Both national dance and Latin sports dance originated from the daily life and productive labor of working people, and both belong to the field of human art and culture. They express people's emotions and needs through body language, and all reflect their social life, which is deeply related to the national history, production, religion, customs, morality and aesthetic taste of all ethnic groups. It is the reflection of the working life of people of all ethnic groups and the accumulation of social history and culture of all ethnic groups.
The difference is that folk dance originated in China, which is the crystallization of the wisdom of hardworking people in China, and a brilliant and priceless treasure in China's art treasure house. It is a colorful folk dance with rich national style and unique local characteristics created by people of all ethnic groups in their production and labor, expressing their feelings of celebrating the harvest and offering sacrifices to their ancestors. At present, the classic national dance is a dance form that has been passed down to this day by professional dancers in the past dynasties on the basis of scattered folk dances, through processing, refining, sorting and creation, and through long-term historical test. Sports dance originated from the dances of people of all ethnic groups in foreign countries, and then spread to China, becoming popular all over the world. With the development of the times, foreign folk dances have been created and processed from generation to generation, and gradually formed various modern forms of "social dance". Later, the Royal Association of Dance Teachers standardized, arranged and beautified the dances, steps and directions that were popular in Europe and America at that time, formulated a unified standard, and named the standardized dance "International Standard Social Dance", which was published worldwide and followed by all countries in the world.
According to relevant data, in the Han Dynasty in China, singing and dancing for self-entertainment was a common trend. For example, entertaining yourself and ballroom dancing, inviting, waving and making phone calls, and delivering wine at banquets. After the Song Dynasty, this kind of "sports dance" of Han nationality in ancient China entered the development track of drama, religion and martial arts. There are also "social dances" among ethnic minorities in China, such as the "tap dance" of Yao nationality in Song Dynasty, the "playing together" of Buyi nationality in Qing Dynasty and the "circle dance" of Bulang nationality. Therefore, national dance and Latin sports dance have certain compatibility and commonality.
2. From the characteristics.
Both national dance and Latin sports dance have national characteristics, with colorful dances, different styles and forms. Latin sports dances include noble and elegant waltz, rotating and elegant Vienna waltz, vigorous and unyielding tango, romantic and gentle rumba, lively and playful cha-cha, passionate samba and so on. Ethnic dances include bench dance of Miao nationality, bamboo dance of Buyi nationality, peacock dance of Dai nationality and bamboo dance of Li nationality. Of course, they also have different characteristics. For example, from the formal point of view, sports dance is a pair dance, and national dance has many forms, such as group dance, trio dance, pair dance and solo dance, as well as classical dance, national dance and modern dance. From the perspective of dance types, sports dance includes modern dance and Latin dance, and there are ten kinds of dances, while national dance is very rich. There are 56 ethnic groups in China, and almost every ethnic group has its own dance. However, some ethnic dances are well preserved and become classic dances after finishing, while others have not been handed down. Compared with national dance, Latin sports dance has obvious personality characteristics: outstanding competitiveness, strict and standardized technology and very tacit cooperation requirements.
3. From the functional point of view
Both folk dance and Latin dance can keep fit and improve physical fitness; Create a beautiful body, cultivate a beautiful sentiment, and improve people's aesthetic ability and artistic accomplishment; Expand interpersonal communication and establish friendship; It greatly promotes the healthy development of people's minds. They have enriched people's cultural life and promoted the development of literature and art in China. Compared with the two, folk dance can carry forward and develop our national culture better.
4. From a musical point of view
Music is an important factor in folk dance and Latin dance. Music creates auditory images with beautiful sounds, while dance creates visual images with beautiful movements. The combination of the two forms a kind of dance art that flows in time and space, and the two complement each other, weaving a wonderful work of national dance and L Latin sports dance. Dance movements, postures and shapes should be coordinated with the rhythm, speed, melody and style of music. Only by integrating with the dancers' own feelings can the charm of national dance and sports dance be set off. Both have a variety of music that embodies the characteristics of all ethnic groups. The difference is that the music of national dance has more obvious national characteristics and is closer to the true nature of working people, while the music of sports dance has undergone certain renewal and development and is more contemporary. Every dance work of national dance should be matched with music, while the music of Latin dance is determined during the competition, and music can be created according to different situations during the evening performance.
5. From the perspective of development
Latin sports dance and national dance have undergone many changes in the new period, which is also the progress and innovation in their development. In recent years, Latin sports dance and national dance have been well developed by combining with modern culture, cultures of various countries and different kinds of dances. The difference is that the national dancers recently proposed to know more about the movements of the working people in the original origin of the national dance, and to reproduce the true colors of the ancient working people. The dance movements are closer to the original life and have more national characteristics. However, after development and evolution, the action of sports dance has lost the action image of primitive labor of all ethnic groups, developed faster, popularized more widely and has the flavor of the times. In addition, in terms of music, the current sports dance music has changed the defects of lacking the flavor of the times and the original style characteristics of various places in the initial application of single court music, and turned into a comprehensive application and perfect combination trend of modern music and classical music or western music and national music. At present, sports dance music emphasizes the penetration of the main theme and the appearance of characteristic rhythm changes, which has become the main trend of dance music selection. The creators of folk dance have also broken through the shackles and boldly applied modern pop music to folk dance, thus making the dance reveal a modern atmosphere.