Many people are professionally dancingor simply include rhythmic music and move to elevate the mood. Often small girls, and boys are given to a dance group, where children can learn this art. This is an excellent choice, because scientists have long established that body movements increase the level of the hormone in the human body, which is responsible for the excellent mood, give positive emotions, help the child become more flexible and physically developed. Each parent decides for himself in which circle to give the child, based on his individual needs and desires. Many like paired children's dance, they are engaged in both boys and girls. In this article you will learn the features of some kinds of art.
This kind of dancing is performed by two persons -man and woman. That's why it is called "twin dance". He is the opposite of single and group dances. During it, the partners do not depart from each other, but stay together. If several more pairs are performing at the same time, they are on the floor regardless of other participants. Paired dance has one feature - the roles in it are divided, usually a man acts as the leader, and the woman - the slave.
There are several types of them, below we will briefly describe some of them.
This kind of dancing appeared in the USA in the 40sThe last century, it has African-American roots. The main feature of this dance is that it is some kind of swing. It is dominated by rapid and free movement. Despite the fact that there are many similarities, modern dance is different from swing, although it traces the same features - some figures and movements. The pace of jive is 44 bars per minute, and the musical size is 4/4. Often it is performed in various competitions in ballroom dancing. And jive is almost always the final part of the program. This ballroom dance is very quick, creative, allowing partners to demonstrate their excellent physical preparation. The main figure is a syncopated highway. Movements are made to the left and right, followed by a slow backward step and a return to the front. Steps are made with a sock, and the body weight is always distributed from foot to foot. When this Latin dance is performed, the dancers do not jump.
This kind of dance has two meanings.In the first sense, the word "rumba" means music and art that came from Cuba. One of the most popular is the rumba Guaguanco, the others have their own characteristics, but usually they are very similar.
The second meaning of the word "rumba" is one of the speciesmodern ballet dances. He is also included in the program of competitions. This paired dance is the slowest among other species - cha-cha-cha, pasodoble, jive, samba. Rumba is a Cuban dance of the African type. Features - erotic and smooth movements, they are still combined with a wide step. The most popular melody is the creation of Joséito Fernández-Guantanamera. Rumba itself began to appear in the 19th century. It was at the beginning of this century in Cuba that there were 3 variants of such a performance, one of which was later called the "dance of love" - it was Guaguanco. In this dance art, a man performs a dance with a woman and wants to touch her hips, and the lady avoids it in every way, it seems that she teases her partner and at the same time restrains his passion.
Samba is a dance that has become worldwidepopular thanks to such an event as the Brazilian carnival. The pace is 50 or 52 beats per minute, the size is 2/4 or 4/4. For the first time such carnivals appeared in the 20-30s. At the moment, this type of samba is danced not only in Rio de Janeiro, but also in other countries and cities around the world. Brazilians are very fond of samba, this has become their kind of national music. Its main features are frequent changes in the positions of speakers, greater mobility of the thighs. Also this dance is characterized by a syncopated rhythm.
This pair dance comes from Spain wellimitates bullfighting. In translation means "one Spanish step". This name was not received by chance, the steps in it are divided according to the account. Pasoedold used to be used in bullfighting. It was performed for the first time in France, in the 30s it was quite popular in the society of Parisians, therefore some steps are named in French. Then the pasadoble was included in the sports ballroom dances.
Cha-cha-cha is the Spanish name. This is a Cuban dance that has become popular in America. It is performed in competitions, its size is 4/4, and the pace is 30 cycles per minute.
Tango is an Argentine dance, it is dominated bya clear rhythm. It differs in its vigor, before it was performed only by men. It is popular all over the world. At the moment there are a huge number of types of such dances - Finnish, old, ballroom tango. December 11 in Buenos Aires celebrates the day of tango - the birthday of the King of this art (the so-called Carlos Gardel).
Each of us heard about the ballroom dances.Many even give their children to such a circle. Some educators teach children to perform a pair dance in kindergarten. Previously, they were performed at balls, hence the name. They always involve two partners - a man and a woman. Currently, these performances are called sports ballroom dances, they include 2 programs - European and Latin American. European consists of such dances as tango, Viennese waltz, slow waltz, quickstep, slow foxtrot. Latin American - rumba, samba, cha-cha-cha, pasadoble, jive.
There is also a paired Russian dance - padepatiner. It is based on sliding movements, like skating.
Many parents are worried about the question:but is it worth it to give your child to ballroom dancing? Over the past 20 years, they have become very popular. You must remember that when you send a child to a circle at 4-5 years of age, you choose, not him. The child can not take an independent decision, he does not know whether he needs it or not. If you decide to give the child to sports ballroom dances and want him to make great strides, it's good, but weigh everything "for" and "against", because the baby will not have a normal childhood, although in this age of computers the speeches will be just the way . If you see that this child likes, then it's worth continuing the studies. It is possible that he will achieve great heights. To become successful, the child must work hard, but only if he wants it. Do not force him to achieve what you would like.
Decide only for parents. Now you know the basic information about paired dances. This is a very beautiful and popular art form.
