Dance is a performing art, which uses the body to complete various elegant or difficult movements, usually accompanied by music, and rhythmic movements are the main means of expression.
It usually uses music and other props. Dance itself has multiple social meanings and functions, including sports, socialization, courtship, sacrifice, etiquette and so on. Before the origin of human civilization, dance was very important in ceremony, etiquette, celebration and entertainment. Dance appeared in China five thousand years ago. It was born in slave society and developed into a certain feature in Qin and Han Dynasties.
It basically shows that people can take rhythmic movements as the main means of expression with music accompaniment. Also refers to performing dance; Dance, modern dance, pole dance, jazz dance, folk dance, belly dance, China classical dance; It is a kind of etiquette for ancient courtiers to make certain dance gestures when they worship the emperor.
There are artistic terms and China's ancient music and dance theory: "Emotions move in China, actions are in words, and words are pathetic;" Lament its lack, so sing it; Lack of singing is not the same as dancing with hands. "This also vividly shows that dance is the product of expressing people's most exciting emotions.
Many scholars in our country advocate the theory that dance originated from labor, because labor is the first need for human survival and development, and it also creates people themselves, separates people from the animal kingdom and creates human society. In the dance of primitive people, hunting, planting and all kinds of labor and life occupy the largest proportion.
We believe that all the above theories about the origin of dance have some truth, but they are not complete and comprehensive, because dance activity is a social phenomenon in human life, and its origin is not single like the composition of everything in the world, but there are many factors, so people advocate "labor synthesis theory".
In other words, dance originated from the labor practice of human survival and development and the needs of various other life practices. In detail, dance originated from the simulated reproduction of ancient human labor production (hunting, farming), fitness and combat drills.
As well as totem worship, witchcraft and religious sacrifice activities and the need to express inner impulses. Combining with poetry and music is one of the earliest art forms in human history.