Mastering the basic dance moves for beginners is easy with easy-to-follow video tutorials. The main thing is to honestly assess your capabilities and choose the right one. dance style. Some directions are too complicated and not suitable for beginners, so before starting the first lesson, you should carefully study what types of dance exist and which one is right for you.
Club dance go-go
Go-go dance originated in the 60s of the last century in American nightclubs. Initially, it was based on the dance moves of the twist, which the girls performed right on the tables. Then the owners of one of the clubs guessed to place the dancers in cages suspended from the ceiling, and thanks to this technique dancing go-go became incredibly popular: exquisite and sensual movements attracted a huge number of visitors to the club.
This dance requires great physical strength, significant flexibility, looseness and an impeccable sense of rhythm. It is usually performed under contemporary pop music, includes many different styles such as strip dance, hip hop, twerk and others. It will not be easy for beginners to master this dance from scratch, but it is still worth a try. The advantage of go-go is that dancers are allowed to improvise, and there are no clear rules by which moves are judged.
Group Latin American dances includes the famous salsa, rumba, bachata, cha-cha-cha, merengue. This direction is perfect for beginners, simple for beginners easy to master, they allow you to develop a special grace, sensuality and plasticity. Thanks to the video lesson, you can independently learn how to dance beautifully and after a few lessons, shine on the dance floor!
Latin American dances are based on passionate, energetic movements of the hips, relaxed and filled with freedom, a straight, proud posture and a high chin. It is important to consider that all steps are performed on half-bent legs. This direction requires a good physical training, so beginners should not expect lightning-fast results, but perseverance will definitely bear fruit.
Tango
It's beautiful and passionate dance, which is usually performed in pairs. There are several varieties of tango: Argentinean, Finnish and ballroom. The first option is the most popular, and the last, ballroom, is often chosen as wedding dance happy couple.
master basic steps and even beginners can take positions, but in order to master the true skill, you will have to sweat a lot. The dance moves for beginners are easy to remember and the couple always moves counter-clockwise.
One of the most popular directions for girls is oriental dances, as the movements are very simple and beautiful, they help to relax and awaken sensuality. Belly dancing is much easier than strip dancing, does not require physical training and special flexibility, so you can master it in the most short time.
Initially, this ancient dance was performed by concubines for their master, but today it is danced even in discos. Basic movements for belly dancing for beginners include swinging the hips, soft movements arms and chest. The video lesson will allow you to learn how to move rhythmically and beautifully.
To learn how to dance, you need to overcome shyness and own laziness. Thanks to simple video workouts, beginners can try themselves in various directions and choose exactly the one that works best and delivers greatest pleasure. Basic dance moves for beginners are easy to master, and regular practice will help you achieve the desired level of skill.
Striptease, Strip plastic, Pillon
Striptease is the art of seduction... It is interesting because it is able to reveal femininity, sensuality and sexuality in a dancer. Becoming on a par with a man, a woman of our time is increasingly forgetting to be a woman. Stripping refreshes instincts, breaks the shackles of stiffness, teaches you to express feelings and emotions. Pillar training, in turn, gives amazing physical training.
Difficulties: skills required rhythmic gymnastics, good stretch and beautiful figure.
Top Break Dance, Dup Step, Popping, Electric Boogie
The dancers of these genres are real "dance magicians", originating from the art of pantomime. What they do is amazing! Not for nothing, today there is no one cooler than breakers in modern dance. In their speeches we see highest level control over the body, the most complex elements, so unimaginable that sometimes it even hurts to watch. Excitement bordering on horror!
Difficulties: to really achieve something in breakdancing, you need to devote yourself to it. And you need to be extremely careful, it does not do without injuries.
