Modern dance is a dance genre that rose in Europe and America at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century. So, what kinds of modern dance are there? Below I bring you some related contents about modern dance categories, hoping to help you.
According to the characteristics of dance:
First, professional dance
Classical Dance Ballet National Dance National Dance Modern Dance Tap Dance Jazz Dance
Second, the international standard ballroom dancing:
1, Latin dance (rumba, samba, cha-cha, bullfighting, cowboy);
2. Modern dance (waltz, Viennese waltz, tango, trot, foxtrot);
Third, fashion dance.
Disco, rave, hip hop, Barbara, cheerleading, hot dance, strong dance.
According to the form of dance:
Solo, duet, threesome, group dance, group dance, song and dance, musical, dance drama, etc.
solo dance
A themed dance performed by a person is often used to directly express the thoughts and feelings of the characters and reveal their inner world.
provincial drama newly evolved from the song-and-dance duet
Performed by two people to complete a theme dance together. It is often used to directly express the communication between characters' thoughts and feelings, and to show the relationship between characters.
Threesome dance
Three people perform a dance with a theme. 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.
Collective 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.
collective dance
A relatively large dance work consisting of several dances. Every dance is relatively independent, but it is unified in a common theme and a complete artistic conception.
singing and dancing
It is a form of artistic performance combining song and dance. 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
It is a comprehensive performance form which uses song and dance as the main artistic expression means to express the drama content.
Dance drama takes dance as the main artistic expression means, and combines music and stage art (clothing, scenery, lighting, props) to express dance works with certain dramatic content.
Expand: popularize modern dance knowledge
With the end of midsummer, Beijing Dance Biweekly, the largest modern dance activity in China, came to a successful conclusion. More than 300 modern dancers from all over the country and around the world ended their two-week feast.
Cao Chengyuan, the planner, finally had a good sleep. After that, he reviewed all kinds of problems and difficulties in the activity on his blog and lamented that there was no danger. "God doesn't care about the biggest modern dance in China."
It has been 20 years since 1992 when the first professional modern dance company, Guangdong Experimental Modern Dance Company, appeared in Chinese mainland. 1987 Up to now, it has been 25 years since the birth of the first modern dance professional class in China, the Guangdong Dance School Modern Dance College Class. Earlier, Wu Xiaobang, a famous dancer, studied abroad in 1930s and was influenced by the western modern dance trend, which has been nearly 70 years. After returning to China, he created influential modern dances such as March of the Volunteers and advocated "new dance". Back in the late Qing Dynasty, Yu Rongling, the daughter of the Foreign Minister, studied modern dance with isadora duncan, the American dancer and the "mother of modern dance". After returning to China, she became a female official and court dancer of Cixi, and was regarded as the first dancer in China who studied modern dance from the west and returned to China to perform. It's been over a hundred years. ...
When did it start? The silent development of the dance art called "modern dance" in China is known and mentioned by more and more people, and the footsteps of modern dancers are getting louder and louder.
Three questions about the essence of modern dance
"When you first started dancing modern dance, you were often asked to dance. What do you usually do? Do you dance in a nightclub? At that time, for them, the performance called modern dance on the stage was a non-existent concept. " Cao Chengyuan said.
This situation has been greatly improved. To quote Fang Meiang, who came to China from the United States ten years ago to inspect the development of modern dance and stayed here, referring to modern dance, "10 years ago, they asked me if I was a disco dancer, and now many young people are talking to me about Bosch in Pi Na."
Although people are familiar with the word "modern dance", there are still many specious misunderstandings about what it is and what it is all about.
In his blog and every interview, Cao Chengyuan always takes pains to explain several questions repeatedly, trying to help solve some myths that are contrary to the essence of modern dance.
First, modern dance is not imported. China modern dance is not a vassal of western modern dance.
Cao Chengyuan remembers that when he first came to the mainland to promote modern dance, he was often asked with a frown: "Why do we China people learn western dance?" He replied: "We are not learning from the West, we are just saying our own words."
Although modern dance, as a dance genre, originated in the West in the early 20th century, and is often regarded as pure western art, represented by isadora duncan and other dancers who rebel against classical ballet and pursue free expression, Cao Chengyuan pointed out that as an ideology of body art, modern dance pursues individuality and freedom in the same strain as Taoist culture, and now, its development in China is also an inevitable product of the times. "After the reform and opening up,
"Dance is divided into tradition and modernity, and every nation in every country has its own modernity." Cao Chengyuan emphasized that "modern dance is an expression of modern people. Its essence is people-oriented and emphasizes individuality. This is not a regional thing. "
Second, don't pursue the so-called modern dance with China characteristics.
