International standard ballroom dance (International style of Ballroom dancing), referred to as the national standard dance, comes from the folk dance of various countries, is based on the development of the evolution of the old folk dance. Because of the very strict requirements for dance posture and steps, there are relatively fewer requirements for ballroom dancing than for ballroom dancing. Therefore, the emergence of relatively low requirements of the ballroom dance, which maintains the national standard dance style of various types of dance, but more casual. Nevertheless, ballroom dance still has its own requirements, so that it can reflect the style of each type of dance, and can be free and easy. Below is some information I have compiled about the basics of introductory ballroom dancing for your reference.
Basic knowledge of ballroom dancing a source
Eleventh and second centuries, some European countries will be some of the folk dance to refine and standardize the line into a popular in the court in the "court dance", elegant and complex, formal and pretentious, lost the folk dance style, only prevalent in the court, exclusively for the aristocrats to learn to jump and appreciate, is the aristocrats. It is the privilege of the aristocrats. After the French Revolution, the court was dissolved, and the "court dance" entered the common society and became a social dance for everyone. In 1768, the first ballroom appeared in Paris, and since then, ballroom dancing became popular in European society. The ballroom dance at this time had a strong national flavor and was called the American school of social dance. In 1950, Britain hosted a world competition. The 74 member countries of the The International DanceSport Federation (IDSF), which has 74 member countries, was officially recognized on September 4, 1997 In September 4, 1997 officially became a member of the International Olympic Committee, in 2000 became the Sydney Olympic Games performance project, in 2008 became the official competition. Although the national standard dance is similar to the social dance, but the dance posture, dance step requirements are very strict, usually two people dance together. Dance posture have been standardized and classified, the international has a unified language, terminology with English password.
Basic knowledge of ballroom dancing, history
The ballroom dancing in the early two or four years, it has been introduced to our country at the time of several major cities and ports of entry. To the early liberation, the fifties and sixties, ballroom dancing in our country is still very popular, """ suspension, into the eighties, ballroom dancing and re-accepted by the masses, but with the world standard dance level has been a big gap. Social dance, due to the influence of the court dance, its style is: dance posture is solemn and elegant, the dance step is rigorous and standardized, quite a gentleman's manner, so it is known as the European school of social dance. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, due to the rise of the United States, the original social dance popular in Europe with the European immigrants to the United States, at the same time, non-, a large number of Latin American immigrants also brought a strong tropical style of folk dance, they come directly from the folk, not affected by the influence of the Palace Dance, the form of a more free.
Basic knowledge of introductory ballroom dance three, an introduction and contains the project
Sports dance, also known as ? International Standard Dance? , by the social dance transformed from the sports and art of a high degree of integration of a sports program, is a man and a woman as the partner of the walking duo dance competition. There are two groups: Modern Dance and Latin Dance, ten kinds of dance. The group of modern dance contains waltz, Vienna waltz, tango, foxtrot and quickstep, and the group of Latin dance includes rumba, cha-cha-cha, samba, cowboy and bullfighting. Each dance category has its own dance music, dance steps and style. According to the music and movement requirements of each dance, organized into their own sets of movements.
1, modern dance (modern) also translated " modern dance ". Characterized by the start of the posture of close grip, along the dance line counterclockwise direction around the field marching. The footwork is standardized and rigorous, and the upper body and hips remain relatively stable and upright, completing a variety of forward, backward, lateral, rotating, modeling and other dance movements. It has a dignified and elegant gentleman's demeanor. Most of the tunes are lyrical and beautiful, with a strong sense of melody. Dress elegant and noble, generally male tuxedo, female knee-length fluffy skirt.
2, Latin dance (latin) is characterized by dance partners can be close, can be separated. Each in a fixed range of radial changes in the direction of the angle, showing the dance. The steps are flexible and changeable, and each dance type can complete various dance steps and show various styles through different technical requirements of hips and body swing. The dances are charming and graceful. The style is lively and enthusiastic. The tunes are romantic, lively and warm, with a strong sense of rhythm. The dress code is romantic and free, with men wearing tight or loose-fitting clothes with short tops and long bottoms, and women wearing short tight skirts, revealing the beauty of female curves.
In 1924, the Royal Society of Teachers of Dancing (RSTD) standardized and organized the waltz, tango and other social dances, and from then on it was called the International Standard Dance (ISD). International Standard Dance? After World War II, the Royal Society of Teachers of Dancing (RSTD) standardized Latin dance and incorporated it into the International Standard Dance (ISD). International Standard Dance? category, included in the official competition. So far, international standard dance has become two categories including standard dance series and Latin dance series. Because it has both the connotation of cultural entertainment and sports competition, as well as a strong performance of ornamental and technical, so the western dance industry called it? Sports dance?
In 1992, DanceSport was included in the Olympic Games, and in 2010, DanceSport became an official event of the Asian Games in Guangzhou for the first time.
Waltz (slow three-step dance)
Slow three is a three-step, three-step, as the name suggests, that is, three beats per bar. Its accent is on the first beat, the last two beats are weak, and the rhythm is "strong, weak, weak". As we have said, after the man invited his female partner to dance, the male partner moves forward with his left foot, and the female partner moves back with her right foot, so in the slow three, for the man, the accent in the first bar is on the left foot, and the accent in the second bar is changed to the right foot, and later the accent is rotated between the left and right feet. The same goes for the female partner, the first bar is on the right foot, the second bar is on the left foot, and so on. This is a very clear difference from the slow four.
