Key points of Latin dance

In principle, the guidance of Latin dance is realized through the connection of the body center of gravity between the partners, so the effective connection of the center of gravity is very important for guidance. The so-called center of gravity connection means that both partners put their center of gravity in front of each other, and through the connection of their arms, the center of gravity becomes a frame-like whole. Its principle is like a train wheel. The driving wheel drives and controls the auxiliary wheel through a connecting rod, forming a resultant force effect in motion.

Although the connection and guidance of Latin dance is not as fixed and tight as that of standard dance, it is by no means loose and uncontrolled. Because of the physical position between the partners, the connection and guidance of Latin dance is more complicated than standard dance in a sense. The guidance of standard dance is usually in five positions: closed position, lateral position, lateral position, relative lateral position and lateral retreat. The five connection points of the body form a surface, which is realized by network information transmission. Relatively speaking, Latin dance posture is more complicated, except closed position, lateral position, relative lateral position and lateral retreat, as well as fractional position, fractional lateral position and sector position. Therefore, the way of connection and guidance is much more complicated. In addition to the "plane" body connection, more effective control and guidance are achieved through the "linear" connection of two hands and the "point" connection of one hand.

Latin dance is a kind of duet dance, and in the same dance step, the steps of men and women are not completely opposite, the steps and even the music processing are different, and the roles played by men and women in the dance process are also different.

Men mainly play the role of guiding, assisting and controlling the center of gravity of women's bodies, helping women to complete their movements and show their best side to the audience and judges.

The lady is always on standby, completing every movement accurately and stably in the dance space and time designed by the man. It is necessary for women to accurately understand the guidance from men. In the competition, men may suddenly change the original dance order because of the situation of the stadium. Even so, women should not try to correct the guidance from men, but should actively follow. In dance, men are the rhythm core of dance, all rhythms are handled and set by men, and women just follow. In other words, even if there is a mistake in the dance rhythm of two people, it is not the lady who is wrong, but the man. If a woman tries to guide a man forcibly, the consequences will not be very good, at least the man will feel very unhappy.

In amateur competitions, we often see some women who don't have men in their eyes, busy dancing their own dances, completely ignoring the rhythm from men, either fighting for the rhythm or relying on men to accomplish their movements flatly. Although the performance of Latin dance is mainly about women, an excellent female companion will take care of men's feelings in addition to the perfect performance, because she knows very well that even a beautiful bouquet should be accompanied by green leaves, and men also need to share the joy of success with women at the most beautiful moment.

As far as Latin dance instruction is concerned, it can be divided into three forms according to the connection mode and intensity of instruction:

1. Allow leads

Permitted guidance is an action in which the body, shoulders, elbows and wrists are used as action procedures, and the arms are gently moved forward. This kind of guidance is like a breeze blowing gently to sweep the dust off the table. (See Figure 1 13) Because the constrained forward progress (Chek) and backward progress (Walker) in rumba and cha cha-cha are not completely opposite, when a man advances in a closed posture or relative fractional steps, the arms held by both men and women have a flick forward action, and the essentials of the action are the same as those mentioned above. This complex and subtle flick action is born to achieve perfect and harmonious movement. For men, it indicates a message of progress. For women, it means that they must accept the information sent by men, and at the same time, with the help of the momentum and breath from men, they begin to regress.

For example, in the "1-3 basic step" of the relative score position, because the forward progress of men and the backward progress of women are inconsistent, their bodies are not moving at the same time; Under the music beat of 1&; First, the man's body moves forward, and at the same time, the connecting arm is slightly lowered (see figure 1 14). The impulse of the man's body moving forward will make the woman start to retreat, and then the man's left foot will move in time and stride in place, with the center of gravity between his feet, and his arms (body → shoulder → elbow → wrist) will be brushed forward in turn. When a woman feels the power from a man's body, she first swings her legs backwards, positioning herself when her toes are broken, and at the same time starts to put down her right heel and concentrate on her right foot. When the man completely shifts his weight to his left foot, the woman completely shifts her weight to her right foot with the flick of the man's arm.

2. Physical clues

Physical guidance means that both partners can effectively connect their body centers of gravity through their arms, and guide each other to the expected position through nudging and traction. Relatively speaking, the force mode of limb guidance is more clear and controllable than allowing guidance. In order to ensure that women can complete all kinds of complicated dance movements with perfect balance and easy movements, men must have strong control and give clear guidance to women from beginning to end. Men should make and control the speed and amplitude of women's body movements in the correct music rhythm, so as to reflect the changes of footwork and speed in different music duration stages and the alternate conversion of movements and brakes. Correct body guidance will make dance produce harmonious and perfect "light and shadow" characteristics. Of course, this form of guidance can only occur in the advanced stage of dance.

