Characteristics of cowboy dance:
Melodious and cheerful, strong jumping, with a rhythm of 4/4 beat, 42 to 44 bars per minute, six beats and eight steps. By the basic dance step step, and step, combined with jumping, rotating and other movements into a combination. 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 steps, jumping, and relaxed, enthusiastic and joyful dance posture.
Basic points of cowboy dance:
1, the elasticity of the cowboy dance does not lie in jumping upwards, but in the elasticity generated by the "free-fall"-like descent. The elasticity of the cowboy dance is not upward, but downward.
2. The heavy beat of the cowboy dance is in even numbers, just like the samba.
3. The heavy beat of the elastic basic step is shown in the bracing up after the descent, not the descent.
4, in the point foot, the point of the foot is the power foot, he does not support the center of gravity, so do not let him to borrow power, we want to let the supporting foot upright, and then produce a free-fall style of descent, and then quickly braced up to complete the movement.
5, in the point foot, the power leg to keep bending, can not step straight.
Different styles of cowboy dance jumping method:
In China's cowboy teaching, cowboys have two styles of obviously different teaching methods, skills are very different, jump out of the feeling is completely different. Some people pay a lot of attention to the middle left and right swing in the cowboy dance, and do not care about the bouncing . height, which would allow the dancer to add more self-expression in it. This is a technique that was valued more in Latin dance than in an earlier stage than it is now, and gives the impression of being on the playful and relaxed side. The center of gravity of this dance method is basically in the dantian position, about one inch below the navel, and there is basically no up and down of the center of gravity during the dance. Like dangling a stick at the center of gravity, it swings from side to side, adding a little bounce in the legs.
And many contestants in Western countries pay more attention to the height of the bounce and a sense of speed, which requires the dancer to show strong body control, in terms of speed and amplitude, so that the cowboy will look more cheerful and rapid. This is one of the more respected styles at the moment, as it requires dancers to have better stamina, flexibility in the ankles, and more coordinated control of the body. Since it speeds up the movement for a split second, it is not able to present a larger swing angle or add a lot of self-expression. The center of gravity in this way is quite a bit higher than the first method at two inches up from the navel, roughly to the stomach. This will give the impression that the center of gravity is hanging down a rubber band, tied to a stone below, with the center of gravity of the up and down vibration, and make the rubber band in the continuous shortening and lengthening, and then shortening and lengthening.