Dancing Of The Middle-aged And The Elderly In Public Spaces In Chongqing

This research takes the participation status and influencing factors of three middle-aged and elderly groups in the practice of fitness ballroom dancing and guangchangwu in Chongqing public space as the research object,aiming to explore how middle-aged and elderly groups now ’define’ and ’Deal with’ their own aging body,analyze the motivation of middle-aged and elderly people to participate in these two types of dances,explore the influencing factors,pay attention to the physical experience of middle-aged and elderly people in the aging process,and give reasonable suggestions.The author conducted fieldwork among three dance groups in Chongqing:one is located in the center of the city’s business district,and two smaller groups are located in the north of the city.According to the standards of the World Health Organization(WHO),middle-aged and elderly people refer to people who are 45 years old and above.Therefore,the research objects of this study are mainly for dancers who are 45 years old and above.In general,this ethnographic research is carried out around three questions:(1)Why do middle-aged and elderly people participate in the practice of square dancing and fitness ballroom dancing in public spaces?(2)What happened to the dancers in the process of participating in dance practice?(3)What kind of advice should be given based on the current dance participation practice of middle-aged and elderly groups?This ethnographic research is based on field surveys,participating observations,narrative interviews and other methods.The researchers observed 13 dance activities of each dance group and recorded the dance activities of these dancers.A total of 50 dancers were interviewed.This study found that:First of all,the practice of square dancing and fitness ballroom dancing participated by middle-aged and elderly groups as a ’multi-functional place’can not only meet the fitness and social needs of participants,but also give participants nostalgia and identity reconstruction.Experience,this affects the dancer’s motivation to participate in the dance to a certain extent.Secondly,by observing the reality,this study found that some cultural collisions and cultural fusions occurred in the practice of square dance and fitness ballroom dancing in which middle-aged and elderly groups participated.Cultural collisions were reflected in:’Monely’ collectivism and ’enthusiasm’ Individualism,’genderized fitness ballroom dance’ and’non-genderized square dance’;cultural integration is embodied in a single-sex female ballroom dance group.Finally,the author puts forward the following development suggestions based on the research results:respect project differences,use project characteristics,and promote harmonious development;strengthen participation and guidance,divide project intensity,and promote scientific fitness;focus on gender characteristics,enrich project forms,and popularize national fitness;focus on Dancers demand,pay attention to dance promotion,and promote sports development with the people as the center;review the background of the times,agree on the theme of life,and give play to the value of dance to mankind and society.