The basic skills of Latin dance: leg press, split, lower back.
1, leg press: is can help to open the leg joints ligaments, training the body's flexibility, leg press has 3 kinds of posture, positive leg press, side leg press, back leg press.
2, split: can also be called a horse, is the dance training ligament training flexibility of the advanced stage, divided into horizontal split and vertical split two methods.
3, lower back: also known as "under the bridge", is the development of human flexibility of a physical exercise, divided into prone back bending and kneeling waist.
Definition of terms:
International standard Latin dance is standardized, strict, standard, it is based on the development of Latin dance standardization of the formation of competitive professional dance. Latin dance has five kinds of dance: rumba, cha-cha-cha, samba, cowboy dance, bullfighting dance.
The five dances of Latin dance have their own styles, the passion of samba, cha cha's lively, rumba's graceful, bullfighting's strong, cowboy's funny. The main thing that makes the difference in style is the grasp of connotation.
They originated in different countries and regions, and were standardized and developed in the United Kingdom in the early 20th century and soon became popular in many countries; at that time, bars were very popular in the form of socializing and entertainment in social places. It was also very popular in Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s. Later, the Royal Society of Teachers of Dancing (RSTD) standardized the event and made it an international event, which continues to this day.
Representative Music:
In the vast expanse of Latin America, there is a great diversity of terroirs and ethnicities, and therefore a wide variety of styles in music. As mentioned earlier, in terms of ethnicity, people who have migrated from all parts of the earth in addition to the original inhabitants mix with each other here, so it can be said that a diverse and mixed culture is the most characteristic feature of the culture of this region.
Three of the most important of these mixed factors are: the musical culture of the aboriginal Indians; the musical culture of the Europeans who once conquered and ruled over Central and South America, with the Iberian Peninsula as the main body of the culture; and the musical culture of the black Africans, who were sent to the New World as slaves to the Europeans at an early date. It is in the understanding of the music, and more importantly, the melody of the music.
Do learn to dance, practice to dance, walk to dance, run to dance, dance. And dancing is the highest state of a dancer. As we all know, music is the soul of dance, and it is the dancer who expresses the flowing notes through the body that is the highest state of dance.
The differences between Eastern and Western cultures have caused us Orientals to be often reserved and shy when dancing Latin dance, not daring to express ourselves physically or even to communicate with our eyes. Therefore, it is helpful to know more about the western culture to dance "Latin dance with flavor".