At the end of the 18th century, in France and Britain, began to establish commercialized public **** ballroom. Social intercourse dance also became BallroomDancing. Below is some information about the classification of social dancing that I have organized for your reference.
Overview of a social dance
The social dance originated in the West as a form of dance, also known as ballroom dance (ballroomdancing), ballroom dance (partydancing), social dance (socialdancing).
Classification of ballroom dancing:
The first major category of ballroom dancing is Modern Dance, also known as Modern Dance, or Sports Dance, with the following dances:
Waltz (Waltz) (commonly known as the slow three-step)
Vienna Waltz (Viennese) (commonly known as the fast three-step)
Blues (Blues) (commonly known as the slow three-step)
The first category of ballroom dancing is the Modern Dance, also known as the modern dance, or sports dance, with the following dances:
The first category of ballroom dancing is the modern dance. Blues (Blues) (commonly known as the slow four-step)
Foxtrot (Foxtrot) (commonly known as the four-step)
Quickstep (Quickstep) (commonly known as the fast four-step)
Tango (Tango)
Jitterbug (Jitterbug) (commonly known as the Sailor's Dance)
The second category of social dancing is the LatinDance. Latin Dance, LatinDance, there are the following types of dance:
Rumba
Cha Cha Cha
Cowboy Dance
Samba
To talk about the clear sorority dance, but also to talk about the origins of the National Standard Dance.
National standard dance, the full name is the international standard ballroom dance (InternationalstyleofBallroomdancing). It comes from the folk dance of Western countries, is based on the development and evolution of ancient folk dance.
At the end of the 14th century, folk dancing entered the castles of princes and nobles. The simple, passionate and spirited folk dances developed into ball dances and court dances with ceremonial solemnity and seriousness.
In the late 15th century, the court dance had become an important part of the luxurious celebration. At that time, the noble knights, not only required to ride, the sword is very proficient, but also must master the skillful dance, which almost became a personal standard of behavior of the knight, is to enter the upper class, a means of social interaction activities.
European Renaissance, the court social dance appeared in a magnificent queue-style dance steps, called ? Pavan? Lavo and the ground? and so on. Queen Elizabeth I of England at the time in the court, dancing a kind of named? Volta? The two-person ballroom dance, and then this dance was popular in Europe for a while.
In the mid-17th century, the ballroom dance gradually from the solemn, gorgeous tend to dignified, brisk, lively style. King Louis XIV of France loved to dance, in the court at that time, the prevalence of an elegant, fast? With Ait? Dance, also known as? Small Step Dance. It was popular throughout Europe for a long time and spread to the United States. Many famous musicians, such as Beethoven, Mozart, etc. have written dance music for the minuet.
In the early 18th century, German and Austrian farmers danced the ? Landler? Dance, from the rural threshing floor kicking field action, and then evolved into a three-step dance ------- Vienna Waltz, and passed into the Austrian court, later popular in Europe, it is a brisk rhythm and melody, rapid, beautiful rotation and popular.
George IV of the United Kingdom personally danced at the Palace Ball, to the exclusion of the Church and the old aristocracy's opposition and dissent, thus establishing the waltz in the important position of the social dance.
The great musicians Strauss and his father and son created the waltz round dance, waltz round dance popular in Europe, people will waltz dance called ? Queen of the Dance?
With the rapid development of industrialization in the West, the emergence of the working class, ballroom dancing from the court and the aristocracy gradually to the transition to the civilian class, and become an essential form of entertainment in the life of the civilian family, the ballroom dancing also appeared in the public **** place of business in the ballroom.
At the end of the 18th century, in France and the United Kingdom, began to establish commercialized public **** ballroom. Social ballroom dancing became Ballroom Dancing.
In the 19th century, with the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the Literary and Artistic Romanticism movement, men and women's clothing styles from long skirts gradually shifted to facilitate the walking step skirt type, which promotes the British blues (slow four steps, Blues), quick step dance (QuickStep), the United States of America's fox-trot (in four steps, Foxtrot), Poston Waltz (SlowWaltz, slow three steps) and other social dances. SlowWaltz) and other dances were popularized.
