Folk dance generally refers to a kind of dance form which is produced and spread among the people, restricted by folk culture, improvised but relatively stable in style, with self-entertainment as its main function. Below, I searched and sorted out the characteristics and values of folk dance for your reference, hoping to help you! For more information, please continue to pay attention to our fresh graduates training network!
There are 56 nationalities in China, which is a typical multi-ethnic country. All nationalities have dances that can show their own national characteristics. National dance is a dance form that is produced and circulated among the people, restricted by local folk culture, with relatively stable style and self-entertainment as its main function. It is closely related to people's life, labor, environment and regional customs. It is created collectively by the working masses and passed down among the masses, thus reflecting the development of material civilization and spiritual civilization of a nation or region. National dance is obviously different in different countries and regions, because people in different countries and regions have different living environments and are influenced by national character, national tradition, lifestyle and customs.
1 Characteristics of National Dance
(1) region.
National dance has distinct regionality, and different regions have different dance forms, such as Xinjiang dance in northwest China: what is its performance form? Sainaim？ 、? Xia Di Yana? 、? Summer? 、? How long is the dance? The dance is mainly distributed in Xinjiang and Uygur inhabited areas; Southwest Tibetan Dance: What are the performance forms? Wine song, knife dance, stick dance, dragon dance? Wait a minute. , mainly distributed in Tibet and Yunnan Tibetan areas; Mongolian Dance in Northern China: What are its manifestations? Sword dance? 、? Chopsticks dance? 、? Diane dance? Wait a minute. , mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia; Northeast Yangko folk dance: This kind of dance is deeply loved by people in the style of Northeast Errenzhuan; South China Li Dance: What are the performance forms? Bamboo dance? 、? Ghost dance, safety dance? Wait a minute.
(2) nationality.
Different ethnic groups have accumulated their own unique national dances in life and production, such as Koreans? Masquerade? 、? Sword dance? 、? Fan dance? ; Tujia? Funeral dance? 、? Hand dance? ; Hmong? Lusheng dance? 、? Bronze drum? 、? Wood inspiration? 、? Bench dance? 、? Ancient drifting dance? ; Dong people's? Lion dance? 、? Lusheng dance? ; Wearing it? Peacock dance? 、? Elephants dance? 、? Butterfly dance? ; High mountain? Dancing? 、? Hunting dance? Wait a minute. Therefore, we can say that national dance is formed by the living customs and cultural traditions of all ethnic groups. It is a product of the development of human culture and a dance form that combines different cultural styles.
(3) quality.
Folk dance is the spiritual wealth created by the people. It has the characteristics of distinctive style, elegant rhythm, unpretentious and full of true feelings. It can fully reflect people's daily life and mental outlook, and is an important form of traditional folk culture. Because folk dance originated from the people and rooted in the masses, it has formed a complete artistic expression and unique artistic style through the tempering and creation of folk artists and the masses in the long-term historical reproduction and development process, which can typically and vividly express the living habits, customs, thoughts and feelings, moral concepts and aesthetic tastes of people in a nation or region, and has always been a manifestation of the national spirit.
(4) inheritance.
The persistence of human dance culture lies in preserving the mother of human culture's survival and development. No matter how many times of historical changes and national integration, national dance has always been the carrier of folk culture, and this feature has been reflected in various historical stages. It has preserved and accumulated cultural factors in different historical stages in its own unique way.
(5) entertainment.
Leisure and entertainment is one of the most prominent features of national dance. The nature of its performance is generally closely related to the self-entertainment activities of the masses. It comes from people's? Instinctive impulse? And then what? Self-expression consciousness is the artistic expression of the broad masses of people's self-entertainment, which comes from the most sincere emotional expression in people's hearts. The masses need dance mainly for entertainment, and without the masses, there is no fundamental feature of entertainment. Generally speaking, the dance where people get together to entertain themselves is the expression of folk dance. Because the footwork of dance movements is simple and refined, it is easy for the masses to master. Generally, it is passed down in a unique way in families and villages by words and deeds.
(6) improvisation.
When people entertain themselves with dance movements, the standardization of movements becomes weaker and the variability of movements becomes stronger. At this time, people's steps and movements can be improvised in various ways.
2 the value of national dance
(1) is beneficial to strengthen people's physique.
Any physical exercise, as long as it is reasonable, will promote health and enhance physical fitness, and folk dance is no exception. There are certain requirements for the physical quality of practitioners, especially flexibility and balance. Often engaged in folk dance exercise, can promote physical health, enhance physical fitness, but also actively improve the skills of the central nervous system, thereby promoting people's circulatory system, respiratory system and other functions.