Go-Go, Waking, Vogue
Just what you need for fashionistas who are hungry for the stage! The highest degree of posturing and acting skills. They play on the elegance of forms and lines that reveal the beauty of a half-naked body. Vogue and Waaking are "pathos for whites." The Vogue style is characterized by model poses, it imitates catwalk walking. The style of Waaking, which took a lot from Vogue, is dominated by hand movements (the name itself translates as “waving hands”), they borrowed many movements from locking. Go-Go is a looser style that mixes the previous two and adds elements of other styles, such as the strip. This is the most popular style dancing nightclubs.
Difficulties: excellent physical data and moral readiness are required to perform on stage practically in underwear.
Jazz Modern, Contemporary Dance
Modern interpretation ballet, which preserves aesthetic traditions, but gives freedom and flexibility of technique, abolishing the rigid standards of the classics. Choreography is at the heart of these styles. Most higher educational institutions under contemporary dance presents Contemporary. But the paradox is that this genre is completely unsuitable for dancing to a modern dance music. This is purely a stage dance technique.
Difficulties: To be successful in this style should be practiced from childhood.
Classic. Choreography
The highest "theatrical" form choreographic art, the embodiment of the highest aesthetic ideals. It's exclusive stage dance viewer oriented. It is characterized by strict standards and high requirements for performance techniques, many of which are performed at the limit of human capabilities. In terms of complexity, the elements of ballet can only be compared with the elements of break dance.
Difficulties: professional pursuits ballet does not pass without a trace. Extremely high demands leave their mark on the formation of the body, especially since ballet should be practiced from childhood, while the body is still supple. Possible damage to ligaments, tendons, joints, overdeveloped individual groups muscles and more.
Latin American dances, salsa, hustle
These destinations are extremely popular today. This is not only dancing, this is leisure, communication, discos. These styles bring people together: energetic, passionate movements, exciting swaying of the hips ... Although these are mostly pair dances, they are organized in such a way that you can easily change partners and make new acquaintances. And they do not require special training, they are quite simple to learn.
Difficulty: on initial stage for lovers of complexity is not enough, the main thing is to find a suitable partner.
Lower Break Dance
The lower break is a masterpiece of modernity, bordering on the impossible, going beyond the limits of human capabilities. It has absorbed the elements and style of Hip-Hop culture, performed to the music of DubStep or Hip-Hop. The technical essence of the style is the control of "torque" in all possible positions, i.e. continue to rotate with changes in position on any points of support, even on the head. This is the most complex acrobatics superimposed on the rhythms of music. Suitable for short, stocky dancers.
Difficulties: Extremely difficult to prevent injury
Flamenco
Folk spanish dance with mandatory traditional costumes. Flamenco is particularly dramatic and attracts a fairly mature audience. This is a spectacular and expressive genre filled with passion. He is characterized by a specific choreography of the hands, active beating of tap-dancing trills and luxurious pas in frilled chic skirts in a gypsy manner.
Difficulties: need a keen sense of rhythm
East Dance, Tribal
The art of seduction erotic dance East (ancient striptease). It is performed in specific costumes with ringing scales, which enhances the musicality of the dance, synchronization with the music. Oriental dance is rich in everything possible techniques on plasticity, rhythm, abounds small details and decorations. Really professional dancers fascinate with the beauty of the curves of a semi-naked body and clear, finely drawn movements. Unlike other styles, “oriental dancers” delight with expressiveness magnificent forms, the ability to profitably reveal the features of the female figure.
Difficulties: small shaking, vibrations are harmful to the not yet formed female body.
The basis of modern dance, improvisation for the dance floor
Base of Modern Dance- dance format for the dance floor, suitable for music of different genres. This is a universal dance technique that is combined with any style, type and manner. It is not required to memorize dance sequences and performances, the dance is built on the principle of a constructor: there are basic elements and rules, how they fit together. Having studied several movements and learning how to combine them with each other, you can improvise under different music, for this, several months of training are enough. The whole dance is based on rhythm, plasticity and coordination of movements.
Difficulties: to achieve beauty and ease in improvisation, it takes time to restore atrophied muscle groups.