Before the outbreak of World War I, Latin American dances were introduced to Europe. First the Argentine tango, then the Cuban rumba, the Brazilian samba (Samba) successively popular, people are enthusiastic about these dances unique rhythms and steps, and has been passed down to the present day.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the emergence of jazz music, so that the social dance into a new period. 1904, the United Kingdom set up the Royal Dance Teachers' Federation, and by the specialized dancers on the waltz, tango, foxtrot, rumba, quickstep, etc. carried out a special study on their internationally popular dance, dance, dance, step, direction and other processing and organization, so that it has a certain normative and standardized and published as? International Standard Ballroom Dance? Rules, international standard ballroom dance, also referred to as ? International standard ballroom dance, also referred to as?
The kind of dance in the ballroom unrestrained, unconventional, arbitrary dance, it is called the sorority dance, ballroom dance.
Second, the difference between the national standard dance and sorority dance
The national standard dance is standardized, series of dances, it is away from the pure self-indulgence, enhanced artistry, in addition to? National standard dance? also has the characteristics of performative and competitive, it is standardized movement, learning difficulty.
Some European countries will be some folk dance to refine and standardize the formation of the court dance, and popular in the court, elegant and complicated, formal and pretentious, lost the freedom of folk dance style. Court dance is only prevalent in the court, exclusively for the aristocrats to practice and appreciate, is the privilege of the aristocrats.
After the French Revolution, the court disintegrated, the court dance into the civilian society, and became a social dance for everyone in society. In 1768, the first business ballroom appeared in Paris, from then on, social dance in the European civilian society popularized.
As the national standard dance on the dance posture, dance step requirements are very strict, so the emergence of relatively low requirements of some of the social dance, which maintains the national standard dance of a variety of dance styles, but more casual. Nevertheless, social dance still has its own unique requirements, so that it can reflect the independent styles of various dances and can be spontaneous.
In China, ballroom dancing was introduced to several major cities and trading ports in China as early as 1924, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and so on.
By the beginning of the liberation period, ballroom dancing was very popular in our country, "" aborted, into the eighties, ballroom dancing is again accepted by the people, but our country and the world level of international standard ballroom dancing has a great backward gap.
Cotillion, due to the influence of the court dance, its style: the dance posture is solemn and elegant, the dance step rigorous norms, quite a gentleman, and thus is known as the European school of social dance.
In the early nineteenth century, due to the rise of the U.S. economy, the original social dance popular in Europe, with the European immigrants to the United States.
In the United States, there are a large number of immigrants from Africa and Latin America, who brought with them a strong tropical style of folk dance, they come directly from the folk, not affected by the court dance, so the dance form is more free, passionate and unrestrained.
Three, the waltz
1, the origin of the waltz
The waltz is the earliest ballroom dance, but also by far the strongest vitality of self-indulgent dance forms, it is also known as the round dance.
? Waltz? The word waltz originally comes from the Old German word Walzer, which means ? rolling," "rolling," "rolling," "rolling," "rolling," "rolling," and "rolling.
There are several theories in the world about where the waltz originated.
The Germans suggest that it originated in Germany, based on the fact that the word comes from Old German.
The French believe it first originated in the French Volta.
The Italians, on the other hand, reminded the French that don't forget that the French word ? Volta? The word comes from Italian, and the implication is that the waltz arose in Italy.
The word waltz is thought to have appeared around 1780, and the 3-beat? pong chow chow? Rhythmic round dance is very early before the popularity of Europe, especially in Germany, Bavaria and Austria, Vienna, the farmers around the area, very popular in this rhythmic dance music; as for the waltz type of dance music, as early as the 17th century was played in the Hapsburg Royal Ball.
2, the development of the waltz
Although the waltz this form of self-indulgent dance, has long been popular in the countryside, but it can become the urban population of the dance fashion, there are social change and artistic interest and other aspects of the reasons.
At the end of the 18th century, the French Revolution, which had a fierce impact on European countries, the rise of the Industrial Revolution, as well as the emergence of the working class on a large scale, on the self-indulgent dance styles, people's aesthetics has changed a lot. The once popular minuet and gavotte were eliminated because of their stereotypical, formal styles. The waltz, with its relaxed and natural body and elegant demeanor, became a major form of self-indulgence.
The waltz is easy to learn and free and comfortable characteristics, attracted the majority of dance lovers, people often just watch from the side of a moment to learn, this dance is not like a minuet, you must master a large number of complex patterns in order to be on the stage.
After 1834, the waltz came to the United States. Its first landing point in the US was Boston, and it then spread to New York and Philadelphia, where it became universally popular, and by the mid-19th century, the waltz had taken deep roots in American social circles.
