From all aspects of the comprehensive consideration, children start to learn Latin dance at the age of 5 is more appropriate. Because Latin dance is a kind of dance that requires strength and speed, if the child is too young, his body may not be able to withstand it. If the child is too young, the body may not be able to withstand it. 5-12 years old is an important period of physical development for children. Dance learning at this time will be very beneficial to their healthy development. Of course, there is no absolute thing in the world, learning Latin dance may also be adjusted appropriately according to the child's different situations. If the child's own physical fitness is very good, may be appropriate to practice early.
Latin Dance:
International standard Latin dance also refers to sports dance, divided into rumba, cha-cha-cha, cowboys, samba and bullfighting five dances; associations are divided into: the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) and the World Federation of International Standard Dance (WDC), the China DanceSport Teachers Association (CDTA) and other associations.
Latin dance is a sports competition dance, explosive, extremely strong style, skills are its characteristics, there is a lot of competitive sports dance to play space, and now has been into the Asian Games official competitions, Latin dance November 12, 2014 officially applied for entry into the Olympic Games, is now in the approval stage, Latin dance every year, the highest event WDSF Association will be in the member states around the world to choose a different location to hold For all the people in the world who are involved in the work of international standard dance, Blackpool in the United Kingdom can be said to be the top of the international standard dance activities.WDC will be held in a fixed location in the United Kingdom, Blackpool Dance Festival, loved by the people of Europe.
Benefits of learning Latin dance:
1. Pressure release, in the process of learning and practicing to appreciate the dance will have a lot of fun, maintain a good state of mind
2. Interpersonal channels of communication to broaden, and to find like-minded friends
3. Cultivate temperament and cultivate, appreciation of music and dance Improvement of music and dance ability
4. The effect of body shaping and fitness is obvious, Latin dance is the body twisting amplitude of the dance is very large
5. The quality of sleep will be improved
6. Spirit refreshed, more and more young and energetic
7. Reduce a lot of unhealthy activities
8. Sweating is a good way to detoxify the body
10. Exercise the will to dance well requires unremitting perseverance
Latin dance bad:
1. easy to cause ligament strains in the child
Latin dance is a large amount of exercise, fast-paced, transformational movements, adults may be accidentally injured a little careless, let alone a small child. Not to mention the small children. Although the children's muscle elasticity is relatively good, the body is relatively soft, but their muscle strength is relatively poor, joints, ligaments, bearing capacity is relatively low, Latin dance is easy to fatigue, strains and so on. In addition, when dancing Latin dance, women must wear high heels, which is not conducive to the development of the bones of little girls.
2. Easy to make the child sprained
Parents should not blindly follow the trend, so that preschool children learn Latin dance. At the same time, children learning Latin dance, do not force to do difficult movements, dancing before the warm-up to do enough. Beginning children do not wear too high heels to prevent sprains.
3. Easily lead to children's disabilities
In fact, not only Latin dance, children's bodies are softer everywhere, learning to dance, lower back, splits, and other actions caused by the child's lifelong disability case is not unheard of.
Learning time:
Preschool-age children learning dance is generally 1 to 2 times a week is appropriate. The length of each dance session varies depending on how long children of different ages can maintain their intentional attention: 2-3 years old: 15 minutes 3-4 years old: 20-30 minutes 4-5 years old: 30-40 minutes 5-6 years old: 40-50 minutes Usually there is a regular break in the middle of a dance session when the child can get a drink of water and go to the bathroom.
Latin dance shoes selection:
To choose Latin shoes for children, choose the wide-soled, short-heeled children's special shoes as shown in the figure. The height of the heel of this shoe is generally 3-4 centimeters, the height is more suitable for children and teenagers who usually seldom wear high heels. It can better protect children's lower limbs, especially the ankles. Some parents and children in order to be beautiful, give the child to choose the adult with more than 5 points of shoes, is not impossible, but increases the child's chance of sprains, and the development of the child's lower limbs are not favorable.
Latin shoes are generally soft, wet leather soles, shoes are very light, beautiful shape. Many children like to wear them as ordinary sandals, which is very wrong. Wearing bad shoes is the second thing, the important thing is that Latin shoes in order to better match the dancer's foot movements, the sole is very soft, the middle part of the shoe does not have the corresponding support structure, in the dancer's energy to focus on the dance will not have any problem, but in the usual walking time, especially up and down the stairs, it is easy to cause foot sprains.
Some parents always think that their children's feet will grow in the future, and they always want to buy bigger ones for their children, so that they can wear them for a longer period of time. This idea is not to be taken lightly. But from the dance point of view, when the child in the high-speed movement, spinning, jumping, or even just in place of the stretching action, the foot shoes will usually give him (her) some trouble, some children's feet because of the thin, sometimes from the big shoes out of the teasing is just the most important thing is that it may be injured. Therefore, parents are advised to choose shoes that fit their children's feet when they buy them. Of course, do not have to be like adults, to wear a smaller than ordinary shoes, as long as the child is not wearing a loose, not tight, taut straight back when the front of the shoe can also reveal five toes can be.