中国近现代舞蹈在社会的变革中经历了初步萌芽、畸形发展到浴火重生的新格局。舞蹈继汉代、唐朝鼎盛后,如果给中国舞蹈定义第三个繁荣时期的话,本人认为就是在近现代时期。本文从历史线索探寻出近现代中国舞蹈的特征,“民众化”趋势、“红色精神”、在与时俱进和市场经济下的近代舞蹈等。但无论怎么发展最终还是回归到本土文化上来,保持中国舞蹈文化的“中国特色”势在必行。 Chinese modern dance has undergone initial germination and deformity development in the social transformation to a new pattern of rejuvenation. After the dance of the Han Dynasty and the peak of the Tang Dynasty, if we define the third period of prosperity for Chinese dance, I think it is in the modern times. This paper explores the characteristics of modern Chinese dance, the trend of “popularization”, the “red spirit”, the modern dance under the condition of keeping pace with the times and the market economy from the historical clues. However, no matter how the development finally returns to the local culture, it is imperative to maintain the “Chinese characteristics” of Chinese dance culture.