First, ballroom dancing skills
About the sense of music: A person's sense of music is the basis of dancing social dance well. When he first learned, it was rhythm and the soul of dance. Drumming is a rhythm in music, but not all music drums are obvious, and some are just a melody, so after a long time, it is a melody. Being able to dance melodies means that you are good at it. We know that the rhythm of music is divided into 2/4 beats, 3/4 beats and 4/4 beats, so there will be no other rhythms. Generally, 2/4 beats is a fast-paced dance, like a trot, which can also be played freely. Free step? . 3/4 beat must be a waltz. There are three beats, three beats and slow three beats, but those with slow rhythm in 4/4 beats must dance blues and those with foxtrot in 4/4 beats. If you don't know the basic knowledge, you will dance differently from others, and you and your partner will look different. Some people are born with a sense of rhythm, while others are worried about it. They don't know what to dance at first, so they should listen to more music and songs, beat their own time and train their listening. 2/4 rhythm is strong beat, 3/4 rhythm is strong beat and weak beat, 4/4 rhythm is strong beat and sub-strong beat, strong beat is obvious drum beat (the sound of percussion instruments), and strong beat (the thump of drums) is when the male partner leaves with his left foot and the female partner retreats with his right foot.
Basic knowledge and etiquette of social dance: First of all, we should correctly understand social dance, which is an exchange activity from western upper class. Every gesture and action is elegant and graceful. We must resolutely abandon the bad habit of dancing badly, so we should learn the etiquette of ballroom dancing and make ourselves elegant and polite.
Those who take their partners to the ballroom usually dance more with them. People without partners can't dance in a row with others, or even dart at one person during the whole dance. This is impolite. Generally, the man takes the initiative to invite the woman. During the dance break, the man should observe whether the woman has her own fixed partner and how the woman behaves when invited by others. If he judges that he can invite a lady, he should take the initiative to walk in front of the lady when the music is about to start, lean forward slightly, hang his left hand behind him or naturally, and draw a small arc from left to right with his right hand: Hello! Can you dance a tune? Men should thank each other after they agree, while women can't refuse when men invite them. Of course, women can also invite men to dance. Some men dance well and are polite. It's normal that women always find opportunities to dance with them. For those who are disheveled, stink, smoke and drink, and have bad hobbies, it is best not to enter the ballroom, and no one will dance with you.
To take a route in dancing is to walk counterclockwise in the ballroom. Never go backwards, or you will bump into others or step on their feet. If you want to dance some tricks, you'd better guide your partner to the center of the dance floor, because it's a rule. It's easy to jump out of the tricks because of the slow flow of people here. At the end of the music, the male partner should send the female partner back to the place where she was invited, and then express her gratitude.
Generally speaking, ballroom dancing is to put a fast tune first, then a slow tune, because the fast-paced dance is tired, and then slow down the tune so that everyone can have a rest. When music begins, we should abandon all distractions, immerse ourselves in the melody of music, give full play to our dancing skills, and make ourselves, our partners and others happy. You can't talk when you jump fast. If you feel that both of you are panting, how can you communicate? Slow music can communicate simply, but it's best not to talk. You want the whole ballroom to talk with its head down. What scene? But everyone is whispering and jumping. What a pleasure it is!