Shuffle, House, ElectroDance, Tecktonik, C-walk
Active styles for expressive youth: techniques with swings and jumps to music with a direct rhythm. Extremely energy-consuming, attract a lot of attention and require a lot of space. You will be unlucky if you find yourself next to such a dancer on a crowded dance floor, since this does not happen often, but these styles have become a hit at street festivals! These techniques turn you on - you just want to join and start dancing. But the dancers are not enough for a long time, because. the set of movements is not particularly large and varied, and all are quite energetic.
Difficulties: finding a place to fulfill them
R'n'B, Hip-Hop
Initially, R'n'B is a culture of funk, jazz and soul. She also contributed to the emergence of rock and roll. In the future, R'n'B and Hip-Hop began to actively mix, because. they are both part of the African American culture. Today, R'n'B as a dance includes any possible technique, but all of them are performed in a particularly pathetic manner, in the obligatory ultra-fashionable outfit. R'n'B classes are a great solution for those who want to "show themselves." This style gives self-confidence, a sense of one's own coolness and sexuality, it is a cure for complexes and insecurity, which young people lack so much; that is why it is purely a youth movement.
Hip-hop, however, is a serious direction, where the pathos is justified by the really cool training of dancers who do not neglect breakdancing.
Difficulties: constant psychological pressure within the team, where the spirit of struggle and competition reigns.
ballroom dancing
Pair dance with rigid choreographic standards. The dancers are completely attached to their partner, who is extremely difficult to replace.
Flaws: injury, occupational diseases. Considering that this is professional dance to participate in competitions, the departure of a partner almost always entails the collapse of the professional career of a dancer.
Advantages: fully reveals the topic of interaction with a partner. Supreme form possible paired dance art.
Strip
This is the most ancient, and at the same time the most modern style dance. It is constantly changing, as the standards of femininity and masculinity change. You can dance it in different ways, but the meaning does not change. This is a dance that arouses sexual interest, allowing you to enjoy your image, the effect that you produce. This is the most emotional style of dance, in which the features of male and female movements are maximally expressed. There is a very thin line between the most beautiful and the most disgusting. Therefore, high qualification of the choreographer is simply necessary.
The broad concept of "club dance" includes many movements of various styles. They can be performed synchronously or solo. club dance today it has been divided into 2 directions: to music with a direct rhythm and to music with a broken rhythm. Straight rhythm is classical Electonic music like Disco House, Techno, Progressive. A broken rhythm is a break beat, breaks, R'n'B, Hip-Hop.
Jazz-Modern
Born at the time of the relevance of ballroom dancing, modern jazz is a combination of classical techniques, street styles dance, jazz improvisation.
Top break dance
A combination of all “old school” styles, such as plastic, slides, king-tat, robot. Break Dancing is exciting, vibrant, and colorful. For this reason, he became very popular. Break dancing first appeared in the South Bronx (Big Up's to da Bronx!) in the 70s. At first it was danced on laid out in the street cardboard boxes that turned the sidewalk into a stage. Street dancers mixed aerobatics dance with martial arts and disco dance, and each performer crafted it own style. Music poured from portable stereo tape recorders. Now this - personal way get in shape and have fun!
go-go
A dance technique that allows you to get a crowd of spectators using standard artistry techniques, wide, amplitude movements that capture attention, courage and game. One of the main elements of Go-Go is the expression of sexuality and the minimum amount of clothing.
street dance
In the early 70s, a huge number of groups dancing on the streets formed in the USA, subsequently reincarnating into culture. It has incorporated a popular form filled with elements of various dance styles.
Stage, power style of synchronized dance, which allows you to work out the quality, endurance. Presented a large number of synchronized links of popular movements and courage.
Powerful dance style for the stage, where movements are performed with full force and at high speed. This style features a large number of "wide" movements, swings, rotations and reversals.
