{ The artistic relationship between dance and music }

Dance has formed the closest connection with music since it came into being. Dance cannot be separated from music, and music occupies a very important position in dance art. In the general concept of dance art, music has become an inseparable and important part.

First, dance and music

The close relationship between dance and music is fundamentally that dance is inseparable from music, and dance is always displayed with the accompaniment of music. Dance and music exist, there is no dance without music. The original dance is accompanied by beat or singing. In the "Music Records and Music Images", it is said: "Poetry, expressing its will, singing, chanting its voice and dancing its capacity are all based on the heart, and then the instrument follows it." In the preface to Mao's poems in the Han dynasty, this truth was also said: "Be determined by your heart and speak as a poem; Emotion moves in the middle and forms in words, which is insufficient, so it is lamented; The lack of lamentation, so singing; The lack of singing is not the same as the dance of hands. " There is even a saying in the dance world: "Music is the soul of dance, and dance is the echo of music." Zahanov, a famous choreographer and dance theorist in the former Soviet Union, also said: "Music-this is the soul of dance. Music contains and determines the structure, characteristics and temperament of dance. "

Wu Xiaobang, a dancer from China, has proved it in both theory and practice. He believes: "Any dance must be expressed through music in its artistic image, so that its' meaning' can be fully expressed." He also publicly claimed that he had "gained the image of dance" from March of the Volunteers, and he also pointed out that "it is an unaccompanied dance. Although there is no sound, he also has a rhythmic movement from silence, which will make people feel that silence is better than sound." Although some dancers strive to create works without music accompaniment in order to emphasize the independence of dance art. However, instead of music accompaniment, we still use walking and kicking, and use foot bells and hand bells to make rhythmic sound with the movement of the body. Broadly speaking, this rhythmic sound is the basic factor of music. China's dancer Wang Manli and others directed the dance Silent Song, which shows Zhang Zhixin's fierce struggle in prison. It is a dance work without music accompaniment, but it is accompanied by sound effects such as wind, underwater sound, shackles and whipping. In fact, this kind of sound itself belongs to music in a broad sense, because it has rhythm, rhythm, pitch and timbre. In a word, dance and music cannot be separated.

second, the combination of dance and music

first of all, the similarity between dance and music is rhythm, which is the natural basis of their combination. Both dance and music have rhythm, and dance needs music to strengthen the sense of rhythm. The fundamental reason why primitive dance was combined with music from the beginning lies in rhythm. In a deeper sense, people's rhythmic movements naturally require music to cooperate, so all kinds of rhythmic collective labor in past dynasties have labor songs. Dance, as a free and rhythmic performance of emotional impulse, naturally needs the cooperation of music more. Of course, what can be combined with dance is not any music, but music with distinct rhythm. Music is originally combined with other arts, such as drama, movies, poetry, etc., but dance is the easiest and must be combined together, and the reason is that they have the same rhythm.

Secondly, the similarity between dance and music is lyricism. Both dance and music directly express feelings, and the expression of music is abstract, which will not overlap, contradict or interfere with the specific expression of dance, but can be seamlessly combined with dance.

Thirdly, both dance and music are displayed in the course of time. So that they can be synchronized and combined.

Third, the role of music in dance

(1) Cooperate with and help dance to express emotions, reflect personality and set off the atmosphere in the whole process

Dance needs the stimulation and strengthening of music. Without music, dancing is difficult to fully express feelings. Music has the characteristics of direct infiltration into people's hearts, and the appreciators often experience the feelings expressed in music as their own inner feelings. Dancers certainly have a deeper feeling and understanding of the music that is part of their works. This kind of feeling and understanding further stimulates the inner feelings, which are expressed through external body movements. Ulanova, an outstanding dancer, said in A Dancer's Self-report that she took understanding music as the "starting point" when she played Maria in The Fountain of Bakhti Salaj. She also said that good music is "indicating the expression and meaning of dance movements" to herself. Music can strengthen the emotional color of dance, help to understand the content of dance, and make dance more vivid and attractive. Music can directly touch the feelings of the audience, which is equivalent to adding an emotional bond between dance and the audience, making the audience closer to dance.

(2) Help organize dance movements

Dance creation should be carried out in contrast to music. Because dance and music have the same rhythm, rhythm and emotional content, and they are simultaneously displayed, they must be highly coordinated. Dance works are not designed with music after the action, but with music before the action design. There are two ways to adopt dance music, one is to use ready-made music, and the other is to create music for the theme and plot of the established dance. "Choreography according to music" is a common practice in dance. Zahanov said: "Composers write ballet music, …, while choreographers are excited by music and create dance works-ballet on the basis of music." "Of course, dancing is not just obeying music. First of all, dance should choose music, because not all music is suitable for dance. Secondly, if you create music for the specific dance works in your mind, you must obey the requirements put forward by the choreographer. In addition, the choreographer can also request to modify the music during the choreography.

Mr. Wu Zuqiang once said in the article "Musical Structure of Dance and Others": "The task of dance and music is to show what they are trying to express by creating vivid and convincing images. On the whole, the biggest feature of dance music should be to try their best to help shape and establish dance images, enrich dance images and strengthen the appeal of dance images." For example, the music of the folk dance "Stone Woman" depicts the typical character of Hui 'an women's diligence, simplicity and humiliation with strong Fujian local color and free and simple tone characteristics, which is memorable.

(3) In dance and ballet, it is responsible for explaining and showing the plot

For example, in the first paragraph of "Memories" of the dance drama "What a Strong Wind", the effect of music simulating the turbulent wind by electroacoustic changes from small to large, from far to near, bringing the audience into the atmosphere of the story to be told. In the third "symbol" of the dance, under the lead of suona shouting, accompanied by strong drums and cymbals, and the short and powerful performance of strings, the dance was pushed to a climax. Finally, the music blew with a gust of wind, as if to blow this moving story farther away and let more people be moved by it. The artistic charm is embodied here in the seamless integration of dance and music.

the combination of dance and music forms a complete dance art. Dance's movements and gestures are the most beautiful and touching among all things in the world. Combining with the most beautiful and beautiful sound, that is, music art, it will bring people a wonderful artistic enjoyment and thus produce social effects, which is a "match made in heaven".