What is the social function of dance?

The social functions of dance are as follows:

1, entertainment and viewing functions

Dance is a performing art. Dancers perform all kinds of elegant and difficult movements with their own limbs, and express their thoughts, feelings, mental outlook and story through jumping, rotating and rolling, or through the soft control of their bodies, which makes people feel happy and infected. The nobles in the ancient palace regarded watching songs and dances as the highest spiritual enjoyment, and some of them were still addicted to it and ignored political affairs.

This influence is negative and decadent. There are also some hedonists who pursue this kind of entertainment, and even use vulgar and decadent yellow thigh dance to satisfy the enjoyment of the senses, and even embark on the road of destruction. On the contrary, after hard work, the broad masses of working people entertain themselves or entertain others with positive and inspiring songs and dances, which embodies the spirit of optimism.

For example, workers and peasants arrange their labor movements into dances, entertainment after work, workers working with hammers and steel pavilions, farmers harvesting crops with sickles, herders riding horses and grazing with whips, and so on. In our revolutionary army, hat dance in the Red Army period, broadsword dance and steel gun dance in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, mass production movement in Yan 'an period, land reclamation between brothers and sisters, literacy between couples and so on.

Yangko and waist drum celebrating victory are cheerful, touching and inspiring. Even in the case of poor material conditions, our party relied on rich and vivid songs and dances to inspire people and finally won the revolution. With the development of society and the improvement of living standards, people have no worries about food and clothing and war.

Healthy entertainment is more sought after, so social dance, square dance, street dance and so on. More people participate, active life, entertainment, and improve happiness. As a more advanced art form, dance is more ornamental and entertaining. For example, China ancient naked dance, flying dance, goddess scattering flowers, bouncing pipa and so on.

Foreign ballet, tap dancing and so on. China is a multi-ethnic country, and all ethnic groups have their own distinctive dances, such as the shoulder-shaking dance in Xinjiang, the hat dance of the Mongolians and Koreans, and the Lusheng dance of the Dai people, which are fascinating and gratifying.

Dancer Yang li Ping's "Hundred Birds Pentium" and Tibetan "Bazaxi" spirit vividly put the peacock's movements on the stage, fully expressing the agility of life, the harmony and beauty of nature, and the harmony and unity between man and nature. Watching this dance can purify people's hearts.

Some dances are integrated into the story to make it more ornamental. For example, Swan Lake, Snow White and so on. Praise truth, goodness and beauty, express human feelings and become a world language.

2. Sacrifice celebration function

Sacrifice and celebration are very important social functions of dance. In ancient times, due to low productivity, human understanding of nature and their own understanding were in a state of ignorance. Out of fear of natural disasters and awe of nature, they often use sacrifices to express their feelings, talk to heaven and earth, and communicate with nature. Therefore, sacrificial dance is very sacred and important.

Later, there were different sacrificial ceremonies from temples to the people in the past dynasties to express their reverence for God and hatred for "evil spirits" and "demons" representing plagues, diseases and disasters, and to drive them away and destroy them with dance movements. Sacrifice expresses hatred for ugliness and longing for a better life.

Since ancient times, people have celebrated in the form of songs and dances in various celebrations. Such as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, major festival celebrations, battle victories, project completion, bumper harvests, etc. Lively dance expresses people's happy mood, and cheerful and unrestrained melody inspires people to move forward.

For example, the annual festival gala, Lantern Festival gala and National Day celebration, once broadcast, will be known to the whole country and even the whole world, showing stronger social functions. At these celebration parties, various forms of dances praised the wise leadership of the party and leaders, the great achievements of the motherland, the people's enthusiasm for revolution and construction, and the great changes brought about by reform and opening up.

At the party commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Long March, the dance praising the Red Army's hard struggle for the Long March showed the long March spirit that the people of China, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, courageously advanced and made unremitting efforts for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

3, friendship and love function

Dance is also a language, a tool to convey friendship and love. Many dances and dance dramas with healthy contents are expressing the affection, love and friendship between people, praising the touching feelings of truth, goodness and beauty in the world, and at the same time lashing out the falsehood and ugliness, which makes the dance have a strong educational function and can make people feel imperceptibly and silently while watching, resulting in moving and shocking.

For example, we watched the ballet "White-haired Girl" and were moved by Xi 'er's indomitable struggle and rebellious spirit. Watching the butterfly dance in butterfly lovers, I was infected by their faithful love. Many minority dances show love, and young men and women get to know each other, know each other and fall in love through singing and dancing. In addition, ballroom dancing originated in the west and spread all over the world.

It is also a direct carrier for men and women to exchange feelings and get to know each other, which has been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years. In recent years, the square dance has the same hobby, which brings everyone together, dances freely with the accompaniment of songs and music, relaxes the body and mind, gets exercise, and draws closer to each other.

4. Integrate stylistic functions

The powerful social function of dance is also manifested in its integration into people's literary and sports activities, thus enhancing the vividness, performance, appreciation and artistic appeal of these activities. For example, if you just stand there and sing, it will be boring and monotonous. With lively dance accompaniment, it will make people feel pleasing to the eye. Therefore, song and dance have become inseparable partners. No matter how loud the singer sings, there will be dance accompaniment.

In our traditional opera, many dance elements have been incorporated, which greatly improves the artistic expression of the opera. For example, Yu Ji's sword dance in Beijing Opera Farewell My Concubine, Yang Guifei's drunken dance in Drunk Princess, and the filament dance in My Fair Flowers. It is so soft, elegant, graceful and intoxicating.

The combination of sports activities and dancing is also very close, which makes sports more popular with people. Water ballet in swimming, figure skating in skating and rhythmic gymnastics in gymnastics are fascinating sports, which not only make people appreciate the power of sports, but also make people appreciate the softness of sports.

All kinds of popular square dance, aerobics, dancing and fitness are completely integrated, which is both entertainment and fitness, and is loved by hundreds of millions of people. From south to north, from city to country, dancers can be seen everywhere, or three or five people, or ten or eight people, and more people are together. A small stereo plays music, and everyone jumps to their heart's content.

A scene of peace and prosperity, every time I see this scene, my heart will be full of happiness for the country and the people. As a dancer, both editors, dancers and a group of literary and art workers should attach importance to the social function of dance. Through our efforts, we will expand the artistic appeal of dance, express ourselves for the masses and compile more excellent programs for the society.