Definition of quickstep:
The quickstep dance is named after its fast rhythm, and it is also called cheerful dance because of its light, agile, lively and joyful style. Quickstep combines some small jumps in ballet, which is more agile, skillful and artistic. It originated in England. It was originally a folk dance of black people, and then it gradually evolved. Quickstep is closely related to Polka and Charleston.
The origin of quickstep:
Polka is a Czech national dance, which was recorded as early as 1825 and later spread to Paris, the capital of France. The famous dancer Ze Larius brought him to the salon and made a public appearance at 1840. To 1844 is popular all over the world, and it is comparable to waltz in the European dance world. The early quickstep and foxtrot were linked and spread to England. After the evolution of quickstep, it gradually developed into quickstep.
At the beginning of the 20th century, it developed to 1924, and the Royal Society of Dance Teachers published the slow foxtrot and the quickstep, and then the quickstep was separated from the foxtrot. Therefore, the quickstep is to absorb the foxtrot and then introduce ballet to make the dance more agile.
Characteristics and practice of quickstep dance;
1, quickstep features
To do a trot, you should master the basic movements and body feelings, and the quickstep dance is full of skills. So relax your knees and control the movement of your body's center of gravity, because quickstep is faster, jumping, rotating and synchronized, and the jumping step is the most infectious. Don't jump too high off the ground when you do the jumping step, as long as your toes just leave the ground.
Quickstep belongs to the lateral movement in sports dance, so we should pay attention to this lateral movement in quickstep. The quickstep dance is swinging and moving fast, that is, to keep up with the rhythm and not to deform the action, so we should pay attention to the shift of center of gravity and the use of swinging. The music of quickstep is a quarter beat, with 50 to 52 bars per minute. The music is cheerful and rhythmic.
2, quickstep dance practice
When the feet are close together, the feet do work on the ground to generate force source pressure, which pushes the center of gravity to move from the heel to the toe and lifts the heel at the same time; Reduction should control toes, soles, soles and heels to fall vertically. Practice repeatedly.