A brief explanation of the basic dance steps of samba

Samba is the most exciting dance among Latin dances. Samba has a wide range of movements and a strong rhythm, giving people a passionate feeling. Therefore, Samba is very popular among modern people. Samba has always been famous for its passion, so how is Samba danced? The following is an introduction to the basic dance steps of Samba that I have compiled for you. I hope it can help you.

Basic steps of samba

1. How to dance the basic steps of samba

Preparatory movements: left leg behind the right leg in Latin cross step position , point your toes on the ground, bear part of the center of gravity, and bend your knees; relax your right knee without locking it, and move your hips to the right.

Lift the heel of your right leg and bounce your body upward at the same time. Move your body's center of gravity to the left and take a step across the left leg with your left leg.

Samba step to the left:

Following the preparation, land on the sole of the left leg, bend the knee into a left lunge, lower the center of gravity of the body, and always keep the center of gravity on the sole of the forefoot. , lower your heels and have no center of gravity.

While lifting the heel of the left leg, the body bounces upward (rebound), and at the same time, the right leg moves to the Latin cross position behind the left leg.

The right leg falls behind the left leg in a Latin crossover position, with the toes touching the ground and moving the body's center of gravity to the toes of the right leg.

The front foot of the left leg lands on the ground, the center of gravity of the body begins to drop (starts to compress again), the knee of the left leg is bent, and the hip is extended to the left. The toes of the right leg are in the Latin cross step position behind the left leg, and the knee is bent (the first half of the beat) ). In the second half of beat 2, lift the heel of your left leg while your body bounces upward, your body's center of gravity moves to the right, and your right leg takes a step across to the right.

The samba step to the right is the same as the samba step to the left, except that the order of the left and right feet is different.

2. The origin of Samba

Samba is called the national dance of Brazil and originated in Africa. The word "Samba" is said to have evolved from "Samba" in the Chimbundu language of Angola, the second largest tribe in Africa. ?Samba? is originally an exciting belly dance. As the name suggests, this dance is mainly characterized by shaking the abdomen and hips. Later, it began to spread with the rise of the black slave trade. In more than 300 years from the 1630s to the mid-19th century, Portuguese colonists from Angola and other parts of Africa sold 12 million black slaves to Brazil. When they packed black slaves into the hold of a ship and transported them to the newly discovered continent of Latin America, white slave traders were worried about the long journey. The black slaves would stay in the hold for dozens of days and would not be able to sell them at a good price when they arrived at the shore. Therefore, they drove the black slaves crowded in the cabin to the deck every day, and let them dance Samba dance to the accompaniment of beating wine barrels and iron pots to stretch their muscles. In this way, the colonists' move to increase the bidding power of black slaves, a special commodity, inadvertently brought this dance popular in Africa to Latin America.

According to research, samba was first popular in Salvador, the capital of Bahia state in Brazil, where the Portuguese first colonized Brazil.

3. What are the requirements for dancing samba?

3.1. Physical requirements

A highly flexible and soft body is the first priority, and for such a strong rhythm The body and arms play a secondary important balancing role. Advanced dancers will correctly use their body weight and gravity to create a very heavy center of gravity. Players must focus on the appropriate relaxation of muscles and center of gravity. Physical and psychological tightness will not allow the lively and enthusiastic samba to be performed well.

3.2. Bounce requirements

Samba originated in Brazil and the carnival dance has the characteristics of compression and straightening of the knees. The bounce is caused by the contraction of the pelvis or the depression of the body. It is It's called a "bounce action". It doesn't really bounce up and down. Instead, it uses 1/2 beat to press down the knee and another 1/2 beat to straighten the knee. Divide one beat into two parts - 1amp ;, 1 represents the first half-beat, amp; is the second half-beat.

What are the characteristics of samba dancing?

1. Mass nature: The dance movements are improvised by the dancers according to the rhythm. Tourists can form a circle when interacting with the samba dancers. As for dancing, one man can invite one woman to perform in the circle, while the others continue to dance in place, or one person can take the lead, and the others line up behind him, with the latter supporting the waist of the previous one, and everyone pressing various They perform hip twisting movements in unison.

2. Performance: Female dancers combine hip twisting movements with large-scale dance postures and various footwork changes. At the same time, they create various formations according to the number of dancers. Male dancers hold various The percussion instruments dance while hitting.

3. Rhythmic and lively: Rhythmic and lively samba usually brings considerable excitement to the competition, but still retains the characteristics of a "carnival parade" and full of vitality.

What are the fashionable dances?

1. Aerobic dance: Aerobic dance (aerobicdance) is an aerobic exercise that dances rhythmically with music. On the one hand, aerobic dance can consume more energy. It has many calories. On the one hand, it can turn many dance movements into aerobics. Through aerobic aerobics, it can be practiced repeatedly or in combination.

2. Types of aerobic dance: According to the different characteristics of movements and music, aerobic dance is divided into: aerobic dance, hip-hop, funk, salsa and many other styles of aerobic dance. Aerobic dance has appeared in many styles such as fan dance in China. You don’t have to go to a dance studio to dance aerobic dance. You can also dance at home. You can choreograph to suit your age, giving you greater freedom.

3. Latin style: The earliest aerobic dances all had Latin dance-style aerobic dances, such as jazz-style aerobic dance jazzaerobics; later, salsa aerobic dance salsaaerobics appeared. This is also a relatively fast Latin style aerobic dance, drawing on many styles such as mambo, cha cha, tango and samba. These aerobic dances are characterized by lots of hip movements and graceful movements.