DANCE: Major Styles
AFRICAN Dance
These dances teach social patterns and values and helps people work, mature, praise or criticize members of the community while celebrating festivals and funerals, competing, reciting history, proverbs and poetry; and to encounter
gods. In an African community, coming together in response to the beating of the drum is an opportunity to give one another a sense of belonging and of solidarity. It is a time to connect with each other, to be part of that collective rhythm of the life in which young and old, rich and poor, men and women are all invited to contribute to the society. |
JAZZ Dance
Most of the dance you see in music videos is jazz dance...
BALLET
Ballet is classical dance of Europe emphasizing long lines and extreme athleticism. When done well it's awesomely beautiful! Russian ballet seems to be the best, but American Ballet Theater is pretty awesome too!
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LATINO
Includes Tango, Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, and most recently, most popular: ZUMBA! Zumba is a dance fitness program created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto "Beto" Perez during the 1990s. It's kind of a mix of other Latin styles done at high speed. A terrific workout! I love it...
HIP HOP
Hip Hop is really a combination of many different styles including brake dancing, robot, popping, locking, gymnastics and...
Modern interpretive
It's a bit wierd, but fun and can communicate a lot of things words can't. It's deep, though not really my cup of tea.
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TAP
Tap is cooool! It's made by hitting the shoe against the floor in rhythem with the music. There are two main styles: Jazz and Broadway Tap.
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The BEST DANCE SCHOOLS IN BEIJING
Gotta say I love dance soooo much I do it often... and made a site about dance in Beijing that has a lot of schools listed.
You can find it at: http://bjdance.weebly.com/
You can find it at: http://bjdance.weebly.com/
