Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - There are many kinds of dances in China. What kinds of China dances are there?

There are many kinds of dances in China. What kinds of China dances are there?

First, professional dance

Classical dance: Classical dance is based on traditional folk dance, refined, sorted, processed and created by professional workers in past dynasties, and passed down through long-term artistic practice. It is considered to have certain demonstration significance and classical style characteristics. Generally speaking, classical dance has strict procedures, standardized movements and relatively superb skills.

National dance: refers to a dance form that is produced and spread among the people, restricted by folk culture, improvised but relatively stable in style, with self-entertainment as its main function. National folk dance is a multi-level concept and flexible interface, which can accommodate various degrees of processing. Folk dance is the symbol of a nation and the soul of a country.

Folk dance: generally refers to a dance form which is produced and spread among the people, restricted by folk culture, improvised but relatively stable in style, and takes self-entertainment as its main function. Folk dances in different regions, countries and nationalities are influenced by living environment, customs, lifestyle, national character, cultural traditions, religious beliefs and other factors, as well as the physiological conditions such as the age and gender of performers, and there are obvious differences in performance skills and styles.

Ballet: European classical dance, transliterated from French ballet. Ballet was born in the Italian Renaissance. It became popular in France in the second half of the17th century and gradually became professional. It became popular all over the world through continuous innovation. One of the most important characteristics of ballet is that the toes of the actors point to the ground during the performance, so it is also called toe dance. Representative works include Swan Lake, Fairy and Nutcracker.

Modern dance: it is a dance school that rose in the west in the early 20th century, as opposed to classical ballet. Its main aesthetic point of view is to oppose the formalism tendency of classical ballet, which is conformist and divorced from the phenomenon-single life and pure pursuit of skills. It advocates getting rid of the rigid movement procedure of classical ballet, freely expressing people's true feelings with dance movements that conform to the laws of natural movement, and emphasizes that dance art should reflect modern social life.

Second, international standard ballroom dancing

Latin dance: Latin dance is also called Latin style dance or free ballroom dance. Latin dance is a popular folk dance, which is characterized by being casual, casual and relaxed, and there is a lot of room for free play. It is a warm, romantic, energetic and fiery artistic expression with distinctive characteristics formed by Latin American people in the long history. It is deeply loved by Latin American people and has become an indispensable part of their lives. International standard Latin dance is standardized, strict and standard. It is a professional competitive dance based on Latin dance, including rumba, cha-cha, swing dance, samba and bullfighting.

Modern dance: Modern dance is a group of sports dance competitions. Athletes and men participating in the competition should wear tuxedos, modern dance costumes and bow ties, and women should wear long skirts and formal hairstyles at banquets. This project group includes five projects: waltz, Viennese waltz, tango, foxtrot and quickstep. During the competition, the referee does not score each pair of athletes, but only determines the winning order, and finally wins according to the top three in the overall ranking. There are five modern dances: waltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep and Viennese waltz.

Third, fashion dance.

Disco):Disco, originally meaning record dance, originally refers to the music that black people dance in nightclubs according to recordings. In the 1970s, it became a general term for virtually any new dance music. Compared with rock and roll, it is characterized by strong, indifferent, metronome-like 4/4 beat and simple lyrics and tunes. It rose in the 1960s and 1970s, became popular in American black communities and Latin American lower classes, and soon became popular all over the world. Disco music alternately and repeatedly induces the internal rhythm impulse of human body with exaggerated strength, and the dance steps are more free, which can be played according to personality. When men and women dance, there is little physical contact and their movements are not exactly the same.

Rave: In the 1980s, a group of young people set up DJ tables in warehouses, garages, seaside suburbs and other empty places, and then found some DJs to play songs and hold their own private parties. It was also sour at that time.

When House broke out, MDMA, acid and other drugs were used by young people at that time, and a huge emerging force burned from the underground subculture, which was the post-acid house.

The rave revolution; Originated from underground development, it has now become the mainstream commercial market, which has influenced the dressing, thinking and lifestyle of young people in the 1990s. The new music type "electronic music" leading this trend suddenly became another avant-garde music type in the 20th century. Going to clubs has also become the most popular activity for young people besides watching movies and shopping for dinner.

Street dance: Street dance (English: Hip

Hop, day: ヒップホップ) originated in sub-Saharan Africa and is the product of the development of jazz dance in the 1990s. Its movements are composed of various walks, runs and jumps, and through the flexion and extension of joints such as head, neck, shoulders, upper limbs and trunk. Introduced to China in 1980s, it gradually spread as an active way of fitness communication.

According to the form of dance, it can be divided into solo, duet, threesome, group dance, group dance, song and dance, musical and dance drama.