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The Emotional Characteristics Of Multiple Dances In The Musical "West Side Story"

Posted on:2019-05-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2435330548487524Subject:Music
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The west side story,adapted from Shakespeare's classic play romeo and Juliet,tells the story of the struggle between two gangs in the American slums following the immigration boom.It is one of the most famous musicals in the history of Broadway,and the success of west side story is largely due to the deep strength of the choreographer.As the choreographer of the play is the master dancer-Jerome forced the Robbins,in this play,he first widened dance in musical expressiveness,creative will ballet,jazz,tap,modern dance,such as Europe and the United States representative dance,dance is no longer has nothing to do with the plot,actually involved in the plot development,for the first time to show the emotion.Because of this,west side story is called the model of musical choreography.In the first chapter of this article first from the musical dance,dance is one of the important forms of musical,it all the way to witness the emergence and development of the musical and dance not only make the musical has more ornamental,also to depict the character image,expressing emotion has a unique advantage and important role.The second chapter introduces the brilliant achievements and the main idea of west side story.The third chapter,taking the musical "west side story" as an example,analyzes several representative dance segments and deeply explores the characters' emotion and performance connotation behind the dance movements.At the same time,the main characteristics of the dance of this drama-the fusion of various styles of expression of the expression of a detailed analysis and analysis,clarified the dance in the play in the expression of the emotional characteristics.
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