based on the needs of expressing content and shaping characters, eclectic, drawing on and absorbing dance expression means and methods of various styles and dance schools, and eclectic for our use, thus creating a unique new dance style different from the various dance styles that have been formed.
Ballet: It is a highly stylized theater dance, refined and processed by professional dancers in the court. The word "ballet" was originally a transliteration of the French word "ballet", which means "jumping" or "dancing". Its original meaning is only the floorboard of actions with legs and feet as moving parts. In order to rebuild Gu Xi's dramatic ideal of integrating poetry, music and dance, French court dance masters created "ballet", which is a comprehensive dance drama form integrating dance movements, pantomime gestures, facial expressions, theatrical costumes, music accompaniment, literary scripts, stage lighting and scenery. It has dominated the western theater dance art for more than 300 years and has been more than four centuries. It has been more than forty years since 1958 was established and introduced to ballets russes.
The second category, according to the characteristics of dance forms, includes: solo dance, duet, threesome dance, group dance, song and dance, musical, dance drama and so on.
Solo dance is a dance performed by a person to complete a theme, which is often used to directly express the thoughts and feelings of the characters and reveal their inner world.
Double dance, two people perform the same theme dance. It is often used to directly express the communication between characters' thoughts and feelings, and to show the relationship between characters.
Three people dance, three people perform together to complete a theme dance. According to its content, it can be divided into three different types: expressing a single emotion and an obvious plot, and expressing dramatic conflicts between characters.
Group dance, any dance with more than four people can be called group dance. Generally speaking, it is to express a general complex or to shape the image of the group. Through the change and transformation of dance formation and pictures, as well as the development of dance movements, postures and shapes with different speeds, strengths and amplitudes, a profound poetic artistic conception is created, which has strong artistic appeal.
Group dance is a relatively large dance work composed of several dances. Each dance is relatively independent, but it is unified in the same theme and complete artistic conception.
Song and dance is a form of artistic performance that combines singing and dancing. It is characterized by being good at singing and dancing, being good at both lyricism and narration, and being able to express the complex and delicate thoughts and feelings of the characters and a wide range of life contents.
Musical drama is a comprehensive performance form with song and dance as the main artistic expression means to express the drama content.
Dance drama is a dance work with dance as the main artistic expression means, which combines music and stage art (clothing, scenery, lighting, props) to express certain drama content. At present, in various training schools, children's dance is usually divided into four forms: ballet, China dance, Latin dance and tap dance.
1, ballet
"Ballet" is a very elegant and graceful dance, which can best cultivate the baby's temperament and figure. As a traditional European dance art, its main feature is that actresses wear special pointed shoes and dance on their toes. Relatively speaking, ballet is more professional, but it is the basis for learning other dances. Even if the baby is learning folk dance or Latin dance, in addition to soft opening (flexibility) training at first, basic ballet training is needed, which is very helpful for the baby to learn other dances in the future.
2. China Dance
China dance is mainly composed of China folk dance and China classical dance. Dance is expressive and has the characteristics of singing and jumping. Different styles and colorful dances, the baby has been educated in beauty under the influence of music and dance since childhood.
3. Latin dance
Latin dance belongs to the category of sports dance, which makes people feel energetic and lively. It consists of five dances, namely rumba, jive, samba, cha-cha and bullfight.
Step 4 tap dance
Tap dancing is a rhythmic dance with both feet, which mainly impacts the floor with a certain rhythm through toes and heels. Different from ballet, it pays more attention to movements, skills and even endurance, and can also train manners and physical strength.
No matter what kind of dance you choose to learn, the dance itself is self-pleasing and natural, so the baby's own interest is very important. Secondly, it depends on the parents' mentality: do you want your baby to develop into a dance major, or do you just want to cultivate your baby's temperament and let your baby have a skill? If it is the former, it depends on which congenital conditions are suitable for him; If you just want to cultivate your baby's hobbies and cultivate sentiment, you can learn these dances.
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Q: How to choose the right dance class?
A: "Grading class" VS "Performance class"
The so-called "Grade Examination Class" means that teachers must hold the "Certificate of Grade Examination Center of Beijing Dance Academy" and teach according to the most authoritative China Dance Grade Examination Textbook compiled by Beijing Dance Academy. Its purpose is for students to take the examination organized by the Beijing Dance Academy Grade Examination Center authorized by the Ministry of Culture after the expiration of their studies, and those who pass the examination will receive a certificate recognized by the state. Taking the dance examination can enable those children with artistic potential to receive systematic and formal dance education, and even provide foundation and opportunities for further study and application in art colleges.
"Performance class" refers to the dance class held in the name of some children's art groups, mainly to train the backbone of their own performance groups and participate in various performances, such as "Big Windmill" Art Group and Blue Sky Children's Art Group. For more parents, graded exams are not an end. It is important to cultivate the baby's temperament, improve self-cultivation and exercise the baby's spirit of suffering through the influence of art, so this kind of dance class, which often participates in various performances and increases social experience, is also very popular with parents.
Tip: At present, there are many kinds of training courses in society, and the situation of teachers is also mixed. Parents should pay attention to their choices. At the same time, it is also important to choose a good teacher for your baby. In addition to having relevant professional qualification certificates, you should also be caring and patient with your baby, be meticulous in business and be rigorous in class. In this way, children will not be forced to do actions that exceed their normal joint activities and bone energy load, thus reducing the occurrence of sports injuries.
Q: How old did you start learning dance?
A: Generally speaking, babies learn to dance from the middle and large classes in kindergartens, which is about 4 years old, but now many babies begin to learn to dance at the age of 3. Because babies of this age still lack understanding of music and dance, they can only imitate them. Therefore, when they begin to learn dance, they should give priority to enlightenment. They should train their basic movements through games, and dance training should start with fun, and then gradually begin to learn the preliminary dance sketch performance. More formal baby dance training usually begins after primary school graduation.
Q: What does the baby wear when learning to dance?
A: Babies usually wear specially designed training clothes. Tights and tights are the most basic clothes for dancers. They are made of spandex and cotton. Although spandex is elastic, it is airtight. Therefore, when choosing for your baby, try to choose cotton and spandex, which are both breathable and sweat-absorbing, so that your baby is more comfortable when rehearsing. Prices generally range from 40-70 yuan.
Training shoes are made of soft thin leather or canvas, generally around 15 ~ 20 yuan. Shoes need to be tighter to cover your feet.
Q: What conditions are suitable for learning dance?
1, congenital condition. If parents want their baby to learn professional dance, then the baby's innate conditions are very important. Take a ballet dancer for example. An excellent ballet dancer must first meet the "three lengths and one height": long arms, long legs and long neck, plus a small head and a high height on the instep. It can't be an O-leg or an X-leg. It's not good for the kneecap to protrude a little. The legs must be straight, and the legs should be 20 cm longer than the trunk. In addition, the ligament condition and elasticity of the body should be good.
2, personality decision. Generally speaking, it is not easy for a baby who is too introverted and too "secret" to learn dance well. Because dance needs passion, if it is too restrained and explosive, it will affect the expressive force and appeal of dance.