The basic steps of square dance are three steps and four steps, with 6 or 8 beats as a bar.
The main steps of square dance are 12 steps, 16 steps, 18 steps, 20 steps, 22 steps, 24 steps, 25 steps, 27 steps, 30 steps, 34 steps, 36 steps, 37 steps ......
Square dance is divided into forms of dance performances, and there are both folk dances, modern dances and ballets, which are all are developed from these foundations.
Expanded Information:
The characteristics of square dance:
1, collective
Square dance is a performing art form with strong mass participation. Performances are in the form of collective dance, fewer than dozens of people more than a few hundred people. The scene is red-hot and lively. Square dance must be performed in the square, the performance site is generally broader, the number of performers can not be too small. So the square dance is generally in the form of collective dance to show.
In a wide range of venues in the performance of most of the single dance, double dance, triple dance form to perform
2, casual
Square dance is an art form performed in the square, while the square dance performance has a great deal of flexibility, the time can be longer or shorter, fully reflecting the subjective and objective will and needs.
3, self-entertainment
Since the square dance is produced since the self-entertainment is the main feature of the square dance. People do not seek fame and fortune when they participate in square dance, it is entirely for self-entertainment. For example, most of the square dances on the 15th day of the first lunar month and during the morning exercise are spontaneous performances by the public.
The use of dance to express the art of emotion, so that the dancers inner emotion to vent, produce a spirit of pleasure, while the viewers also get the spirit of enjoyment, which makes the dancers to get the opportunity to express themselves, produce a sense of self-worth. This is the reason why square dancing is so entertaining, and why it has endured since its inception.
4, spontaneity
Many citizens organize their own square dance activities, and even buy equipment out of their own pockets, although there is no formal venue, but their sound, laser lights, and other equipment is readily available. Driven by more and more citizens dancing, there are more people who take the initiative to raise funds to buy additional equipment.
Many people in the team also took the initiative to watch videos from the Internet to learn dance, and even to the field "to learn", after learning to teach everyone, so that the dance variety has become more and more. Participants admire the people who volunteer to teach the masses to dance, in order to collective health and recreational activities, they do not care about the pay, responsible for the sound equipment with almost no absence, driven by the public and even a city of dance.