Street dance (English name Hip Hop) first originated in New York, the United States, is a product of the development of jazz dance to the 90's, it is a combination of a variety of action is by a variety of walking, running, jumping, extremely rich in change. And through the head, neck, shoulders, upper limbs, torso and other joints of flexion and extension, rotation, around the ring, swing vibration, wavy twisting and other coherent combinations, each action has its own specific fitness effect, not only pay attention to the upper limbs and the lower limbs, the abdomen and the back, the head and the coordination of the torso movements, but also pay attention to the composition of the links of each part of the independent movement. Therefore, street dance not only has a general aerobic exercise to improve cardiorespiratory function, reduce fat, enhance muscle elasticity, enhance ligament flexibility, but also has the coordination of all parts of the human body muscle groups, shaping a beautiful body, improve human coordination ability, cultivate the sense of beauty function.
Tips for getting started in street dance
1. The music used in practicing street dance is very characteristic of Hip- Hop rhythms, so you should first familiarize yourself with and adapt to the characteristics of the accompanying music before practicing. If you can accurately and comfortably step to the music as soon as you hear it, then you can start learning street dance.
2. In the practice of radio gymnastics, aerobics, the coach may require most of the movement is "horizontal and vertical", while the street dance is more emphasis on randomness, requires movement relaxation, so you need to practice as much as possible to relax their muscles, joints, so that they are more flexible.
Dance your own dance and let others say it
Headscarf, big brimmed hat, camouflage pants, Liu Hongzhou and his "disciples" are exuding a kind of avant-garde and rebellious personality. But in this era of learning first, such rebellion is for most teachers, parents are not to be disrespected. From the beginning of street dance to now, accustomed to the public performance of cool Liu Hongzhou at the same time also accustomed to a lot of such as "these kids are street children" gossip in their own ears and companions running. "We don't pay any attention to them," Liu Hongzhou said proudly, "we just do our own dance and let others talk."
Don't treat us like street kids
The pedestrian plaza in Yangjiaping is where Liu Hongzhou, now a "successful" dancer, started dancing. For the year when practicing handstand or spinning here, now Liu Hongzhou still remember clearly. "When we first started dancing here, the people walking on the square looked at us with an unbelievable look. At that time, there was basically no street dancing in Chongqing, so when they saw a bunch of kids dressed in avant-garde clothes and behaving strangely making a scene here, they all thought it was very strange." For himself at that time, Liu Hongzhou did not the slightest bit of taboo: "We know that the eyes of many people at that time told me that they only took us as a street child mixing in the streets."
The so-called street children, Chongqing people's understanding, and the Hong Kong movie "Gucci Boys" in the middle of those who do not do the job of the punks is almost the same. Such a title, for the passion of street dance dancers is undoubtedly an insult or even blow. Liu Hongzhou himself also saw, under the colored glasses, many of the year together with the dance companions are in the parents or friends of the "advice" to stop practicing. And out of the persistence of the dance, Liu Hongzhou and the rest of the people jumped to the end, from the pedestrian street jumped to the stage, from the "street child" into the Chongqing Municipal Street Dance Competition Champion. "Now you can see, street dance has jumped into the ivory tower known as the university campus, in Chongqing and even China, street dance has been recognized by most people." Liu Hongzhou said proudly, "So don't think of us as street kids."
Freshman girls who like street dance
Liu Hongzhou's students, like him, not only have avant-garde attire, but their behavior also reveals the lively character characteristic of fashionable young people. The two girls were very easy to talk to the reporter to a bunch, the body of the "children's clothing" to make them look very youthful. "The first few?" The reporter asked. The two girls giggled after hearing, "We have been a freshman!"
He Yin is a freshman student at Chongqing Normal University, chose to major in fashion design, she is naturally accustomed to fashion, so she lives in Zhongliangshan, she can come to this art and sports school located in Yangjiaping to take three arts and sports courses. One of them, street dance, is of course her self-confessed favorite. Talking about the good of street dance, He Yin began to say non-stop, "Street dance exercise is a different temperament, which is of course very important for us girls; our contemporary college students in addition to learning also need to have their own specialties, good street dance is also considered a skill; in addition, it is to enrich our campus life, so that our four years of college from the beginning of a rich and colorful life! ......" Of course, the choice of street dance, He Yin must also pass her mother that: "Mom is a traditional person, at first did not support me to dance this very avant-garde dance. Later watched one of my training class, also like this lively and healthy movement, and now every time the class went home she also asked me to jump to her see it."
From the square to the stage
There is a big electronic screen in the center square of Yangjiaping Pedestrian Street, and a wooden-floored platform of less than a hundred square meters under the screen looks very lively. A middle-aged couple in the corner to entertain themselves dancing cha-cha-cha, the center of the platform is a few teenage children in the practice of different difficulties in the street dance moves. Walking beside the reporter, Liu Hongzhou looked around, his eyes looked very kind, "This is the earliest place to dance street dance in Chongqing, and the vast majority of Chongqing street dance performers nowadays go out from here."
