The difference between modern and contemporary dance

I. Nature:

1. Modern Dance:

It is a school of dance that emerged in the West at the beginning of the 20th century in opposition to classical ballet.

2. Contemporary Dance:

It refers to the creation and performance of widely absorbed but eclectic use of traditional Chinese dance materials and foreign artistic materials.

2. Characteristics:

1. Modern Dance:

The main aesthetic point of view is to oppose the formalist tendency of classical ballet which is conformist, detached from real life and purely pursuing techniques.

2. Contemporary Dance:

The works of this dance genre pursue distinctive artistic images and rich national aesthetic interests, reflecting China's contemporary hot social life and the spirit of the times.

Expanded Information

According to the development of modern dance, it can be divided into several basic stages, such as the foundation period in the early twentieth century, the development period, the new vanguard period, and the post-modern dance theater period. In different periods, different styles and genres were formed due to the differences in artistic ideas, value orientation, creative styles and performance training techniques.

Chinese "contemporary dance", as an important type of Chinese dance, is a dance creation and performance after the 1950s, which distinctly points to the emotional state of Chinese people's contemporary life in the choice of works, and adopts an eclectic approach to the dance elements in Chinese opera dance, ballet, and Western modern dance. Contemporary Dance "Contemporary dance" is one of the most important types of Chinese dance

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