Dance is the oldest art form. As early as before human language was created, human beings used dance to communicate their feelings and celebrate their victories. In the long course of history, the people created square dance, developed square dance, so that this flower of folk art is y rooted in the social life of the masses.
Square dance function and performance area has undergone significant changes since the establishment of the Chinese people **** and the country, the party and the government attaches great importance to the construction and development of the people's culture. Especially after entering the 1990s, the government has established many cultural squares in cities above the county level. With the continuous progress and development of society, square culture as a social and cultural phenomenon, square culture important form of expression of square art, has been more and more people's attention. Square dance is quietly undergoing big changes, square dance from the countryside into the city, becoming an indispensable element of urban cultural construction.
All over China, from morning to night, you can see the square dance enthusiasts. Take Shanxi, the county have their own square dance, the village have square dance activities, and held a number of square art festival, dance program is the emergence of folk dance, ballet, modern dance, etc. These dances are very suitable for square performance. These dances are very suitable for square performance. So square dance is a very important art form in China and even in the world. Square dance can be fitness, entertainment, is a very good sports program. This flower of folk art is y rooted in the social life of the masses, and has been passed down from generation to generation, and has flourished for a long time.
Contemporary square dance into the modern dance consciousness, behavior and form, so as to form a modern square dance style. 21st century square dance, has been more and more people of different ages and levels of affirmation, we began to pay attention to their own health, the interaction between young people and the elderly also added a lot of fun to the square dance. As a product of the development of modern city square, square dance is not only a cultural phenomenon, but also a social phenomenon worthy of attention. It reflects, on the one hand, the degree of perfection of the urban community and, on the other hand, the satisfaction of life under the socialist system, and is an important indicator and symbol of spiritual civilization.
According to Australia.com.au, 245 people in Horsham, Victoria, Australia, broke a Guinness World Record by dancing a "group square dance," making their 5-minute, 15-second performance a new record for the world's largest group rendition of U.S. singer Tina Turner's song "Nutbush City. Limits" by American singer Tina Turner.
Horsham councillor Mark Radford recently received a letter of congratulations for a world record-breaking group dance to Nutbush City Limits in November 2015, performed by 254 local dancers. It was reported that the oldest dancer was 90 years old and the youngest was 6 years old.