Although Latin dance is a well-known dance, due to its competitiveness and cultural differences, it is not as popular as classical dance and jazz dance in China, so people don't know much about Latin dance. The following is a brief introduction of Latin dance knowledge I collected. Welcome to read the collection.

Brief introduction of Latin dance knowledge

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 (78th), British International Championship (5 1), British International Open, German World Dance Championship, etc.

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.

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 consumption of 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.

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.

In rumba and cha-cha, the foot that drives the center of gravity will turn around 1 16. This kind of rotation caused by stabilizing the center of gravity of the body is called "passive rotation"

There are three levels of Latin dance at present.

Bronze cha-cha and rumba

Silver medal, bronze medal and cowboy

Gold and silver medals, samba and bullfighting.

Complete knowledge of Latin dance

Pay attention to the posture of the big arm in Latin dance

The action of the upper body is very important in Latin dance. The action of the upper body consists of several main transformations, such as squeezing in, arm movement and head and neck. The trunk is accumulated inside the body, the arms are branches and leaves, and the head and neck are icing on the cake. The arm needs to contact and communicate with the partner, which is also an important part of the aesthetic feeling in the remake, and it should also be coordinated with reducing the backlog inside the body to maintain balance. In arm movements, the big arm needs some strength, and the small arm and hand basically don't need strength.

In Latin dance, if a man doesn't hold a lady with his hands, he needs to raise his big arm and circle his small arm. If you need to lead the belt, the lady also needs to raise her big arm and lead the belt through the pressure inside her body, not by her hands. Pay attention to the steady state of your hands when pulling the tape. The extrusion of the body has been basically balanced internally, so people should not feel the strength on their hands, and pulling the tape has a little feeling of internal extrusion transmission.

In Latin dance, the lady's big arm should be set up and opened from time to time, and with the movements of the legs and middle section, the atmosphere will be complete and the power transmitted by the man can be felt. Only in swing dancing, you need to clip some big arms, which can make your body center of gravity more compact and make you spin and jump faster. When a man exerts his strength, the angle of the big arm and the small arm should be consistent, and the dominant force of the man should not be consumed on the arm.

Except for the ladies' swing dance, others need to open their arms and feel each other's signals to make the movements look more atmospheric. Especially when men dance, their shoulders sink and their big arms spread out. If he clamps his big arms, he will feel very feminine.

The makeup of Latin dance competition is very different between boys and girls.

In the children's Latin dance competition, children's makeup and hairstyle should be based on the basic principles of cleanliness, cuteness, natural color and simplicity, so that children can show their true beauty in the dance.

In the "Sports Dance Dress Code", the makeup of children's groups is stipulated: no makeup, no false eyelashes, no fake nails, sequins, artificial olive oil and nail polish; Do not wear jewelry; Don't use complicated hairstyles, wigs, hair accessories or hair dyes. Use hair gel with sequins.

In the competition, it is necessary to strictly abide by the above regulations. Girls can comb their hair in a bun or a simple ponytail, while boys try to keep their hair short without applying hair gel. If the makeup artist is good, she can give girls a "nude makeup" that seems to have no makeup, and the children's skin itself is better. You can even paint your eyebrows without foundation, apply a little eye shadow close to your skin color and brush a little blush, which will look very energetic. Girls don't stick big false eyelashes, don't draw conspicuous or strange eye shadows, and don't stick sequins that will make the skin allergic. Boys don't need makeup at all.

Girls' hairstyles should also be the simplest bun or ponytail. A girl can wear a small amount of bright headdress, without having to comb a complicated hairstyle or have a perm. Boys can use a small amount of hair gel to make their hair stand up slightly.

Learning children's Latin dance needs to lay a good foundation

However, in teaching, some tips can be used to help students lay a good foundation and try to keep up with professional players. Here, I want to talk about some simple and easily overlooked elements in teaching.

The right or wrong of music rhythm is the most important thing in the competition judgment. No matter good or bad, the wrong jump of music rhythm will be eliminated directly, which shows the importance of music rhythm. However, many young players are not sure about the rhythm of music, or they can't step on music at all, which forces teachers to think calmly: Is it because children don't understand music or there is something wrong with teaching? The answer is obvious.

Many teachers shout rhythm to students while playing music in class, which is very easy to cause students' dependence. Teachers should let students count their own beats and cultivate their habit of counting rhythms with music. For students with poor sense of rhythm, teachers can train them to clap their hands and listen attentively to the music, and then catch the heaviest first beat "one" or listen carefully to the fourth beat "knock knock knock" unique to Latin music. In teaching, teachers can also help students intuitively feel the characteristics and feelings of Latin rhythm with the help of Congo drumming rhythm.

The premise of learn children's Latin dance-figure

Before the Latin class, the teacher usually leads the students for 20-40 minutes of physical training. This is very important, but we should also pay attention to the content of the practice which is helpful to Latin dance, rather than simply kicking, leg press and fork.