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The simplest step in Slow 3 is the straight step, and beginners often think it is a dance, so they don't know where to put their feet, but in fact it's almost the same as walking, only with the addition of an understanding of the music. For slow three, we say that the first beat is the heavy beat step to be bigger, two or three beats for the weak beat, step as an adjustment. Men's feet should be straight forward, some beginners are afraid of stepping on the female partner's feet, footsteps to the side, that is, not in line with the slow three jumping, but also does not look good. In fact, as long as the men and women and the rhythm of the music, at the same time forward or backward, is not stepping on each other's feet. Slow three in the inner rotation is also one of the basic steps, men and women dance steps are the same, except that the male partner first out of the left foot, the female partner first back right foot. First of all, the female partner side retreat right foot, male partner out of the left foot in the female partner between the two feet, at this time, the male partner to the left foot as the axis, the female partner to the right foot as the axis, rotate 180 degrees, the male partner back to the right foot, the female partner forward to the left foot, this is the second beat. On the last beat, the male partner steps back with his left foot to the left of his right foot, and the female partner advances with her right foot to the right of her left foot, and the two dance in a closed position. Note that after 180 degrees of rotation, in order to maintain the direction of the dance line, the male partner should step back in future dances, and if he wants to return to the original position, he can rotate 180 degrees again. At this point, the male partner should step back with his right foot and the female partner should step forward with her left foot. .... Same as before. The basic step is actually very simple, all the patterns are evolved from the basic step, master the basic step in order to better master more patterns. Of course, these are just words on paper, we still need to work more with? Dancers? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
Fast three step dance
Fast three is the most difficult to dance, fast three jump good or bad, showing a person to dance the level of social dance. Fast three belongs to the three steps, naturally three beats a bar, the accent in the first beat. But because it is a fast three, it means that its rhythm is much faster than the slow three. Fast three dance posture and slow three slightly different, the original boy's right hand in the girl's left shoulder blade below, in the dance after the fast three, the right hand can be slightly moved to the left rear, probably to the center of the girl's spine. And men and women can not be too far away from the dance mix. This is because most of the time in the dance of the fast three, is in the fast rotation, this dance posture is convenient for the boy hard to drive the girl to rotate.
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The pace of the fast three is very simple, commonly used only inside the rotation, although the dance method and slow three the same, but because the rhythm of the fast three than the slow three to be much faster, so if it is still the same as the slow three, with three beats jump three steps to complete the action is not able to keep up with the rhythm. Therefore, when jumping in the fast three, we say three steps together as two steps, the main thing is the center of gravity of the movement. First of all, the boy's left foot is between the girl's two feet, the boy slightly lifts the right foot, the center of gravity is in the left foot, the girl slightly lifts the left foot, the center of gravity is in the right foot. The boy takes the left foot as the axis, the girl takes the right foot as the axis, rotates 180 degrees counterclockwise, at this time the center of gravity remains unchanged, the boy's right foot and the girl's left foot and next to their own other foot, toes on the ground, but does not support the body, the boy's center of gravity is still on the left foot, the girl's center of gravity is still on the right foot, so as to complete a small section. In the next bar, the boy backs up his right foot and the girl advances her left foot, the same as in the previous bar. As you can see, the fast three dance method is relatively simple, but the rapid rotation, decided that it is a difficult dance, but as long as more practice, it is not difficult to master. The national standard in the fast three called Vienna Waltz, is a small section of three steps, but jumping and slow three slightly different from the slow three, from its name we can think of, slow four rhythm is four beats to a bar, it is the accent is one, three beats, or is the first beat. Unlike the slow three, where the accent is on the first beat, and because it is an odd numbered beat, the accent rotates between the left and right foot, the slow four is different, because it is an even numbered beat, the accent is always on the left. Of course this is for boys, for girls the accent is always on the right foot.
Slow quadruple step dance
Slow quadruple jump method is the most basic two, one is equal interval jump method, the other is two slow two fast jump method, no matter which jump method, we must follow certain principles. Slow four is a kind of slow rhythmic dance, the performance should be calm and graceful. Unlike the slow three, the undulation of the slow four is not obvious, so to speak, and four beats to a bar. For rotation, it is obviously more fluid than the slow three. Overall, the slow four is much easier to dance than the slow three. Therefore, there are always more slow four's than slow three's at the dance. When the slow four dance music is slower, we can use the equal interval dance method, according to the rhythm of the dance music, four beats a bar, each beat step. As for the dance posture and so on, it is the same as the slow three. When walking straight, the first two beats can be slightly larger, and the last two beats can be adjusted. Note that for boys, the accent is always on the left foot (girls on the right). When the tempo of the dance music is a little fast, you can use two slow and two fast dance method, that is, "slow - slow - fast - fast". The slow beat contains two beats of the song and the fast beat contains one beat. In this way, a bar actually contains six beats. Beginners can dance the first slow four, easy to learn, good dance. Of course, the second dance rhythm, more fancy.
Rumba
Rumba originated in Cuba, is a kind of dance that has always been loved by people, enjoying the soul of Latin dance. The soul of Latin dance? It is the soul of Latin dance.
The rumba's musical beat is 4/4, with accents on the first and third beats. The basic steps of the rumba are synthesized by fast, fast and slow movements to the beat of the music. Two fast steps are horizontal steps, followed by a slow step, which completes a step. Each step of the rumba has two movements, one is the step, the other is the movement of the center of gravity; one foot on the ground, the center of gravity is kept in the other foot, and gradually change the center of gravity in the stride.
Tango
Tango (tango) is a dance for two, originating in Africa, but popular in Argentina. The accompanying music is in 2/4 time, but the staccato playing is very strong, so in the actual performance, each quarter note is turned into two eighth notes, so that each measure has four eighth notes. The tango is now an official item of the International Standard Dance Competition.