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History of Sports Dance
International standard ballroom dancing, also known as "sports dance", originally known as "social dance". "sports dance", the original name is called "social dance", English for "Ballroom Dancing", for the European aristocrats in the court of the ballroom dance, the French revolution, Ballroom Dancing spread After the French Revolution, Ballroom Dancing has been passed down to the present day. After the Second World War, the Americans spread the dance around the world, and formed a wave of dancing craze, which has never ceased.
After more than a hundred years of development, "social dance" from the "social" development for the "competitive", a single type of dance for the development of Modern Dance, Latin Dance, two series of ten dance types, and in 1904, the first dance was held in the United States, and the second dance was held in the United States. In 1904, the Royal Society of Dance Teachers was established. This organization organized the popular dance postures, steps and directions in Europe and the United States into a unified standard, and formulated standards for dance theory, technique, music, costumes and other competitions, which was announced as the "International Standard Ballroom Dance" and followed by countries all over the world, and the Blackpool in the United Kingdom even became the "Mecca of the International Standard Dance". "The international standard ballroom dance is the most popular dance in the world.
At present, countries around the world will be the international standard dance renamed "sports dance", want to dance movement into the sports program. With 74 member states of the "International Dance Sport Federation" (International Dance Sport Federation) on September 4, 1997 officially become a member of the International Olympic Committee, in 2000 to become the Sydney Olympic Games performance projects, in 2008 will become the official competition. official competition program in 2008.
Types of sports dance
Latin dance in sports dance includes: samba, rumba, bullfighting, cha-cha-cha, cowboy. These five types of dance are popular both in social occasions and in sports dance competitions. Usually two people dance together, a man and a woman. Holding positions vary, sometimes in an intimate embrace, sometimes the partners hold each other's hands one at a time. The positions in these dances have been standardized and categorized into various levels for teaching purposes, with internationally standardized phrases, techniques, rhythms, and tempos. But it's not all the same, and these dances have a variety of origins.
The Romance languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian) have their roots in the ancient Latin language, which spread throughout most of the Americas, creating a culture. Three dances came from this place, one from Spain or France and the other from the United States, leading to the current set of international standard dances, Latin. When referring to the term Latin dance, this is an acronym for Latin and Americas, not for the geographic region of Latin America. The three dances from Latin America are a fusion of Native, European and Negro dances. In the early days, European conquistadors imported blacks from all over West Africa to most of the Americas, mainly because they had a hard time persuading the natives to work for them. So numerous were these blacks that by 1553 they outnumbered the Europeans in Mexico, and the viceroy ordered Charles of Spain to prohibit any further influx of blacks. Dance had a pivotal role in all three cultures: European, Negro, and Native In 1569, the Viceroy of Mexico ordered the burying of the calendar of the Aflatacs because the main entertainment of the Negroes had become dance, which had become popular there. Then the governor decreed that dancing could only take place on Sundays and holidays from 2:00 to 6:00 pm.
By the 17th and 18th centuries, the gradual fusion of the three cultures led to the creation of a new culture Creole . As European dances were introduced to Latin America, they gradually embraced this culture. In Cuba, with the popularity of syncopated rhythms, the opposite dance became the Habanera (a tango-like dance). Later, with the fusion of bar music rhythms, the syncopation became stronger and stronger and became shortened to "son", a rhythm that was already in use in Brazil in 1795, and one of its songs (the love song) became popular in Europe at the turn of the 19th century. Complex syncopated rhythms now characterize all Latin dances.
----1924, London, England, by the British initiated the European and American dance class people, in the extensive study of the traditional court dance, cotillion and Latin American countries on the basis of the various styles of morale dance, the standardization and beautification of this processing, in 1925 officially promulgated the waltz, tango, foxtrot, quick-step step four kinds of dance pace, collectively referred to as the modern dance. And this dance was first promoted in Western Europe and the competition, and then promoted to all countries in the world, by the welcome and love of many countries.
----1950, "Blackpool", England, by the British ICBD (World Dance Organization) hosted the first world competition "BLACKPOOL DANCE FESTIVAL 1950" ("BLACKPOOL DANCE FESTIVAL 1950"). "BLACKPOOL DANCE FESTIVAL 1950" (Blackpool Dance Festival), and the standardized dance was named International Standard Ballroom Dance, and a world-wide competition was held at the end of May every year in "Blackpool", England. With the continuous promotion of this kind of dance in the world, it has also been developed, and the Viennese Waltz has been added to the Modern Dance.
----1960, Africa and Latin America, some countries after the standardization of folk dance processing and increased the Latin dance competition, Latin dance also has five kinds of dance: rumba, cha-cha-cha, samba, cowboys, bullfighting. Modern dance and Latin dance styles are very different.
---- Modern Dance, in addition to Tango, originated from the European continent, its music sometimes passionate, sometimes lingering sexy, delicate and rigorous movements, wearing very elaborate, reflecting the European countries, men's gentlemanly demeanor and women's charming. Men need to wear a tuxedo, white bow tie; women with flowing, colorful dresses to show their nobility, beauty, elegance, the beauty of the boudoir.
---- Latin dance, in addition to bullfighting, originated in the countries of the Americas, and its music is passionate and unrestrained with a sense of rhythm. To the drenching feet of the legal movement of the guide, free and smooth, showing the beautiful lines of women, moving into the mood, the atmosphere is fascinating, lively, enthusiastic, fully expresses the youthful joy of the breath, men show tough steel strong, imposing, majestic personality of the United States.
Beautiful vitality--International Standard Dance
International Standard Dance is one of the most primitive social art, and even can be said to be the primitive instincts of every human being, it is the human primitive action to be organized, through the finishing and design, and with the music beat extends to the beautiful dance action, it is no national boundaries, No rich and poor, an international social etiquette, called the international standard dance.