Ballet body training is very helpful to Latin dance. In ballet training, I will choose a few simple movements: for example, I can find the feeling of feet and floor by practicing scrubbing the floor and before and after; For example, in ballet, one foot is changed into a small eight-character stance, which is also called Latin stance. The requirements are to hold your head high, pull your neck up, press your shoulders down, and clamp your thighs.

After long-term training, students will establish a good sense of righteousness. In addition, the ballet hand shape can also be used for reference, but breathing must be added, as described in this sentence: "A hand without breathing is like a dry branch, but with breathing, it feels like a willow swaying in the wind and has vitality."

Learning children's Latin dance should master basic dance steps.

When I first started teaching, I didn't pay much attention to the training of basic steps, but spent more time learning gold, silver, copper and tricks. But I gradually found that once students are confused by the flower steps and can't calm down and practice the basic steps, it is difficult to improve their level greatly.

So in class, I will arrange an hour of basic step training: slow down the music, from the training in four directions (front, back, left and right) such as kukla Cha (8-character turn to hip), squeezing (changing the center of gravity), square step and kukla Cha to new york Cha, fixed-point turn, hand in hand, front and back, etc.

Have you mastered the above points to let children learn children's Latin dance well?

Latin dance improves your posture and temperament.

Latin dance can change your posture, which sounds incredible, but many people really become different after attending Latin dance training. As we all know, Asians have shorter necks than whites. After attending Latin dance training for one year, Xiaoli obviously found that her posture was different and her overall temperament image changed obviously, which is the magic of Latin dance.

Change your posture-lengthen your neck

The back of the head is straight, and the neck is completely upright when viewed from the side. Face does not lean forward, shoulders sink. From the side, the shoulder is a thin straight line, the face and chin are raised and look straight ahead. Develop such a good habit during the day and choose a low pillow at night. When stretching the neck, the back will naturally straighten, people will look more energetic, and the fine lines on the neck will appear less. Stick to it for a few months, and you will find that you have grown taller, which is an extra benefit brought by changing your posture.

Changing posture-a small gesture of the neck

Move your neck from time to time, such as around your head (the head is round: bow your head, your right ear is close to your shoulder, your back is raised, and your left ear is close to your shoulder), turn sideways (your face is perpendicular to the ground, turn sideways, look straight), and move your neck back and forth (the same as the neck movement in Xinjiang No.5 Middle School). Develop a good habit of neck movement, such as sitting in front of the computer, in the subway, anytime and anywhere.

Such a simple action or habit will accelerate lymphatic circulation, strengthen the muscles of the neck, reduce the fat of the chin and cheeks, make the head look smaller, make the neck longer and thicker, and make people have a good posture. Especially when women wear strapless dresses, it is very obvious that men wearing tie shirts can also highlight their head and neck posture.

Latin Dance Skills Learning skills that you must know to learn Latin dance.

Latin dance is also called Latin style dance or free ballroom dance. 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.

Latin dance can shape beautiful legs, so many people participate in learning Latin dance, but it still needs skills to dance well. Let's learn how to dance Latin well.

One of the learning skills you must know when learning Latin dance: local arm exercises.

The word "dance" can best explain the position of "arm" in dance, and its extension enriches body language. It is very effective to shape the lines of arm Latin dance. Keep your arms straight, slowly lift them up from both sides of your body to the top of your head, and turn your wrist slightly clockwise, then turn your wrist in the opposite direction while lowering your arms.

Hit the nail on the head: soft inside and weak outside.

Action Tip: Always keep your arms straight. When you lift them to the top of your head, your arms should be close to your ears, and your wrists should stop in the opposite direction for one minute.

The second learning trick you must know when learning Latin dance: local leg exercises.

Even the beauty contest has a saying called "Miss Legs". However, you should be clear that the concept of beautiful legs is not a slender "bamboo leg", and it is not an annoying radish leg. Tight muscles are needed from calf to thigh.

During the gliding exercise, the legs are slightly bent, the right foot slides out one step to the right, the muscles of the left leg are tightened, the toes are straight, and the left leg is adducted with the hip joint swinging to the right. or vice versa, Dallas to the auditorium

Hit the nail on the head: lack of exercise in thighs and long-term swelling in calves.

Action tip: Keep your toes straight and feel the pressure on the inner thigh. At the same time, we should also pay attention to straighten our waist and chest.

Tips for learning Latin dance: hip exercises.

Set off a strong bee waist, sexy and beautiful buttocks are the key, and there is no one who just twists his waist and does not move his buttocks. So this move seems to be similar to the sports segment of twisting the waist. Just pay attention to tightening the muscles of the hip, lift the hip joint to the highest point, stop for a minute, and then lift it to the highest point in the opposite direction.

Hit the nail on the head: flat and drooping hips.

Action tip: straighten your spine, tilt your hips back, hold your chest out, and keep your upper body basically still.

Four learning skills you must know when learning Latin dance: training back muscles

Latin fitness dance drives every part of the body to release inner feelings, and the back is not the weakness of expressiveness. When the arm is waving behind the body, use the back muscles to drive the arm to move, dance up slowly, and then put it down.

