Dance is an art that can cultivate people's temperament. There are many types of dance, and the types of dance are roughly divided into seven types, namely classical dance, ballet, folk dance, folk dance, modern dance, tap dance and jazz dance.

Let me introduce these seven dances in detail!

1. Classical dance:

Classical dance has been refined, sorted, processed and created by professional workers of all generations, and has been tested by artistic practice for a long period of time. What has been handed down is considered A dance with certain exemplary significance and classical style characteristics.

Many countries and nations in the world have their own unique styles of classical dance. Throughout the world, various countries have gradually accumulated and formed exemplary and unique dance styles in the long history of their own nation. style of traditional dance.

2. Ballet:

Ballet is a European classical dance. One of the most important features of ballet is that the actress points her toes when performing, so it is also called toe dance. Ballet uses music and dance techniques to perform dramatic plots.

The first relatively complete ballet in the history of ballet development - "The Queen's Comedy Ballet" was performed in 1581, when Lorraine's Miss Marguerite and Versailles (Versailles) The music score of this ballet is still preserved at the moment when Duke Yao Jusi got married. It can be regarded as the oldest ballet music.

3. National dance:

National dance is also called folk dance, which generally refers to dance that is produced and spread among the people, restricted by folk culture, improvised but with a relatively stable style, and for self-entertainment. Main function of dance form. Chinese folk dance is a branch of Chinese dance. It was founded in the early 1950s. It effectively inspects, collects, and organizes various ethnic dances scattered among the people, and then processes and recreates them.

4. Folk dance:

Folk dance originated from human working life. It is created and performed by the people to express the cultural traditions, living customs and people's spirit of a nation or region. It is a mass dance activity with unique style, so it is also called "local style dance".

Folk dances are mostly group dances that include singing and dancing. The dance movements are varied and each has its own ethnic and local characteristics. The contents of these dances include the hunting life, war experiences, totem beliefs and fertility worship of ancient primitive societies, as well as entertainment activities for people to express joy in various traditional festivals in modern life, and some incorporate various folk customs and sacrifices. , the legacy of ceremonial activities.

5. Modern dance:

Modern dance is a dance genre that emerged in the West in the early 20th century and is opposed to classical ballet. Its main aesthetic point of view is to oppose the formalist tendency of classical ballet to be conservative, divorced from real life and purely pursuing skills. It advocates getting rid of the constraints of the overly rigid movement routines of classical ballet and using dance movements that conform to the laws of natural movement to freely express people's true emotions, emphasizing that dance art should reflect modern social life.

6. Tap dance:

Tap dance is a modern dance style. North American colonies formed in the 1720s. At that time, Irish immigrants and African slaves brought their respective folk dances to the North American colonies, and gradually merged to form a new dance form.

This form of dance is relatively open and free, without many formal restrictions. The dancers do not focus on body movements, but on the complex techniques of striking the rhythm of their toes and heels. Tap dancing is performed at different speeds according to the rhythm of different dance music, and the tap shoes are mainly used to make a "tap tap tap tap" sound.

7. Jazz dance:

Jazz dance Jazz dance is a kind of personal improvisation full of vitality and creativity. It is a rapid and dynamic rhythmic dance. It is an extroverted dance, unlike the introverted dance shown in classical dance and ballet. Jazz dance was originally an extension of African dance. It was brought to the United States by black people who were sold as slaves, and gradually evolved into a localized and popular dance in the United States.

The above is an introduction to these seven types of dances. Which one do you like best? You can leave a message in the comment area to discuss together!