For example, slavik's guidance in Cucala's newly changed choreography is in the music beat of 1&; The two men bent their arms, leaned forward and leaned against each other, and formed a thrust after changing hands. On the second beat of the music, the man's right hand pushes the woman's right hand and pushes the center of gravity away. In the music beat 3 4? 6? 1 1, the man's body center of gravity leans forward, and the arm movement changes from thrust to tension, effectively controlling the woman's body center of gravity, forming a new line dance of Cucala. Of course, this must be done with the body's center of gravity closely connected.

It is difficult for women to tell men what kind of guidance they need, but when the time and intensity of men's guidance are not appropriate, women can obviously feel uncomfortable. Therefore, this requires men to guide women at the right time and space with the right strength. This is a joint movement effect in which the centers of gravity of their bodies are closely connected, and it is also a subtle and complicated body sensation. Only after long-term training and running-in, can they establish this harmonious and perfect dance feeling.

In fact, in the process of dancing, when a man wants to convey body movement information, he will nudge or pull the other person's arm with the arm in contact with the lady. At this time, an experienced lady will make Ming Rui's reaction, give a man a relative reaction force, let him really feel the effectiveness of the guiding action, and then enter the expected spatial position according to the footwork and speed designed by the man. When a woman needs physical guidance, she usually beats in the first half of the music beat. There will be a slight recovery action on the upper arm.

Before walking to the left, a woman needs to be guided by a man's body, so her right arm bends and retracts, so that her body center of gravity leans towards the man, and the leg-sucking sideways dance forms a strong connection with the man's body center of gravity. The resultant force generated by this connection will ensure the balance and stability of the woman's body center of gravity, and only when the center of gravity is stable can a woman show a graceful dance with full body lines. More importantly, women can quickly push their bodies to the left with the help of the resultant force generated by the connection, complete a very beautiful and changeable pace, and create a sense of rhythm of sports beauty.

3. Shape sales leads

Formal guidance is a kind of guidance without center of gravity connection, which means that men guide women without exerting force at all. Its application principle is to use the position of body or arm, handshake and eye hints to create a form of guidance to instruct the lady to enter the expected position, complete different dances or turn in different directions. In all the arm-connected dance steps, if formal guidance is needed, the man will touch the woman's arm with almost imperceptible force, and then the woman will give the man a response without trace.

The man hinted at the approach of the lady with earnest and sincere eyes and body movements, designed a dance space for the lady with the swing amplitude of her right arm and the direction of body rotation, and predicted the position that the lady should reach. In fact, formal guidance is more complicated than licensing guidance and physical guidance. It is necessary for both partners to have strong body language expression ability and very mature dance expression sense, both of which are indispensable. Only in this way can we truly realize effective formal guidance.

The origin of Latin dance is extremely developed.

The full name of Latin dance is Latin dance, which is a popular folk dance in Latin America. It is based on a man and a woman. Its dance steps and styles are basically derived from the local folk dances in this area. The origin of Latin dance is closely related to Africa.

/kloc-since the 0/5th century, colonialists such as Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Britain, France, etc. Engaged in the slave trade, selling a large number of African blacks as commodities to all parts of America through the Atlantic Ocean ... Needless to say, these blacks will also be brought to Latin America from folk dances with strong tropical African characteristics. These folk dances have influenced and integrated Latin American dances, and absorbed the dance styles of immigrants from other Latin American countries, and gradually formed Latin American dances with Latin American characteristics.

1925, the Royal Society of Dance Teachers (ISTD) scientifically standardized the national standard dance and awarded the international standard dance to the whole world. Latin dance pace. However, it has been nearly half a century to systematically summarize, learn and apply the theory, principle, movement and technical skills of Latin dance …

Latin dance has a long history. There are many varieties of Latin dance, but only rumba, cha-cha, samba, Gaeff and Pas dobler which can stand the test of time are the most popular. As the representatives of Latin dance, these five kinds of dances are included in the national standard dance as competition items. 1960, Latin dance officially participated in the world ballroom dancing competition.

Latin dance has long attracted people's attention in the west, but it started late in China for many reasons.

Latin dance suitable for group dance

What kind of person is suitable for long-term Latin dance?

