1, modern dance (modern)
Also translated as "modern dance". One of the sports dance groups. Contents include waltz, Vienna waltz, tango, foxtrot and quickstep.
2, Latin dance (latin)
One of the sports dance groups. Content includes rumba, cha-cha, samba, cowboy and bullfighting. Characterized by the dance partner can be close to each other, can be separated. Each of them changes direction and angle radially within a fixed range to show the dance posture. Steps are flexible and changeable, each dance through the hips and body swing different technical requirements, to complete a variety of dance steps, showing a variety of styles.
3. Waltz (waltz)
It is also called "slow triple step". Also known as "slow three steps". One of the modern dance program. Dance melody is beautiful and lyrical, the rhythm is 3/4 of the slow plate, 28 to 30 bars per minute.
Three beats per bar for a group of steps, one step per beat, the first beat for the heavy beat, three steps of an undulating cycle. Through the knee, ankle, sole, heel and toe movements, combined with the body's lifting, tilting, swinging, driving the dance steps to move, so that the dance ups and downs of the dance, the dance posture is gorgeous and elegant. It is a variation of the Viennese Waltz (Quick Three Steps).
4. Vienna Waltz (Viennese waltz)
It is expressed by V. It is also called "Fast Three Steps". Also known as the "fast three step". One of the modern dance program. Dance melody is smooth and gorgeous, the rhythm is easy and fast, 3/4 beat rhythm, 56 to 60 bars per minute, three beats per bar, the first beat for the heavy beat, the fourth beat for the second heavy beat. The basic pace is six steps in six beats, two bars for a cycle, the first bar for a rise and fall.
5, tango (tango)
Indicated by T. One of the modern dance programs. 2/9. One of the modern dance programs. 2/4 beat rhythm, 30 to 34 bars per minute. Two beats per bar, the first beat is a heavy beat. There are quick step and slow step, quick step (quick) occupies half a beat, indicated by Q; slow step (slow) occupies one beat, indicated by S. The basic rhythm is slow, slow and fast. The basic rhythm is slow, slow, fast, fast, slow (S, S, Q, Q, S).
6, foxtrot (foxtrot)
Also known as "Fox". With F. One of the modern dance program. The dance is lyrical and smooth, the rhythm is 4/4 beat, 28 to 30 bars per minute, four beats per bar, the first beat for the heavy beat, the third beat for the second heavy beat. The basic pace is four beats to walk three steps, every four beats for a cycle. The first step is a slow step (S), taking up two beats; the second and third steps are fast steps (Q), each taking up one beat.
7, quick step dance (quick step)
With Q said. It is one of the modern dance programs. The dance music is bright and cheerful, and the dance steps are light and flexible with a strong sense of jumping, which is a kind of light and joyful dance in sports dance. The rhythm is 4/4 beat, 50 to 52 bars per minute.
8, rumba (rumba)
With R said. One of the Latin dance programs. The rhythm is 4/4 beat, 27 to 29 bars per minute. Four beats per bar. The melody is characterized by a strong beat falling on the fourth beat of each bar. The steps are danced from beat 4 and consist of one slow step and two fast steps.
9, cha-cha-cha (cha-cha-cha)
With C. One of the Latin dance programs. The rhythm is 4/4 beat, 30 to 32 bars per minute. Four beats per bar, with the strong beat falling on the first beat. The four beats go five steps, including two slow steps and three fast steps. The first step is stepped on the second beat, with a time value of one beat; the second step takes up one beat: the third and fourth steps each take up half a beat; the fifth step takes up one beat and is stepped on the first beat of the dance.
10, samba (samba)
With S. One of the Latin dance programs. Dance music is cheerful and warm, the rhythm is 2/4 beat or 4/4 beat, 52 to 54 bars per minute. The strong beat falls on the second or fourth beat of each bar. Each bar completes a basic dance step.
11, bullfighting dance (paso doble)
With the P. One of the Latin dance programs. Music for the melody of high and majestic, sharp and powerful Spanish march. The rhythm is 2/4 beat, 60 to 62 bars per minute. One beat, one step, eight beats, one cycle, characterized by the flow of dance steps, marching around the field along the dance line, quot;wandering type" dance. The dance posture is upright, without crotch movement and excessive knee flexion and extension.
12, cowboy dance (jive)
With J said. One of the Latin dance programs. The melody is cheerful, strong jumping, the rhythm is 4/4 beat, 42 to 44 bars per minute, six beat jump eight steps. It is a combination of basic steps, parallel steps, combined with jumps and rotations. It requires the feet to be on the ground and the waist and hips to swing in a pendulum style. It is characterized by agile, jumping steps and relaxed, enthusiastic and joyful dance posture.
Expanded Information
Historical Origins
The standard ballroom dance originated from the ancient folk dance, and through the process of evolution of the pair dance, circle dance, line dance, and group dance, it has become a widely circulated social dance.
After the 1920s, the Royal Dance Teachers' Association of the United Kingdom standardized and organized the original "dance types", "dance steps", "dance posture", etc., and formulated the competition method, which began to form the international standard of ballroom dance, and held the first World Standard Ballroom Dance Championship in 1947 in Berlin, Germany. It has now developed into a highly artistic and skillful competitive program.
The predecessor of the China DanceSport Federation was the China DanceSport Association (CDSA), which was founded in 1991. In August 2000, the Chinese DanceSport Association held a congress in Beijing to hold a general election, which produced a new leadership structure. 2002 April, with the International DanceSport Federation being recognized by the International Olympic Committee, dance began to enter the world's comprehensive games.
In this situation, with the approval of the Party Group of the State General Administration of Sport and the Party Group of the Ministry of Culture, the China DanceSport Sports Association and the China Amateur Dance Athletic Association under the Ministry of Culture, after consultation, formed a final union to form the China DanceSport Federation, which was re-registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Style Characteristics
The competition is divided into two kinds of team and individual competitions, which are conducted according to the procedures of preliminaries (elimination rounds), rehearsals (selection rounds), semi-finals (qualification rounds) and finals (ranking rounds). The Team Competition consists of 8 pairs of male and female athletes from each participating organization, who will compete in order. The Individual Competition is divided into Professional and Amateur groups with different requirements. There are also different regulations on the types of dances to be competed. The competition field is 23 meters long and 15 meters wide.
The competition evaluates the athletes' performance according to the rhythmic coordination of music, basic body posture, dance movements, mastery of melody, and understanding of music, dance steps and other aspects. The music of Sports Dance will not exceed 4 minutes and 30 seconds.
Depending on the scale of the competition, there are 5 to 9 judges, who score according to the six aspects of basic technique, musical expression, dance style, choreography, clinical performance and on-field effect stipulated by the international judging standards. 1992, the international standard ballroom dance was listed as an Olympic performance item.
International standard ballroom dance was introduced to China in the 1930s, and developed rapidly in the 1980s, with Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries to carry out exchanges. 1987 held the first national international standard ballroom dance competition. 1991 held the first national sports dance championship.