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Latin ballroom dancing is standardized, strict and standard. It is a professional competitive dance based on Latin dance, including rumba, cha-cha, swing dance, 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.
I. Samba (Samba)
Originated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1929 was introduced to the United States and then spread to other places. It is a comprehensive product of Africans and South Americans. It was first played on the guitar, with a slow rhythm, serenade-like atmosphere, warm and lively. Later, British dancers made a special trip to Rio de Janeiro to observe and collect local samba. After returning to China, they sorted out the samba dance and decided on the names of footwork and unified dance, which became the present samba dance. It belongs to the movingdance. Like tango and waltz, it must revolve around the dance floor. Music: 4/4.
Second, cha, cha, cha (cha, cha)
Mexico and Cuba, which originated in Central America, are variants of mambo, but today it is just more popular and popular than mambo, mainly because this dance gives people a clear and light feeling. Because the indigenous people in South America played mambo music faster and joined percussion instruments, it became today's cha cha. Mambo's dance is soft and her waist is twisted greatly. Qiaqia and qiaqia danced lively, and their footwork was crisp and neat. Music: 4/4.
Third, rumba (rumba)
Rumba dance originated in Cuba, so it is also called Cuban rumba. Four or five hundred years ago, black Africans were sent to America by white people to become slaves. African blacks are far away from home, oppressed in Cuba, living a hard life and homesick, thus producing sad folk songs. Slowly, due to the influence of the local climate, this sad tune has evolved into a lazy music style, and with the unique percussion instruments in Latin America, rumba dance is more romantic.
Africans in Cuba dance to this music to express their repressed feelings and form rumba dance. Today's rumba dance has lost its sad atmosphere, but the hypnotic performance atmosphere is still very strong, making rumba dance more popular. Music: 4/4, take off on the second beat, about 30 to 40 bars per minute.
4. Paso Dobl
This is a Spanish March, with majestic music and masculine dance style. Bullfighting dance is used everywhere in Spain instead of marching dance. Bullfighting dance is a dance evolved under the influence of bullfighting. The brass band above the entrance of the bullfighting arena always plays a March, which is the so-called bullfighting dance music in Spain, and the inspiration for the formation of bullfighting dance comes from this music.
It is also because of this music that bullfighting itself is inspired. In short, the bullfighting dance is an interpretation of the bullfighting scene; Male dancers can be compared to bullfighters, while female dancers represent red cloaks to attract the attention of bulls. It is inconceivable to classify the bullfighting dance as Latin dance, because it is purely European and originated in Spain.
Five, jive (jive)
Wu Jie and Jiteba are twin brothers. Giruba is a typical American dance, also called swing dance. 1940 was first popular in the southern United States, and it became popular all over the world in less than a few years. Clear footwork, combining the essence of jazz and Charleston, creating a unique style.
There are two ways to dance: the six-step giruba in general social occasions and the eight-step giruba in standard dance, which is called swing dance. Basically, both of them use six beats to complete a basic step, but the six steps are more leisurely and lazy, and the eight steps are more dynamic and varied. Is a very relaxed and free dance, music: 4/4, about 40 bars per minute.