Coordination skills: to dance well, in addition to the sense of music and posture, the degree of coordination should be seamless, just like a person. What must be explained here is that the male partner is dominant and the female partner is subordinate. It is very important to dance well with a male partner. A male partner must be skilled in dancing, lead people well and do whatever he wants. And girlfriends have to listen to difficult words? Command? The woman jumped up when the man took it. The female companion could not guess what the male companion should do next, and even forced the male companion to follow him. This is the essence. The male partner observes the situation behind him through the right shoulder, and the female partner observes the situation behind him through the right shoulder. When the male partner finds someone behind the female partner, he taps the female partner's back with his right finger. At this time, the female companion will understand that he should stay put or change direction to avoid; When the male partner retreated, the female partner found someone behind the male partner and tapped the arrow of the male partner with her left finger. The date should understand that there is someone behind. If you want your female partner to back off, your male partner will lean forward a little and relax his right hand. At this time, your date will think that she is from your boyfriend? Stress? Step back. If the male partner wants to retreat, it is necessary to slightly increase the strength of the right hand to retreat in his own direction, and the left hand can also hint, but the movement should not be too big to make the female partner uncomfortable. When it comes to turning right (female companion turns left), the man mainly hints with his left hand? Hold it in your arms? Relax your right hand. At this time, the female partner should know to go left from the male partner's arms. If it is to the left (the right direction of the female companion), the male companion's left hand is relaxed, and the right hand gently exerts a little force on the arms behind the female companion and in the left direction. The female companion should understand the male companion and let him go to the right. When the female companion needs to rotate, the male companion uses his left hand to guide the female companion to raise his right hand to a very high position, and the right hand gently gives a hint. At this time, the female partner knows that the male partner makes himself rotate, the body is tightened behind the left hand, and the right hand is held high and rotates rapidly. When the male partner leads the female partner to drop the right hand, the rotation is completed. When dancing the waltz, both of them lean down and lean back slightly, which is also commonly known as trumpet shape. At this time, the right hand of the male partner is very important. We should firmly hold the weight of the female partner, but we should control the female partner, and we should not rely entirely on the right hand of the male partner to increase the burden on the male partner. The female partner adds some strength to the male partner's right shoulder and left hand, giving the male partner a fulcrum in the future, which also needs control.
The kung fu of ballroom dancing is in the leg, and the dance steps are very important. The slower the music, the more difficult it is to dance, and the requirements for legs are very high. Especially when you dance the blues, you will see the skill of a pair of partners. Because Bruce's pace is slow, people always want to leave quickly. If your legs are not well controlled, the rhythm will be chaotic. Just like tango, the rhythm is very clear and the movements are in place, which makes people feel happy.
When you dance well, you don't have to think about how to go. The rest is to indulge in music and enjoy each other's charming dances. Coupled with gentlemanly demeanor and tolerance, that is four words: enjoy yourself.
Second, the aesthetic training course of ballroom dancing
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Is the ballroom dancing good? The answer is yes. However, why is it difficult for all kinds of ballroom dancing activities to have high-quality and high-grade performances? How can we make the performance of ballroom dancing more aesthetic? How can we cultivate the aesthetic feeling of ballroom dancers? Don't worry, the answer is here.
For any art, aesthetic training is an important content that cannot be ignored, especially dance. As the ballroom dance with the lowest learning threshold in the dance family, aesthetic training seems dispensable, but ignoring aesthetic training, your ballroom dance may be standard, but it lacks rich emotions. Imagine how boring ballroom dancing would be without the function of pleasing the soul and only the function of fitness. Based on this, it is necessary to carry out aesthetic training for social dance learners, especially dancers and teachers who have high pursuit of social dance. It is suggested that aesthetic training should be incorporated into daily training and teaching.
First, the form of aesthetic training
Aesthetic feeling reflects specific perceptual images through the body, such as arms, shoulders, neck, eyes, legs and so on. Therefore, the beauty of ballroom dancing is directly related to the body, and the graceful body with beautiful appearance and graceful posture is more conducive to the dancers to show the unique charm of ballroom dancing.
In fact, everyone's understanding of beauty is different. Conforming to the rules of action and completing the technical details have become an important indicator of social dance aesthetics. Only by correctly mastering the standardized professional basic knowledge, improving the understanding of physical beauty of ballroom dancing practitioners, and persistently carrying out all-round training such as body, posture and movement coordination, can the aesthetic feeling of ballroom dancing be fully reflected.
In addition, from the perspective of enhancing the expressive force and appeal of dance, physical beauty can improve people's attention to dancers to some extent. For example, a graceful dancer's graceful dance movements are definitely much better than a bloated dancer's, which is more conducive to expressing the style and characteristics of dance and showing a good mental outlook.
Basic skills of aesthetic training
With a good figure, strengthening the basic skills of dance has become a compulsory course, and in the eyes of most social dance learners, training the basic skills of dance? Too professional? . In fact, the basic skill of dance is not as unattainable as imagined, it is just a performance ability? Train the ability to express beauty.
From some of the most basic contents, we can clearly feel its role. For example, when standing, the correct and graceful posture is generally natural and straight, the eyes are straight, the shoulders are naturally flat, the chest is straight and does not expand, the back and waist are vertical, and the whole body weight moves forward to the soles of the feet. If a person stands according to such requirements, it will definitely look much better than a dancer standing with his back hunched, and the aesthetic feeling will be much stronger. Of course, the basic skills of dancing are not just standing. Some basic body postures, body movements and orienteering exercises can directly affect the performance ability of a ballroom dancer.
