坐着的菩萨和站着的基督——东西方舞蹈的文化比较

Sitting Buddha and Standing Christ——A Comparison of Eastern and Western Dancing Cultures

东西方舞蹈的不同特征是各自文化上的差异造成的。就舞台的造型而言 ,西方芭蕾可说是一种“空间”的舞蹈 ,中国舞蹈则更多的是一种“时间”的舞蹈。也就是说 ,中国人讲究曲、圆、拧 ,向大地跺踏 ;西方人追求外开、绷直 ,延长肢体 ,以摆脱大地而腾跃。东西方舞蹈的这种形态和观念的差异是东西方地理、经济和文化思想等众多因素不同的历史结果。不同的历史铸造了不同的身体文化。从站着的基督和坐着的佛陀 ,从耸立尖顶的教堂和依山爬坡的寺庙 ,我们看到了跳跃、外开、向上的西方芭蕾和舞动、内收、向地的东方 (中国 )舞蹈。

The different features of eastern and western dances are formed because of the difference between eastern and western cultures.As to stage image, western ballet is a dance of“space”while Chinese dance is of“time”.That is to say, Chinese dancers strive for curved, round and twisted figure, and tend to stamp on the earth, whereas westerners pursue to stretch out tight, extending limbs and bounce to leave the earth. The difference of form and ideology between eastern and western dances is a historical result of the difference in eastern and western geography, economy, culture, etc. Different histories forge different cultures of body. We may tell western ballet of bouncing, stretching and going up from eastern (Chinese) dance of dancing, reserved and pointing to the earth when we see the standing Christ and the sitting Buddha, and church towering aloft and temple prone on a hill respectively.