The basic steps of social dance: slow three, fast three, slow four.
1, slow three: slow three, is a three-step. Three steps, as the name suggests, is that each bar has three beats, the accent in the first beat, the last two beats are weak, the rhythm is " strong, weak, weak". The simplest step of the slow three is the straight step. The slow three dance step is similar to walking, only with the addition of the understanding of the music. For slow three, the first beat that is the heavy beat, the step should be bigger, two or three beats for the weak beat, the step as an adjustment.
2, fast three: fast three belongs to the three steps, naturally, three beats a bar, accent in the first beat. Commonly used only inside rotation, although the jump is the same as the slow three, but, because the rhythm of the fast three is faster than the slow three, therefore, when jumping fast three, three steps and two steps, which is the main, is the movement of the center of gravity.
3, slow four: the rhythm of slow four is four beats a bar, the accent is one, three beats, or is the first beat. It's an even number of beats, and the accent is always on the left. Of course, this is for boys, the girl's accent is always on the right foot. There are two basic ways to dance the slow four: one is to dance at equal intervals; the other is to dance two slow and two fast.
Expanded:
Originally originating in Europe, it developed and evolved on the basis of ancient folk dances. Since the 16th and 17th centuries, ballroom dancing has become a common social activity in European countries, so it is known as the "world language". After the 1920s, ballroom dancing became popular all over the world, so it is also known as "international dance".
Social dance was introduced to several major cities and trading ports in China as early as 1924. At the beginning of the liberation period, the fifties and sixties, ballroom dancing was still very popular in China. After the suspension of the Cultural Revolution, in the eighties, ballroom dancing was again accepted by the general public, but there was a big gap with the level of the world's national standard dance.
Correspondence 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, and thus known as the European school of social dance.
Ten tips for good social dance:
1, elegant demeanor from the upright posture.
2, the display of style shows the pursuit of beauty.
3, the premise of tacit cooperation is self-balance.
4, the highest skill of leading dance is to use the whole body.
5. Improving music training is the way to make the dance charming.
6. "Leap and move" is the fundamental way to get rid of the form of "walking dance".
7. Side technique is the bridge to perfect flow.
8. Ideal lifting and lowering must eliminate the ladder-type transition.
9, Tilt is a versatile technique tool.
10, center of gravity transfer technique is "unobtrusive".
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