National dance method
It is said that "stage art and dance have no original ecology"; Say "the original ecology is for propaganda, which is a kind of market hype"; Some people say, "This is misleading". Yang li Ping replied to CCTV and Face to Face: "There are dances in my life, and I dance the dances that have already existed in my life. This is the original dance. " Not long ago, "Yunnan image" was discussed from "country" to "world".
In 2007, in the 6th "Lotus Award" National Folk Dance Competition, Yunnan's "Jumping Vegetables", "Peacock" and "Red Waist Hoop" caused controversy again. For "jumping vegetables", the opposing party thinks that "this is an original dance, and turning around and biting the table is acrobatics" and thinks that it should not participate in the "Lotus Award" competition; Zheng Fangdao: "The national dance conveys the national culture, and" Jumping Dishes "shows a culture of the Yi people."
For peacocks, the opposing side pointed out that Japan "signed up for group dance and danced solo, and the dance behind it should be a beautiful thing"; On the positive side, we think it's creation ―― we not only see a peacock flying, but also people all over Taiwan Province flying.
In recent years, there have been similar discussions with the above-mentioned dance circles in the CCTV Youth Song Competition and the music industry because of Bel Canto or faint national, ethnic or original ecological singing styles. All in all, this should be a good thing.
Focus problem
Yunnan folk songs and dances have stirred up a thousand waves, causing many problems such as literary criticism, art education, art classification, art competition system, the inheritance and development of national traditional art, and the reference of western art. There are many disputes and opinions. What is the point? This paper intends to focus on the "race" and "dance species" of dance works and the basic creative methods of national dance, that is, the inheritance and innovation of traditional dance culture of various ethnic groups, which is the directional problem of the development of national art in China.
The first is the problem of "home". There are 56 ethnic groups in China, and each ethnic group has its own unique culture. The cultures of all ethnic groups have been developed, each with its own strong points and a hundred flowers blooming. It is a beautiful and harmonious art garden. Therefore, it is very important for our national dance works to have a clear clan.
The ethnic group of national dance works involves the classification of dance species, which is very complicated. Yunnan folk dance nationalities, such as "Bronze Drum Dance" and "Hulusheng Dance" are still there! It is difficult to determine the stage art and dance. Taking Yang li Ping's works as an example, Two Trees, Chasing Fish, Peacock Flying, Shao, and Happy as a Flower all can be said to be "Dai Dance". The Spirit of Sparrows and Moonlight can hardly be called "Dai Dance", but it seems more appropriate to call it "Contemporary Dance" with the theme of ethnic minorities. Green is a modern dance.
As for "Girl Country", the theme is "Women on the Plateau", wearing Huayao Dai costumes, the music is Yi, the lyrics are created, and the dance language is Yang li Ping-style movements, so it is difficult to identify its specific ethnic group. It is inappropriate to think that it is a "Dai dance" only by wearing Huayao Dai costumes.
Clothing is an external symbol for dance, not the characteristics of dance itself, so it is impossible to identify the nationality of a work through clothing. "Daughter Country" combines several ethnic cultural elements in Yunnan and shows us a minority dance in Yunnan.
The issue of "ethnic group" and "dance type" is controversial in every competition, but it is not intense. Perhaps the choreographer and the judges are not familiar with the dances of many ethnic groups in China, and they are not sure. As long as it is said to be a dance of a certain ethnic group (theme, clothing), it is considered to be a dance of this ethnic group. The nationality of national dance works is related to the further inheritance, development and innovation of national dance art.
solution
The purpose of national dance competition and debate competition is to develop national dance art, focusing on the nationality of national dance works and expressing the cultural personality and unique national cultural psychology of a specific nation. Therefore, inheriting and developing the dance that belongs to this national cultural personality should be the primary goal.
To highlight the national cultural individuality of national dance works, the most basic method should be to express the national theme in dance language. Theme is the content of the work and dance language is the carrier of the work. Only when the content and language carrier of a national dance work belong to this nation can its national cultural personality stand out and the ethnic group of the work be recognized.
The main difference between ethnic groups in national dance works lies in the dance language first, and then in the theme, so it is very important to work hard on the national dance language. Jumping vegetables, Princess Taiping, Daughter of the Holy Lake, Happiness as Flowers, and Harvest Festival all express their national themes with their innovative dance language. Their "national affiliation" is very clear, and they all have distinct national cultural personalities, which are very distinct.
We say that the expression in the dance language of a certain ethnic group is to make the dance of this ethnic group more ethnic, rather than "squeezing the cow's neck to drink water" and reversing the relationship between form and content. There are several "Basha people" dances in the 6th "Holland Competition", which all have the characteristics of "Basha people" in terms of hair style, costumes and hunting with long pink guns.
It is said that "Basha people" do not have the traditional folk dance of their own nation, and most of their current movements are extracted from ordinary life movements. Dance language has no national characteristics, and they don't see the "theme movement" with strong national style that a national dance work should have from beginning to end, such as "contemporary dance" with minority themes.
A nation's cultural personality and unique cultural psychology are manifested in its character and temperament. Character is a state of mind, which is the embodiment of a nation's unique cultural psychology. Temperament is what actors show. Many group dances are dancing vegetables. Look ... These drum stands and Yunnan images all exude a strong earthy flavor, showing the mental state of folk dancers when they dance.
In fact, "waist dancing" and "playing songs" in "jumping vegetables" and "Yunnan image" can be said to be innovative. Their function and nature have changed, from folk self-entertainment dance to stage performance art dance. However, due to the infection of the actor's temperament, people feel that it is still an "original dance."
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