Street bands can be found everywhere in Havana, but meeting a beautiful old woman in red is an unexpected bonus. When asked, the old woman, who is nearly 80 years old, said that cigars and dancing are her two most precious things, and the Cuban people's open-mindedness let us have a first
step experience.
Warm, romantic and wild are the qualities of Cuban dance and one of the characteristics of the Cuban nation. In the streets of Cuba, whether in the streets and alleys, or in the plaza, bars, you can see these people everywhere in the release of songs and dances. In the movie "Havana", the first time the hero and heroine meet, it is also in the streets of Havana.
In Havana, you can see dancers everywhere, from the youngest to the oldest, with a wide range of skills, and there is no particular way to dance, almost everyone can play their own way, but the only thing that is the same is that they dance with a lot of emotion.
In recent years, Latin dance can be said to be popular in the world, and Cuba is the birthplace of Latin dance, the earliest time, Latin dance is used to celebrate the harvest of a method, and now it is slowly turned into a young men and women used to express a way of expression.
From the first day we set foot in Havana, we have been learning to dance with all kinds of Cubans, and sometimes we don't know which kind of dance we're learning, we're just infected by their enthusiasm.
Salsa is one of the most distinctive dances in Cuba. In Cuba, men and women, young and old, dance salsa on the streets and in the bars, so today we asked Haima and José to give us some tips on how to dance salsa. Salsa is a very delicate dance because the head, the shoulders, the hips, the feet and the hands, all the body is like a musical instrument, you have to be very coordinated to make a beautiful salsa dance. Well, please!
Salsa is so spectacular that it has become the subject of much interest for directors all over the world, and we have seen salsa dance sequences in many movies.
In the movie "Leading the Way", Spanish actor Anthony Banderas once again played the dancing talent, the actors in the movie have a large section of Latin dance performance, the enthusiasm is like fire!
There are three basic steps when we salsa dance. Now I'll demonstrate the salsa steps, remembering to step right foot first, like I did. One, two, three, one, two, three
In the movie "Miami Vice", Gong Li plays a woman from Cuba, and Cuban dance is naturally rare. In the movie, she danced with Colin Farrell in a salsa dance, which also highlighted the passion between the male and female protagonists.
How about that, did you learn it? In fact, it does not matter, if you did not learn, you can look at these movies we mentioned above, the package will allow you to learn. In fact, salsa and formal social dance it is a little different, it as long as there is music ringing you can feel free to dance, generous on the line.
In Cuba, you can find teachers teaching you how to dance everywhere, and the scene of a group of people dancing together abounds, both tourists and locals, the dance makes people from all over the world quickly eliminate the sense of strangeness and become friends, so you will feel at ease in Cuba.
The cha-cha-cha is a variation of the mambo, which is more lively and dry, so it is very popular. Many people like the Latin dance, but because the rhythm of the Latin dance does not have a lot of rules, and the movements change very quickly, it is not easy to master, and the cha-cha-cha makes up for this deficiency.
We invited two folk artists to perform the original Cuban dance for us, the performance also happened a lot of interesting interludes, this is not, due to the venue problems, coupled with the girl's heel is too thin, several times in the brick cracks can not get out. But this did not affect the mood of the dancers, the Cuban people's open-minded tolerance is expressed in any small place.
In Wong Kar-wai's movie "Legend of the Dragon", Leslie Cheung had a solo dance, dancing the cha-cha-cha.
It is said that the cha-cha dance is enthusiastic and joyful, but when it comes to Leslie Cheung here, it expresses some very subtle emotions, whether it is silent narcissism or casual lethargy, this passage has become a classic in the hearts of movie fans.
We are now going to start learning a cha-cha-cha dance, a dance that Chinese people love to dance. One or two cha-cha-cha-cha
Female dancer: You can use the left-right movement in the front and back, Wang Ningtong: Left-right movement in the front and back?
Female dancer: Yes, back and forth, like this. One, two, cha-cha-cha-cha
On the beach, we danced with our Cuban friends, and almost all of the Cuban dances were filled with a celebration of life and joy.
