1. Basic elements of choreography
The basic elements of choreography include three basic elements: dance expression, dance rhythm and dance composition. Rhythm is the time factor of dance movements, and composition is composed of the expression and rhythm changes of dance performers, including spatial factors. Modeling dance expression expresses people’s feelings and thoughts through the character images created by dancers, so it is different from the emotions in general natural conditions, and is not limited to facial expressions, but mainly reflected through “strength,” “speed” and “amplitude”.
These contrasting forms and the rhythm of the dance, combined with the expression, constitute the upward composition of the dance. Through the dynamic composition, the specific thoughts and feelings of the characters are expressed, and various beautiful dance imagination spaces are created. Therefore, the combination and interaction of these three elements of dance form a unique form of expression of dance art. These three elements of dance are indispensable, but they have different emphasis in different dance forms. Generally, self entertainment dance focuses on rhythm, while stage performance dance combines the three and is closely inseparable.
Dance is never composed of a single component, and all factors must appear together. However, all factors do not appear at the same time and do not have the same value. Affected by the outside world, the body moves in a certain period of time, a certain space and a certain situation. According to the “conception” of dance, one of the factors may be dominant and appear in the primary position. It will become the central factor of choreography, and the other factors will be auxiliary components in the structure of dance movements.
2. Understanding of dance movements
2.1. Composition method of dance movements:
Reorganization method: classify an action or a group of actions and recombine them in the same form (the sequence of actions changes)
Overlapping method: one or a group of actions are repeatedly used in the same space or in different spatial directions.
Folding method: retain the part and cut off the whole (for example, the movement of a whole, not the movement of the hand, but the movement of the foot)
Fuzziness: a reservation and development of the original creative work.
2.2. Strength of dance movements:
Strength is something similar to the “tension” of basic muscles. Through it, movements can be generated. The feeling of the concept of strength is realized through the acquisition of weight and the injection of strength into movements.
3. Treatment of dance expression
Illusory emotional expression: the process of laying the groundwork for a specific emotion that is not very obvious.
Implicit emotional expression: a result of psychological activities that are not completely unified with external expression.
Emotional expression of Juxiang: it can be used at a glance.
Abstract emotional expression: abstract things through action vocabulary and expression, so as to form a strong artistic effect between image and non image (more used in modern dance).
Common group dance formation
1. Line up
Each dancer is lined up in front of the audience, each dancing his own way. There is no distinction between the master and the slave. The advantage of this formation is that it has a large number of people, but it is obviously a little monotonous. It is a basic independent style.
2. Echelon
The middle part protrudes, and the others recede in turn. For example, the formation of the wild geese flying may still be similar to the dance movements, but the audience subjectively thinks that what stands out in the middle is the main one, and the other is the secondary one, so there is a primary and secondary difference. It is only this primary and secondary difference that can be eliminated by rotating the dancers in the dance; It can also be changed into other independent dance teams, so that the difference between primary and secondary is not obvious.
3. Scatter
It is an evenly distributed formation, but its spirit is that every dancer is equally important, regardless of primary and secondary, so the front row can not block the back row, and the number of people in the front row is also large, so there is no sense that the front row is more important. (many hip-hop dances adopt this method)
4. Circled
This is a way of dancing in circles, which is very rare now that most of the stage is framed. However, in folk dance, there are many dances that emphasize participation rather than appreciation.
Choreography techniques of various postures in duet dance
1. Back to back
It is more difficult for two people to move in all directions at the same time by sticking their backs together. (for same-sex duet)
2. Hands and shoulders
This technique is commonly used in the same space as the point method. It has a large range and is used for traction.
3. Feet and feet are also commonly used. It is often used in duets. For example, two people lie down and lift their feet 90 degrees and then perform a series of applications. It is mainly different from the hand. The foot movements are relatively fresh. In foreign countries, the foot is generally more active, and in China, the upper body is generally emphasized.
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