How to construct the theme of dance choreography

(1) Theme and theme: What is the theme? What central idea the creator wants to express through a dance work is the theme (or theme idea) of the work.

Use specific things and life scenes to hint at this theme. This specific material is the "theme".

"Theme" is the focus and theme of the work.

A theme is the material that describes the theme in detail.

In dance creation, you can determine the theme first and then choose the theme.

(2) How to choose a theme:

1 What's the theme? It means that the director dissects, selects and processes various rich and complicated life phenomena through in-depth observation and experience, and forms the focus of the work, which is also the most basic identity of the work.

2 material selection style: there are two kinds: direct and borrowing.

Direct is what you see, hear and see around you.

Borrow themes such as history, myths, fables, fairy tales and paintings.

3 How to choose materials for dance: To grasp the supernormal law of dance art creation, we should study and analyze various phenomena in real life with the way of thinking in the dance image, and everything should follow the implied means of dance itself, not only to express * * * with body movements, but also to pay special attention to dynamic and rich themes.

When selecting materials, we should also pay attention to: action, which is what we call "dancing materials"

Lyrical, the theme should be pregnant with profound power.

The straightforward beauty must be presented on the stage at this moment, so that the unsightly audience can directly see or hear it (for example, the past and the future can be ignored, and flashbacks can be used).

(3) Conception of the script (the text structure of dance and music) aims at highlighting the theme, generalizing and refining the "theme" and conceiving the artistic structure of dance. This is the "script" of dance, and the script is the foothold of the work.

How to construct dance script is particularly important in the creation of dance drama. Speaking of the structure of ballet, in short, the structure of ballet can be divided into:

1 Introduction or prologue: It is a challenge for the times, the situation and the characters.

2 Opening: The beginning of the plot conflict should be glamorous and fascinating.

3 growth: the process of opening the plot, which is a big space, needs ups and downs and turns to be wonderful.

4 climax: it is the peak of the contradiction growth of the whole drama, which should cause the strongest induced infection of ugly audiences.

5 Ending: The knot of plot growth is not beautiful, it should reveal the theme most clearly and arrogantly.