"We were asked to emphasize the characteristics of China and distinguish it from westerners when doing modern dance. Someone asked me what are the characteristics of modern dance in China? Asking such a question shows that the concept of modern dance is still unclear. "
Cao Chengyuan believes that if we understand the pursuit of individuality in modern dance and reflect on the essence of tradition, we will understand that we cannot simply apply the framework of region, country or nation to analyze it. If modern dance has commonness and tradition, then its only commonness is individuality, and the only tradition is to abandon tradition.
"When modern dance spreads to different regions, modern dancers in each place will make different sounds for everyone slowly or suddenly according to the degree of modernization of the local society." Cao Chengyuan said.
Third, modern dance is always a minority art.
"Does modern dance have an audience? How to make more people accept modern dance? " Cao Chengyuan said that this is another old question that has been raised for decades, including someone who has participated in several modern dance activities and came to tell him that many people should watch modern dance and should do marketing as soon as possible. "They don't quite understand that modern dance is a very personal minority art."
He compared the form of culture to a pyramid. The most popular culture is at the bottom with the largest number of people, and modern art such as modern dance is at the top with the smallest number of people. "You know your art is a minority, so you are very calm. We know exactly how many viewers we have. For example, in Hong Kong, the City Contemporary Dance Company has been established for more than 30 years, with an audience of about 1 000. So in the 600-seat grand theater, we play two games, and in the 400-seat small theater, we play three or four games. "
He has no intention of popularizing modern dance into mainstream art, and thinks that the value of art does not depend on the number of audiences.
As a minority art, what modern dance needs most is a group of people who love and persist, and these people need a platform for gathering and communication.
From 65438 to 0999, after Venus left Beijing Modern Dance Company, Cao Chengyuan took over as artistic director. Feeling the general misunderstanding of modern dance at that time and the confusion in the company, Cao Chengyuan launched the first "Beijing Modern Dance Week" within two months of taking office, with the original intention of creating a platform to promote modern dance. This activity later evolved into Guangdong Modern Dance Week and Beijing Dance Biweekly, and became one of the most important modern dance exchange platforms in China. To some extent, its development is like a clue, which reflects the development pattern of modern dance art in China.
1999 There are only three programs in the first Beijing Modern Dance Week: Beijing Modern Dance Company, Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company and the graduating class of Beijing Dance Academy. Recalling the bleak business at that time, Cao Chengyuan said with a smile: "It is so difficult to sell tickets!"
In 2004, Cao Chengyuan was invited to return to Guangzhou to take charge of the original Guangdong Experimental Modern Dance Company, later renamed Guangdong Modern Dance Company, and then moved the Modern Dance Week to Guangzhou to establish "Guangdong Modern Dance Week". Since 2005, Beijing has changed to hold "Beijing Modern Dance Exhibition Week".
"It was a little hard when I first moved to Guangzhou, but I can stick to it slowly. In the fourth year of 2007, I suddenly felt that many people were paying attention. Every performance is very lively. There were no scalpers before, and now I am waiting at the door early. " Now, Guangdong Modern Dance Week has become a cultural brand in Guangdong Province.
As a communication platform, Modern Dance Week has also opened a new chapter. 20 12 years, after several years' accumulation, Cao Chengyuan decided to move the contents of July Modern Dance Week back to Beijing in the name of Beijing Dance Biweekly, and set the time of Guangdong Modern Dance Week as 1 1, and changed the content from domestic modern dance performance to international modern dance exchange market, inviting international art festival planners and domestic high-level performance teams to participate.
The American Oberlin Dance Company appeared in the first Beijing Modern Dance Biweekly.
The just-concluded Beijing Dance Biweekly continues the success of Guangdong Modern Dance Week. "There are a lot more people attending the activities now than at the beginning, and you will know that this is progress, not more and more hopeless." Cao Chengyuan said.
The dancer's footsteps in the dark, the young body running, jumping and rolling under the light beam, are profound and vivid, humorous and obscure … Every time the lights are on, you can't predict what will happen.
Applause and cheers came and went. When the young dancer took the curtain call, she touched the instep with her hand and bowed deeply. After the performance, the students who walked out of the theater asked their teacher, "Teacher, how did we dance?" "Great!" "That's great, right? I also think we are great! "
On the tight schedule, someone fell asleep during the performance; At one or two in the morning, dancers from all over the world sat together to exchange puzzles and share experiences. ...
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