The first category includes classical dance, folk dance, modern dance and new dance according to different styles and characteristics of dance. It is based on traditional folk dance, refined, sorted, processed and created by professional workers in past dynasties, and tested by long-term artistic practice.
Handed down, it is considered to be a dance with certain demonstration significance and classical style characteristics. Generally speaking, classical dance has strict procedures, standardized movements and relatively high skills. Many countries and nations in the world have their own unique styles of classical dance. European classical dance generally refers to ballet.
The classical dance of Han nationality in China, the dance movements handed down from generation to generation, are mostly preserved in the opera dance; There are a lot of grotto murals, sculptures, stone reliefs, brick reliefs and pottery figurines in China, as well as paintings and decorative dance images on various unearthed figures, all of which preserve some dance postures and shapes. China's rich literature and history materials also contain a large number of detailed descriptions of past dance images. Since the early 1950s, we have carried out excavation, research, arrangement, reappearance, development and innovation work on China classical dance, and established a set of China classical dance teaching materials, which have formed the aesthetic characteristics of exquisite roundness, combination of rigidity and flexibility, combination of scene and skill, perfect harmony and high unity in precision, spirit, hand, eye, body, method and step. Its artistic expression and traditional characteristics of twisting, warping, bending, roundness, softness, closing, stretching, opening, lightness, heaviness, slowness, urgency, restraint, yang and stagnation are all-encompassing, and it is unique in the world classical dance.
Indian classical dance is composed of six traditional dance departments: balata, Kartak, Kadakali, Manipur, Odisi and Kuchipudi. Its main artistic features are: clear dance rhythm, strong modeling, rich connotation, colorful dance posture and delicate facial expressions. According to the needs of expressing social life and shaping characters, the choreographer draws on and absorbs various dance styles, dance expression means and methods of various dance schools for our use, thus creating a unique new style dance that is different from the various dance styles that have been formed. This new dance style also shows the theme of our contemporary new life. Such as: the war horse screams, the strings don't stop, boys and girls step on cigarettes, etc.
The second category, according to the characteristics of dance forms, can be divided into eight types: solo dance, duet, threesome dance, group dance, song and dance, musical and dance drama.
solo dance
Also known as solo dance, it is a dance performed by one person to complete a theme. It is often used to directly express the thoughts and feelings of characters and prompt their inner world. Solo dance can be divided into two categories: one is independent dance works with complete structure. Such as: moonlight on the spring river, water, hope, Dunhuang painted sculptures, waves and so on. The other is that in ballet and large-scale dance, solo dance is often used to highlight the personality, thoughts and feelings of characters. The solo dance in group dance is generally called lead dance.
provincial drama newly evolved from the song-and-dance duet
Performed by two people, accompanied by the completion of a theme dance. It is often used to express the exchange of thoughts and feelings between characters and the relationship between characters, which is a form of expression of dialogue between characters in works. It can be divided into two categories: one is an independent dance work with complete structure, such as Goodbye! Mom, the couple's market, ah, tomorrow, radish first class. The other is an important part of large-scale dance drama and dance. In classical ballet, couples dance mostly adopts a set of fixed procedures: first, the hero and heroine dance together, then the men and women dance a solo, and finally, they dance together. In the solo dance for men and women, most of them are technical performances, and the lift technique is generally used in the joint dance.
Threesome dance
Three people perform a dance with a theme. It can be divided into two categories: one is an independent dance work with complete structure; The other part is large-scale ballet and dance. According to the content, the three-person dance can be divided into expressing a single emotion (such as the waterfall in the dance drama Swan Lake, the festival cymbals, the dance of three swans), expressing a certain plot (such as the drums in Jinshan) and expressing the dramatic conflict between characters (such as Surprise).
Collective dance
Any dance with more than four people can be called group dance. Generally speaking, it is to express some general emotions or shape the image of the group. Through the change and transformation of dance formation and pictures, as well as the development of dance movements, postures and shapes with different speeds, strengths and amplitudes, a profound poetic artistic conception is created, which has strong artistic appeal. Group dance in large-scale dance dramas is often used to set off the artistic atmosphere, show the national style and local characteristics, and is sometimes used as a foil for solo or duet to serve the characterization. Such as: Lotus Dance, peacock dance, Happy Long-winded, Horse Screaming, Unforgettable Water-splashing Festival, etc.
collective dance
A relatively large dance work consisting of several dances. Each dance is relatively independent, but it is unified in the same theme and complete artistic conception.