Theory of Latin Dance
Latin style dance is the folk dance originated from Latin American culture through the modern dancers to improve and spread to the world of dance in general. In recent years, the popularity of salsa, bachata, zucco, merengue and so on. Although there are national and world level dance events, Latin style dance is not a competitive dance. Here is my theory of the basics of Latin dance, take a look.
Latin Dance Basics Theory
I. Posture
Double Dance Basics:In a double pairing, either forward or backward should keep the men and women's arms of the moderate bending to form an arc. Take the hands of both sides as the center, and keep the distance from the hands to the elbows unchanged in the process of moving. Be careful no matter how to jump, when two people have a point of contact, from the point of contact to the back is a circular arc, so that you can drive to the other side.
Second, the principle of force
The basis of double dance: double with the force of 2 kinds: buckle and squeeze. Buckling: the force of buckling is used when there is no step or movement. The force of the "snap" is generated with the back, and it is the outward force of both men and women. The power of the clasp is used when the direction of the force generated remains the same and when it is relatively stationary. Squeeze: This is an inward direction for both men and women. Produced with the midsection and one side of the body. The force of accumulation is produced when the direction of movement changes. Note: The direction of movement referred to here is that the direction of the two people is not the same; if the direction is the same then it is not necessary to turn into a squeeze. The force of the squeeze is only for a moment, it does not last, and after the squeeze it quickly changes back to the force of the snap.
Three examples
The basis of the double dance: take the boy as a reference to illustrate. When the boy puts his hand on the girl's back, the girl's strength is backward, feeling that the boy's hand is a wall, and the girl is leaning against the wall. When a boy puts his hand on a girl's forehead (shoulder or collarbone), the girl's direction of force is toward the boy. When the boy places his hand on the right side of the girl's body, the girl's force is directed to the right and the boy's force is directed to the left. The direction of force generation is always opposite for men and women.
Four, the degree of force
The basis of the double dance: the degree of force should be appropriate, one of the parties to let go of the hand and the other party does not shake as appropriate. In the process of dance moves always keep "buckle" or "squeeze" two kinds of strength evenly, the strength of the change can not be too big. The force is only a tool to convey signals to the other party, not to control the partner. Therefore, it is not necessary to have a lot of power, and both partners must be able to stand on their own center of gravity, and not just rely on their partner's power to stand still.
The origin and development of Latin dance
Latin dance is the full name of the Latin American dance, is popular in Latin America folk dance, it is a man and a woman dance as the basic form. Its steps and style are basically derived from the region's folk dance. The origin of Latin dance has a very close relationship with Africa.
From the fifteenth century, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Britain, France and other colonialists engaged in the slave trade, a large number of black Africans as commodities through the Atlantic Ocean trafficked to all parts of the Americas ... Needless to say, these blacks will have a strong tropical African characteristics of the folk dance from the brought into the wide Latin America, which influences the Latin American dance and fusion of which, plus the absorption of other countries in Latin America. absorbed the dance styles of immigrants from other countries in the Latin American region, and gradually formed the Latin American dance with Latin American characteristics.
In 1925, the "Royal Society of Teachers of Dance (ISTD)" carried out a scientific standardization of social dance, and issued to the world "International Standard Dance. Latin Dance Pace". But the real theory of Latin dance, guidelines, movements and technical skills, such as systematic summary, research and application, is nearly half a century of things ...
The history of Latin dance has a long history. Latin dance has many variants, varieties, but withstand the test of time, the most favored only rumba, cha-cha-cha, samba, gaifu and pas de deux, these five dances as a representative of the Latin dance is included in the national standard dance as a competition. 1960, Latin dance officially participated in the World Social Dance Competition.
Latin dance in the West has long been generally valued by the people, in our country, due to a number of reasons, a late start
Latin dance suitable for the crowd dance
Which category of people suitable for long-term Latin dance?
In recent years, China's sports dance development is rapid, but also a lot of fitness appeared, for every day is busy staff, choose a proper fitness and entertainment, and perseverance is too important. Have been thinking, which category of people should choose Latin dance for fitness, and the specific choice of which Latin dance is more appropriate, and then carefully observed the characteristics of the group of Latin dance enthusiasts, there are some superficial understanding.
