The difference between folk dance and classical dance?

1, skill requirements are different

Classical dance requires higher skill, and the softness of the actors is also higher.

Folk dances have different requirements due to the different types of dances, some of which require strong control over the instruments (such as the Mongolian Dance of the top bowl), and some of which require a better grasp of the body posture (such as the Dai Dance of the "three bends").

2. Different degrees of modeling

Classical dance has been shaped for a relatively short period of time, and although there is already a complete system, with the constant influx of new ideas, it is very variable.

Folk dance has a long history, and the dances of various ethnic groups are very different from each other, but the degree of modeling is very high.

3, dancers show a different emotional tone

Classical dancers on stage need more changes in mood, joy, sadness, dealing with feelings to be more delicate. A look, a smile should be quite in place.

The overall emotional tone of folk dance is high, lively, spirited, full of joy, without melancholy.

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p>In the early 1950s, under the government's strong encouragement and serious implementation, a large-scale "rescue heritage" work was carried out. Embodied in the field of dance, on the one hand, the effective investigation, collection and organization of folk dance, through processing - re-creation, to show its essence on the stage; on the other hand, the inheritance of opera dance, development, so that it is born into an independent dance art.

The dances naturally transmitted by various ethnic groups, especially those of a more technical nature, often concentrate their basic styles in the process of transmission on a number of representative artists, most of whom are peasants and can be called folk dancers, but they have long been in a low position, and even lived a life of hunger and displacement. Therefore, the "rescue of heritage" is also the rescue of folk artists with high skills, they themselves and their art have been respected as never before - unprecedented access to the hall of elegance.

This work is not a temporary expedient, but a long-term basic policy, which can also be said to be the continuation and development of the "Yan'an New Rice-planting Song Movement". A new generation of dancers consciously along the guiding ideology of the speech, in-depth life, learning from the masses, seriously for those who seem to be "rough" but "the most vivid" folk dance to learn, collect, organize, and in the spirit of "Remove the dross" - eliminate the unhealthy elements left over from the feudal society, and "take the essence" - select the most popular aesthetic qualities. The most popular aesthetic qualities are refined, processed and recreated.

In the ten years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the guidance of "let a hundred flowers blossom" and "push out the old and bring in the new" advocated by Mao Zedong, a number of excellent dances with strong national and regional characteristics, full of the flavor of the times, and reflecting the people's spiritual outlook, have emerged. Excellent dances have emerged. They are not only enjoyable for the masses, but also in international cultural exchanges, the world dance world attention.

As mentioned before: Dai Ailian's "Lotus Dance", "Flying"; Jia Zuoguang's "Ordos Dance" ...... and so on are all the masterpieces of this period leading the trend of the times, and there are many other works like this. Such as: "Red Silk Dance" (group dance) premiered in 1949, choreographer: Jin Ming (1927 -), etc., choreography: Cheng Yun, premiered by: Changchun Literary Troupe Zheng Jianji, Wang Yabin, Liu Hairu. A group of young men and women, holding up "torches" and dancing a joyful rice-planting song, "torches" into a long red silk - such as fire dragons flying, athletic dance and changing The "fire dragon" is a reflection of youthful vigor.

The dance is based on the folk rice-planting song and the traditional skill - "Baizhanfan", and the meaningful form of "burning torches" is chosen to express the people's liberation. ***In 1950, the dance was first performed in Beijing and became a sensation in the capital. The following year, it was selected to participate in the 3rd "World Youth Festival" and won the gold medal. For half a century, it has been performed all over China and the five continents of the world, and people coincidentally say that it is: "the symbol of China's fire".

Other Han dances, such as: "Flower Encouragement", "Harvest Song", etc., are all masterpieces. The Flower Drum (group dance), premiered in 1956, choreographed by Zhang Yi (1934--), composed by Yiming; premiered by the Dalian Song and Dance Troupe, led by Zhang Yi. The "Flower Drums" have been passed down in Shandong Province for many years as a form of entertainment for the poor peasants who wandered and begged.

The drumsticks are attached to a half-meter-long spike, and the dancers alternate drumming with the tip of the spike to create a unique technique. Zhang Yi gave the "Flower Encouragement Dance" the optimistic spirit of the times and lengthened the drum spikes to highlight its skill. In the exciting, changing rhythms, the human body's athletic rhythms intertwine with the rich lines of the colorful drum spikes, constituting the unique charm of the dance. The dance was awarded the gold medal at the 1957 World Youth Festival.

In this strong trend of the times, the flowers of minority dances are blooming everywhere. Peacock Dance (Women's Group Dance) is another masterpiece of Jin Ming, premiered in 1956. Composed by Luo Zhongrong; premiered by the Central Song and Dance Troupe led by Zi Huajun and Cui Meishan.

High on the hill, a peacock with open screen, shaking its beautiful wings, rushes down the hill, and a pair of wings turns into a peacock girl, stepping on the sound of elephant-foot drums and gongs. and gongs, and the beautiful melody, surrounded by the "King of Birds" dancing - drinking, photography, bathing, flying ...... Peacock is the Dai people living in the southwest border of the ancient Totem worship - a remnant of religious art, has been regarded as a symbol of good luck and happiness.

The traditional Peacock Dance, which has been passed down in folklore, is performed only by men, and the dancers carry heavy props symbolizing their wings, which restricts the freedom of form and stretching. The choreographers broke with tradition and tried to show the beauty of the peacock as a woman, and revolutionized the costumes by removing the heavy props and replacing them with long, wide skirts covered with peacock feathers... ...This dance debuted in 1956 in the National Dance Festival, with its novelty and beauty, favored by the audience, and the following year in the "World Youth Festival" won the Gold Medal.

There are indeed many stage masterpieces created on the basis of collecting and organizing traditional folk dances. The government regularly organizes cultural and artistic performances for the purpose of exchanging experiences and promoting creativity. People of all ethnic groups who have suffered a lot are proud to be able to show their dances on the stage.

For historical reasons, there are some regions or ethnic groups where the dances naturally transmitted in life are on the verge of extinction. In the face of the new era, they also aspire to dance to express their hearts and establish the image of their own ethnicity. They even proposed to professional dancers, "Design a dance for us!" It was in the midst of this "call" that the "Happy Long-windedness" and the "Grass Hat Dance" came into being.

The above-mentioned dances of various ethnic groups represent the largest number of "emotional dances" in this period - short, concise, without complicated plots, and using the techniques of comparison and expression to express feelings. Whether they were processed and created on the basis of traditional folk dances or elaborately designed by professional dancers, they all emphasized the national style - striving to reflect the aesthetic qualities of different ethnic groups.

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