What are the basic characteristics of ballet? Here, we can simply summarize it into eight words: open, tight, straight, positive, light, accurate, stable and beautiful. These eight words can be said to be the basic skills of every ballet dancer. They can effectively consume excess fat in the combination of static and dynamic exercise, make people slimmer after practice, and bring the swan-like elegant and leisurely feeling in ballet to daily life. The following is an introduction to the terminology of ballet dance that I have compiled. Welcome to read!
Character image
The dynamic image of the characters shaped by dance art, the posture, modeling, footwork and other actions of the human body, with the help of music, stage art, makeup, clothing and other artistic factors, have visual effects of appreciation value. It has the aesthetic characteristics of visibility and fluidity, is the main object to be perceived and recognized in the process of dance appreciation, and is the main body that embodies the aesthetic value of dance art.
express
According to people's psychological activities and the habitual characteristics of expressing expressions in real life, after refining and artistic processing, they are summarized into different dance forms, showing inner emotional changes such as emotions. Besides facial expressions coordinated with movements, rhythmic movements, postures, gestures and bodies can also produce artistic dance expressions.
Emotional action
The basic expression means of dance art originated from the imitation of human emotional movements and various dynamic things in nature. Mainly includes:
1, single action, that is, one part of the human body is active, and other parts are static or following;
2, compound action, refers to all parts of the human body at the same time in accordance with a certain order, specifications of the action;
3. Action combination. Generally speaking, it refers to the continuous movements such as sliding, flexion and extension, kicking, jumping and rotation, which are composed of more than two single movements or compound movements in a certain order, direction, speed and amplitude, with the main purpose of training dance skills.
folk dance
Generally speaking, it refers to a dance form that originated and spread among the people, was restricted by folk culture, improvised but relatively stable in style, and took self-entertainment as its main function. Folk dances in different regions, countries and nationalities are influenced by living environment, customs, lifestyle, national character, cultural traditions, religious beliefs and other factors, and are limited by the physiological conditions such as the age and gender of performers, so there are obvious differences in performance skills and styles. Folk dance has the characteristics of simplicity, various forms, rich content and vivid image. It has always been an indispensable source of materials for classical dance, palace dance and professional dance entrepreneurship in various countries.
social dancing
Social dance, also known as social dance, refers to the dance popular in the court dance since the Renaissance in Europe and the dance popular in various social places since modern times. The names and dances used, as well as the basic dance steps, formations, styles and dance performance sequences, mostly follow the characteristics of folk dances in Italy, Britain, France, Germany, Spain and other countries.
Blunt, minuets, Gavett, Polonaise, Laendler, Polka, Mazzuca, Galopa and Waltz are very popular in European courts. After the French Revolution, the form of court ball was far from meeting the needs of social communication. Popular public dance halls came into being in continental Europe, and gradually replaced the palace ball as the main place for social activities. Dance steps are easy to learn, free in form, easy to improvise and vent emotions. Dance is very popular in public dance halls, and ballroom dancing is quickly integrated into the cultural life of the civilian class.
ballet
French transliteration of ballet. Especially the European classical form with certain action norms, skills and aesthetic requirements; Or generally refers to the dance expression form that uses human body movements and gestures to express the drama content, promote the development of the plot, and express certain emotions, artistic conception, psychological state and behavior. The former is sometimes translated into "dance drama". Ballet originated from the ancient Latin ballo, which originally meant to dance in a certain style in public, without the meaning of theater performance. As a stage art form, ballet first appeared in the grand banquets and entertainment activities of Italian courts in the Renaissance.
Later, Catherine of Florence Princess Medici brought this dance form to the French court. 158 1 year, The Queen's Comedy Ballet, the first ballet performed by French courts, caused great repercussions in Europe, and courts all over the world followed suit and regarded ballet as a model of court entertainment. 16 1 year, King Louis XIV of France established the Royal Dance Academy in Paris. After ballet entered the theater, it experienced two stages: comedy ballet and singing ballet. /kloc-In the mid-8th century, with the perfection of "plot dance" and related theories, ballet completely changed its position of being attached to drama and opera and performing dance only in the interval, and developed into a theater art form with serious social significance, which promoted the development of plot with dance and music.