China's classical dance is concerned about "heart, intention, gas", focusing on just, brittle, tough, soft. Ballet is also concerned about the gas, but more in the muscles and bones of the body's control. Latin dance is categorized as sports dance, which means that it not only has artistic beauty, but also has the effect of strengthening the body. Relative to other dances, for less attention to muscle exercise for Asians, long-term practice of Latin dance will exercise to the body of most muscles, play a more obvious fitness effect.
What kind of people are suitable to choose social Latin dance as a way of fitness?
Social Latin dance for the human body does not require high capacity, but also easy to learn, and can be mainly in the ballroom or bar to dance, to relax the nervous tension. Long-term adherence to social Latin dance people, have some **** the same characteristics: spend money, like social activities, like to hunt and less persistent, and dancing compared to more like to put their minds on the cause. Needless to say about money, the high spending in the bar for a long time is a lot of money, and most of them put their careers in a more important position, and only use Latin dance as a pastime. If they don't like to deal with strangers, they can't stick with it for a long time, and there are both men and women in this category.
What kind of people are suitable for long-term competitive Latin dance?
Competitive Latin dance requires a high degree of technical, as well as strong physical ability, which requires a long time to learn, practice. In order to stick to it, you need to have a strong interest first, so that you can continue to stick to it when you experience frustration. Secondly, you have to have more free energy, not to say free time, some people's work will bring more pressure on the mind, the whole day will be on the work, such people are not suitable to choose the competitive Latin dance as a long-term fitness. Of course, people who choose competitive Latin dance must have a certain research spirit, like to explore complex things, in order to learn the pentathlon Latin dance, long-term persistence and continuous improvement. However, such people may not be able to avoid letting dancing interfere with their lives or careers, because the free time spent on dancing could have been achieved if it had been used to improve professionally. There are fewer men than women in this category, probably because of the pressures of life.
What type of person is suitable for flamenco?
The flamenco is a very expressive dance, and its fans can be considered a minority. This colorful dance is suitable for people who love to hate, who are emotional but not melancholic, who express their emotions directly, and who do not like to be constrained, and only such people are able to interpret flamenco's bright percussive rhythms, provocative dance styling, strong explosiveness, and graceful arm movements to the fullest. Of course, flamenco is also a dance that requires long hours of dedicated practice to achieve a better mastery.
What are the essentials of Latin dance?
The crotch is one of the iconic movements of Latin dance, and is present in all four styles of dance, except for bullfighting, where it expresses the femininity of the female body to its fullest extent, and it is hard to imagine Latin dance, such as Rumba, without it.
Crotch movement
The crotch movement is one of the signature movements of Latin dance, except for the bullfighting dance, the other four dances have the crotch movement, which shows the female big softness to the extreme, and it is hard to imagine what the Latin dance without crotch movement, such as the Rumba will be like. As the saying goes, "Seeing is believing", but it's not true, the eyes can also deceive themselves, for example, the hips of Latin dance, because of its left and right swing back and forth, it is thought that it is twisted, that would be a big mistake. The hips swinging back and forth is the surface phenomenon, not the inner essence. Any movement of the Latin dance body is the result of the foot exerting pressure on the ground, confronting the ground, and then squeezing the body. So the formation of the action, from the foot action is very solid, iron plate, the ground; from the crotch action is full of toughness and strength, at all times like an elastic rubber.
Arms
Arms are an extension of the body, and arm movements are the aftermath of body movements. Many people do not use the body to drive the arm, but want to use the arm to drive the body, resulting in a juggling dance. In fact, Latin dance is easy to make into a dance, and modern dance is easy to make into a dance.
Footwork
Feet to the ground to exert pressure, to confront the ground, to squeeze the body, which should be practiced under the foot of the power and effort, the basic rhythm in place is the practice of this effort is the most simple, the most effective way to remember a, do not take the initiative to twist the crotch, or else practiced more will be in vain, because of the inner things! Wrong, that is, the so-called "north and south", the greater the effort, the farther wrong. With the Chinese folk dance on the hands of more different things, Western dance is more under the feet of things, look at ballet, tap, and modern dance to know, the four little swans is a little bit of hand movements are not. When dancing, the floor is the best friend, the more force you give to the floor, the more expressive the floor gives.
