A Teaching Practice Study On The Similarities And Differences Of Yunnan Wenshan Zhuang Nationality Nong Branch Sacrifice And Entertainment Dances

The Nong branch of Wenshan Zhuang nationality of Yunnan China(hereafter Nong branch of Zhuang)has long history and colorful national cultural resources.During the long-term of living in production and social interaction,the people of Nong branch of Zhuang continuously develops creating and inheriting richly colorful folk dance to make direct reflection to their living environment,social,lifestyle,esthetic pursuit and ethnic characters.This paper takes four folk dances [ "Men Hand Towel Dance","Women Hand Towel Dance","Bang Bang Deng" and "Bronze Drum Hand Towel Dance" ] of Nong branch of Zhuang as research object to study and takes from the perspective of "Comparison of Similarities and Differences between Sacrificial and Entertainment purposed Dances".Through study on history and style characteristic of four dances,their commonness and uniqueness are discovered,and deep detailed and specific analysis are elaborated.On the basis of aforementioned studies,relevant teaching methodologies such as "Chinese National Folk Dance Teaching Combination Choreography" and "Chinese National Folk Dance Teaching Method" are applied to explore and further study the teaching combination choreography and classroom teaching practice of those Nong branch of Zhuang folk dances.The dissertation includes introduction,main-body and conclusion.The introduction summarizes the research source and basis,research purpose and significance,research status and literature review,and related research methodology.The first chapter of the main-body summarizes the historical origin of the sacrificial dance "Men Hand Towel Dance","Bang Bang Deng","Bronze Drum Hand Towel Dance" and the entertainment dance "Women Hand Towel Dance" under the cultural background of Nong Branch of Zhuang.The second chapter selects the sacrificial dance "Men Hand Towel Dance" and the entertainment purposed dance "Women Hand Towel Dance" to compare the similarities and differences in style characteristics based on the field survey during the author’s postgraduate study.The specific compares take place from similarity of two dances and unique features of aspects of posture,dynamics and rhythm.The third chapter breakdowns the introduced folk dances of Nong branch of Zhuang in the way of college degree dance teaching course.It first explains detailed movement refinement and development when creating the combination of the dances.Then the implementation of practical teaching and its methodology are analyzed,and the importance of applying the Nong branch of Zhuang folk dance study to the classroom is summarized.In the conclusion chapter,the author summaries this dissertation comprehensively and leaves her personal thoughts and insights during writing the dissertation.