With the development of social economy and the continuous improvement of material level, people's demand for amateur cultural life is also higher and higher. Social dance is accompanied by music, through the human body rhythmic, regular changes, shaping different difficulties in physical movements and beautiful posture, it has the characteristics of the times and the effect of national fitness, has been regarded as an elegant means of entertainment and fitness. It will be entertainment, fitness and art into one, to enrich the people's lives, enhance the people's physical fitness plays an important role, and with its unique charm favored by the general public.
1. The origin and development of social dance
Social dance, a dance form originating in the West, also known as social dance, ballroom dance, ballroom dance, social dance. The requirements for dance posture and dance steps are not very strict, and the dance steps are free and spontaneous, as you wish, which can reflect the different styles of different dances. As early as in the early 1920s, ballroom dancing was introduced to several big cities and trading ports in China, and it became very popular in the 1950s and 1960s during the early period of liberation. After entering the 1980s, ballroom dancing has become a form of entertainment and fitness that the general public likes and is happy to accept. According to the Report on the Survey Results of China's Mass Sports in 2001, 33.3% of the Chinese people participated in ballroom dancing for fitness among the various sports of physical exercise. It can be seen that ballroom dancing is a popular way of fitness for the general public, and it also promotes the development of mass fitness. With the rise of national fitness movement, there is a popularization and promotion of social dance in the society. To? health? as the center, to? Lifelong sports? For the purpose of the sports model came into being, in residential areas, streets, parks and squares, appeared by the masses of self-organized ballroom dance activity center, it expands the type of national fitness, activated the mechanism of national fitness, but also the people benefit physically and mentally.
2. Characteristics of social dance
(1) The requirements of social dance on the dance steps and dance posture are not high. As long as you learn the basic steps of social dance and can hear the rhythm of the music, you can get off the dance floor and dance. From the dance floor, we can easily find that the level of high and low, more and less fancy, good and bad posture, but everyone is happy in it, not happy.
(2) Social dance is not limited by age and gender. As an art form of beauty, social dance is suitable for all people to participate in fitness requirements for the general public, it has a broad mass base, easy to be accepted, and has a good prospect for development.
(3) Fellowship dance is not subject to the limitations of the venue equipment. Social dance is not only convenient for public fitness, but also on the activities of the venue and facilities are not too demanding, in the open square and living quarters can be carried out. Social dance fitness mass spontaneity, easy to choose the location, easy to organize and carry out, easy for more people to participate in, conducive to the development of mass fitness.
(4) Fellowship dance is suitable for a variety of income level groups, conducive to the development of the country. Fellowship dance is mostly self-organized by the masses, and in the open-air plaza or nearby community fitness activities, and the technical requirements are not high, so do not need to pay too much money, fellowship dance as a form of fitness, suitable for the masses, conducive to the promotion and popularization of the country.
3. Analysis of the value of social dance in the national fitness
3.1 The value of sports and fitness
The social dance is a kind of art that expresses thoughts and feelings through the language of the body, and its form of expression is mainly to step on the rhythm of the music, walk in different styles of dance, and make various fancy movements. It is an art of expressing thoughts and feelings through body language. It follows the general law of body movement and forms a unique style of movement. It enriches the content of sports, and is an effective means and reliable method of sports and fitness. Social dance is a whole-body movement, the muscles are subjected to comprehensive and integrated stimulation, it can effectively improve the human blood circulation system and respiratory system function, enhance the body's cardiorespiratory function, improve the flexibility, coordination, agility and balance of participants. Social dance of different kinds of dance, the pace of change, sometimes enthusiastic and cheerful, sometimes graceful and gentle, the intensity of the movement can be freely mastered, it is suitable for any kind of people, and has the function of body shaping and health care. At the same time, dance therapy has been widely used in real life, especially in some rehabilitation centers, is widely promoted, it is for the treatment of chronic diseases, neurasthenia and correction of bad posture have significant effects.