Hit the nail on the head: loose fat accumulated on the back.

Action tip: the arm should dance slowly with the strength of the back muscles and the cooperation of the shoulders. Slow pace can feel muscle exercise best.

Five learning skills you must know to learn Latin dance: the practice segment of twisting the waist

May, dancing on the moon. To activate lazy body cells, you can't simply move your hands, you need to mobilize the strength of your whole body. The waist is the center of dance. Swing, turning and pitching all depend on her style.

Legs together, knees slightly bent, hip joint relaxed at two o'clock. While squatting, let the hips twist in an "8" shape with the upper body as the center. The hip joint is raised to the highest point, and then the other hip joint is raised to the highest point with the strength on both sides of the waist.

Hit the nail on the head: relax the protruding abdomen and the whole waistline area.

Action Tip: It is the key to use the waist strength to drive the hip joint to twist, and at the same time, the upper body should remain stable and the shoulders should not shake.

Accurate application of Latin dance rhythm

Many friends have asked me how to find the rhythm or how to use it. In teaching, I have met many students, even if they have studied Latin dance for 3 or 4 years, they still can't tell the rhythm. As we all know, rhythm is the basis of dance, which is equivalent to the skeleton of human body; Melody is the expression of dance, which is equivalent to human flesh and blood. Dancing correctly to the melody is beautiful, just as a person is beautiful or not. And the wrong rhythm is like a person suffering from rickets.

In our Latin dance, the starting rhythm of rumba cha-cha is on 4 and samba is on 1. But I don't know if you have noticed that all the musical rhythms are nothing more than 1, 2, 3, 4 or 1, 2, 3. In fact, there is no difference between the rhythm of music, whether it is modern dance, ballroom dance, ballet and so on. Their rhythms are both the above two. So, we just need to listen to the music and find their 1, 2, 3, 4. Because I study Latin dance, we mainly talk about the former.

If you have played jazz drums, you will find that the beat of bass drums is often in the music of 1. So in music, we will hear the loudest and deepest drums in the rhythm of 1 This is what I always say about remake music. If you can clearly find the sound, congratulations, you have been able to distinguish the rhythm of music. Because as long as you can find 1, it will naturally be 2, 3, 4 ... we can call it the stress beat method. It applies to any music with drums.

However, if some music has no drums, or the prelude to music has no drums, how can we find the rhythm? In fact, this is also very simple. First of all, I can tell you that the first beat of all music is 1 If you can grasp it accurately, you can also distinguish the rhythm. But for many non-professional players, this is very difficult. Then I can tell you another method, which I call the melody beat method. First, let's take a look at the picture below.

This is a simple fraction of my sun. Have you noticed that the rhythm of this song is 2/4 beats, that is, it is 2 beats between two |. Then we can express our rhythm like this | 1 2|3 4|. There are two beats between each space, and two spaces add up to four beats. If the rhythm is distinguished by lyrics, then "Ah" is 1, "How" is 2, "Hui" is 3 and "Huang" is 4. This completes a sentence. So we hear a singer sing lyrics, and the first word he sings is usually 1. And if you listen to the melody, "05 43 2 1" is just a sentence. It can also be said that the first sound of each melody should be 1. Of course, it does not rule out that there is a change in the middle of the melody, or the first word of the lyrics will be on the 4 in the previous paragraph. Therefore, these two methods need flexible practice and mastery in order to accurately distinguish the rhythm.

Just finding the rhythm is not enough. How to make better use of our rhythm in dance is a key issue. Suppose the rhythm 1 length 1 meter, and its center is 50 cm. When we dance, should we step on the position of 30cm, 50cm or 60cm? I believe everyone will tell me that I stepped on the position of 50 cm. In fact, if you step on the position of 30 cm or something, there is nothing wrong, but you can't say it accurately. The position of 50 cm is the most accurate 1. More vividly, the moment when the drum beats on the drum surface, that is, the moment when our feet step on the floor, is the accurate rhythm.

Now we must think about it. When we dance, should we do it when we hear "2", for example, or be ready to do it when we hear "1"? My answer is the latter. Because when our ears hear the rhythm, it is transmitted to the brain for analysis, and then transmitted to the limbs to start moving. This process takes about 1.5 seconds. If we hear "2" and act, then we will probably step on the 80 cm position of "2". If the reaction is slower, it is "3". So we need to accurately judge the time of "2" when we hear "1". Then let the body stand by and finally step on the 50 cm position of "2" accurately.

In rumba dance, the singular rhythm is one beat, that is, 2-3-4- 1, 3 and 1 are one beat in each bar. When repeating the beat, the action is prolonged and the action time is prolonged, accumulating strength in the body. At 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock, it broke out quickly, and the actual movements of these two beats were shorter than the music. This is done to make the movements look more elastic and relaxed. It is suggested that breathing should also match the rhythm, inhale when retaking and exhale when patting.

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