Latin dance is divided into Latin dance and ballroom dance:
Latin ballroom dancing is standardized, strict and standard. It is a professional competitive dance based on Latin dance, including rumba, cha-cha, cowboy, samba and bullfighting.
Latin dance is also called Latin style dance or free ballroom dance. It is the origin of Latin ballroom dancing. Latin dance is a popular folk dance, which is characterized by being casual, casual and relaxed, and there is a lot of room for free play. It is a warm, romantic, energetic and fiery artistic expression with distinctive characteristics formed by Latin American people in the long history. It is deeply loved by Latin American people and has become an indispensable part of their lives.
Generally speaking, Latin dance includes salsa, merengue, Kambia, Bachata, Chacha, samba, Lambada and so on. Among them, the most famous salsa, which is also loved by most people, originated in Cuba, while Cuban salsa originated in Mambo, which was a very popular dance in the 1940s and 1960s, and it was only a variant. Salsa dance, a Cuban style, originated in the streets. People dance to the music and hold free parties. The air is full of joy and joy. Sasha, which is popular in Europe, America and even the world, is Sasha in new york, USA. There are essential differences between Salsa in new york and Salsa in Cuba. Salsa in new york is a bar with four beats and three jumps, and the fourth beat stops. It is characterized by cheerful enthusiasm, diverse dance movements, rapid changes and strong appreciation and performance. I devote myself wholeheartedly, and every part of my body is full of passion and vitality. At present, new york dance is the main dance. Salsa, Cuba, Cuba every bar is a four-beat dance, and the fourth beat is the scene, which is characterized by humor and many elements of self-entertainment. Comparatively speaking, new york's three-step jump is more passionate, charming and energetic.
As for merengue, it originated in Dominica, with 2 beats per bar. With the hip joint swinging from side to side in turn, it is full of romance, sexiness and charm.
Introduce Latin ballroom dancing in detail, that is, rumba originated from Cuba, with a music of 4/4 beat and a speed of about 27 bars per minute. Rumba dance is characterized by lingering music, gentle dancing and graceful dance steps. Cubans are used to walking with things on their heads and adjusting their steps by twisting their hips to keep their balance. Rumba's dance steps inherited this feature. The original dance style blends into the modern mood. The movements are stretching, touching and charming, and the dance is lyrical, romantic and beautiful. Accompanied by touching and euphemistic music, dance is full of romantic atmosphere.
Cha-cha-cha originated in Mexico, and the music is 4/4 beats, with a speed of about 365,438+0 bars per minute. Just right, the music is interesting, the rhythm is strong, the dance style is fancy, and the steps are neat and compact, which is popular all over the world!
Samba originated in Brazil, and the music is 4/4 or 2/4 beats, and the speed is about 5 1 bar per minute. Samba dance, with warm music, dynamic dance state and changeable dance steps, is deeply loved by people!
Bullfighting originated in France and developed in Spain. Its music is 2/4 beats, and the speed is about 62 bars per minute. People have a special liking for bullfighting dance because of its majestic music, bold dance style and strong and exciting pace.
Swing dance originated in America and developed from a dance called Jiteba. Jive removed all the difficult moves in Jiteba and added some skills. The earliest record of swing dance is a book about swing dance published in Europe by Victor Sylvester, a London dance teacher, in 1944. Pop, rock and roll and American swing dance all have certain influences on swing dance.
Swing dance is a fast-paced and physically exhausting dance. The reason why the jive dance is arranged at the end of the competition is that the contestants must let the audience feel that they are still not tired after the first four dances, and they can still meet new challenges with great investment. It is very popular in the southern United States. In swing dancing, the joints of hands and feet are relaxed and free, the body naturally shakes, the steps are easy, and the partners constantly change positions and turn around. Its music beat is 4/4 beats, and the speed is about 43 bars per minute. It is precisely because of its cheerful music, funny dance and lively and light pace that it has been recognized by more and more people.
Finally, regarding the dress requirements of Latin dance, because it is characterized by leisure, romance and informality, we should pay attention to the matching of styles, patterns and Latin dance when wearing it, and pay attention to the overall coordination and matching with the colors and sizes of shoes when wearing it.
Classification and Introduction of Latin Dance
Latin dance includes cha-cha, rumba, samba, bullfighting and jive; They originated from different countries and regions, standardized and developed in Britain in the early 20th century, and quickly became popular in many countries. At that time, bars in social places were very popular forms of social entertainment; Great Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s was also very popular. Later, it became an international competition through the unified norms of the Royal Association of Dance Teachers, which has continued to this day. Among them, the famous events are Blackpool Dance Festival (78 laps), British International Championship (5 1 lap), British International Open and German World Dance Championship.
After the reform and opening up, with the continuous improvement of people's material life, China held the first "China Cup" international standard dance championship in Beijing on 199 1, and the Chinese Sports Dance Association held the first sports dance championship in Beijing. Since 1988, the Dancers Association of our province has organized a series of ballroom dancing activities. Now there are many competitions every year, and the participating teams are growing every year; There are also many fans. Latin dancers can be seen everywhere in open-air squares, leisure communities and fashion gyms. Especially children's Latin dance has developed rapidly in recent years.
