The Artistic Features of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera

Dance action is a special performing means and core art that distinguishes Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera from other song and dance operas. It is a special folk song and dance form between song and dance or national song and dance. After thousands of years of artistic inheritance practice, a song and dance performance style with the basic characteristics of "trilogy" and "butterfly fan" has been formed. Three steps "three steps" is called one step. The characteristic of the step is based on the "cross step", that is, the four points of the "cross" shape are the positioning points of the foothold. It is both similar and different from yangko. The step point is that the left foot starts to the front and upper part of the right foot, the heel touches the ground first to make a bump, the forefoot becomes "two bumps", and the toes start to make three bumps, bumping within one beat. Take your right foot forward, or three times. On the third beat, the left foot is closed to the left and will bounce again. On the fourth beat, put your right foot back in its original position. Continuous, step by step, showing volley. Dance fan is a typical representative prop of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera. Without a fan, it can't be Zuo Quan Floret Opera, so some people call it "Fan Dance". The skills and changes of the dance fan determine the artistic characteristics. Zuo Quan people also call it "Fan Power". With the fan shaft as the center, twist 180 degrees, 2 10 degrees, 270 degrees, or even 360 degrees. The angle and frequency determine the artistic effect of fan flowers. One-handed dance fan: There are nearly 30 methods for right-handed dance fans, such as butterfly fan, vertical fan, combined fan, opening fan, floating fan, knocking fan, end fan, pushing fan, driving fan, piercing fan, big stroke and small stroke. Two-handed dance fan: hold the fan with both hands, and the two fans will bloom endlessly. There are cloud-pushing fans, cloud-pulling fans, wave-turning fans, sea-exploring fans, wind-swinging fans, big cloud hand, small cloud hand, flower arrangement, big flowering, small flowering, sunrise fan, sunshade fan and so on. Basic Action The basic "action" of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera organically combines dance steps with dance fans, and has strict requirements on opponents, eyes, figure and dance steps. The action of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera is the song and dance vocabulary of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera. The book "Little Flower Opera in Zuo Quan" mentioned a lot of dance vocabulary of little flower opera, such as combing hair, looking in the mirror, looking at flowers, chasing the moon with colorful clouds, playing with pearls with dragons and so on. , are the products of the organic combination of fan power and gait, and there are more than 100. In traditional small flower drama, action is the language of dance, and action shows personality and image characteristics. Therefore, the action requirements for the hero and heroine are strictly defined. The male host is generous, sharp and capable, and the female host is delicate, gentle and graceful. Dance is the result of the change of dance movements in Zuo Quan's operas. Have a clear positioning of opponents, eyes, body, methods and steps, and express the cultural connotation of the established plot. Action is a process, not a change, but a result. It comes from the process and expresses a complete "vocabulary" that is, "representation". It often appears at the end of a sentence or at the key point of plot development. From dance steps, fan steps, movements, and finally the formation of "modeling" is a complete expression process of Zuo Quan's opera dance vocabulary. The action difference between it and Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera is that the action is repetitive and changing, and it dances according to a certain rhythm; However, the binding posture is a definite fixed posture given by the change of dance posture, which is static. Iron stones usually stop at the end of phrases, and some of them have to be extended to four beats, which is a full display of the inner dance of characters. Zuo Quan's small flower drama Tashi has single, double and multi-player; There is also the potential of the group. A person's potential is very rich, such as: looking forward to her husband, looking forward to his return, wearing clothes, being ashamed, cheating, being as independent as a rooster, being as proud as a peacock, the prodigal son returning, flying in the sky, spreading his wings in the air, rejuvenating his hands and saving his life. The "tie" of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera is the result of the combination of dance steps, dance fans and dances, which is rich and colorful. Due to the ever-changing dance steps of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera, the movements are varied and not unique. The dynamic characteristics of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera are: knees tremble when jumping three times, fluctuating like waves, swinging lightly and dexterously, arms twisting round, colorful fans flying like butterflies, and the charm moving at will.

Light and cheerful lower body movement rhythm

"Three Steps" is the most representative movement rhythm of the lower body in Xiaohua Opera Dance, which includes basic elements such as trembling, jumping and pedaling, with emphasis on the rhythm of the knee joint and ankle joint. Every time you get out of your leg and close your foot, you will have corresponding breathing and stretching. The whole step should be actively pushed from the soles of the feet, ankles and knees, and slowly dropped. At the same time, it is necessary to cooperate with the difficult coordination of the backward leg lift, and then slowly slide out of the heel. With the bumpy elasticity, the knees bend and stretch rhythmically, making the whole body form obviously ups and downs, like a boat in the waves, carefree and free. This dance step is unique in Han folk dance, which enriches the content of Han folk dance step and has unique training value.

Stretch the beautiful upper body dance.

"Flower-twisting" is the main part of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera, which is more difficult than ordinary yangko, so it is called "Flower-twisting Opera" by the people. Coupled with body dances such as twisting waist, shaking head, round arm, turning shoulders and twisting waist, three bends, the dance characteristics of Xiaohua Opera are stretched, rich, simple and handsome. Among them, I think the "three bends" posture is the most distinctive. It forms an "S" posture with the upper body, buttocks and knees, and is smart and lovely with various brisk steps under the feet, which just reflects the femininity and cleverness of women. There are more than 50 dance forms of Xiaohua Opera, many of which have a strong sense of image. There are Magpie Climbing Plum Blossoms, Looking Back at the Moon, Yuanyang Playing in the Water, Xiaoyan Spreading her Wings, and Golden Rooster Independence for women, while there are riding a horse and squatting in the crotch, Phoenix Spreading its Wings, Pulling the Sea and Bow and Arrow for men. Now, many popular dance moves have also been absorbed into the dance of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera, making Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera more energetic.

Dance and the use of variable props

The dance of Zuo Quan Xiaohua Opera adopts the characteristic props of two-color fans. Various application techniques of color fans are called fanning. There are more than 50 kinds of fan flowers, among which "butterfly fan", "scattered fan", "knocking fan", "ten thousand fan", "big and small fan" and "rotating fan" are the main ones. These fan flowers are very unique, different from other Han folk dances, and have good training value. In particular, the unique "butterfly fan" requires the performer to hold the fan with both hands and use the elbow to drive the swing arm. At the same time, both hands quickly rotate the fan flower around the wrist, making the fan flower fly up and down, giving people the feeling of butterflies flying, so it is called "butterfly fan" Fan is a universal prop of Xiaohua Opera, which can be transformed into various daily necessities in the hands of actors, and it is also an important tool to express thoughts and feelings. The fan method of opening, closing, rotating, moving, static, fast and slow conveys the joys and sorrows of dance.

Simple and enthusiastic performance style

In the long historical development process, Zuo Quan's operas have experienced different periods of baptism, and at the same time, they have created their performance style that keeps pace with the times. Whether it is aggressive little flower drama in the war years or relaxed and happy little flower drama in the peace years, it has its unique expressive force and appeal. In the emotional expression, sometimes passionate, sometimes quiet and restrained, in the dance rhythm implicit and simple, but in the fan flower props and emotional expression passionate. This requires an actor not only to have a harmonious and beautiful body, but also to have a full state of emotional expression. Many classic plays of Xiaohua Opera have a certain drama color, so it is necessary to express the contradictions and conflicts of drama from the plot and character. There is dance in the song, and there is drama in the dance, and song, dance and drama are closely combined.