形体戏剧诞生于20世纪后半期，与西方文学性戏剧不同的是形体戏剧在作品表达的过程中强调形体语言。以演员的身体作为表演的载体，这一点与舞蹈艺术有着共通性。在作品《水生》中运用了以海阳秧歌形成的舞蹈语言，借助舞蹈表达人物情感、营造空间意象，是传统舞蹈与形体戏剧的一次融合创作，同时也为传统舞蹈提供了新的发展路径。

本文以中国形体戏剧作品《水生》为例，共分三个章节，从概念梳理到结合作品对海阳秧歌的具体运用进行分析，再到对当前传统舞蹈传承与发展的思考。进一步探讨舞蹈艺术帮助《水生》的表达形成了怎样的独特性，同时，也为舞蹈艺术的发展提供其他形式的参考。

Physical Theatre was born in the second half of the 20th century. Different from western literary drama, body drama emphasizes body language in the process of expression. Taking the actor's body as the carrier of performance has something in common with the art of dance. In the work "Aquatic", the dance language formed by Haiyang Yangge is used to express the emotion of characters and create the space image with the help of dance. It is a creative integration of traditional dance and physical Theatre and also provides a new development path for traditional dance.

This paper takes the Chinese Physical Theatre "Aquatic" as an example, which is divided into three chapters, from the concept combing, to the analysis of the specific application of Haiyang Yangge in combination with the work, to the reflection on the inheritance and development of the current traditional dance. This paper further discusses how the dance art helps the expression of "Aquatic" form its uniqueness, and at the same time, it also provides new thinking for the development of dance art.