Contemporary dance is different from modern dance's anti-traditional attitude its most characteristic feature is the

Contemporary dance is different from modern dance's anti-traditional attitude its biggest feature is the fusion of various dance genres.

Modern dance is a kind of dance school opposite to classical ballet that emerged in the West at the beginning of the 20th century. Contemporary dance is a creation and performance that extensively absorbs and eclectically utilizes traditional Chinese dance materials and foreign art materials; the main aesthetic point of view of modern dance is the opposition to classical ballet's formalist tendency of sticking to the old ways, detaching itself from the reality of life, and purely pursuing techniques. The main aesthetic point of modern dance is to oppose the formalist tendency of classical ballet, which is detached from real life and purely pursues technique, while contemporary dance reflects the hot social life and the spirit of the times in China.

Contemporary dance can be generally divided into jazz dance, bullfighting dance, Latin dance, social dance and so on.

Jazz dance, i.e. American modern dance, is a kind of rapid and dynamic rhythmic dance, which belongs to a kind of outgoing dance, unlike a kind of introverted dance expressed by classical ballet or modern dance.

The bullfighting dance is a kind of Latin dance, originating from France and spreading in Spain, which imitates the movements of Spanish bullfighters. The male partner is as vigorous and powerful as a bullfighter. There is no crotch twisting action, the footsteps are clean and sharp, and the marching song type dance gives people a kind of fearlessness to go forward. Female partner red shawl, valiant, charming dance.

International standard Latin dance also refers to sports dance, divided into rumba, cha-cha, cowboys, samba and bullfighting five dances, Latin dance is a sports competition dance, there is a strong explosive style, in which skill is its characteristics, it has a lot of competitive sports dance to play the space, and now it has been entered into the Asian Games official competition program.

Difference:

1, different origins.

Modern dance is the beginning of the twentieth century in the West and the rise of classical ballet opposed to a school of dance, is a dance from the West to China; contemporary dance is a dance unique to China.

2, different nature.

The main aesthetic point of view of modern dance is to oppose the formalist tendency of classical ballet which is conservative, detached from real life and purely pursuing techniques; while contemporary dance is based on Chinese traditional dance, and widely absorbs a lot of foreign artistic materials for creation and performance.

3. Different characteristics.

Modern dance mainly expresses the inner emotions of individuals, is more abstract, and the movements are very casual, mainly presented in the form of anti-ballet; while contemporary dance works are mainly based on the stories of ordinary life as the theme, reflecting the contemporary social life and the spirit of the times in China.