I. Introduction
Street dance is originated in the United States, based on different street culture or music styles and produce a number of different kinds of dance collectively, the earliest street dance dance for Locking, originated in the 1960s. (Note: the English translation of Street Dance has and only has Street Dance, Hiphop is only one of them), the action is a combination of various walking, running, jumping, and through the head, neck, shoulders, upper limbs, torso and other joints of flexion and extension, rotation, around the ring, pendulum vibration, wavy twisting and other coherent combinations of the various actions have their own specific fitness effect, both pay attention to the upper limbs and lower limbs, Each movement has its own specific fitness effect, which pays attention to the coordination of upper limbs and lower limbs, abdomen and back, head and torso, and also pays attention to the independent movement of each part of the composition of each link. 80's Street Dance has been introduced into China and gradually spreads as a fitness activity. Dancing makes people concentrate, can cultivate a person's willpower, but also can make the brain miss force, creativity to the extreme. Street dance moves beautifully and casually, the most attractive thing is to the whole body's vitality to bring the feeling of enthusiasm, often practiced can also enhance the coordination of the whole body. Street dance is a low-intensity aerobic exercise, there is a certain effect of slimming, an hour of exercise to consume the role of body fat. Can not be ignored! Koreans can take the street dance as one of the country's three classic dance, because it allows children to grow up to be a moral, intellectual and physical all-round development of people, do a contribution to society.
Second, the development of the origin
Street Dance (Street Dance or Street dancing) was born in the late 1960s, is the dance of the black urban poor in the U.S. In the 1970s it was categorized as a part of the Hip-Hop Culture (Hip-Hop Culture), with a strong performances, participation and competition. In the early 1992's, an "in situ hip-hop" emerged, which did not have the drastic movements and footwork, nor the gymnastic movements on the floor of breakdancing. Its unique style is to focus on the coordination of the body, emphasize the rhythm of the upper body and add a lot of head and hand movements. We are in the Mike? Jackson, Mariah Carey, and the Backstreet Boys. We can see this new style of dance in the MTV of Mike Jackson, Mariah Carey and the Backstreet Boys. To move as a standard, street dance dancers are divided into two categories: dancer and Bboy (BGIRL) street dance can be generally divided into two kinds, one is the individual skill street dance. Individual skill street dance is the earliest popular kind of street dance, because it can reflect the energetic side of the young people, many of their ground movements, such as tumbling, inverted, bouncing are relatively high skill, ornamental high street dance performance. Another kind of street dance is the collective street dance, which is a more popular form of street dance. It reflects the needs of the public, dancing is relatively simple, rhythm is relatively strong, it has both the feeling of dance and fitness.
Three common types
Breaking (breakdancing) is a more difficult dance, can be broadly divided into two types: with hands, head, body rotation on the ground, known as the big floor; with the limbs on the ground to step out of the complex changes in the foot movements, coupled with tricky inverted, known as the small floor. Of course, while dancing, you can also feel free to go with the action you want to show. free style this is a kind of out of this world dance, it will be a variety of types of dance mixed together, as you wish to show that there is no limit to the style of dance, out of the general norms of the dance, can be said to be a kind of personalized street dance. poppin (mechanical dance) the use of all parts of the body's muscles and joints, with the beat of the music, together with their own rich and varied dance. With the beat of the music, together with their own rich imagination, they create surprising dance steps. It is a more difficult type of street dance. locking: large movements of the arms and upper body and small movements of the hips and legs. punking/wacking/voguing Hiphop is the most common type of dance that people come into contact with, and it has a wide range of simple steps that can show a complex sense of dance. Because it is easy to learn and look good, it is very popular among the public. House: with house music, using complex and magical steps to show a kind of dance, it can be added to the Latin dance twisting, martial arts flips, tap dance basic steps and ballet circles, jumping up and down can be very elegant, but also can be quite wild. Jazz (jazz): the essence of jazz dance movement is a free and pure expression. The essence of jazz dance movement is a kind of free and pure expression, which directly expresses the inner feelings with the body's upheaval, shaking and twisting. Just like when we hear our favorite music, we can naturally show our feelings from the inside, and our body can't help but move with the rhythm of the music, such as snapping our fingers, swinging our heads and feet, sometimes excitedly and fiercely, sometimes slowly and softly dissolving into the music. raggae (reggae): reggae has a lot of crotch-twisting movements, and there are also waves on the body, which is not the same as the wave of the popping. Like the small and delicate wave of popping, the reggae is very big and wild. Lu dance (lomo): Lu dance itself is a kind of art, compared with the above many kinds of dance, Lu dance belongs to the super high difficulty of a kind of dance, this dance was created in 1994, created by Lu Dechang, first debut was highly evaluated.
Four, the situation in China
The earliest contact of Chinese youth with street dance began in the 1980s with the American movie "Break Dance", which was the predecessor of Breaking Dance. With the deepening of Chinese youth's understanding of street dance, they gradually return to the origin of street dance, practicing it with Chinese youth's own vision and characteristics. In addition to the early breakdancing, since the mid-1990s, young people all over China have been practicing street dance. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, because of the developed information, street dance is carried out earlier; Zhengzhou, Henan Province, because of the close relationship between the Central Plains martial arts culture and street dance, Breaking dance also started earlier. After years of development, there are young people practicing street dance all over the country, and in the street squares of each city, they can pile up the figure of training. They also often organize small competitions (Battle, ballast dance/spell dance), kung fu the best dancers can win the admiration of many teenagers street dance teaching video. Teenagers' enthusiasm for street dance has led to a proliferation of street dance applications, from arts and culture to commercials. We can see that in the music videos of many famous artists, such as Jay Chou, Chen Xiaochun, Xiao Yaxuan, and Wen Lan, street dance teenagers appear frequently, and the commercial advertisements of brands such as Nike, Li Ning, Season 5, Huiyuan, Jinti, and Nokia, etc., use street dance styling and frequently bombard the vision of young consumers. In the dance drama "Notre Dame de Paris" staged at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in early 2003, a large number of street dance moves were applied, forming a unique cultural landscape.
Fifth, the national movement
With the rise of national fitness activities, street dance as a fitness movement has also entered the fitness centers of major cities. Many professional practitioners of dance, opera and acrobatics have also begun to practice street dance, which is widely spread in various art schools. On university campuses, many dance clubs have also organized themselves to practice street dance; it is more common for secondary school students to engage in street dance activities after school, and they have formed a community culture unique to young people in the residential communities of major cities. CCTV 5 Sports Channel has opened a program a few years ago (although the teaching is not pure street dance), and 3 Dance World broadcast a special program on street dance before the Spring Festival of 2003, which was specially invited by BeiDaoTang. As a popular cultural and sports activity for young people, street dance has spread widely throughout the country. The music used in practicing street dance is a very characteristic hip-hop rhythm, so you should first familiarize yourself with and adapt to the characteristics of the accompanying music before practicing. If as soon as you hear the music, you can step accurately and comfortably and be in tune with the music, then you are ready to start learning street dance.