Dance Discourse and the Concept of Genre - Some Interpretive Elements

ABSTRACT The objective of this article is to examine dance as visual and verbal-visual discourse, and to identify the components that foster the production of meaning for an audience without any specialized training, but who are merely amateurs, and who attend dance shows. The first part of the article establishes the theoretical-conceptual basis for the study, supported by excerpts from the works of Bakhtin, Medvedev, and Voloshinov, which converge with the perspective of dance theorist, Rudolf Laban, who conceives of dance as language. Secondly, a corpus consisting of four discursive fragments from different genres are analyzed: classical ballet, modern ballet, hip-hop and street dance. The analysis focuses on the concepts of discursive genres, intonation, and value systems.

摘要 本文旨在将舞蹈作为视觉话语与视-言语话语开展研究，并剖析可助力无专业训练背景的普通业余观众理解舞蹈演出表意逻辑的核心要素。本文第一部分为该研究搭建理论概念基础，研究援引巴赫金、梅德韦杰夫及沃洛希诺夫的论著节选，其理论内核与将舞蹈视为语言的舞蹈理论家鲁道夫·拉班（Rudolf Laban）的观点相契合。其次，本研究选取涵盖古典芭蕾、现代芭蕾、嘻哈舞与街舞四类不同舞种的四段话语片段组成语料库展开分析，分析将围绕话语体裁、语调与价值体系等核心概念进行。