[Background] Dance body linguistics is able to directly penetrate into the “truth” of dance from the perspective of dance ontology, which is conducive to identifying and reflecting on the phenomena of language confusion and identity dislocation th...
[Background] Dance body linguistics is able to directly penetrate into the “truth” of dance from the perspective of dance ontology, which is conducive to identifying and reflecting on the phenomena of language confusion and identity dislocation that exist in the field of Chinese dance at present. [Purpose] Through a comprehensive review of the research on Chinese dance body linguistics, the researcher aims to provide powerful thoughts for the reconstruction of Chinese traditional dance. [Methods] Through systematic literature analysis, this paper summarizes and reviews all the aspects and perspectives of the current research on Chinese dance body linguistics from three dimensions: the theoretical construction of the discipline of dance body linguistics and its deconstruction and structure of dance phenomena. [Results] The study concludes that the current research on Chinese dance body linguistics is characterized by conceptual confusion, narrow vision, morphological confusion and weak theoretical construction. [Conclusion] As the body of dance is inherently comprehensive, the study of dance body language should not stop at the dismantling and integration of dance forms, but should also trace the rhetoric, symbols, meanings, concepts behind them, and their transformation and positioning in the development of the times.