Chongqing street dancers say, Yangjiaping pedestrian street that piece of "stage" is their cradle. In front of the reporter, the group of small children also dressed in street dancers unique dress, listening to the people around, the children every night after eight o'clock on their own initiative gathered here, rain or shine. Many of them do not know each other, but after coming here, the same kind of beat let them get along with each other very well. Liu Hongzhou said, this group of children also has their previous shadow, "only to start practicing street dance, Chongqing can not find a professional venue, only here to provide a free 'stage', so Chongqing at that time, like street dance children have come here spontaneously, from a few to dozens. " Now, at that time with Liu Hongzhou with the children practicing dance have all left from here, "some perform in the field, some in the gym as a coach, some also in the city and even domestic competitions won awards. After leaving from this 'stage', we all found the stage that really belongs to us."
Listening to Liu Hongzhou, it seems to be the bitter history of Chongqing street dance development. Back then, with Liu Hongzhou dance with the children organized together, they established a street dance group called "EN". In their own practice more mature, they decided to dissolve to Chongqing around the development of new street dance enthusiasts, and agreed: when their own development of enthusiasts practiced to a certain extent, and then return to this former "stage" to dance friends. At the time of the EN group only six or seven people, before and after they developed more than 300 people to join this favorite hot beat group. Now, from this square "stage" out of Chongqing street dancers have been more than ten thousand, street dance combination has developed into a new five-color, EN, AZ and Pabulum four-pronged, as well as a number of small combinations of countless new situations. "The development of any new thing has its own process." Liu Hongzhou said, "From the square to the stage, Chongqing street dance has gone through a process of give and take."
Move! Play cool with Mr. Liu
A group of young people in avant-garde attire are dancing happily in the dance classroom of Zhongzheng Circle Point. The hot beats on the stereo are like drumbeats, and the bright and clear mirrors on the left and right make this dance space even more volatile. A young mother sat with a little girl of only a few years old, and the infectious energy of the music made the little girl's eyes widen and her mouth grin. "This is called street dance." The little girl pointed to a small hand, seriously to the side of the reporter "introduced" said.
The music and the dancing didn't stop at the arrival of the stranger. The faces reflected in the mirror are youthful and full of vitality, standing in the forefront, the movements of the young man is undoubtedly a dashing and imaginative dance party in the focus. His name is Liu Hongzhou, is the street dance practice class instructor, when he came to the reporter's eyes, the reporter suddenly realized that the original small Liu teacher is only 20 years old. A bandana tied long hair, the top plus a dark military cap, coupled with a pair of camouflage pants, before the thin Liu Hongzhou, small eyes squinted up when there are a few minutes of Jay Chou's flavor. "I've been street dancing for three years." Liu Hongzhou spoke with little expression, "but I used to be a folk dancer."
Liu Hongzhou told reporters that after graduating from elementary school, he entered the Chongqing Municipal Art School, majoring in "folk dance", "classical body rhyme" and "modern dance" and other traditional dance courses, and in the city of college students in folk dance competitions have won awards. But it was only after coming into contact with the new thing called street dance that he really got hooked. "It was about three years ago when some of my friends brought back from Guangzhou the street dance they had newly learned over there, and at that time I was mesmerized by the novelty of the dance, and since then I have been learning to dance with them." Liu Hongzhou said, practicing folk dance dance background makes him in the practice of street dance than the average person more receptive and innovative, practicing and practicing, he also began to take the apprentice; until the first half of this year, he got his first special prize in the Chongqing Municipal Street Dance Competition.
A cool one-handed handstand let Liu Hongzhou around the "disciples" erupted a scream and applause, the eyes of the girls is worship, the eyes of the boys is envy. Slightly smile on his face, Liu Hongzhou clapped his hands, "move together, in the music to find the feeling of dance, you can be as cool! In the music, the boys and girls were each intoxicated again.
Types of Street Dance
Hiphop
It is one of the most common dances that people come into contact with, and it has a wide range of simple steps that can show a complex sense of dance. It is very popular among the public because it is easy to learn and looks quite good when danced.
Poping
Mechanical dance is a dance that uses the muscles and joints of each part of the body to create amazing steps with the beat of the music and your own rich imagination. It is a more difficult type of dance.
Breaking
Breaking dance, also a more difficult type of dance, can be roughly divided into two types: using the hands, head, and body on the ground to rotate, known as the big floor; with the limbs on the ground stepping on the ground to create a complex change of foot movements, coupled with tricky inverted, known as the small floor.
Free style
This is a kind of out-of-the-ordinary dance steps, it will be a blend of various types of dance, as you wish to express, without the limitations of the dance style, out of the general dance norms, is a kind of personalized dance.
House
With the house music, the use of complex and magical pace performance of a dance step, it can be added to the Latin dance twist, martial arts flip, tap dance basic steps and ballet circles, jumping up and down can be very elegant, but also can be quite wild.