(2) It is beneficial for people to form the consciousness of lifelong sports.
The establishment of lifelong sports consciousness is inseparable from people's self-exercise ability, and they complement each other. Lifelong sports consciousness must be based on sports events. The characteristics of folk dance determine that it is easy to learn, easy to carry out, requires a wide age, is not limited by venues and equipment, and can also provide people with more opportunities to participate in sports. Moreover, people can adjust the amount and range of exercise at any time according to their actual physical condition, and cultivate their basic creativity and innovation ability, so as to have greater advantages and have fun from it. Therefore, participating in folk dance activities is conducive to improving people's self-exercise ability, and it can also be said that this sport is an ideal lifelong sports project.
(3) It is conducive to enhancing people's communication.
People who take part in folk dance exercise virtually increase communication in the process of participation, which brings alienated people back together for the common exercise goal (pursuing happiness and health). Therefore, folk dance is conducive to enhancing people's communication, increasing team strength and national cohesion.
(4) Conducive to regulating people's emotions.
With the development of society, the pressure of life is greater. Sub-health more and more people are sick. These life pressures can be reasonably released in the process of participating in the national dance exercise, so that they can personally feel the fun and satisfaction brought by the national dance. Actively participate in folk dance fitness activities, and gradually turn interest in this activity into conscious exercise habits. It has cultivated the people's self-exercise ability in a subtle way, improved the establishment of lifelong sports consciousness to a certain extent, and played a positive role in strengthening the national fitness construction and implementing the national fitness plan.
(5) Conducive to the inheritance of traditional culture.
National dance has a long history. However, at present, the development form of national dance in China is not optimistic, and some national dances are gradually forgotten or even disappeared. Therefore, participating in national dance activities will greatly promote the inheritance of our long-standing traditional culture, so that future generations can continue to inherit it.
3 promotion strategy
(1) Expand publicity through various channels and media.
National dance is the essence of national culture. It is being gradually forgotten. In order to maintain the prosperity of national dance, we must inherit and carry forward it. Therefore, the author suggests that all relevant departments publicize their fitness value and cultural connotation through news media, radio, video and other media. Let more and more people really like folk dance and actively participate in folk dance fitness.
(2) Formulate corresponding safeguard policies and strengthen macro-control.
Because of its own artistic characteristics and superior fitness effect, national dance has played a positive role in the development of national fitness, but its comprehensive value and social role have not been fully demonstrated. It is suggested that relevant sports and cultural departments should strengthen policy control, give priority to macro-control, and introduce relevant policies and regulations to better promote the role of national dance in national fitness in China.
(3) lowering the threshold of participation and gradually moving towards openness.
Some folk dances have a certain threshold for participation, which leads to some fans who love folk dances unable to really participate and enjoy the fitness and entertainment effects brought by folk dances. Vigorously promoting community sports in China is the primary task in the post-Olympic era, and how to make China move from a sports power to a sports power is an important topic at present. National dance is inseparable from community sports and national fitness. With the continuous development of science and technology, people have more and more leisure time and have a new pursuit of quality of life. Especially in the post-Olympic era, under the impetus of the national fitness wave, physical exercise will naturally become an important part of people's daily life, and various national dances will inevitably be favored by everyone. It is suggested that relying on community strength, combining festivals, culture, production and entertainment in ethnic areas, we should carry out publicity and performance of ethnic dances, adhere to the principle of small, diverse and amateur voluntary, and carry out various forms of fitness and entertainment ethnic dances in the community to make them popular in national fitness.
(4) Incorporate some folk dances into the school physical education curriculum system.
National dance has the characteristics of non-competition, and competition is only in a secondary position, paying more attention to the integrity of public participation. If the school chooses and transforms some national dance contents according to its own actual situation in physical education class, and brings them into physical education class, it will certainly enrich the physical education teaching contents of the school. In school physical education, where modern physical education is absolutely dominant, the characteristics and functions of national dance, such as keeping fit and being easy to teach and learn, will undoubtedly make up for the disadvantages and deficiencies of competitive sports. It is suggested that experts should be organized to demonstrate that national dance should be turned into teaching materials and incorporated into the school physical education curriculum system.
National dance has the characteristics of regionality, nationality, mass, inheritance, entertainment and improvisation. The value of folk dance includes: it is beneficial to strengthen people's physique, form people's awareness of lifelong sports, enhance people's communication, adjust people's emotions and inherit traditional culture; The promotion strategies of national dance include: expanding publicity through various channels and media, formulating corresponding safeguard policies, strengthening macro-control, lowering the threshold of participation, gradually becoming popular, and bringing some national dances into the school physical education curriculum system.
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