3.2 Psychological Value
Ballroom dancing is a kind of silent language, is one of the ways for people to exchange ideas and express their feelings, and is also an effective means of interpersonal communication. Social dance shortens the distance between people, where there is no rich and poor, so that people from all walks of life from work and family, contact with more people, broaden the horizons, we work out together, encourage each other and enhance friendship. Beautiful music is the soul of social dance, a good music can not only prompt the dancers to dance, but also in listening to the music at the same time, can also inspire people to the desire for a better life. Soft waltz music and continuous blues music, can make people get the enjoyment of beauty and sentiment cultivation; powerful tango dance step is refreshing; light and lively Fox seems to make people become more young, upward. Beautiful music can also relieve people's mental pressure, psychological pressure, can free people from the trouble, forget the disillusionment and depression, forget the trouble and sadness, it can bring people a pleasant mood and good mental state. Social dance can make people's inner emotion to be expressed, happy mood, the whole body stretching, and can improve people's expressive power and self-confidence. Often dance people, spirit, elegant, it will have a positive and far-reaching impact on the improvement of the quality of the nation.
3.3 Aesthetic value
The social dance has formed a high-grade, wide-ranging and attractive artistic and cultural atmosphere, which is rich in aesthetic content. Long-term social dance, can make the human body shape proportionate, physical fitness and beautiful, many participants said: ? Through the exercise of social dance, I know how to fully express myself and dare to let myself appear in front of the public with a beautiful posture? From this, it is easy to see that under the influence of beautiful music and elegant movements, you can improve your self-image, to achieve the beauty of form, posture, movement and dress, cultivate people's ability to appreciate and create beauty, and improve people's cultural and artistic cultivation.
4. The development path of social dance
4.1 Actively create a cultural and artistic atmosphere of social dance, and promote the development of social dance
The development of a project is inseparable from the cultural support behind the project, and inseparable from the cultivation of the cultural atmosphere of the project. Therefore, in the vigorous implementation of national fitness at the same time, to strengthen the cultural atmosphere of the sorority dance project is also imperative. For many people, even with skillful dancing skills, if there is no atmosphere of social dance, they will not go to dance. Therefore, the cultural and artistic atmosphere of social dance is crucial to the promotion and development of social dance.
4.2 Including social dance in the teaching content of college physical education classes
School sports is an important way to realize the fitness of the whole people and lifelong sports, and the school sports should vigorously develop the horizontal connection with the society. In addition, ballroom dancing can teach fun, teaching in the body, teaching wisdom, teaching beauty, it adapts to the requirements of school physical education. Long-term practice of social dance, can educate people to be dignified and generous, treat people with courtesy, elegant temperament.
4.3 Carry out colorful ballroom dance activities
Now, in addition to a part of the people to go to the ballroom in the morning to dance in the morning, more 'people chose to go to the community at night, the park plaza to go dancing. With the continuous improvement of living standards, more and more people realize the importance of health. At night, in addition to seeing some walking and running fitness people, more to see or dance aerobics and ballroom dancing people, in a variety of music accompaniment, dancing figure.
4.4 Accelerate the construction of ballroom dance software and hardware
Although the ballroom dance movement, the requirements of the venue facilities are not too high, but there is a slightly larger area, the ground is suitable for ballroom dance venues, will attract more people to participate in this movement. In addition, strengthening the construction of social dance network teaching is an important content of the development of social dance. Today's era, the network and the media's huge radiation effect has been accepted by the people, the development of modern sports has been inseparable from the dissemination of these media, especially the construction of the network system, the development of ballroom dancing plays a vital role.
4.5 Purposefully and systematically organize ballroom dancing competitions
The ballroom dancing competitions can make the participants have a platform to improve and show their own, so as to expand the scope of influence of ballroom dancing and improve the people's awareness of participation. The forms of the competition can be varied, and the level can be high or low. But the competition is not an end, but a means. Through the competition, constantly improve the influence of social dance, so that more people to participate in.
In short, social dance is a whole-body aerobic exercise, is a mass exercise means. It has a variety of effects such as conveying emotions, cultivating sentiment, fitness and intelligence. It is not only an indispensable part of national fitness and lifelong sports, but also plays a positive role in promoting the construction of the two socialist civilizations.