Dance itself has multiple social meanings and functions, including sports, socialization, courtship, sacrifice, etiquette and so on. Before the origin of human civilization, dance was very important in ceremony, etiquette, celebration and entertainment. Dance appeared in China five thousand years ago. It was born in slave society and developed into a certain feature in Qin and Han Dynasties.

Many scholars regard the reproduction of the next generation as a very important thing for primitive people to survive, and dance is the main way and means of mate selection, marriage proposal and love training, so they think that dance originated from sexual activities.

With the expansion of the city. Cn's choreography network believes that dance not only shows people's love, people's intense emotions, people's feelings and activities of great significance in life will be expressed through dance.

There is no artistic behavior that can mobilize and inspire all mankind like dance. In the theory of ancient music and dance in China, there are: "Emotion moves in the middle, action in words, so it is not enough to sigh;" Lament its lack, so sing it; Lack of singing is not the same as dancing with hands. "This also vividly shows that dance is the product of expressing people's most exciting emotions.

Many scholars in our country advocate the theory that dance originated from labor, because labor is the first need for human survival and development, and it also creates people themselves, separates people from the animal kingdom and creates human society. In the dance of primitive people, hunting, planting and all kinds of labor and life occupy the largest proportion.