Expansion
Latin dance costumes
Latin dance of the five dances have their own styles, Samba's passion, cha-cha's vivacity, Rumba's gracefulness, bullfighting's strong, cowboys' amusement. The difference in style is most importantly a grasp of the connotation.
For different dances, the choice of clothing is also very different. I based on the knowledge of the Latin dance this dance and the summary of the sale of clothing, especially to make the following classification, I hope to the majority of the coming year to me enthusiasts beneficial.
First, the rumba dance clothing selection
Rumba is the expression of beautiful love, the body has more internal pressure and long lines of extension, so if you only dance rumba, you can choose a solid color based on the more natural and romantic colors, such as white, pink, blue, etc., in the style of the long lines you can choose to be more with the body, hemline can be slightly longer, but with the action can show the skin of the legs, the skirt. Show the skin of the legs of the skirt, waist and back skin can also reveal some, so it will look swaying and can see the muscle action in the middle.
Second, cha-cha-cha dance clothing selection
This is a faster tempo, so the hemline can not be too long, try not to cover the straight knee, and it is best to use the fabric of the body, which will give people a stronger feeling of speed. Cha cha dance for women's clothing color has no special preference, different colors can make different styles of interpretation.
Third, the samba clothing selection
Samba has a crotch and knee popping, so the need for these two parts of the clearly exposed outside, and women's skirts can be slightly larger, which will increase the waist action amplitude of the visual effect. Color is best to choose a bright slightly heavy color, which will appear more enthusiastic and unrestrained some. Do not choose a super-long wheat-like top, which will block the waist of the action, for the waist flexibility advantage, this is never a good choice.
Fourth, the cowboy dance clothing selection
Cowboy dance bouncing more, so try to choose short clothing, clothing try not to load too much drill and make the weight too heavy, the color is prominent but should not be too heavy. To look light and refreshed as an important criterion.
Fifth, the bullfighting costume selection
This dance needs to be more heavy colors and large hemlines, strong contrast, color heavy pain, such as bloody red.
Latin dance classification
The international standard Latin dance is standardized, strict, standard, it is in the Latin dance on the basis of the development of norms formed by the competitive professional dance.
Latin dance has five types of dance: rumba, cha-cha, samba, cowboy dance, bullfighting dance.
The five Latin dances have their own styles, the passion of samba, cha-cha lively, rumba graceful, bullfighting strong, cowboy fun. The difference between the styles is the main thing is the connotation of the grasp.
They originated in different countries and regions, and were standardized and developed in the UK in the early 20th century and soon became popular in many countries; at that time, it was very popular in the form of socializing and entertaining in the bars of social venues; and it was also very popular in Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s. Later, after the Royal Society of Teachers of Dancing (RSTD) unified norms to make it a kind of international events, and has been continued; among the more famous events are the British "Blackpool" Dance Festival (78th), the British UK International Championships (51st), the British International Open, the German World DanceSport Championships, and so on.
Specific introduction to the Latin GB dance, it is:
Latin is divided into children and adults, learned the rumba and cha-cha routine can be examined for the bronze medal; learned the rumba, cha-cha and cowboy routine can be examined for the silver medal; learned the rumba, cha-cha, cowboys and samba can be examined for the gold medal; learned the rumba, cha-cha, cowboys, samba, bullfighting routine can be examined for the first level of the Gold Star. The next gold star two and three levels will have to use the practice of . Time to go to the test. Of course, there are only learn rumba, cha-cha, cowboy, samba routine to go to the gold star level one, this is based on personal qualifications. Necessarily, you have to have a solid foundation before taking the exam.
Rumba (Rumba)
Rumba originated in Cuba, the music for the 4/4 beat, the rhythm is, two, three, four, one. each number stands a beat. The tempo is about 27 bars per minute. Rumba is characterized by lingering music, soft dance posture and graceful dance movements. Cubans are accustomed to walking with their heads to the east and west, adjusting the pace by twisting the hips to the sides to keep the body in balance. Rumba dance steps adhering to this characteristic. The original style of dance, fused into the modern mood. Action stretch, lingering charming, lyrical dance, romantic and beautiful. Coupled with lingering and gentle music, the dance is full of romantic mood.