"Qinglan Children Latin Dance Training Center" was founded in 1996. Up to now, * * * has won 100 national and provincial ballroom dancing competitions, and nearly 1,000 people have won prizes. More than 20 people were admitted to Beijing Dance Academy, Guangzhou Dance School, Beijing ballroom dancing academy and other national art colleges, and participated in many large-scale cultural evenings of Central, Henan and Zhengzhou TV stations. Editor: With the improvement of urban living standards, people's fitness methods are becoming more and more colorful. In order to meet people's pursuit of fashion sports, we specially set up this column to introduce the latest sports fashion to you.
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Latin dance, as a kind of sports dance, originated in Africa, and was brought to Latin America by immigrants there and interacted with local folk dances, gradually forming new dances such as cha-cha, rumba, cowboy, samba and bullfighting, which we often see today.
Latin dance is a kind of dance art that focuses on moving shoulders, abdomen, waist and buttocks. There are hundreds of muscles such as rectus abdominis, oblique abdominis, oblique abdominis, erector spinae, latissimus dorsi, etc. Since 1960s, many researchers have studied the physiological and psychological effects of sports dance. On average, each Latin dance has 160- 180 times of waist twisting, and the highest heart rate of women can reach 197 times per minute, and that of men can reach 2 10 times per minute. About the energy metabolism above 8.5, it is equivalent to the heat consumed by athletes to complete an 800-meter competition, which is greater than that of tennis and badminton. The effect of reducing fat can be imagined.
The most representative dance in Latin dance is rumba, which is known as the "soul of Latin". People who learn Latin dance usually learn rumba as the first dance. Rumba is a kind of dance that expresses the love story between men and women, so its music is soft and touching, and its movements can make female companions fully show the feminine charm and the curvy beauty of hips and hips. It is very beautiful to be at arm's length between men and women. Another representative dance, which originated in Mexico, has many similarities with rumba, but it is playful and cheerful, completely different from rumba style, handsome and full of energy.
Latin dance has a long history.
Five Latin dances have their own styles: samba's passion, cha-cha's liveliness, rumba's elegance, bullfighting, and cowboy's fun. Different styles, the most important thing is to grasp the connotation.
It lies in the understanding of music, and more importantly, the understanding of music melody. Learn to dance, practice dancing, walk dancing, run dancing and dance. And dance is the highest realm of dancers. As we all know, music is the soul of dance, and it is the highest state of dance for dancers to express flowing notes through their bodies.
The cultural differences between the East and the West have caused us orientals to be reserved and shy when dancing Latin dance, and we dare not express ourselves physically or even make eye contact. Therefore, knowing more about western culture is very helpful to jump out of "tasteful Latin dance".
Balance between partners, balance of force, balance of center of gravity, six-dimensional space: up and down, left and right, front and back. In short, balance is everywhere and runs through the dance.
The first principle of Latin dance
attitude
Rumba and cha-cha:
1. Stand with your feet together naturally and easily.
2. Hold your chest, straighten your spine, and don't shrug.
3. Take a step sideways with either foot, straighten the other foot that supports the center of gravity, and move all the weight to this foot, so that the pelvis can move sideways, so that the weight is placed on the heel of the supporting foot, and the knee should be locked backwards. As for the range of pelvic movement, it should be based on the principle of not affecting the upper body posture.
Samba and Wu Jie:
1. Stand with your feet together naturally and easily.
2. Hold your chest, keep your waist straight, and don't shrug.
3. Either foot takes a step outward, and the other foot supporting the center of gravity is straightened, and all the weight is moved to this one, so that the weight moves forward to the forefoot, while the heel is still off the ground, and the knee supporting the foot cannot be locked backwards. Some dance steps are exceptions, such as fractional rock step, back step and fold step in samba, and chicken step in swing dance.
Because Spanish bullfighting has no pelvis or hip movement, its posture is different from the above Latin dance as follows:
1. The pelvis leans forward slightly.
2. The weight is borne equally by the two soles.
3. When the feet are straight, the knees should not be fastened backwards. Except for one example, that is Spanish dance.
location
The orientation under the chart is used to explain the direction in which the dancer's body faces or faces back in the dance studio. When we use our shoulders to guide (walk sideways), the correct direction is very important.
Rumba, cha-cha and swing dance are non-progressive dances, while samba and Spanish bullfighting are progressive dances.
Rotation degree
In Latin dance, the feet are never parallel, only when the feet are close together. Most of the foot rotation like this is outward rotation, but the foot rotates with all or part of its weight, which belongs to "passive rotation", or the reaction action of the foot. Because, in dance, the amount of rotation of the feet is mostly different from that of the upper body. The most typical examples are the second step of the sweeping step in samba, the inhibition of progress in rumba and cha-cha, and the total retreat in rumba and cha-cha.
So when dancing a certain dance step, when the center of gravity driven by his feet is different from the direction he faces, we take the rotation of his upper body as the standard, not his feet as the standard.
(Note 1) In rumba and cha-cha, the foot that drives the center of gravity will turn around116. This kind of rotation caused by stabilizing the center of gravity of the body is called "passive rotation"