Folk dance generally refers to a kind of dance form which is produced and spread among the people, restricted by folk culture, improvised but relatively stable in style, with self-entertainment as its main function. Influenced by living environment, customs, lifestyle, national character, cultural traditions, religious beliefs and other factors, and limited by the physiological conditions such as the age and gender of performers, folk dances in different regions, countries and nationalities have obvious differences in performance skills and styles, which are characterized by simplicity, diverse forms, rich content and vivid images.

First, the significance of cultivating college students' interest in folk dance

In recent years, under the impact of multi-culture, the audience of folk dance is getting less and less, and the range of favorite groups is getting smaller and smaller. College students are a very important link in the inheritance of national dance, which is always ignored. Since childhood? 、? Don't let the children lose at the starting line? In fact, the aesthetic quality of college students is in the process of moving from naivety to maturity. Although their cognitive level is not high, superficial and one-sided, and they are often influenced by the environment, they are full of energy, vigor, enthusiasm and exploration spirit. Cultivating college students' interest in folk dance can trigger their emotions in the process of appreciating folk dance and activate synaesthesia and imagination under the influence of emotions. In this process, imagination is stimulated, perception is expanded, and their emotional experience will become richer and richer; Participating in it can let them express their emotions, exercise, cultivate their self-confidence, enrich their imagination, promote their intelligence, cultivate their minds, cultivate their lively, enthusiastic and cheerful personality and dance out their own temperament.

At present, popular, alternative campus culture and spirit, popular view of language, advanced view of consumption and emotional view of overdraft can be seen everywhere in colleges and universities, which greatly affects college students' value choice, personality shaping, way of thinking, moral concepts and behavioral norms. As far as dance is concerned, college students generally like sexy jazz, passionate Latin dance or free street dance, which are regarded as fashion hobbies and highly respected. There are various street dance clubs and social dance clubs in universities, which are quite popular. Encourage college students? Ha Han? 、? Harry. The atmosphere, fast-paced dance movements and warm music make college students more impetuous and unable to calm down. College students are in their youth, which is the most vigorous, energetic and active period. Without correct spiritual support, they will lose their way forward, and some will even indulge in vulgar tastes. Cultivating college students' interest in national dance, introducing national culture and leading them to experience the beauty of national dance can increase their sense of national identity and national pride, improve their ideological understanding, ignite the fireworks in students' hearts and cause great invisibility. Therefore, improving college students' interest in national dance is not only conducive to the inheritance of national culture, but also a sublimation of patriotic education.

Second, how to cultivate college students' interest in folk dance

? Elegant art into the campus? The slogan of "China Folk Dance" has been shouted for many years, and major art groups have also made achievements in campus tours. College students can be influenced by elegant art through these activities. At the same time, folk dance, as a local art type, attracts many non-art majors? Earth? Label, so how should we cultivate college students' interest in folk dance?

(A) a correct understanding of students' attitude towards national dance, to stimulate interest.

Interest is the best teacher and the intrinsic motivation of students' active learning. Only when students are interested in folk dance will they take the initiative to learn. To cultivate college students' interest in folk dance, we must first understand their attitude towards folk dance and what kind of image folk dance is in college students' minds.

Through investigation, what is the first feeling of many college students when they talk about folk dance? Earth? Some people say that all folk dances are performed by aunts in the square. Some people think that it is too difficult to learn folk dance, and it needs profound basic skills. However, they are old and have missed the best stage of learning. Even if they are interested now, it is difficult for them to learn well. In fact, these concepts are somewhat different from the facts.

First of all, the movements and rhythms of national dances have distinct regional characteristics, which are closely related to the different living environments and habits of ethnic minorities. Dances of all ethnic groups do not come out of thin air. They contain profound cultural connotations and also reflect the spirit and worship of all ethnic groups. Secondly, not all national dances require dancers to have profound basic skills. More importantly, by understanding the living environment and habits of ethnic minorities, we can learn how to grasp the different rhythms of different ethnic groups, coordinate our body expression and achieve the purpose of emotional expression. Practicing folk dance can also make our body and posture get good exercise, enhance physical strength and cultivate good temperament. Group dance performance can also enhance the communication between classmates and friends and cultivate our self-confidence and cheerful personality.