Slide man ( moon walk)
All kinds of moonwalks in all directions. This technique is perfectly combined with plastic. At the core of the style moonwalks, which give an illusory effect of sliding on the floor. The style includes more than 20 types of gaits. Swimming or sliding then semi is an illusion created with your feet. This creates the feeling that you are trying to go in one direction, but you are actually moving in another direction. A classic example of this effect is the 'Moonwalk' made famous by Michael Jackson. The actual illusion is an old Mime trick.
Disco
As a result of the "psychedelic revolution" of the late 60s, a culture of music, fashion, and dance was formed. The manifestation of one's individuality in this form is relevant to this day. The disco style influenced many other styles that appeared later.
R&B
It has gained great popularity all over the world, thanks to the music to which it is performed. It's super trendy dance direction helps to acquire not only beautiful sportswear, but also provide an opportunity to show "aerobatics" in clubs. The style evolved from "Hip-Hop", became more diverse and complex. The abbreviation "R&B" stands for "Rhythm and Blues". As a rule, it is danced at the level of improvisation.
Trance
Trance as a stylization of dance technique, with a softer character of movements based on specific features electronic trance music, absorbed mostly movements that anyone can perform without special physical training. This is a dance of deep feelings, not always clear to others.
It would seem, what could be easier than organizing dances? Turn on the music and let the fun begin! It wasn't there. After all, people are all different: someone will start dancing from half a turn, and someone can sit at the table for almost the entire evening.
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In order to leave good impressions from the dance part of the program, so that the dances come out cheerful and lively, so that everyone feels free and at ease, you need to take care of the following things:
- how to get more people to dance
- how to help shy people
- how to give everyone the opportunity to show their best side
Therefore, we propose to diversify dance program games during the dance and dance competitions, which are listed below. Choose, play and make your holidays brighter and more fun!
H vegetable "Macarena"
This fun dance is great for new year holiday to warm up the audience.
The facilitator reminds for those who have forgotten the dance movements:
- "Once" - right hand pull forward
- "Two" - left hand pull forward
- "Three" - right hand on the left shoulder
- "Four" - left hand on the right shoulder
- "Five" - right hand behind the head
- "Six" - left hand behind the head
- "Seven" - right hand on the right thigh
- "Eight" - left hand on the left thigh
- "Nine" - wagged their priests
dance quiz
This competition is also great for warming up the audience. For each correct answer, the viewer is given a small souvenir. At the end of the quiz, those who have prizes in their hands are invited to participate in the next competition on the stage. Thus, you will recruit the required number of participants for the competitions, and also defuse the atmosphere at the beginning of the holiday by creating the right mood.
Questions:
- "Fruit" dance of sailors (Apple)
- The main dance of the carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Samba)
- Letka's half (Enka)
- Dance, characteristic feature which is the rhythmic percussive footwork (Step, or tap dance)
- Cuban dance, which is also widespread in countries Latin America(cha-cha-cha)
- Dance after gorilka (Gopak)
- Caucasian dance (Lezginka)
- Popular Greek dance (Sirtaki)
- Famous Spanish dance (Flamenco)
- First dance of Natasha Rostova (Waltz)
- Dance with high tossing of legs (Cancan)
- Argentine couple dance, characterized by an energetic and clear rhythm (Tango)
- Russian belt under trampling (Trepak)
- What kind of dance can polish the floor to a shine? (Twist)
- What dance is learning main character movie "Hipsters"? (Boogie Woogie)
Alternatively, you can complicate the task: the players not only need to correctly name the dance, but also try to demonstrate it to the audience with a short corresponding composition. That will be much more fun. In this case, it is better to purchase more substantial prizes.
Expanding dance, or everyone dance!
A chair is placed in the middle of the room, a guy sits on it. Two girls stand behind him, and each puts her hand on his shoulder. The guy, without looking, takes one of the girls by the hand and they go to dance. The remaining girl sits on a chair and the guys are already like, standing behind the girl, and she takes the hand of one of the guys and they also go to dance. Everything continues until all the guests are on the dance floor.
