(1) Modern dance is tolerant, optimistic and happy-go-lucky; Its artistic concept is to seek common ground while reserving differences, and "Eight Immortals cross the sea and show their magical powers". Morse Cunningham, the third generation master of American modern dance, once said, "If you don't like other people's works, make up one you like."

(2) The concept of quantity is the first in modern dance. It should be said that gleim's title of "Master" was created by 180' s ballet and dance, which is unmatched by others. Her classmate once pointed out: "Do you want to make an excellent dance? Then, let's make up 100 bad ones first! "

(3) The concept of beauty is not the only pursuit in modern dance; In modern aesthetics, beauty is not the supreme concept. Therefore, beauty should not be the only yardstick to measure the level of modern dance works; When gleim was a young woman, her angular and convulsive movements, which were sensitive to the coming new era, were denounced by the media as "either having a sudden attack or giving birth soon". But decades later, when the whole world is using her spasmodic expression, her principle of "contraction-release" action is regarded as the horn of the new era and the representative of new aesthetics. (Edited by dancelover: Those who have done TOEFL reading comprehension questions designated by New Oriental should be familiar with gleim's example)

(4) The concepts of new and old in modern dance are not absolutely right or wrong. Although the new one is not necessarily better than the old one, the new one is always more interesting and attracts people's attention.

(5) We should try to avoid judging the merits of modern dance works, especially when we look at postmodern dance which is far from the traditional concept. Dance is an aestheticism far from the economic base and ideology, not an ethics.

(6) It's best not to judge the value of modern dance works, especially those new works that aim at experiments, including students' exercises, but to try to tap their creative potential and understand their creative motives as the fundamental purpose.

(7) In the final analysis, all dance creations are consciously or unconsciously exploring "What is dance?" Such a philosophical and aesthetic proposition.

(8) Dancability, a serious problem in classical dance, is completely untenable in modern dance, because the concept of modern dance is so broad, because in the eyes of modern dancers, nature is dancing, because every behavior and every movement of people is dancing. Paul taylor, the third generation master of American modern dance, said, "What we lack is not the movements, but the eyes that can find those movements that can serve our own purposes well."

(9) Ideology and philosophy have always been one of the important characteristics of modern dancers. It is no longer the kind of artist and craftsman who only imitates what he doesn't want to create.

(10) Understand that the purpose of modern dance is bold experiment and serious exploration, not cheap flattery or technical show-off.