Style and characteristics of rumba dance
(1) Style and characteristics:
The waist and hips are stable and swing in the middle
The rhythm of rumba dance comes from labor. When working black people carry fruits with a big basket on their heads, they are required to have a stable upper body, and they should walk up and down to form a hip swing. Therefore, when dancing rumba, it is required to keep the spine vertical and the shoulders flat. The swing of the hips is naturally formed due to the shift of the center of gravity, and it cannot be deliberately swung. The swing of the waist and hips is the most prominent and obvious feature of rumba dance.
male and female partners are relatively random and free when dancing.
most rumba dances show the love life stories of young men and women. Its music is lingering, its dance is beautiful and lyrical, and its restrained rhythm and expressive posture. Although men are in a leading position in rumba dance, rumba dances reflect the gentleness and grace of their female companions, so men should leave some time for their female companions to play, so that their female companions can fully show their gentleness and grace.
(2) Features:
The style of rumba dance is emotional, sexy, passionate and detached. Dance style: Fixed-point, submissive and continuous movements with emphasis on stress. Action characteristics: steady, musical and direct footwork. [3]
rumba dance takes four beats and three steps, the rhythm is fast and slow, one step at a quick pace and one step at a slow pace. Hips are placed three times in three steps. Its foot movement is rapid, no matter whether it is a trot or a slow walk, it is half-beat, while the swing of its hips is < P > one beat for a trot and two beats for a slow walk. In fact, in the three steps of four beats, each step is half-beat, and the hips are constantly swinging left and right. This contradictory movement of up, down, fast and slow forms the distinctive rhythm of rumba dance.