CONSTRUCTING IMAGES OF THE UNDERCLASS IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE CREATION FROM A LINGNAN PERSPECTIVE: TAKE THE DANCE WORK "TIME IN THE HANDSHAKE BUILDING" AS AN EXAMPLE

Abstract

Contemporary dance is a form of dance creation that emerges from drawing materials and artistic processing of The Times. It can truly reflect social reality and has the characteristic of keeping pace with The Times. Since the beginning of the 21st century, China has been constantly promoting the process of urbanization, which has brought about earth-shaking changes in the social environment over the past few decades, providing rich themes and inspirations for the creation of contemporary dance. The dance work "Time in the Handshake Building" takes the unique architectural type of the Lingnan region, the "Handshake Building", as its creative starting point. Through the organic combination of stage design, body movements and spatial choreography, it uses methods such as dance text analysis, image observation and cultural context analysis to illustrate the empirical evidence in the dance work. Starting from the urban environment of Lingnan, it depicts the life microcosm of the underclass groups living there. In the article, examples are given respectively through restrictive action design, the presentation of the relationship between the group and the individual, the arrangement and space, the handling of composition, and the symbolic function of stage props, to show the survival struggle of the underclass in the city while praising the kind undertone in human nature. In the creation of the dance work, the focus is placed on the living conditions of the underclass people, shifting from the real living space to the abstract images on the stage. This reflects the contemporary dance's concern for social reality and is positioned in the regional features of Lingnan, demonstrating the artistic value of local creation.