On The Evolution Of Chinese Classical Dance Language Form

After the establishment of People’s Republic of China,Chinese classical dancing had been founded and developed along with the economic and social evolution.Nowadays,it has become the mainstream dancing type in China.Being deeply rooted in the history of Chinese civilization,its great national and artistic value is significant.The foundation of dance consists of action,vocabulary and those combination.During the development history,the ultimate reflection of current Chinese classical dancing is the improvement of language form.There are two distinct versions which has been spanning over 50 years of the solo dance "the night of flowers and moons on the Spring River",one is present in the 1950s(hereinafter referred to as "Chun·50")and the other appears in the early 21 st century(hereinafter referred to as "Chun·21 ").In order to explore some characteristics of the variation and invariability of the language form of Chinese classical dancing,combining with the historical background and aesthetic characteristics of different periods,this paper studies the direction of the innovation and development of contemporary Chinese classical dancing based on the comparative analysis of the language forms of the two versions.On the one hand,"Chun·50 " is a kind of Chinese classical dancing that was extracted from the early stage of traditional Chinese Opera Dance,being with obvious characteristics of "narrative" and "imitation and analogy",which indicates the unique characteristics in the early stage of development of Chinese classical dancing.On the other hand,integrated with the track and the techniques of the grand dance,"Chun·21" pays more attention on the lyric and freehand fictionality,and finally presents the extraordinary artistic expression with the artistic characteristics of that period.Comparing from "Chun·21" to "Chun·50",the language forms of Chinese classical dancing are constantly developing and changing in the aspects of action posture,movement posture connection,and technical skills,showing the gradual enrichment and maturity language forms of Chinese classical dancing.The language form of Chinese classical dancing is developed based on the Chinese traditional culture.Moreover,the main points of Chinese classical dancing language inheritance include the unchangeable corresponding aesthetic tradition,the pursuit of round form and the expression law of extreme return and so on.