Among the dances, slow three Slow Four is the most danced by everyone, and slow three is one of the most basic dances, which is the basis of other dances. This is because the techniques used in other dances are all applied in slow three. Slow three belongs to three steps, three steps, thinking about the name and meaning, that is, each bar has three beats. Its stress is weak in the first beat and the last two beats. The rhythm is "strong, weak, weak". After the man invites his female companion, he poses, the male companion moves forward with his left foot and the female companion moves backward with his right foot. Therefore, in slow three, for men, the stress of the first bar is on the left foot, the stress of the second bar is changed to the right foot, and then the left and right feet are rotated. For the female companion, the force of the first bar is on the right foot, the force of the second bar is changed to the left foot, and then it rotates. This is very different from Slow Four.
Slow three's simplest dance step is the straight step. Beginners often think it's dancing and don't know where to put their feet. Actually, it's similar to walking, only with an understanding of music. For slow three, we say that the first beat, that is, the second beat, is bigger, and the second beat or the third beat is weak, so adjust the pace. When a man steps out, he should straighten forward. Some beginners walk sideways for fear of stepping on his female companion's feet, which is inconsistent with slow three's jumping method. Looks ugly again. In fact, as long as both men and women advance or retreat at the same time according to the rhythm of music, they will not step on each other's feet. Slow three-in-one internal rotation is also one of the basic steps. Male and female dancers leave their left feet first, and female dancers leave their right feet first. First, the female dancer leaves her right foot sideways, and the male dancer leaves her left foot between her partner's feet. At this time, the male partner takes the left foot as the axis and the female partner takes the right foot as the axis. After rotating 180 degrees, the male partner's right foot retreats and the female partner's left foot advances. This is the second beat. In the last beat, the male partner's left foot retreats, the right foot is left, the female partner's right foot advances, and the left foot is right, and the two dance together. Note that after rotating 180 degrees, in order to keep the direction of the dance line, the male partner should jump back.
The basic steps are actually very simple. All models are evolved from basic steps. Only by mastering the basic steps can we better master more modes. Of course, these are all on paper, and we need to learn more from the "dance" masters. This is the real thing.
Beginners slowly learn the obstacles they encounter in the third grade.
The basic dance structure of slow three's dance steps is a basic cycle consisting of three steps: forward (or backward), lateral movement and foot merging. In this way, the first cycle and the second cycle will inevitably change feet.
This is the first obstacle that beginners must solve. In practice, we should gradually develop the concept of changing the center of gravity between our feet in turn. Even in the step of merging feet, the time for the center of gravity to fall on both feet is extremely short. It is just a special form of exchanging the center of gravity. Is this caused by a special form? The shape of the center of gravity of the exchange without showing traces? However, the subjective intention of changing feet has not changed at all. As long as we keep this intention developing, we can easily overcome this obstacle.
The second problem is the movement procedure and method of heel, sole and toe. The basic walking method has been introduced before, but now the problem is how to deal with the relationship between the two in the lift, whether it is forward or backward.
After the first step of center of gravity transfer is completed, everyone should move their center of gravity to the forefoot. Although the knee is not straight at this time, the heel should be slightly off the ground to develop into the second step, which is due to the sole thrust caused by the distance between the two feet.
The second step of lateral movement is a special form of walking. It is not the first step, nor the first step, but it is similar to landing on the forefoot of the whole foot, accompanied by reverse inclination (that is, leaning to the right when moving in the left direction and leaning to the left when moving in the right direction). In addition, it should be noted that the foot-combined action well does not start from the third beat, but begins to develop (converge) to the center of gravity at this time with the lifting and tilting of the body in the second half beat.
The combined foot of the third beat is in place without the center of gravity at all. Until the first half of the third beat, the center of gravity is still rising in the forefoot of the horizontal foot, and until the limit state, the feet start to support the center of gravity together, leaving no traces. This state of the center of gravity of both feet is only an instant performance. From the second half of the third beat, the heel began to fall, and the center of gravity of the fall was mainly supported by both feet. In other words, the sole of the horizontal foot supports the center of gravity and pushes the heel upward, while the center of gravity of the falling sole falls on the turning point of the rising and falling of the sole near the foot, that is to say, it is too difficult for beginners to exchange time without revealing the center of gravity. But if you want to dance beautifully, this second obstacle must also be crossed.
The third obstacle is that sideways and tilting are achieved through the extension of sideways movements, that is, shoulder guidance. Furthermore, this series of upper body movements are caused by the strength of the waist, not individual movements of a certain part. Although this is the highest level requirement, we must pay attention to it from the beginning, otherwise it will not be easy to correct the problem of local force once it is formed.
The above three obstacles can be flexibly grasped according to their own specific conditions.
Beginners with poor foundation can solve them one by one when practicing the basic steps; Social dance lovers with a certain foundation can use these norms to improve their technical ability; If you are an ardent lover of self-entertainment ballroom dancing and are too lazy to spend time and energy in this respect, you can completely ignore the latter two problems after crossing the first obstacle without affecting your continued study. However, when your dancing skills have developed to a considerable extent, you will be interested in these things. When the time comes, starting from scratch will not hinder the three elements of ballroom dancing.
The slow four beats of ballroom dancing
Like slow three, from its name, we can think that the rhythm of slow four is four beats, and the stress is one beat or three beats, or the first beat. Unlike slow three, slow three's stress is in the first beat. Because it's an odd beat, the stress rotates on the left and right feet, but the slow four is different. Because it is an even beat, the stress is always on the left foot. Of course, for boys, the pressure of girls is always on their right feet.
There are two basic ways of slow jump, one is equal interval jump, and the other is slow jump and fast jump. No matter which way you jump, the principle you should follow should be:
Slow fourth is a slow-paced dance, which should be leisurely and elegant. Unlike slow three, the slow four ups and downs are not obvious, so to speak, it is not. Four beats and one bar are obviously more comfortable than slow three. Generally speaking, Slow Four is much easier to jump than slow three. Therefore, the dance music slow by four is always more than that slow by three, and most of them are slow by four. We can use the equal interval jump method. According to the rhythm of the dance music, beat four bars and take one step for each bar. As for dancing and so on. , and slow three's. When walking straight, the first two beats can be slightly cut and the last two beats can be adjusted. It should be noted that for boys, the pressure is always on their left foot. (girl's right foot)
When the rhythm of the dance music is slightly faster, the method of two slowdowns and one fast jump can be adopted, that is, the slow beat includes two beats of the dance music, and the fast beat includes one beat. In this way, a bar actually contains six beats. Like slow three, from its name, we can think that the rhythm of slow four beats is a bar, and its stress is one, three beats, or the first beat. Because it is an odd beat, the stress alternates between the left and right feet, but the slow four is different. Because it is an even beat, the stress is always on the left foot. Of course, for boys, the pressure of girls is always on their right feet.
Beginners can slow down four times before jumping, which is easy to learn and jump. Of course, the second jump has a strong sense of rhythm and many patterns.