In the 1950s and 1960s, there was a Chinese movie called Heroes and Tigers, in which actors Wang Xiaotang and Yu Yang danced, and although it was just a few short scenes, it was so enjoyable that many people went to the cinema and watched the movie several times, just for these few scenes.
So what kind of dance were they doing? It was the rumba, which originated in Cuba.
It is interesting to note that the rumba was used to show the depravity of the bandits. Watching it again from the distance of time, the youthfulness and innocence of the rumba is very memorable.
The costumes they wear today are basically designed for rumba in Cuba, and are similar to this.
For the men, there's a big puffy sleeve, big shoulders, very exaggerated. And then for the women, very short skirts. In fact, internationally, when rumba first became popular, this skirt would be much longer, but in Cuba it's very short, which makes it very sexy.
Rumba in the movie is really very much, like Australia's "Dancing out of Love Sparks", the U.S. "Havana", there are a lot of rumba shots.
Rumba always seems to be related to love, in the movie "Shanghai Rumba", the hero and heroine for the first time to talk about their true feelings, it is with the help of rumba beating rhythm. The girl finally chose the freedom of the heart, a Shanghai Rumba across time and space.
In the Japanese movie Talking and Dancing, the rumba becomes a symbol of a certain state of mind. In the Japanese movie "Talking and Dancing", the rumba becomes a symbol of a certain state of mind. The company clerk, who is usually obedient, is inspired by the melody of the rumba to create another, more authentic self. In the rumba's passionate call, life bursts into brilliant sparks.
Latin dance has become popular in the world in recent years, the deeper reason is quite interesting, the pressure of life of the modern people, in the simple and innocent Cuban dance, to get a complete catharsis and release.
The rumba is not very good, because it is a mixture of some of the characteristics of Africa and Spain, so the rumba expression is a little more wild.
The rumba originated in Cuba, so it is also called Cuban rumba. Four or five hundred years ago, black Africans were sent to the Americas by the white man and became slaves. They were far away from home, living in hardship, resulting in mournful folk songs, Africans in Cuba with this music to dance, in order to express the depressed mood, and the formation of rumba.
In the vast expanse of Latin America, a diverse mix of cultures is the most distinctive feature. The music and culture of the indigenous Indians, and the music and dance of the black Africans who were sent to the New World as serfs, are all important parts of it. Cuba is no exception, in fact, Cuban music is the inheritance of Spanish and African music, and the dances that have evolved synthesize many elements.
Just now dancing really hot, these are all in imitation of Africans, tribal dance, Cuban dance inherited from Africa and Spain, of course, a lot of African influence, so I see a lot of our rhythms, drums, and the way they dance, and a lot of dance in Africa have similar places.
The ethos that characterizes black music and dance is evident in Cuban song and dance.
When I asked her what the key to the rumba movement was, she said it was to twist the hips, kind of like drawing an "8". We asked her to draw one.
The instrument is a Cuban maracas, starring Kim Carrey in the movie The Mask, who danced on the street with a maraca and turned the police who were pointing guns at him into penitentiaries.
In many movies, Cuban dance has been taken out of its original form and reinvented artistically, as it has been in Cuba. The salsa, mambo, rumba and cha-cha have all been modified and innovated to achieve a more dazzling effect in many performances of a showy nature, reflecting the Cubans' freedom of expression and freedom of expression.
Cubans love to dance, but when you ask them why, they often can't say why. Perhaps for Cubans, dance is as natural as eating and sleeping. Dance gives Cubans a free mind and optimistic character, it is not difficult to understand, in the material life is not rich in Cuba, people are so stretch and happy, perhaps this is the Cuban people the most different place.
Whether it's salsa, mambo, or rumba, you can feel the rich Cuban flavor. I think one of the characteristics of Cuban dance is that it is free, not bound by fixed rules, with a sincere heart, to feel the most primitive melody and the most sincere heartbeat, this is Cuban dance, this is Cuban people.