从传统到现代——试析新世纪少数民族舞剧的演变

Analysis of the Evolution of the Contemporary Ethnic Minority Dance Drama in the New Century

我国少数民族舞剧从20世纪50年代开始为构建舞剧语言系统而进行不断风格化和特色化的探索,先后创作出一批具有不同时代特色和逐渐成熟的少数民族舞剧代表。少数民族舞剧的语汇和内容也从单一的依托少数民族神话传说和历史文化,发展为融合具有少数民族特色的音乐、道具、舞美元素等到舞剧创作中,为新世纪少数民族舞剧的创作增添了时代赋予的舞台美学。整体来看,进入新世纪以来,传统民族文化与现代舞台艺术的有机融合,使少数民族舞剧的创作和语言表达中出现了从传统到现代的转向,具体体现在以下三方面:其一,民族宗教文化和舞剧舞台化处理的结合;其二,本土民族化的舞台现代化再造;其三,时代观照与人文关怀下的主题表达。

Chinese ethnic minority dance drama has undergone continuous stylized and featured exploration in order to construct its unique dance drama language system since 1950s, and series of representative dance drama have been created. The vocabulary and content transformed from singular legend story and folk history as foundation, to combination of music, props and stage art elements with ethnic minority features applied into chorography, and adding new stage aesthetics with time features into the choreography of ethnic minority dance drama in the new century. Overall, music as one of the most important conveying and expressive way in dance drama, its mixed style under current tendency makes ethnic minority culture mingle with stage art, and produces new positive influences： first, the combination of national religious culture with stage expression of dance drama; second, stage modernization re- creation based on its own nationality; third, the theme expression of dance drama with humanistic concern and time attention.