To dance well, there are many basic factors that must be mastered, from the basic body and mind unity, the body to carry out the transmission, the basic specifications of the dance steps, the correct beat of the music, the interpretation of the meaning of the music and the dance partner to coordinate and interact with the skills of the feelings of the conveyance of the input to choreography to the creation of the mood of each sector.
The exquisite perfection of the wonderful, even if the study of a lifetime can not be explored, due to the limitations of space, in this article will only be in the teaching of standard dance, some of the experience encountered with the feelings of a simple to put forward with the seniors, colleagues, and please advise.
How to dance well in international standard dance? International Standard Dance is the vitality of the human soul and the ultimate expression of emotions. If you want to learn International Standard Dance well, you must pay attention to the "four chi", "four paths" and the three parts of the dance.
What are the four chi?
What are the four paths?
The heaven knows the way to get five points, realize it to get twenty points, to do it to get seventy-five points (study one hundred lessons), and practice ten thousand hours by yourself to get one point. If you can do the above three points you will be able to get one hundred points for "Tao".
What is the trilogy?
A correct concept for beginners:
Many new dancers who come to the classroom are always concerned about how to move their feet and how to dance more steps, but are not interested in understanding the basic principles of dancing. Because dancing is not a form of gymnastics, it is a language of the heart that expresses the emotions of the heart through the steps.
Learning dancers should be based on the heart, to learn how to their mood, using the rhythm of the dance, to express themselves and their dance partners between **** Ming, rather than the beginning, will be catty about how to move the feet, which step after the dance step into the bull's-eye.
With this concept, learning to dance can only hope to dance well, otherwise again practice or can not get away from looking down at the feet, delimitation of the box, never progress, foreign countries say that the Taiwanese dance "John walk" is to refer to this.
The correct steps for intermediate dancers:
Breaking through the barriers of beginner's dance and understanding the skills of self-expression of emotions, standard dance is not an improvisation after all, and there are basic specifications for each type of dance and step. These rules, even when dancers are conveying themselves, cannot be out of line, or they are bound to give people the impression that they are not in tune with each other.
Students in the intermediate class, when learning the steps, often for the sake of seeking more, seeking faster, but not willing to dance clear step rhythm, so even if the steps learn more, but due to the more but not correct, it is difficult to go on the stage in front of a large audience to show some performance.
Third, the emotional commitment of the advanced class:
Many advanced classes and competitors, when learning to dance, often have the phenomenon of "form without heart," because of the focus on the performance of superb skills, gorgeous choreography conception, so that the dance in the basic moving true feelings, the true meaning of the unknowingly thrown away.
The senior and expert dancers, who are highly skilled in the field, can't be moved at all by the dances that are not performed with real emotion, as if they were watching a mechanical gymnastic performance. This is especially true for competitors and advanced students who want to be recognized by the judges. This is what I would like to say to all of you who are learning International Standard Dance.
Dance is a discipline that leads people to live in the realm of truth, goodness, beauty and happiness, and it is both entertainment, sport and philosophy. We dance students are very fortunate to be able to get more joy of life through it than ordinary people. We hope that the standard of dance in Taiwan will be able to rise to the international top step by step with the participation of generations of young dancers, and we also hope that standard dance teachers throughout the country will join hands to improve the standard of dance from one generation to the next. (End of text)
Sports dance posture
Latin dance basic standing posture
The feet stand side by side, the body as straight as possible, so that the head, shoulders, hips, three points into a line, the two eyes look at the neck straight, the jaw is slightly inward, so that people can be seen from the back of the back of the neck is straighter. Lift the chest so that both shoulder blades close inward, both shoulders sink while the middle part of the body (chest and waist part) pivots upward, so that the middle part of the body and both shoulders have a mutual top pressure. The hips are slightly inward, and the belly is pulled upward, but the body should not be overly deformed, so that the upper torso feels straight. Both thighs should be slightly inward, the knees should be straight, not bent, and the muscles of the thighs and calves should be tightened, feeling that they are pulled in the opposite direction.
Preparatory step standing posture: left foot in front, toes to the front, the center of gravity of the body in the left foot, the body as straight as possible, so that the head, shoulders, hips three points into a line. The right foot is open at the back, the knee is straight, the inner thumb points to the ground, the heel presses down to the inside, do not buckle up, the foot surface is straight. The right hip is opened backward diagonally at 45°, so that the body forms a very long straight line from the upper body to the right toe, which can show a very beautiful form and body shape in the dance.
Modern Dance Holding Positions
Male partner's feet together, full foot on the ground, knees relaxed, to feel high, try to pull the body up to the limit, but also to feel that their body is very wide, arms raised flat, elbow tips of the two hands and the heart become a straight line, the left small arm to the front of the oblique upward with the left upper arm into a slightly larger than 90 °, the right small arm to the front of the oblique downward flat extension.
The female partner should likewise pull her body up, with the tips of her elbows in a straight line, and gently rest on her partner's arms. The female partner should feel her body forming two arcs, one from the waist of the chest to the head tilted back, and the other from the waist of the chest to the head tilted to the left.
Four points of contact:
1. The male partner grips the female partner's right hand lightly with his left hand, with the male partner's left thumb and middle finger slightly exerting force, and the female partner slightly exerting force with her middle finger.
2. The waist portion of the vertical center line between the vertical center line of the body of the man and woman and the right line of the body overlap and touch.
3. The male partner's right hand rests lightly on the underside of his partner's left shoulder blade, with the palm of the hand stretched out.
4, the female partner's left hand tiger mouth open, placed on the lower part of the male partner's right upper arm deltoid muscle, the thumb on the inside, the other four fingers on the outside, the wrist and the small arm to put the flat, shall not protrude.