/kloc-The beginning of the 0/9th century is another golden age in the history of ballet development, with great breakthroughs in content and theme, skills, performance and performance forms. Tiptoe dancing skills have gradually become the main performance means of actresses, and accumulated a set of systematic and scientific training methods. Influenced by the romantic cultural trend of thought, the development of ballet in European countries pays more attention to the expression of national spirit and temperament, forming different styles of ballet schools such as Italian school, French school, Russian school and Danish school. Since the 20th century, Russia has replaced Italy and France as the center of traditional ballet development. On the stage of European and American countries, modern ballet with different styles and schools has gradually shown a vigorous development momentum, which has injected new vitality into the development of ballet art.
Plot dance
Ballet terminology. The original meaning refers to the dance with relatively stable structure and direct connection with the development of the plot. The Romantic Period, the basic structure of sitcom is "appearance", adagio duet, solo dance for men and women and group dance with all the actors at last. The big duets in Remunda, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Maid and the dance scenes in Esmeralda are all typical plot dances. Since the 20th century, drama dance, as a concept opposite to entertainment dance, generally refers to all dances that express the psychological and emotional changes of characters and promote the development of drama.
dance drama
(Dance-Drama) Taking dance as the main means of expression, combined with music, art, drama, literature and other art forms, it expresses specific drama content, artistic conception, characters' emotions, psychological state and behavior, as well as the stage performance art that promotes the development of the plot. Because of the needs of the plot or the different styles of the times and characters, the dance drama can choose or comprehensively use classical dance, folk dance, personality dance, modern dance, palace dance or ball dance, which is composed of choreographed solo dance, duet, trio, duet, trio and group dance. China dance drama has a long history, which originated from the court music and dance in slave society. There is no clear definition between European ballet and ballet.
Collective dance
One of the dance styles. Generally speaking, it refers to the stage performance form derived from folk dance "group dance", that is, multi-person dance with more than three people and different numbers. The picture and composition of group dance are changeable, which requires the performers to be neat in action, unified in style and tacit in cooperation, so it has rich artistic expression.
(1) Dance works with independent content and theme and complete plot. China's dance Touch Snail, Female Militia on the Grassland, Under the Grape Shelf, Russian Little Birch Tree, Korean dance Spring, Apple Picking and American modern dance Image are all successful works of group dance.
(2) In large-scale dance works, sometimes because of the need of picture and composition, or in order to highlight the main characters and enhance the dramatic effect, some passages of solo, duet and threesome are often interspersed in the group dance, such as the solo and duet in ballet scenes such as Fairy and Swan Lake.
(3) Group dances arranged in ballet and large-scale dances to set off the overall atmosphere, such as "Woman Warrior Dance" and "Hat Dance" in China ballet "Red women soldiers" and swan dance in Russian ballet "Swan Lake".
Expanding knowledge: What are the technical terms of ballet?
Ballet terms include Battement (the general term for leg movements), Battement tendu (mopping the floor), Demi plie (half squat), Grand plie (big squat), Battement tendu jete (small kick), Rond de jembe (drawing a circle with legs) and so on.
Beautiful and elegant ballet dance can be characterized by eight words, namely, open, tight, straight, upright, light, accurate, stable and beautiful. The knees of the main leg and the strength leg of ballet are straight, and the back is vertical. In other words, the muscles of the whole body are elongated, so that ballet dance can achieve the perfect visual modeling of stretching and long lines. Another kind of ballet is linear art, and the action route on the stage is mostly linear, which is also in line with the way of thinking in western countries.
Matters needing attention in ballet dance
For dancers, it is normal for the skin of feet to be worn and blistered. Wash your feet at ordinary times to prevent bacterial infection. Ballerinas often need their toes to slide on the ground, and the nails on the inside of their big toes are easily worn out. If this situation is serious, stick nails on the inside of their big toes with band-aid before each dance to reduce direct friction with the ground and clean them properly.
Stretching the feet is the most basic form of ballet. At the same time, with the center of gravity and displacement, the instep is easy to cramp or strain. If you feel uncomfortable, do a foot massage on the spot, press the instep and sole with both hands, and press it several times in the uncomfortable position.
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