The most representative dance in Latin dance is the rumba, which is known as the soul of Latin. People who learn Latin dance will usually take the rumba as the first dance to learn. Rumba is a dance that expresses the love story between men and women, so its music is more soft and lingering, and the movement can make the female partner fully show the feminine charm and the curves of the hips and buttocks. The movement of the female partner can fully show the softness of the woman and the curves of her hips and buttocks, and the dance is very beautiful. Another representative dance --- cha-cha-cha originated in Mexico, although there are many similarities with the rumba, but it is playful and cheerful, the style is very different from the rumba, the action is dashing and handsome and full of vitality.
Chacha (Chacha)
Chacha originated in Mexico, the music is 4/4 beat, the speed of about 31 bars per minute. The rhythm is, two, three, chacha, one. each number stands for one beat, in which chacha each occupies half a beat. Chacha chacha, interesting music, strong sense of rhythm, dance style fancy, dance step sharp and compact, jump up lively and lovely, widely popular in the world!
Cowboy (Jive)
Cowboy originated in the United States, is a dance called Jitterbug development, cowboy dance eliminated "Jitterbug" in all the difficult movements, increased some skills. The earliest record of Cowboy Dance is a book on Cowboy Dance published in Europe in 1944 by Victor Silvester, a dance teacher from London. Pop, Rock and Roll, and American Swing have all had an influence on Cowboy Dance.
Cowboy dancing is a fast-paced, physical dance. In competitions, the cowboy dance is placed last because the contestants have to make the audience feel that after the first four dances they are still not tired and are ready to take on a new challenge. It is popular in the southern United States. Cowboy Dance is a relaxed, free dancing of the joints of the hands and feet, with a natural swaying of the body, easy stepping of the feet, and constant changing of position with the partner, spinning and twirling. Its music beat is 4/4 beat, speed of about 43 bars per minute. It is also because of its upbeat music, fun dance style, lively and light pace characteristics, has been recognized by more and more people.
Samba (Samba)
Samba originated in Brazil, the music is 4/4 or 2/4 beat, the speed of about 51 bars per minute. Samba, the music is warm, the dance is dynamic, the dance steps swaying and changing, loved by the people!
Bullfighting (Paso doble)
Bullfighting originated in France, the development of Spain, its music for the 2/4 beat, the speed of about 62 bars per minute. Bullfighting music is majestic, the dance style is bold, the pace is strong and exhilarating, is the reason why people are attracted to it.
This is the march of Spain, the music is majestic, dance style masculine flavor. Every place in Spain is a bullfighting dance instead of marching dance. Bullfighting is influenced by bullfighting and the evolution of the dance. The brass band above the entrance of the bullfighting arena always plays marching music, which is the so-called bullfighting music in Spain, and the inspiration for the formation of the bullfighting dance comes from this kind of music. It is also because of this music that the bullfighting theater itself is inspired. In short, bullfighting is an interpretation of bullfighting; the male dancer's role can be compared to that of a matador, while the female dancer represents the red cape used to attract the attention of the bull.
Aerobic Latin Dance
Modern people like to seek new, purely traditional fitness exercise is increasingly unable to meet their needs, to add it to the new Latin dance elements, people feel the heat of Latin at the same time strong body, can be said to be the best of both worlds. The traditional Latin dance originated in Africa and Latin America, with passion, exuberance, romantic style features, its dance moves bold and rugged, speed and change, gestures and footsteps rich in content, full of passion, music rhythm is distinctive and strong. After introducing Latin dance into the gym, Latin dance became Aerobic Latin. The name immediately speaks to the creativity of using Latin dance as a fitness modality. It is different from the national standard Latin dance, which is based on aerobics and incorporates Latin's exuberance and passion, making it more interesting and suitable for a wider range. And there is a big difference between aerobic Latin and Latin dance. Latin dance expresses more love and is too passionate and unrestrained, while aerobic Latin retains Latin's health and exuberance, removes the complexity and exaggeration, and is more inclined to sports. As long as the body is good, the general public can practice, suitable for a wide range of ages.
Finally, about the Latin dance clothing requirements, because it is characterized by casual, romantic, casual, so wear attention to the style, style and pattern and Latin dance coincide with the wearing of the main embodiment of the casual and decent, with the color and size of the shoes to pay attention to the overall coordination and match.
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