What is the content of children’s dance works?

The content of children’s dance works is the objective life phenomena they reflect and the author’s subjective feelings and evaluations. Generally speaking, the content of children’s dance works is composed of five categories: theme, theme, characters, plot and environment. composed of factors. 1. Theme refers to the life phenomena directly described in children’s dance works. It is the material that the dance author selects, summarizes, refines and processes from the large amount of life materials he has mastered as the content of the work. Material is not equal to subject matter. Their difference is: the material is mostly the original material of social life, with incomparable richness and vividness. However, the richness contains complexity, but the vividness lacks systematicity, so it can only be the source and source of population. Basically, what the author expresses is only a part that has been screened and refined, so the material is greater than or more than the subject matter. The theme is divided into two interpretations: broad sense and narrow sense. The broad theme refers to the range of life represented by children's dance works, such as historical themes, modern themes or industrial themes, military themes, etc. The subject matter in a narrow sense refers to the life phenomena specifically expressed in children's dance works. Take the dance drama "Garland Under the Mountain" as an example. In a broad sense, it is a modern theme and a military theme; in a narrow sense, it shows the different attitudes of different characters such as Zhao Mengsheng and Liang Sanxi in facing war against the background of contemporary war. mentality, different performances, and the resulting conflicts. Because dance, like other things, has its strengths and limitations, the choice of dance theme should be relatively strong in movement. This is determined by the fact that the main means of expression of dance art is the characteristics of human dance movements. Generally speaking, it is more difficult to use dance language to express themes that lack movement (of course, this is not absolute). Secondly, the dance theme should be exciting and full of emotions. This is also determined by the artistic characteristics of dance that are good at lyricism. Dance is the most exciting form of expression of human emotions. It can best express people's inner spiritual world and emotional content that other means of artistic expression are difficult to express. Therefore, we say that dance themes are action-oriented, but not all themes that can move are suitable for dance. Only themes that are both action-oriented and exciting and full of emotions are suitable for dance performance. 2. Theme, also called the theme idea, is the emotional connotation and central idea expressed in children's dance works through the depiction of social real life and the shaping of artistic images. The theme of children's dance works is the crystallization of the dance author's observation, experience, analysis, and research of real life, as well as the summary and refinement of the theme. It is also the expression of the dance author's understanding, evaluation and ideal of real life. The themes of children's dance works are formed by the dance author after long-term observation and experience of social life and natural phenomena. Once the theme of a dance work is formed, it takes a dominant position in the entire creation and is implemented throughout the creative process; at the same time, it plays a decisive and important role in the selection of themes, the arrangement of the structure, and the use of movement vocabulary. Theme and theme are both different and related: the theme is selected and refined by the dance author from a large number of life materials, and is used in children's dance works to express the theme of the characters' actions and life scenes that can be perceived by the audience; and The theme is the positive or negative emotions and ideological tendencies shown through the actions and life phenomena of these characters. 3. Characters are the main objects of description and performance in children’s dance works. The largest and most frequently expressed content in children's dance works is people - people with different thoughts, emotions, personalities and their various actions. They express life through the dance images of various vivid characters and express the author's view of life. aesthetic evaluation and ideals and wishes for a better life. In children's dance works, there are also many "characters" that are not real life, such as gods, ghosts, and flowers, birds, beasts, wind, rain, mountains, water, etc. in natural scenery. Although these dance images are human in appearance, There are exaggerations and variations, but in the final analysis it still expresses people, their situations and emotions. A pond of lotus swaying in the wind expresses the nobility of the Chinese people; a group of peacocks climbing branches and spreading their tails shows the beauty of Dai girls; the wild geese soaring in the sky expresses the boldness of the Mongolian people's love of freedom; the monkeys breaking off their bags of grain express the compatriots of the Yi ethnic group. His interesting character; as for the dragon leaping and the lion leaping, and the red plum blossom proud of the snow, they are filled with the spirit of the nation and reveal the character of the nation. The dancer inherits the expression techniques of "expressing feelings based on objects" and "expressing one's aspirations through objects" in traditional Chinese art, and expresses the dancer's emotions through the description of natural scenery such as birds, animals, flowers, birds, insects, and fish.

The "object" in children's dance is people, "humanized nature". 4. Plot is the evolution and development process of characters’ lives and events. The plot of children's dance works is composed of a series of specific event development processes that can show the relationship between characters, characters and the environment. Plot is the history of character growth and development. In dramatic children's dance (dance drama), due to the conflicts between characters, the plot has great ups and downs and is highly action-oriented. In narrative children's dance (plot dance), although the plot events are relatively simple and simple, their arrangements should be clever and reasonable. If they can be both reasonable and unexpected, fascinating artistic effects can be achieved. 5. Environment generally refers to the social background of the era in which the characters live, the specific life scenes and the atmosphere of time and space where the plot events in the dance occur. The dance environment and atmosphere can not only create a specific time and space with the help of stage art - the light, color and sound of lighting, scenery, props, but also can trigger the audience's artistic expression through the movement and changes of the group dance formations. Imagine and create the environment and atmosphere for dance. For example, "Lotus Dance", from the scene of the lotus girl moving non-stop in an arc shape on the stage, it vividly shows the specific environment of a group of lotus flowers blooming in the quiet lake.