Jazz dance: Jazz dance evolved with the natural accompaniment of jazz in the early 20th century, and because jazz has been quite lively in performance, "jazz up" has a noisy, manic and lively meaning.

The earliest jazz dance was performed by black ballroom dancing accompanied by jazz, which was popular in rural areas in the southern United States, especially some amateur dancers in New Orleans. They will perform jazz dance at parties or clubs.

HIPHOP dance: Originated in the United States in the 1960s, it is a street culture developed by African-Americans as a kind of exercise to vent their emotions. It is characterized by strong explosive force, and the movements made by limbs during dancing are more exaggerated than other dances.

2. The basic movements are different

Jazz dance: by bending your knees, keep your center of gravity low, make your lower limbs elastic, and at the same time keep the joints of your upper body relaxed, and quickly make the movements required in the rhythm, so as to diversify your movements.

Moving the center of gravity quickly, especially horizontally, is a skill of jazz dance. Let the head, shoulders, waist, buttocks, trunk and other parts of the body do independent movements.

Hip-hop: Hip-hop is the most representative action combination, that is, up and down, C-walk and shake, which are varied. It is composed of the movements of the head, neck, shoulders, upper limbs, trunk and other joints, such as flexion, extension, rotation, rotation, sparkling, wave-like twisting and so on.

Each movement has its own specific fitness effect, which not only pays attention to the coordination of upper and lower limbs, abdomen and back, head and trunk movements, but also pays attention to the independent movement of each part.

3. Different expressions:

Jazz dance: Jazz dance is mainly a dance that pursues pleasure, liveliness and vitality. After learning from others, he gradually formed his own unique style, which is no longer a free improvisation performance form.

HIPHOP dance: the dance is free and smart, showing youthful personality. It has big and simple steps, and can show a complex sense of dance.

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