Sirtaki in Russian
All guests must be lined up in two lines: male and female, facing each other. It is desirable that there should be at least 10 people in each line. Everyone holds each other's hands, bent at the elbow. To the music Greek dance sirtaki (at first she is not very fast), at the command of the leader, the male line takes three steps forward and bows, then takes three steps back. And then a line of women also takes three steps forward, the same bow and returns to its place three steps back.
Thus, two lines, by doing the simplest dance move are returning to their places.
- bow
- 180 degree turn
- inflow right foot
- stomping left foot
- jump (jump)
- friendly male "Eh!" and in response, a mischievous female "U-uh!"
The chain of movements that men and women do in turn, should result in the following: 3 steps forward - bow - 3 steps back; 3 steps forward - turn - 3 steps back; 3 steps forward - stomp with the right foot - 3 steps back; 3 steps forward - stomp with the left foot - 3 steps back; 3 steps forward - jump - 3 steps back; 3 steps forward - “Eh!”, “Uh-uh” - 3 steps back.
After performing the movements, they must be repeated in the same sequence at first, but only at an accelerated pace, and then at an even faster pace. The leader needs to help the dancers and suggest movement commands, then you get a well-coordinated, fast and provocative dance.
Mission Dance
Everyone is dancing, the music stops every now and then and the host gives some command, for example:
- greet each other, shout "Hello"!
- bounce who is higher!
- clap your hands!
- waving our hands!
- Spinning like snowflakes!
- swinging our hips!
- shouting "Happy New Year!" and etc.
dance medley
In that dance competition any number of people can participate, but only in pairs (M+F). It is necessary to pre-record about 8-10 different musical compositions(it can be: lambada, waltz, polka, tango, dance of little ducklings, rock and roll, boogie-woogie and more) and turn them on in turn. The task of the contestants is to quickly switch from one music to another. At the end of the competition, the best couple is determined by audience applause. You can choose the best dancers in each separate form dance.
musical dialogue
Two teams play (more interesting when men are against women). The first team sings, performing a line, verse or chorus of the song, where there is some question, for example: “Well, where are you, girls, girls, girls, short skirts, skirts, skirts?” The second team should perform the answer to this song, for example: “Where the maple rustles over the river wave ...” and ask their question. Previously played songs cannot be repeated. The game continues at the discretion of the host - as long as the players have excitement. The question-and-answer process itself is very interesting!
Dating at the dance school
The age-old question, to which every person returns at least once in a lifetime, sounds something like this: where to meet your soulmate?
If at the time of our parents it was possible to get acquainted in libraries, now this option is completely eliminated in view of developing technologies.
Cemeteries are also not bad, classics of the genre, as they say. But let's face it. You are in your early 20s and neither can nor want to seek adventure in nightclubs. There is little left, either to rely on your relatives or friends who will invite you to your birthday, and you will meet the godfather (kuma) of your cousin's brother there, or take the initiative in your own hands and act.
- this is just the place where lonely people often come, as a rule, not only with the aim of learning to dance. Many people try to change something in their life through dancing (figure, social circle, way of thinking...) and, most often, they succeed!
Here is one of the most the best places where you can meet the opposite sex.
At least twice a week we meet in class, chat, get to know each other, go to parties together, go to nature, etc. The people you see often become more than just acquaintances, in a relaxed atmosphere you open up and feel confident and free.
So, before looking for a soul mate, let's find out for ourselves a few important issues. Namely, the pros and cons of such acquaintances.
Let's start by listing the positive aspects of relationships in dance lessons:
Everything that is a passion for both strengthens the couple. If the two of you enjoy dancing, this will serve as an excellent strengthening of the relationship.
It is a great luxury to have a training partner at home. You don't have to wait for the next class to start dancing.
In every relationship there is a "candy" period, and then everything returns to a more calm rhythm. In order to always be with emotions, you need to nurture relationships with various exits, parties, and entertainment. Here dancing is simply an indispensable option.
