On The Collision Of Western Classical Ballet And Chinese Cultural Elements

The elements of the Chinese culture mainly refers to the Chinese story, the Chinese music, the Chinese classic and folk dance, the Chinese ballet dancer, the Chinese dressing and stage design. The crucial issue of the development of the ballet in China is the combination of the traditional ballet and the Chinese culture. The classic western ballet has existed and developed for a long period and it has formed different kinds of school. It has been growing up and has its own feature in China but as well as satisfying the common feature of the ballet in different countries. It occurs both the harmony and the conflict In the course of the combination between the Chinese culture and the traditional ballet. The classic western ballet is based on the traditional western culture and it is fundamentally a meeting between the Chinese culture and the western culture. The combination shall appears to be in accordance with the fundamental elements of the traditional ballet in the first place and then to be the absorption of the Chinese culture and comes to be the ‘Chinese ballet’ finally. However, the improper combination may simply become the boring adding and collage. On the other hand, if it ignores the basic elements of ballet, the premise of the development of ballet in China may no longer exist. It may also cause the vague of the evaluation and aesthetical standard of the audience. The diversification of the culture shall follows a certain rules otherwise may end up with a chaos. The real successful work of art should be understood by ordinary people who possess the basic knowledge of art. It is important to introduce ballet to more and more people in China and lead them to learn more about ballet as much as possible. The red detachment of women is a good example which successfully shows the rules there above and this is the reason of its long term popularization in China and in the world. Therefore, this essay shall mainly discuss the combination of the Chinese culture and the traditional classic ballet by the analysis of the red detachment of women which will be a good reference of the young Chinese ballet dancer and director.