First, the characteristics, functions and types of dance
1, the concept of dance:
Dance is an artistic form that expresses people's thoughts and feelings and reflects social life with exquisite, organized and artistically processed human movements as the main means of expression.
2. The role of dance
Dance originated from labor, accompanied by literature and music, and it is one of the earliest art forms in human history. As an ideology, dance always clearly reflects students' different thoughts, beliefs, life ideals and aesthetic requirements. It is not only an art form for people to enjoy and entertain, but also has the social function of publicity and education. As an educational means, dance activities can not only cultivate students' bodybuilding posture, coordinated and flexible movements, rich sense of rhythm and expressive force, but also enrich, express and express their emotions, and play a good role in fitness and heart-building. Dance plays a subtle role in people's mentality, physiology, emotion and morality, and has far-reaching social significance for the construction of spiritual civilization and the improvement of national cultural and artistic literacy, which is recognized by more and more people.
The basic elements of dance are posture, rhythm and expression. The basic elements of dance directly affect the formation of dance style and aesthetic feeling, and directly affect the character, sentiment, expression, temperament and emotional content expressed by dance.
3. Dance types
According to the different purposes and functions of dance participants, it can be divided into public dance (life dance) and theater dance (art dance).
According to the different styles and characteristics of dance, it can be divided into classical dance, national dance, ballet and modern dance.
According to the characteristics of dance forms, it can be divided into solo dance (single dance), duet dance, trio dance, group dance, group dance, dance drama and music and dance epic.
According to the nature and genre characteristics of dance, it can be divided into plot dance and emotional dance.
Social dance, also known as ballroom dancing? Ballroom dancing? Or? Ballroom dancing? . It evolved from folk dance, mainly including? Waltz (three-step dance)? 、? Bruce (four steps slow)? 、? Foxtrot (four steps faster)? 、? Tango? 、? Rumba? Wait a minute.
International standard ballroom dancing abbreviation? Ballroom dancing? . For integral? Modern dance? And then what? Latin dance? Two kinds. Each category is divided into five categories. ? Modern dance? Part includes: waltz, tango, foxtrot, Viennese waltz, trot; ? Latin dance? Part includes: samba, rumba, cha cha cha, bullfighting dance, swing dance, etc.
Second, common terms in dance teaching
1, basic training:
Refers to the basic skills training of dancers or students. Such as developing the ability of muscles in all parts of the body, training the flexibility of joints, controlling the ability, flexibility and stability of physical activities, jumping, turning and turning.
2. Main leg:
Refers to a leg that supports the center of gravity of the body during the movement or when forming a posture, which is called the main leg.
3. Power legs:
Compared with the main leg, the leg without center of gravity support is a strength leg, which can do various actions such as bending, stretching and swinging.
4. Fan Er:
Dance slang refers to the preparation posture before the action and the preparation action before the skill, both of which are called? Faner? .
5. Law:
It refers to whether the dance is correct, that is, whether the action conforms to the law and whether it has charm.
6. rhythm:
Refers to the natural laws of human movement in dance movements, resulting in the dialectical laws of left first and right second desire, vertical first desire and movement and static, up and down, high and low, long and short, forming the rhythm of dance movements.
7. Figure:
Refers to the body movements of actors in various dances during stage performance or training. From the simplest gestures to complex martial arts skills, such as sitting, lying, walking, walking, swinging sleeves and appearing in the mirror, they are all called posture.
8. Form:
Refers to the figure of an actor. Generality is often used in drama, especially in drama and movies. Physical training and dance training for drama and film actors are called? Physical training? This course is called:? Body class? .
9, dance movements:
Refers to the refined and beautified rhythmic and regular human movements, which are the main means of expression of dance art.
10, modeling:
It is one of the artistic means to shape the external image of characters. In dance, people call it a sculpture gesture? Modeling? .
1 1, appearance:
Does it mean that the main characters in the play are on stage for the first time (sometimes used to step down) or? After a dance, martial arts, in? The gesture made in a short pause is called appearance, which is also a procedural action in traditional Chinese opera performance.
Third, the dance recording method
Mainly written records. Its specific content includes five parts: dance content introduction, dance music, basic movements, field notes and stage art.
1. Content introduction (including dance theme or training purpose): clearly introduce the theme idea, background of the times, characters' thoughts and feelings, personality temperament, typical environment, main plot, etc. of the theme of the dance works with concise and vivid words. As a dance teaching material, we should write the teaching purpose or teaching tips.
2, dance music: generally use notation to record the main theme. If there are several pieces of music, make the first paragraph in sequence, and mark the number of bars of the main theme in the second paragraph, so as to record the action sequence and the scene. At the same time, the requirements of music performance, such as expression, strength and speed, should be marked. The order of performance, the number of times, and the instruments used in the performance should be indicated on the score as needed.
3. Basic movements (including main combination movements): It mainly records the repeated basic movements and difficult combination movements in dance works. Other actions (such as procedural actions). ) you can explain the jumping method under the field; Basic action records should include: action name or number, action beat number, human body position, action starting and ending route, body center of gravity change, etc. , and can be accompanied by key human action diagrams.
4. Remarks: Record the story, movements, modeling, changes in formation and state, performance requirements and other chapters of a dance through the stage rehearsal diagram, text description and necessary action diagrams, so as to more completely reflect its performance process. The recording content of notes should be selected according to the characteristics and actual needs of dance works.