The use of Cultural Relics in Chinese Contemporary Dance Creation
The terracotta figurines is a materialized form and historical and cultural relic of ancient music and dance culture,and it has high archaeological and cultural value because they contain a large amount of social information,myths and legends,laws and regu-lations and aesthetic styles.As a representative element of the excellent traditional Chinese culture,the terracotta figures are not only a powerful window and key support for"reproducing"and"rebuilding"Chinese classical dance,but also widely used in the creation of Chinese contemporary dance,realizing an effective link between historical consciousness and contemporary vision.On the basis of com-bing the road of revival of ancient Chinese dance,this paper analyzes several classical dance works based on the creation of pottery ter-racotta figures in the Han Dynasty by Sun Ying,Tian Tian's Terra-cotta Warriors series and Wang Ge's Splendid Embroidery.It points out that cultural relics dance creation should have both historical consciousness and contemporary vision.