Differences between China Dance and Folk Dance

The difference between China dance and folk dance: Folk dance is a branch of China dance. China dance is divided into classical dance, national dance and modern dance.

1, China dance, as a category of China dance art, is a classical style dance with certain demonstration significance, which has been refined, sorted, processed and created by professional workers in past dynasties and passed down through long-term artistic practice.

2. National dance generally refers to a dance form that originated from and spread among the people, is restricted by folk culture, improvises but has a relatively stable style, and takes self-entertainment as its main function. Folk dance has the characteristics of simplicity, various forms, rich content and vivid image. It has always been an indispensable source of materials for classical dance, folk dance, palace dance and professional dance creation in various countries.

National folk dance contains the traditional dances of all ethnic groups and has a long history of development. Mongolian, Dai, Korean, Xinjiang, Tibetan, etc., are not only the dances of ethnic minorities, but also the yangko of Han nationality belongs to folk dances. Yang li Ping's dance drama Yunnan Image is a large-scale collection of ethnic and folk dances.