Investigation About The Improvisational Piano Accompaniment In Dance Performances

The improvisational piano accompaniment occupies the pivotal position in the dance performance. It plays a critical role not only in rendering and constructing the atmosphere in dancing performance, but also in showing dancing movements, flavor and style of the dancing performance, etc. It is also very helpful to improve the level of dancers’ performance so that they can accomplish dancing performances better and reach higher heights in the dancing art. In the current day, all art colleges have piano accompaniment in their dancing classes, and more and more dancing trainings stimulate students’ sense of music through the improvisational piano accompaniment. The improvisational piano accompaniment is different from the piano spectrum accompaniment. The piano spectrum accompaniment applies composer’s formal accompaniment music to dancing work, which has characteristics of accuracy and delication. But in the improvisational piano accompaniment, the accompanist makes simple melody that has rich "decoration" and "touch up" in a short period of time, which means that the accompanist has to play the music out as same time as doing the buckling analysis and harmonic configuration. It is a sort of comprehensive art form composed of two degrees of creation and performance. It is also a comprehensive skill of collecting piano playing skills, dancing theoretical knowledge, music perception, and many other elements, which are strongly practicable, widely applicable and highly flexible.In the dancing performance, the dancer’s performance is based on the rhythm of what the improvisational piano plays. This acting mode can make the performers be more able to integrate themselves into the dance performance to deduce the dance more active. At this time, the improvisational piano accompaniment can be melted completely together with dance to exhibit the charm of art. The improvisational piano accompaniment is also an indispensable tool in the dancing education. It can improve the dancers’ ability of improvisation so that they can express feelings better by using the dancing language and have a more profound understanding on dancing and music. In the dancing performance, the main function of the piano accompaniment is to foil atmosphere whereas the improvisational piano accompaniment has the ability not only to foil the atmosphere but also to make dancers’ mood be always adjustable to a higher excitement. In addition to that, it can make different dancing mood to be excessive, transformative, cohesive and rendering to enhance the public’s perception, understanding and resonance for the dancing form and connotation, and make the whole period of dancing performance be more infectious.