(2) Strengthen the introduction of national customs and humanities, and deepen students' understanding of different nationalities.

National dance, as its name implies, is a unique dance of all nationalities in the world. In China, national dance has two concepts: broad sense and narrow sense. In a broad sense, it refers to the overall dance of the Chinese nation; In a narrow sense, it refers to the unique dances of 56 ethnic groups in China. Here, the narrow national dance is the specific content of the broad national dance: the broad national dance covers all aspects of the narrow national dance. We usually use a broad concept.

The 56 ethnic groups in China are like 56 gorgeous flowers, with 56 unique glories. Different nationalities have great differences in climate, environment, geography and customs. The dance culture of all ethnic groups conforms to their different aesthetic habits, experiences and ideals. The law of beauty? 、? The law of beauty? After a long process of evolution, all ethnic groups finally formed different dance styles.

The dance styles of different nationalities are similar or different, but they all have unique national customs and reflect profound humanistic thoughts. To cultivate college students' interest in national dance, we must first have a good introduction to the origin of national customs and action rhythm, such as Uygur. Smell grapes? , Tibetan? Back water? , wear? Swimming? , Miao? Turn right? And so on, these are closely related to their local geographical environment and people's living habits. As the oldest art, dance is closely related to people's lives. It is very important to improve interest and visualization in teaching. You can let them know about national culture, watch some good national dance videos, and then end with what kind of life scenes some actions come from, and guide students to think positively by asking questions, such as reminding people of the national dances they have seen before and which nationality they belong to. Which action shows what kind of life scene, which action comes from life and so on. Benign interaction can enliven the classroom, and also allow students to participate in it, correctly understand the national dance, and personally experience the unique charm of the national dance.

(C) cultural import and practical operation in parallel

As an ancient art, dance has been handed down through oral teaching since ancient times. In the spread of ancient primitive folk dance art, performers of folk dance art will directly spread to the audience, but in today's mass media era, folk dance art information is often spread to the audience through various channels, rather than directly facing the audience. With the development and application of science and technology, the spread of Chinese folk dance art has been greatly influenced, and the way of communication has also undergone unimaginable changes. In the development process of Chinese folk dance art, there are both direct communication and indirect communication. However, due to the limitations of indirect communication, today's folk dance art communication is gradually returning to the stage of direct communication.

To cultivate college students' interest in folk dance, we should not tell them the charm of folk dance and the national culture it shows, nor let them enjoy it only through multimedia, but let them participate in it and dance with music with strong national characteristics. Setting up national dance clubs in universities, with teachers leading students to arrange some national dances, experiencing different aesthetic feelings of different national dances, participating in various evening parties and activities in schools, and showing themselves on the stage are also conducive to improving the psychological quality of college students, so that they can express themselves confidently in future life occasions without stage fright.

(D) Flexible use of teaching methods, pay attention to emotional training

Teaching method is a reliable guarantee for carrying out teaching ideas and implementing teaching contents. The teaching method of national dance teaching should also be used flexibly, instead of blindly explaining, requiring students to imitate actions and paying attention to the cultivation of interest, so that they can learn actively without teachers in the future.

First, what? Heuristic? Teaching.

Dance art is a creative activity, which emphasizes creative thinking. We should open the door of students' wisdom, find the key to creativity, and emphasize artistic feeling and understanding. In the teaching and arrangement of folk dance, students should be encouraged to create themselves, dare to express their feelings and ideas through their bodies, arrange impromptu performances with music appropriately, and ask students to really discover? Self? .

The second is individual teaching. Whether it is a group class or a remedial class, we should teach students in accordance with their aptitude, give full play to students' artistic personality, and foster strengths and avoid weaknesses.

Third, strengthen independent learning, go out of the classroom, and combine with social and folk dance performances and activities. Let students find the soul of dance in practice and arrange some tasks after class, so that students can make full use of network resources to appreciate excellent works and understand national culture.