When was sports dance introduced to China?

Sports dance (international standard ballroom dancing) was introduced to China in 1930s and developed rapidly in 1980s. Has carried out exchange activities with Japan, the United States, Britain and other countries. 1987 held the first national international standard ballroom dancing competition. The first national sports dance championship was held in 199 1.

Standard ballroom dancing originated from ancient folk dance, and experienced the evolution of duet, circle dance, progressive dance and group dance, and became a widely circulated ballroom dance. 19 After the 1920s, before the formation of international standard ballroom dancing, the Royal Dance Teachers Association standardized the original dance types, steps and postures, and formulated the competition methods, and held the first world standard ballroom dancing championship in Berlin, Germany on 1947.

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Classification of sports dance

Sports dance is divided into two groups and ten kinds of dances. Among them, modern dance groups include waltz, Viennese waltz, tango, foxtrot and quickstep, and Latin dance groups include rumba, cha-cha, samba, cowboy and bullfighting.

1, modern dance, characterized by starting from the close posture and marching counterclockwise along the dance line. The footwork is standardized and rigorous, the upper body and crotch remain relatively stable and straight, and various dance movements such as forward, backward, sideways, rotation and modeling are completed.

2, Latin dance, characterized by close-fitting partners can be divided. They each change direction and angle radially within a fixed range to express dance. The footwork is flexible and changeable, and various dances complete various steps and show various styles through different technical requirements for crotch and body swing.

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