What is artistic conception? The famous dancer Jia Zuoguang elaborated on this point of view very insightfully: Artistic conception is the blend of scenery and emotion, the perfect combination of objective scenery and subjective meaning. ?Here, it contains two aspects: ?idea?, like a poem; ?scape?, like a painting. ?Image? is the subjective thoughts and emotions expressed by the artist in the images he creates, and the image is the basis of artistic conception. Dance is an art that pays great attention to artistic conception and formality. It conveys emotions and expresses emotions through the intuitive, perceptible, aesthetically valuable and dynamic human body. If these dynamics are not vivid, changeable, novel, beautiful, and plain, then the value of the independent existence of this art will be lost. Therefore, only by infusing the creator's subjective emotions into dance and organically unifying form and spirit, emotion and scene can we create a beautiful artistic conception.
Every excellent dance work strives for beautiful artistic conception. Dance mainly relies on movements, postures, steps and the rhythm of the entire body to express emotions and artistic conception. The reason why people watch "Swan Lake" over and over again is that they are attracted by the artistic charm of this dance drama. It is those beautiful and moving dance images, colorful body language, beautiful music melodies, and magnificent stage design, and the artistic beauty produced by the complete and harmonious combination of various artistic factors that attract thousands of people. Thousands of people make its artistic charm last forever. Therefore, in dance, the beauty of artistic conception is the soul of dance.
How can we create artistic conception in dance works? We say that the artistic conception is like a poem or a painting. Therefore, it should be as passionate and contrasting as a poem; like a painting, it should focus on spiritual resemblance and not seek verisimilitude or portraiture. Strive to use generalization, exaggeration, even abstraction and other techniques to express the temperament, spirit and author's emotions of the object. If it is too real, there will be no artistic conception. The group dance "Lotus Ode" expresses the artistic conception of lotus emerging from the mud but not stained; "Loess Yellow" expresses the ruggedness, unrestrainedness and desire for life of the people on the Loess Plateau, which is shocking and inspiring.
The artistic conception of dance is expressed through various artistic means. The depth and shallowness of the theme, modeling methods, including movements (dance vocabulary), posture modeling, techniques, etc. It is an important factor in creating beautiful artistic conception. The men's group dance "The Man Who Beats Meat Swallows" refines commonplace things and sublimates them into stage art. Here, the choreographer uses a towel as a prop and waves it up and down. The rhythm goes from slow to fast, and all the emotions of the characters are vividly expressed with the help of this small prop. The image vividly expresses the unique living customs of Rongcheng people. It reminds me of the sound of the man hunting for meat deep in the alley and the happy and satisfied smile when he harvests. In addition, the colors, shapes, and sounds (music) on the stage are also indispensable artistic means for creating artistic conception. Red has vitality and can arouse people's warm and exciting emotions; green is the color of nature itself, symbolizing beauty and peace; white is bright and pure, seeming to be cold; black is deep and solemn, making people solemn... Various colors have different characteristics and can evoke rich associations in people.
Shape is also one of the means of forming artistic conception. Dance creates images in movement. Since it is movement, there will be a direction and trajectory of movement. These are the lines of dance. Various line graphics evoke different emotional responses. But it corresponds to certain emotions. For example, horizontal lines give people stability and tranquility; vertical lines give people a sense of direct pressure; diagonal lines seem to have a bright future; and curves, wavy lines, etc. give people a feeling of gentleness, softness, and variety. For example, the group dance "Stream, River, Sea" uses changes in lines to express an artistic conception from a trickle to the river and the sea.
Sound (music) is also one of the forms of creating artistic conception. Dance moves are rhythmic movements. Therefore, the melody, rhythm and style of dance music will have a great impact on the composition of dance artistic conception.