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Exploration on the Effective Shaping of Characters in Folk Dance Performances -- Taking the Dance Drama "A Handful of Sour Jujube" For Example

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DOI: 10.38007/Proceedings.0001635

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Fanghui Lu

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Fanghui Lu

Abstract

Taking the dance drama "A handful of sour jujube" as an example, this paper discusses the effective shaping of characters in folk dance performance. Firstly, the characteristics of characters in folk dance performance are summarized. Secondly, it discusses the significance of the effective shaping of characters in folk dance performance. Then the major figures in the dance drama “A handful of sour jujube” were introduced and the channels to effectively shape the figures were illustrated from the perspective of practice. Dance is a kind of stage art using body languages for the narration and expressing one’s emotions, and the narration is achieved by shaping the images. As the development of dancing art and the changes of people in art psychology in different ages, dance is gradually characterized with diversity in dance performances. Human factors are essential in the shaping of dance art no matter how it develops. Therefore, the image is the most core components in many types of dance image. Our country is endowed with diverse folk genre with rich themes and profound connotation, which fully reflects the strong regional style and aesthetic pursuit of the life of people. “A handful of sour jujube” that was wrote and directed by Zhang Jigang, was a national dance drama reflective of the culture of Shanxi merchants and it was performed by Huajin dance drama troupe in Shanxi Art Vocational College. Various art forms of folk dance were applied in this dance drama to show the characters with strong personalities by exquisite plot structure. This paper discusses the effective shaping of character image in combination with the characteristics of folk dance in the drama.

Keywords

Folk Dance; Characters; Effective Shaping; A Handful of Sour Jujube