英国乡村舞蹈与中国陕北秧歌比较研究

A Comparative Study of English Country Dance and Shanbei Yangko Dance

作为一种传统的民族舞蹈,英国的乡村舞蹈和中国的陕北秧歌都有着悠久的历史,并具有社交、健身等特点,二者在舞蹈形式、表演活动、传递积极向上的生活态度等方面存在相似之处,但在最初的舞蹈功能方面存在较大差异,英国乡村舞蹈是一种社交礼仪,而中国陕北秧歌是一种祭祀和节日庆典等场合的活动表现方式之一,并随着革命形势的发展,陕北秧歌被赋予了更多的政治功能。当今,在传承与保护传统舞蹈过程中,要重视来自社会等外部因素的影响,更要重视来自舞蹈形式自身发展变化的影响。

As a kind of traditional folk dance,the English country dance and the Shanbei Yangko dance in China have a long history and social fitness characteristics.They are much similar in such aspect as the style of dance,performing activities,transfer a positive attitude towards life,but there is biggish difference in the original dance function.English countryside dance is a kind of social etiquette,the Yangko dance in Northern Shaanxi of China is one of the expressions of sacrificial ceremonies and festivals.With the development of the revolutionary situation,the Yangko dance in Northern Shaanxi has been endowed with more political functions.Nowadays,in the process of inheriting and protecting traditional dance,we should pay attention to the influence from external factors such as society,and more importantly,the influence from the development and change of dance form itself.