In recent years, China's sports dance has developed rapidly and there are many fitness methods. It is very important for the busy staff to choose suitable fitness and entertainment methods and persevere. I have been thinking about what kind of people should choose Latin dance as a fitness method and which Latin dance is more suitable. Later, I carefully observed the characteristics of Latin dance lovers and got some simple understanding.

China classical dance pays attention to "mind, meaning and spirit", emphasizing rigidity, crispness, toughness and softness. Ballet also pays attention to qi, but more lies in the control of bones and muscles on the body. Latin dance is classified as sports dance, which shows that it not only has artistic beauty, but also has the function of strengthening the body. Compared with other dances, for Asians who don't pay much attention to muscle exercise, long-term practice of Latin dance will exercise most of the muscles of the body and play a more obvious role in fitness.

What kind of person is suitable to choose social Latin dance as a fitness method?

Social Latin dance does not require high physical fitness, and it is easy to learn. It can mainly be danced in the ballroom or bar to relax the nervous nerves. People who insist on social Latin dance for a long time have some common characteristics: they are willing to spend money, like socializing, like being curious but not persistent, and prefer to focus on their careers than dancing. Needless to say, the long-term high consumption in bars is not a small sum. Most of them put their careers in a more important position and only regard Latin dance as a pastime. If you don't like dealing with strangers, you can't persist for a long time. There are both men and women in this category.

What kind of person is suitable for long-term competitive Latin dance?

Competitive Latin dance requires high skills and strong physical fitness, which requires long-term study and practice. If you want to persist, you must first have a strong interest, so that you can continue to persist when you experience setbacks. Secondly, you should have more leisure energy. I'm not talking about leisure time here. Some people's work will bring more pressure to their minds, and they will concentrate on their work all day. Such people are not suitable to choose competitive Latin dance as a long-term fitness method. Of course, people who choose competitive Latin dance must have a certain research spirit and like to explore complex things, so that they can learn, persist and improve five things for a long time. But this kind of people may inevitably let dancing affect their life or career, because if they spend their leisure time on dancing to improve their professional level, they can also achieve certain results. Probably because of the pressure of life, there are fewer men in this category than women.

What kind of person is suitable for flamenco?

Flamengo is a very expressive dance, and its fans are few. This colorful dance is suitable for people with clear love and hate, rich emotions but not melancholy, who directly express their feelings and don't like being bound. Only such people can vividly interpret flamenco's lively attack rhythm, provocative dance style, powerful explosive force and graceful arm movements. Of course, flamenco is also a kind of intensive practice that takes a long time to master.

What are the essentials of Latin dance?

Hip movement is one of the symbolic movements of Latin dance. Except for bullfighting, the other four dances all have hip movements, which show the great gentleness of women to the extreme. It's hard to imagine Latin dance without hip movements, such as rumba.

Hip movement

Hip movement is one of the symbolic movements of Latin dance. Except for bullfighting, the other four dances all have hip movements, which show the great gentleness of women to the extreme. It's hard to imagine Latin dance without hip movements, such as rumba. As the saying goes, "seeing is believing", but it is not entirely true. Sometimes, eyes deceive themselves. For example, the crotch movement of Latin dance is considered to be twisted because it swings from side to side, which is a big mistake. The crotch swaying from side to side is its superficial phenomenon, not its internal essence. Any movement of Latin dance body is the result of feet pressing the ground, confronting the ground and then squeezing the body. The action formed in this way is very solid, nailed firmly and deeply rooted from the footwork action; Judging from the crotch movement, it is full of toughness and strength, and always looks like Zhang Fuyou's elastic rubber.

Arm movement

The arm is an extension of the body, and the arm action is the aftermath of the body action. Many people don't use their bodies to drive their arms in Latin dance, but want to use their arms to drive their bodies, and the result becomes dancing. In fact, Latin dance can easily be made into a playful dance, and modern dance can easily be made into a walking dance.

Foot movement

Feet should put pressure on the ground, confront the ground and squeeze the body, which requires practicing the strength and kung fu under their feet. In-situ basic rhythm is the simplest and most effective way to practice this kind of kung fu, but remember one thing, don't twist your hips actively, otherwise it will be in vain to practice more, because there is something wrong inside, which is called "reverse direction". The greater the kung fu, the further the mistake. Different from the folk dances in China, most western dances are under the feet. Just watch ballet, tap dance and modern dance. The four cygnets have no hand movements at all. When dancing, the floor is the best friend. The greater the force given to the floor, the stronger the expressive force given by the floor.

