读我国传世最早的舞蹈表演艺术专论——《舞赋》

Reflections on Dance Composition the earliest writing on dancing in China

东汉傅毅《舞赋》是我国传世最早的舞蹈表演艺术专论。它用细腻生动的文字、丰富生动的形象阐明了舞蹈艺术的功能,描写了汉代流行的般鼓、长袖舞,记载了民族舞蹈成熟时期的风貌。《舞赋》标志着汉人对舞蹈表情功能和民族形式的自觉探讨,意味着东汉时,我国舞蹈的民族气派真正确立,舞蹈挣脱了政教束缚,走向了独立。

The Dance Composition by Fu Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty is the earliest writing on dancing in China. With detailed description and vivid images it interprets the function of the art of dancing, depicting the popular dances of the Han Dynasty and recording the look of national dancing of that period. This composition marks the Han people’s analysis of the function and form of dancing, which indicates that dancing rid of political and religious control and became independent.