Four, Sailor Dance
1, the origin of the sailor dance
Sailor Dance, also known as pulling the hand, six steps, also known as the jitterbug, in Chongqing, is currently called pulling the six steps, this kind of dance is different from the slow three, four and different, both from the style of the dance, or on the requirements of the dance, which and the previously mentioned ballroom dance have a big difference. There is a big difference.
The sailor dance was originally a dance performed by sailors on board the U.S. warships, and it began with two men dancing. With the expedition of the U.S. Navy, the sailor's dance was brought to the world, and became a dance for men and women.
The sailor dance is relaxed and lively, full of vigor. Fast-paced music like Disco is used. However, the authentic sailor dance should be six beats per bar, and the current people often dance is four beats per bar, actually called ? Hand Pulling? , but four beats per bar, obviously more conducive to people's proficiency, jump up more cheerful.
2, the characteristics of the Sailor Dance
Sailor Dance dance posture:
Male and female dance partners stand face to face, the male partner with two hands open, palms upward, the female partner the same two hands open, palms downward, the male and female dance partners two hands clasped together.
For the basic dance steps, male and female partners are the same, the first beat left foot forward (with the right foot can also, according to their own habits), the second beat the right foot in place to pause for a beat, the third beat the left foot backward, the fourth beat the right foot in place to pause for a beat, and then two people to change places.
The basic footwork of the Sailor Dance is these two, the pattern is entirely from the hand, that is, it is entirely dependent on the size of the men's hands, the direction of the force to guide the women to make a variety of good-looking pattern.
There is such a saying: the sailor dance is good, the female partner looks beautiful and elegant; if the dance is not good, the men have to bear the responsibility of bringing bad.
V. Tango dance TANGO
1, the origin of the tango dance
In the 20th century, in the development of Europe and the United States in the ballroom dance, Latin America, many ethnic groups and the United States blacks have made a significant contribution to the promotion and enrichment of the following types of dance: tango, rumba, samba, Mayfair, Mambo, cha-cha, jazz, rock, Swing, Disco, Hathor, and Break, making these dances a popular form of self-entertainment at the time.
The early tango is said to have originated in Spain and was brought to the Americas by immigrants, then returned to Spain after being processed by the blacks.
At the beginning of the 19th century, in Andalusia, Spain, the early tango was in the form of a solo woman, and the modern tango is a male and female partner in pairs.
2, the development of tango dance
Today's tango, originated in the 19th century in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the capital of a wine bar room, when the ladies swing dressed in a long skirt, the men's feet boots, forming the classic movements in today's tango. The dance struck a chord with the middle and upper classes with its steady, decisive steps, and soon became popular in European countries.
The introduction of the Argentine tango to the United States is attributed to a young man named Maurice Mauve. He was born in New York City. Born in New York to Brazilian parents, he was 14 when his parents brought him to Paris, which gave him the opportunity to study the wine bar at night.
One night he was mesmerized by an Argentine tango danced by a group of South Americans, and soon incorporated this exotic dance into his repertoire. 1911, at the age of 22, he returned to New York and gave his first tango performance at the Louis Martin Hotel. In 1911, at the age of 22, he returned to New York and gave his first tango performance at the Louis Martin Hotel, which in no time at all made the tango a favorite form of self-entertainment among the fashionable people of New York. Mowie also ran a dance school, training tango dance, charging $ 25 per hour, this rate, at that time is very expensive, but, dance training courses are still warmly welcomed by the people.
In this way, by 1914, only New York has a ballroom dance training school and ballroom **** more than 600, of which the tango is often people dancing to the early hours of the morning is still in the ascendant of self-indulgent dance, its influence so that the original most popular theaters can not be resisted, and finally, the theater had to provide tango dance program, so that the audience jumped in the tango during the intermission, and to provide free tango music and a variety of beverages to keep the theater in business.
The charm of the tango makes thousands of fans of the dance drunk, which angered the boss of the company where these dancers. The United States, Iowa, a shipping company, there are 200 staff once heard the tango dance music, put down their hands to work to dance, for this reason, the company regulations strictly prohibit the playing of tango dance music during working hours.
The original tango dance is fancy and difficult to learn, after the First World War, tango into the standardization and simplification of the stage, only later appeared in our popular drag step today.
3, tango dance step characteristics
Tango does not have obvious changes in elevation and swing, tilt movement, but there are obvious reverse movement. Coupled with the fast and powerful twisting and turning of the head, left and right flash, giving a person a decisive, angular feeling.