Latin dance terminology bilingual edition

basic element

Square square, rectangle (square step)

Sector Step 9 (Sector Position)

Progressive parade

(Forward)

(backward) (backward)

Side step bypass

Shadow position

Side by side position juxtaposition

Shoulder to shoulder, shoulder to shoulder

Hand to hand combat opponent

Hockey stick step

Lady's underarm turn to female partner's underarm turn (arm down turn, fixed point turn)

Cuban rock Cuban swing

Natural opening movement right spreading step

Natural right-hand rotation

Reverse left turn

Open hip twist, open hip twist.

Closed hip twist

Arimana

Spiral staircase

Ayida, Ayida

Rope rotation lasso turn

Cut-off Steps for Walkways and Counter Walkways

(check from the open P.P. and the open C.P.P.) (from P.P. and from C.P.P.)

(new york) (new york step)

Fixed point turn

Cucala QIA Si Step (kukla QIA)

Three, three, three steps

Turkish towel Turkish towel steps

Advanced hip twist step

Breakthrough in splitting Cuba (from opening C.P.P to separating Cuba) (from opening to reverse P.P. and opening to P.P.)

And open page)

Sliding door sliding door step

Cross basic cross basic step

Rebound action

Correct basic steps of natural basic movements

Left basic step of reverse basic motion

Basic steps of progressive basic movements

Samba walks in the dance.

Samba Whisks (Right and Left) Cross Step (Right and Left)

Step by step while samba.

The still samba walks in the same place.

Samba lock Samba lock steps

Botafogos Point Slide (Botafogos)

(Excerpted from P. P.& (Canadian Pacific Oil Company)

Travelingbotafogos travel point, botafogos travel by taxi.

Shadow Botafogos Shadow Website Sliding Shadow Botafogos

Contra Bota Fogos Reverse Point Sliding Reverse Bota Fogos

Braided rope weaving step

Volta step

Moving Volta (Crossing) Crosscutting Step (Wandering Step)

Step-by-step (for ladies) (for girlfriends)

Continuous Volta Turn in Place (Left and Right) Continuous Step Turn (Left and Right)

Natural scrolling Scroll to the right.

Corta Jaca pushing and cutting steps

Argentina takes a step across Argentina

basic element

Connecting rod rocker swings continuously.

Falling Rock and Back Swing

Change position from left to right and change pace from left to right.

Change position from right to left and change pace from right to left.

Link and whip walked around step by step.

Throw backward

Change hands behind your back

Cowboy ramble

Melenger's turn step

Stop and go

Arms rolled inward.

Spanish arm Spanish gesture

Windmill department

American rotation

Chicken take the chicken Hangbu

Toe Hell Spin Heel Toe Steps

Step of changing ball and sole

Kick, kick

Apel stamped his foot.

Sur Square still stands.

Take a step to the right

Take a step to the left.

Elevation (Right and Left) Lifting Steps (Lifting Steps Left and Right)

Rotation and rotation in progress (rotation and rotation in progress).)

C.p.p. Travel Rotation in Travel Rotation (C.p.p.)

Spanish line Spanish dance

Flamengo tap dance

Separation step

Attack attack steps

Eight-step replacement method

Sixteen-stage displacement

The promenade is closely synchronized side by side.

Take a stab in anger

Syncopation checkers syncopation spike

Cloak step

The Sixteen Steps of Lapush Swimming

What are the characteristics and precautions of children's Latin dance choreographer?

Now many children dance Latin dance and perform a lot. Rehearsal is a headache because children are always disobedient. Therefore, the arrangement of dance needs to be adjusted according to the characteristics of children and needs to be considered in advance.

Choose music with clear rhythm and slow speed for 3-5 minutes. If it is a performance by two children, it is recommended to choose rumba or cha-cha. If it is a group dance, you can use cha-cha or cowboy.

If it is a group dance, try to change the formation only once and adopt the principle of proximity, which is easier to remember. Connect the basic steps they know in series and change according to the ups and downs of music. In the climax of music, you can choose some expressive movements or several shapes. You don't need too many actions, you need to carefully select one by one and constantly adjust.

For duets, you need to choose more movements and more movements, so that you can not look monotonous on the court. You can also choose some complicated action combinations, especially practicing open movements and modeling, which is easier to show off.

But for the group dance with a large number of people, it is best for everyone to occupy only a small area to avoid the disorder of formation and to be easier to train.

There are generally three forms of choreography for children's Latin dance group dance. One is to let each pair of children finish the routine hand in hand and enhance the effect by changing the queue combination. The other is a combination routine, combined with a two-person combination routine. In addition, a variety of five sets of combinations can be interspersed together, and the stage effect is better, which is more suitable for older children with a certain foundation.

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