I. Dance and music
The close relationship between dance and music is fundamentally that dance can not be separated from music, and dance is always displayed with the accompaniment of music. Dance and music exist. Without music, there is no dance. The original dance is accompanied by beats or vocals. In Ji Le? Music like an article says:? Poetry, expressing ambition, singing, singing and dancing are all rooted in the heart, and then musical instruments follow. ? This truth was also said in the preface to Mao's poems in the Han Dynasty:? Have ambition in your heart and speak like a poem; Emotion moves in the middle and is formed in words, which is insufficient, so it laments; Lack of lamentation, so singing; The disadvantage of singing is that you don't know how to dance with your hands. ? There is even a saying in the dance world:? Music is the soul of dance, and dance is the echo of music. ? Zahanov, a famous choreographer and dance theorist in the former Soviet Union, also said:? Music-this is the soul of dance. Music contains and determines the structure, characteristics and temperament of dance. ?
Wu Xiaobang, a dancer from China, has proved this in theory and practice. He thinks:? Any dance in artistic image must be through music, in order to put it? Meaning? Show it completely. ? He also publicly claimed that he was from March of the Volunteers? Get a dance image? , he also pointed out? This is an unaccompanied dance. Although there is no sound, there is also a rhythmic movement born of silence, which makes people feel that silence is better than sound. Although some dancers strive to create works without music accompaniment in order to emphasize the independence of dance art, we still use walking kicks instead of music accompaniment, and use foot bells and hand bells to make rhythmic sounds with body movements. Broadly speaking, this rhythmic sound is the basic element of music. The dance Silent Song directed by China dancer Wang et al. shows Zhang Zhixin's fierce struggle in prison. It is a dance work without music accompaniment, but it is equipped with sound effects such as wind, underwater sound, shackles and flogging. In fact, this sound itself belongs to music in a broad sense, because it has rhythm, rhythm, pitch and timbre. In a word, dance and music cannot be separated.
Second, the combination of dance and music.
First of all, the similarity between dance and music is rhythm, which is the natural basis of their combination. Both dance and music have a sense of rhythm, and dance needs music to strengthen the sense of rhythm. The fundamental reason why primitive dance was combined with music from the beginning lies in rhythm. In a deeper sense, people's rhythmic movement naturally needs music, so all kinds of rhythmic collective labor in past dynasties have labor songs. As a free and rhythmic expression of emotional impulse, dance naturally needs the cooperation of music. Of course, what can be combined with dance is not any music, but music with distinct rhythm. Music was originally combined with other arts, such as drama, film and poetry. But dancing is the easiest and must be combined because they have the same rhythm.
Secondly, the similarity between dance and music is lyricism. Both dance and music directly express feelings, and the expression of music is abstract, which will not overlap, contradict or interfere with the specific expression of dance, but can be seamlessly combined with dance.
Thirdly, dance and music are displayed in the process of time. So that they can be synchronized and combined.
Third, the role of music in dance
(1) Cooperate with and help dance to express emotion, embody personality and set off the atmosphere.
Dance needs the stimulation and reinforcement of music. Without music, it is difficult for dance to fully express its feelings. Music has the characteristics of direct infiltration into people's hearts, and the appreciators often experience the feelings expressed in music as their own inner feelings. Dancers certainly have a deeper feeling and understanding of music as part of their works. This kind of feeling and understanding further stimulates the inner feelings, which are expressed through external body movements. Ulanova, an outstanding dancer, said in A Dancer's Self-report that when she played Maria in the fountain of saraj, Bakhti, she regarded understanding music as? Starting point? Yes She also said that good music is for herself? Express the expression and meaning of dance movements? . Music can strengthen the emotional color of dance, help to understand the content of dance, and make dance more vivid and attractive. Music can directly touch the feelings of the audience, which is equivalent to adding an emotional bond between the dance and the audience, making the audience closer to the dance.
Help organize dance movements
Dance creation should be carried out in contrast with music. Because dance and music have the same rhythm, rhythm and emotional content, and they are displayed at the same time, they must be highly coordinated. Dance works are not designed with music after action, but with music before action design. There are two ways to use dance music, one is to use ready-made music, and the other is to create music according to the theme and plot of the established dance. ? Choreography according to music? This is a common practice of dancing. Zahanov said:? Composers compose dance music. Dance drama director is excited by music, and creates dance works-dance drama on the basis of music. ? Of course, dancing is not just obeying music. First of all, dance should choose music, because not all music is suitable for dance. Secondly, if you create music for the specific dance works in your mind, you must obey the requirements put forward by the choreographer. In addition, the choreographer can also request to modify the music during the choreography.
Mr. Wu Zuqiang once said in the article "Music Structure of Dance and Others": The task of dance and music is to try to express what they want to express by shaping a distinctive and convincing image. Generally speaking, the biggest feature of dance music should be to try our best to help shape and establish the image of dance, enrich it and strengthen its appeal. ? Such as folk dance "Stone? The music of "Woman", with strong Fujian local color, free and easy, simple timbre characteristics, depicts the typical character of Hui 'an women's diligence, simplicity and humiliation, which is memorable.
(c) In dance and ballet, they are responsible for explaining and showing the plot.
Such as the first paragraph of the dance drama "What a strong wind"? Recalling in Chinese, music simulates the effect of turbulent wind with electroacoustic, from small to large, from far to near, bringing the audience into the atmosphere of telling stories. In the third part of the dance? Symbol? Under the guidance of the suona cry, accompanied by the powerful drums and cymbals, and the short and powerful performance of strings, the dance was pushed to a climax. Finally, the music came with a gust of wind, as if to blow this moving story further and let more people be moved by it. Artistic charm is embodied in the seamless integration of dance and music here.
The combination of dance and music forms a complete dance art, and the movements and gestures of dance are the most beautiful and moving of all things in the world. Combining with the most beautiful sound, that is, music art, will bring people wonderful artistic enjoyment, thus producing social effects. This is a kind of. A match made in heaven? .