Legend has it that when Argentine men danced tango with their female partners, both men and women wore short swords on their belts to prevent interference from their rivals, which led to the formation of today's classic dance movements characterized by serious facial expressions, quick twisting and turning of the head, and occasional glances to the right and left.
In ballroom dancing, the tango is the most glamorous dance queen in Latin dance.
Six, cha-cha-cha
1, the origin and development of cha-cha-cha
? Cha Cha? The term comes from the sound of a woody pod on the islands of the western Indian Ocean, and later evolved into a sound-guided instrument used by bands in the region and in several countries, or a metronome. metronome. the rhythm of the metronome.
2, cha-cha-cha dance step characteristics
cha-cha-cha dance in the jumping method is very similar to the mambo? Mambo is the hips in the slow beat gently for 3 curved waves of undulation, and cha-cha-cha is the legs and feet in the slow beat for 3 times to move.
When the cha-cha was introduced to the United States in 1954, the rhythm changed and was often danced in combination with the fast mambo to regulate the dancer's stamina.
The cha-cha is still the most popular Latin American dance in the United States because it is more comfortable than the mambo in terms of rhythm, and because there are many new variations that can be made in this comfortable rhythm.
In the current ballroom in Chongqing, cha-cha dance and disco dance together, generally is the dance floor is almost the end of the dance music, lights flashing, eye, dancers are generally young people, dance gently, generally need to have a devilish figure, long hair, that is a bright landscape, is very attractive to people's eyes.
Seven, China's own creation of the three sorority dance: Beijing Ping Si, Nanjing Xiaola and Wuhan three steps.
(a) The advantages and disadvantages of Beijing Ping Si
1, the advantages:
(1) atmosphere. The whole body is still more relaxed.
(2) Straightforward. What I'm going to do, what I'm going to do, is explained very clearly.
(3) Rich. Patterns are very varied.
(4) Simple. No matter who, ten days and a half months will be.
2. Disadvantages:
(1) The dancing parts are hands and feet, and the body has no strength.
(2) There is no organic connection between the patterns.
(3) The body flat suppresses the body's expression and there is nowhere to release it, creating the ugly look of three steps and a pout.
(4) Useless kung fu.
(2) The advantages and disadvantages of Nanjing Xiaola
1. Advantages:
(1) Lively. The whole dance has few restrictions and comes from a wide range of sources, so it is unrestrained.
(2) Exercise. The exercise value is high and the intensity is great, which is related to the fact that it is importantly derived from the jitterbug.
(3) Easy. It is relatively easy to learn and suitable for beginners.
2. Disadvantages:
(1) Twisting. Traditional Chinese culture is horizontal and vertical, twisting is not in line with the image of the Chinese.
(2) Roughness. Easy to learn, but less artistic, complicated sources, poor processing and re-creating.
(3) No merit.
(C) Wuhan three-step
Wuhan three-step is actually not a social dance, but a square dance and campus dance, also applies to large group gymnastics. Its advantage is that it is organized, and its disadvantage is that it is mechanical. Since Wuhan Three-Step is far away from social dance, it is reluctant to be a member of social dance, so I won't comment more.
Comprehensive analysis of the above, we can draw the following conclusions:
(a) China's own choreography of the three sorority dances, all have the following characteristics:
1, popularization, merit and artistic level is not high.
2. The pulling pattern, which is based on playing tricks.
Specifically to analyze, China's social dance does not have a long history in the West, so its development is relatively lagging behind a lot. The pull flower mode is characterized by the Chinese race. Europeans one meter eight, Chinese one meter seven, indeed suitable for pull flower, but not suitable for a wide range of running.
(ii) the practical application of the overall has a **** sex: the lower part of the people. A ballroom, everyone dances, play the three Chinese-style ballroom dancers and play the national standard dancers can not be compared, so they have to retreat to the sidelines. Your ballroom dancing can only be played in the corner, can not occupy the ballroom core position, which for the image of Chinese culture is a serious negative effect.
(C) can be seen, the development trend of social dance, eagerly called for the generation of Chinese high-end social dance, can fight with the national standard dance. High-end top, low-end can be pushed.
(d) From the specific point of view, we should take Beijing Ping Si as the base for the re-creation of Chinese low-end social dance, and finally form a kind of Chinese mainstream low-end popularization of social dance. Nanjing pull down can only be a small range as a colorful accompaniment, Wuhan three-step step should gradually clarify the nature of its square dance, exit the ranks of the social dance.