Body rhyme is the general name of body posture and rhythm. "Body" belongs to the external technique category, and "rhythm" belongs to the artistic connotation. Only by organically combining and infiltrating them can we truly embody the style and aesthetic essence of China classical dance. In other words, "body rhyme" means "having both form and spirit, integrating body and mind, and integrating inside and outside", which is an indispensable symbol of China classical dance and the artistic soul of China classical dance. Love to learn art and share with you how to improve the charm of classical dance.

Sitting cross-legged, this posture is conducive to eliminating the interference of muscles in other parts of the body during practice.

Adjust your sitting posture, stand up straight, stand up, push your head hard, sink your shoulders, imagine a rope tied to your head, and try to pull it up and straighten your whole body.

1, sinking, starting from the coccyx, the spine sinks and relaxes from bottom to top. Finally, I will bury my head. Finally, imagine yourself sitting cross-legged and passing out, without any effort at all.

2, by the way, starting from the coccyx, the spine starts from the bottom up, the section is straight, and it is provoked. Finally, return to the top of your head and shoulders, with your head as high as possible.

Whether lifting or sinking, the whole process should be smooth and gentle, like hitting Tai Ji Chuan, with no pause or edges. In the words of modern physics, it is to do uniform, uniform acceleration or uniform deceleration. The mode of movement is transitive.

The more segments the body is divided into, the better. Finally, imagine your spine is a rope or a snake. The whole transmission process is very smooth, and there is no corner drop.

Practice slowly, be proficient and then fast, and then alternate between fast and slow (the action feels like face lifting, sticky, elastic and slow)

Add air after proficiency, exhale gradually when sinking, inhale gradually when lifting, exhale like rotating, inhale like smelling flowers.

Breath should be completely consistent with the rhythm of action, and you will be exhausted if you sink to the bottom. When you get to the top, it will be full of breath (if there is a pause later), and it should be smooth, uniform, uniform acceleration or uniform deceleration.

Finally, using expression, lifting is generally a process of waking up from a dream, a process of being attracted, and a process from death to life, while sinking is often used to indicate the process of waking up from a dream, and people are dead and relaxed.

Basic elements of classical dance

shape

Form refers to actions beyond form. It is manifested in various postures, ever-changing movements and their connections. All visible forms and processes can be called "shapes". Form is the most basic feature of image art, the attachment of classical dance charm and the media of classical dance beauty.

China's dance emphasizes "twisting, slanting, roundness and bending", the curvaceous beauty of upturning, slanting, turning and warping, and the inherent temperament of "vigorous, straight, implicit and flexible". From the unearthed tomb figures and Dunhuang murals, it is not difficult to see that this point has been in the same strain since ancient times and has been constantly developing and evolving. For example, the figures in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the three bends in the Tang Dynasty, the meridian, the yin and yang, and the twist in the traditional Chinese opera dance, the rolling, twisting, turning and tenacity in the Chinese folk dance Jiaozhou Yangko, and the blocking, exploring, twisting and tenacity in Haiyang Yangko. Mastering the curvaceous beauty of posture and modeling also requires corresponding qualities and abilities.

God

Here refers to the connotation, spirit, rhythm and temperament. Any art without charm can be said to have no soul. Charm is an extremely important concept in China's literary criticism. Whether we talk about poetry, painting, music and calligraphy, we can't do without the word verve. In the movement of human body in classical dance, verve can be recognized and felt. Moreover, only by grasping the "god" can "form" have vitality.

In the concept of mind, body rhyme emphasizes the connotation of Yun Qi, breath and idea. Emphasize verve and inner feelings. In the relationship between form and god, god is put in the first place, and it is this concept and emotion of "leading form with god and conveying spirit with form" that creates the rhyme of body rhyme. It can be said that without rhyme, there would be no China classical dance. Without the stimulation and drive of inner feelings, the most important brilliance of China classical dance will be lost.

"Heart and mind, mind and qi, qi and force, force and shape". The so-called "heart, mind and spirit" is the embodiment of "verve". People often say that the eyes are the windows of the soul and vivid tools, but the "gathering, releasing, condensing, closing and closing" of the eyes does not refer to the movement of the eyeball itself, but the result expressed by the connotation and psychological rhythm, which just shows that verve dominates everything. "The shape has not moved, God leads first, the shape has stopped, and God has not stopped." This formula vividly and accurately explains the connection and relationship between form and god.

force

"The running rhythm of China classical dance is often different from the conventional 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 music. More often, it is carried out at a regular "elastic" rhythm, loose but not slow, tight but not chaotic, static in motion, leisure in static, and moving in motion. " "Body rhyme" means that the strength of training dancers is not uniform, but there should be contrast and difference between lightness, urgency, length, frustration, symbolic point, segmentation and extension. These rhythm symbols are expressed by human actions, which is the application of truly mastering and understanding "strength". "Strength" not only runs through the process of action, but also is very important at the end of the action. No matter China traditional opera, ballet or martial arts routines, they all attach great importance to the instantaneous rhythm before the end of the action, and China classical dance is no exception. It has the following typical appearance strength: "inch strength"-posture, angle and orientation are all ready, and the strength between one inch is used to "make the finishing point". Contrast strength "-give a strong reaction to the posture modeling that is coming to an end, so as to strengthen and contrast the final modeling. God's power "-everything has been completed, with the sense of extension of eyes and limbs to make it" the shape has stopped but God has not stopped. " In addition, there are strength differences such as "softness in rigidity", "brittleness in toughness" and "slowness in urgency".

law

"Anti-French" is unique to classical dance, which can produce ever-changing, confusing and ever-changing movements of human body. From every specific movement, there is also a saying that "everything starts from the opposite side", that is, "everything must be done from the left, everything must be done from the left, everything must be done from the opening, and everything must be done from the front". It is these special laws that produce the special aesthetics of classical dance. Whether it's smooth sailing at one stroke, facing fortune or "starting from the opposite side", it embodies the beauty of China classical dance, which is the essence of China's "dancing method".