动物自古以来就是人类不可缺少的伙伴,在人类的各种艺术形式中都有对动物形象的表现,舞蹈作为一种古老的艺术,对动物形象的表现源远流长。它伴随着人类从原始渔猎、刀耕火种,物质文明极其低下的原始社会到科技文明高度发展的今天一路走来,许多地区的山崖石壁上,留有当时刻画的动物图像与舞蹈图像,为我们研究原始舞蹈的动物模仿提供了资料。即便在向现代化社会经济发展的今天,一些少数民族的民间舞蹈中,依然有动物模仿的原始文化遗存;有多种多样的模仿动物的道具舞蹈。与此同时,专业舞蹈工作者在民间舞蹈的基础上,刻画动物的神态、形态,创作深邃思想感情的新型舞台节目,从而使舞蹈中的动物模仿,从简单的外形模拟,上升到一个新的舞蹈高峰。 Animals have been indispensable partners of mankind since ancient times. They have shown animal images in all kinds of human forms of art. As an ancient art, dance has a long history of animal images. It is accompanied by human hunting and fishing from the original, slash and burn, the primitive society of extremely low levels of material civilization to the highly developed science and technology civilization today, many parts of the cliff, leaving the portrayal of animal images and dance images were for our study of primitive Animal imitation of dance provided information. Even in today’s modern socio-economic development, there are still primitive cultural relics imitating animals in some folk dance of ethnic minorities. There are various props and dances imitating animals. Meanwhile, on the basis of folk dance, professional dance workers depict the demeanor and form of animals and create new theatrical programs with profound thoughts and feelings, so that the animal imitation in dance can be upgraded from simple shape simulation to a new Dance peak.