Classification of children dance

According to the function and purpose of dance, children's dance can be divided into self-entertainment dance and performance dance.

1. Self-entertainment dance takes self-entertainment as its main purpose and can be divided into:?

1. rhythm

Semantically, rhythm can be interpreted as rhythmic body movements. In children's circles, it is also called listening to songs and doing actions.

That is, children listen to music, sensitively understand the rhythm, content and intuition of music, produce an emotion suitable for the rhythm and content of music, and express it through body movements and postures in a rhythmic way. This kind of performance, which stimulates feelings with the rhythm of music and turns them into rhythmic movements, is called "rhythm". Children's sense of rhythm is a small combination of dance exercises to cultivate children's sense of rhythm through training according to certain rhythm rules.

2. Group dancing

Children's group dance is a dance form that allows children to participate collectively, with self-entertainment as the main purpose, and is easy to accept and popularize. Generally speaking, group dance should be accompanied by short songs or music, so that children can do simple, unified, cooperative or free impromptu dance movements in designated positions and formations, experience certain emotions, exchange friendship with each other or learn basic dance steps and movements. Children's group dance is a kind of dance that can be repeated in a certain formation. It is characterized by simple structure, unified movements, relaxed and happy, lively and healthy, and appropriate exercise; It can enhance children's collective concept and promote unity and friendship among children.

3. Song performance

Song performance is the most common dance for children. It is a kind of children dance which is mainly based on singing and supplemented by actions.

Form. In nursery rhymes and songs, simple and vivid actions, gestures and expressions are used to express the contents of lyrics and musical images, and they are performed while singing. Actions usually follow songs or nursery rhymes. The main purpose is to train and cultivate the coordination between children's movements and music performances. At the same time, it also cultivates the coordination and rhythm of children's movements, enhances the memory, imagination and expressive force of dance movements, and lays the foundation for learning dance.

adjust to changing circumstances

Impromptu dance is a kind of dance that allows children to have personality, imagination and free dance vocabulary. Children can improvise and perform according to their own understanding of music, and can give full play to their creative level, imagination level and performance level.

The reason why impromptu dance accounts for a large proportion in children's dance is that through the training of impromptu dance, children can be trained to enhance their self-confidence and learn to express their thoughts and feelings with dance.

5. Music games

Music games are played with the accompaniment of songs or music according to the content, nature, rhythm and structure of music, with certain rules and action requirements; These movements are often rhythmic; Song performance or dance. It uses games to cultivate children's sense of rhythm and develop their musical sensibility, memory, imagination and performance level.

Second, the performance of children dance

Children dance is a dance that encourages children to reflect their interests in life and is performed by some children for most children to appreciate.

Dance. The subject matter is extensive, the genre is rich and diverse, the movements are complex, and there are specific themes, contents, plots, roles and notes. Performing dance is conducive to cultivating children's interests and hobbies in learning, appreciating and participating in dance activities; It can also enrich the content of after-school life and festival performances; Through dancing and watching, children can also get some ideological education and emotional cultivation.