Now about the cons of dating in the classroom:
The first disadvantage is the difference in levels. If your partner has a higher level than you, then at parties you will have to sit and watch how experienced partners invite her. It's up to you to either progress and achieve results, or quit and leave.
Exactly the same situation will arise with a partner if the girl has a lower level. She will be forced to share her boyfriend with an incredible number of pretty, energetic, bright partners. This alignment is also rare when it goes painlessly.
If you still risked such a relationship, it is worth remembering that spending time together for a long time can also be dangerous. Sometimes you need to do something without your soulmate. Here your salvation will be different interests besides dancing (fishing, cross-stitching, skydiving, etc.)
Deciding to connect his life with dance art, future dancers inevitably face the problem of choice: what direction to devote their time and where to direct their efforts? How to choose the perfect style for you?
The choice of dance, for further study and development, is a responsible occupation and they play in its correctness important role many factors. There are a lot of popular, interesting directions now. Also a lot and good schools, in which they can be mastered, for example, Viva La Danza (www.vianserg-dance.ru). It is important to objectively evaluate your abilities and your understanding of what result you would like to see in the end. No need to chase fashion trends, which in this moment are the most popular. If you were guided only by this, the result will be the same - fashion will pass, and with it your passion for dance. And yet, how not to be mistaken?
1. Assess which movements you like best.
Do you have sporting achievements, are you drawn to an active pastime, and in general, have you always gravitated towards physical education and sports? Then absolutely, you should choose dynamic, energetic dances, replete with jumps, jumps and other active movements.
Ideal for sports ballroom dancing, acrobatic rock and roll, as well as hip-hop or some dances with an ethnic twist, such as Irish. Go-go and dance mix may be suitable to varying degrees, it is also worth considering pole dancing and some circus styles. If, on the contrary, you do not have a craving for activity, and sports have always been difficult, but at the same time you want to develop flexibility and plasticity, club latin, salsa, bachata, strip plastic or, for example, belly dance will suit you.
2. The image that you would like to create for yourself in the dance.
It is important to decide who you would like to feel like in the dance, which is also important for choosing the right direction. If you like the role of an aggressive, active girl, hip-hop is your choice. Fatal, seductive nymph - plastic strip. If you want more coquetry, then Latina will definitely suit you. In order to take out all your energy and craving for movement, folk dances. In order to show sensuality and passion, flamenco would be ideal, for example, and for grace and stateliness, you'd better choose ballroom dancing.
3. Diverse performance of individual elements of the dance.
If you like active dances that involve performing individual elements while sitting or lying on the floor, then you should definitely stop at strip plastic, Indian or modern dance. If such elements are unacceptable for you, then go-go or acrobatic rock and roll, which do not involve performing such exercises, is suitable for you. Hip-hop, although it contains tricks performed on the floor, but whether you will learn them depends only on your desire and on the group in which you will be engaged.
4. Further application of dances.
One of the most important points is how and where you plan to apply the acquired skills in the future. If you love discos and parties, do not leave the dance floor and want to impress everyone with your dancing skills, appreciate what kind of music is playing in the places you visit. If pop music prevails, Europop - then go-go, dance mix will definitely suit you. For those places where all the music has a Latin bias, you should choose salsa, bachata, reggaeton, solo latin or, for example, zumba. If your goal is not so much teaching dance as acquiring plasticity, grace, correcting posture and gait, the best choice- strip of plastic. If you lack exoticism and want to plunge into the traditions of another culture, you should choose flamenco, Irish dances or folk dances.
These are just some of the recommendations that you should pay attention to. It is important to understand what exactly you would like to get from dancing and what you would like to learn. Often people follow their complexes and fears, are embarrassed by their build or age and make the wrong choice, although all this is not a tangible obstacle to mastering most areas. Accordingly, the result in this case is zero, and interest in dancing completely disappears. Don't be afraid to discover something new, don't be shy about your body and age, and be guided by what you really like. Only then the result will not keep you waiting, and dancing classes will bring pleasure and joy!
