First, the importance of breath.
Modern dance is a modern art, which pays more attention to the artist's inner feelings. Martha gleim, an American master of modern dance, created a set of "gleim techniques" according to the special function of smell, the center of which is smell, which specializes in the physical changes between inhalation and exhalation. Through the breath to influence the expansion and contraction of the body, forming a unique dance rhythm. Complete the different changes and transformations between relaxation and relaxation, and achieve the training mode for the body. All movements of modern dance are regulated and dominated by breath. Vision is obvious, instant cohesion and explosion, instant relaxation, instant jumping and turning, and instant falling and falling are all accomplished by relying on breath as the power source. Modern dance has no strict action norms and unified aesthetic standards. Often break the routine and pursue more free and direct dance expression. Pursuing improvisation and dancing, dancing with affection and dancing with one's heart. But in any case, dancing is inseparable from the control of breath on the body. Form a visual impact between relaxation and relaxation, and complete the catharsis of inner feelings.
Second, the breathing rhythm
Breathing has length, movement, intensity and urgency ... in fact, this is the rhythm of dance, which directly affects the body movements of dance.
Modern dance can be without music, but it cannot be without rhythm. Grasping the rhythm is absolutely inseparable from the reasonable adjustment of "breath", and the use of breath has a "qualitative" impact on the rhythm. Breath pays attention to nature, thin, deep, long and slow, and then it is applied to body coordination. This is similar to China Tai Chi. The sucking rhythm of Taiji is natural (natural sucking) and reverse (abdominal sucking), which requires nature and is an internal feeling in a "static" state. Breath is internal, closely related to external "shape", influencing and transforming each other. Realize internal and external integration and seamless connection. It coincides with modern dance. Applying it to modern dance training not only plays a great role in her rhythm, but also makes her rhythm smoother if used properly, so that the dancer's feeling can be extended from the inside out and the dance tension can be fully reflected.
Third, the control method of breath.
1. Pay attention to the rhythm of "sucking" in training. We should attach great importance to the great role of "sucking" and insist on practicing "sucking". An excellent modern dancer must have a good "sucking" quality. Inhalation and exhalation should be evenly coordinated, and "inhalation" should closely cooperate with the action to take a sinking arc. Although dance has obvious national and regional characteristics, it is necessary to reasonably adjust the "suction" of different styles of dance.
2, to achieve smooth circulation, inhalation in daily life is an instinctive activity of people. Qi is inhaled from the nose and mouth, and enters the left and right alveoli in the chest through the pharynx, larynx, trachea and bronchus. Then through the opposite process, and then out of the nose. This kind of sucking is subconscious and natural. Sucking in dance must be controlled and active. Because of the change of action, the average rhythm of sucking is destroyed. Adjust sucking according to the needs of dance movements. At the same time, keep the sucking rhythm as much as possible. Dance should arrange sucking according to the characteristics of movements, but it is necessary to maintain the relative initiative of sucking, ensure that dance movements and sucking complement each other, and ensure the restraint and fluency of sucking.
3. Pay attention to self-regulation when inhaling. The action of sucking in dance should be as follows: abdominal sucking, nose sucking, breathing until the chest sinks, shoulders down, lower abdomen sucking, lower abdomen tightening and lifting, and breathing seems to gather between waist and abdomen. Although inhalation moves up and down between the abdomen and the chest, it seems that if there is something, it is not to suppress it, but to sink, not to pile up. This is the so-called "abdomen with heavy air". No matter how tired you are and how fast you exhale, you can only exhale slowly through your nose. This method of "inhaling" is a professional method that dancers must master and follow. As long as you master this method and practice persistently, you will gradually reach the realm of "not obvious exertion and not obvious use of gas"
In modern dance teaching, we must attach great importance to the important role of breath, and urge students to form a scientific understanding of breath and master scientific sucking methods. In the process of modern dance teaching and training, we should grasp the requirements of various dance movements for breath, make breath and movements closely combined, and always run through the links between movements, so as to make breath systematic, scientific and standardized.