Study On Dancing Statues Of Song Genre Dance In Bashu Grottos

Bashu Grottos, a perfect demonstration of Chinese culture. Many statues ofdancing from Song dynasty can be found among these grottos. These statues shows thatdancers in Song dynasty are delicate、implicit and elegance, and it also demonstrate thatSong dance is gentle、introverted、stylization、 philosophically、 and exquisite. Afterthe evolution of dance in the former dynasties, Song dance assimilate all theircharacteristics successfully,and developed a new genre of Chinese dance. This can beseen as the second most important evolution in Chinese dancing history.After the investigation、documentation analyses and comparison, this thesis willdemonstrate it’s argumentation with in six chapters. Chapter1: Define the thesis’spurview and concepts、explain the significances of this research; discuss the existingresearch made by the others, analyses the characteristics of those dancing statues andclassifications made by the former researcher, set the own classification for thisthesis：”Heaven spectacle” and “Secular spectacle”; Chapter2: Discuss the establish andculture background of Song genre dance which were found in the statues of BashuGrottos; Chapter3: Set four classification for the Song Dance,and analyses the bodylanguage of Song genre dance with examples; Chapter4: Classify the “Secularspectacle” in to three new classification,analyses the pictures of them, focused on themovement、spectacle、clothing、stage property and significance of Song genre dance;Chapter5: Analyses all the dancing statues in Bashu Grottos and their culturebackground, present the aesthetics characteristics of Song genre dance; Chapter6:Conclusion. This thesis can be seen as a add-up for the research of Chinese dance, andalso can be used as a theoretic sport for the modern dancer to rendition thir own BashuSong genre dance.