Recently, "Rehearsal of the Spring Festival Evening in Many Places is subject 3" has triggered a heated discussion among netizens. Netizens who disagree believe that there is nothing wrong with the subject three dance itself, but it is a street dance after all, and it is difficult to be elegant in the Spring Festival Evening. There are also some netizens who think that the Spring Festival Evening is a stage that appeals to both refined and popular tastes. As long as it can bring joy to everyone, it will not be on the table.
"Subject III" can be called the hottest dance of the year in 2023. With its unique repetitive movements and magical music, it became popular in the Haidilao incident, which caused a discussion on the artistic value and connotation of "vulgar" culture. "Vulgar" culture spreads quickly and widely on the Internet, and has won the love of many people. Although it is not necessarily vulgar, it is mostly instant sensory stimulation and lacks spiritual connotation, which also causes many people’s disgust.
In fact, "elegance" and "vulgarity" are not absolute opposites. Recently, some netizens have discovered the elegant "opening way" of "subject three". For example, some time ago, the Royal Russian Ballet performed "Swan Lake" and danced "subject three", which caused the audience to cheer and applaud. In the 2023 World Sports Dance Competition, world champion Christina and several dancers showed the national standard version of "Subject III", which made many netizens feel a sense of national pride.
Thus, "elegance" and "vulgarity" can complement each other and even transform each other under certain conditions. Jin Yong’s martial arts novels were evaluated as "street literature that is difficult to be elegant" before the 1990s, but in 2004, they appeared in the catalogue of the fourth volume of the (compulsory) Chinese reading book for senior high schools of People’s Education Publishing House. From being difficult to be elegant to entering high school textbooks, from "poisonous weeds" to literary classics, it reflects the development and changes of people’s cognition, and it also makes people think deeply: Who is in charge of elegance and vulgarity?
Some experts and scholars once regarded Jin Yong’s martial arts novels as "street literature". Are their evaluation criteria fair? Nowadays, some netizens put "Subject 3" at the bottom of the contempt chain of cultural performances. When it appears in the form of stage programs in many places for Spring Festival Evening rehearsals, is it really indecent? The answer may be no. Especially for the emerging performance form of "Subject III", blindly belittling can not promote the prosperity of cultural industry. On the contrary, if we treat it with a more open and inclusive attitude, we may find the perspective and inspiration of artistic innovation through the appearance of "the dispute between elegance and vulgarity".
Source: Green Hornet
Subject three appeared in many rehearsals for the Spring Festival Evening, which may not be indecent. Literary and art workers should put aside the prejudice of "elegance" and "vulgarity", be open and inclusive, and get rid of the rubbish and save the cyanine, so as to create vivid literary and artistic works and be more widely welcomed by the people.
Author: Yang Runcong
Source: China Youth Daily client
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