Second, the aesthetic training of teaching and learning norms
Having formal beauty and good basic dance practice, learning and mastering standardized ballroom dancing techniques are the key to further shaping the aesthetic feeling of ballroom dancing.
As a sports event with the largest number of participants, the low learning threshold is one of the most remarkable characteristics of ballroom dancing, but this does not mean that ballroom dancing can really be done? Do whatever you want. . Different kinds of ballroom dancing will have corresponding dance styles, technical movements and other normative requirements. If you participate in the competition, you will also have requirements in terms of clothing and makeup. It is these various requirements that standardize ballroom dancing and form a unique aesthetic system. Following these requirements can help contestants shape more beautiful dances. Therefore, learning standardized techniques and movements is inseparable from the aesthetic training of ballroom dancing.
Correct, graceful and relaxed demonstration movements are the guarantee to help students learn ballroom dancing techniques correctly. Ballroom dance coaches should try their best to explain the whole movement demonstration, technical movement decomposition and movement concept, and help students understand how to improve the quality and expressive force of movements. At present, CDSF has published and implemented the national unified standard fitness ballroom dancing teaching materials. On this basis, the social dance teacher can explain the name, essentials, practice methods and technical essentials of the action to the students through standardized professional terms, such as telling the step position, footwork, rotation, lift, beat and rhythm of each step according to the step sequence. For more complicated dance steps, we can explain them according to the movement structure or body parts. We can tell the method of each step first, and then tell the leading, following and movements of the body. Or explain the dance steps of men and women separately first, and then explain how men and women should cooperate.
At the same time, students must study hard. While ensuring the learning quality of a single dance step (male or female), master another dance step skillfully and be familiar with various postures, angles and techniques of dance.
Third, the tacit cooperation of aesthetic training.
Social dance is a two-person dance, which pays attention to the overall connection between male and female partners. Only when the partners depend on each other can the overall effect be produced. Although there are differences between ballroom dancing and sports dancing, there are many similarities in technology and content, and the cooperation between partners is one of them. Generally speaking, cooperation is a process in which two people * * * show their dancing charm under the guidance of their male partners. This cooperation emphasizes the synchronization of movements. The most basic requirement is that the rhythm of men's steps and women's steps should be consistent. In many ballroom dancing competitions, the dancing steps of the partners are often inconsistent, and some men even act arbitrarily, using the young lady as a prop and pulling it around.
In addition to synchronous and harmonious cooperation, it is also important to maintain the balance of the body. The so-called balance refers to the coordination of resistance between partners. Only when there is a common center of gravity can the most perfect and harmonious dance state be achieved. But when dancing, the body is always moving, and there can be no absolute balance, but we can use muscle tissue to control the balance of the body. In the process of practice, we should try to control the balance of the body, so as to make the dance process more stable.
Pay attention to synchronization and balance, so that there can be tacit cooperation between the partners, so as to maintain the stability of the partner relationship and the accuracy of the center of gravity in the dance, so that the dance steps can be relaxed and smooth.
Fourthly, the aesthetic training of music.
Without music, ballroom dancing loses its charm and has a beautiful appearance. In fact, dance is the external expression of music concretization and visualization. Therefore, learning and studying dance music, knowing and being familiar with the musical features (melody and rhythm) of each dance can help dancers to enhance their ability to express their dance emotions.
Dance and music are based on rhythm. Music can express abstract aspects of sports, it can prompt or express leisurely or intense movements, its forward or backward, strength or weakness, excitement or calm, seriousness or pleasure, etc. All of them can express and arouse the sensory state of various degrees and properties through different beats, different speeds and different melodies. Slow three step is characterized by gorgeous and elegant dance, smooth ups and downs, poetic, with typical music such as Auld Lang Syne; The dance steps of tango are rich, smooth and free, and you should choose 2/4 beats and the speed is 33? Every minute. 34 bars of music, such as Carmen, Pigeon and Blue Tango.
Practicing in this typical music at ordinary times is helpful for dancers to appreciate the essence of music and dance and integrate the whole emotion into the dance.