Why social life is the source of dance creation

Dance is one of the oldest arts. As early as ancient times, our ancestors used to "dance with their hands and feet" to express their most exciting thoughts and emotions. At that time, dance permeated almost all areas of human society: labor, hunting, war, rituals, entertainment and sex. Therefore, dance is a social phenomenon, and like other arts, it is a special social and cultural form and ideology. As one of the spiritual life, song and dance corresponded to the level of material production of the society at that time. For example, the "Ganqi Dance", which expresses battle life and drill life in ancient times, and the "Guerrilla March", which expresses battle life and drill life in modern works, are real and typical reflections of battle life in different historical periods. The "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", which expresses love life, and the "Lotus Dance", which expresses natural plants, are metaphors for "coming out of the silt and not being stained", which expresses purity, serenity and pure beauty. All of them have a close connection with people's lives, reflecting people's thoughts and feelings, ideals and aspirations, and reflecting social life. In short, social life is the source of dance creation, dance works are the image of social life.