Practice methods of basic steps of Samba dance
Samba is the most exciting dance with special rhythm in Latin dance. The most prominent feature of Samba dance is rebound action, which is caused by the bending and straightening of knee and ankle joint. In all the actions of samba in 1a 2, the knee joint and ankle joint support most of the center of gravity.
The style and characteristics of Samba dance can be summarized as follows: the footwork has the bounce and the body form has the swaying feeling. The springing nature of footwork, that is, when dancing samba, the knees bend and stretch with the strong music rhythm, and the body has the sense of jumping upward and the hips will swing accordingly. Like elastic objects, when the pressure is down, it will bounce upward when the pressure is removed. The swaying feeling of body form, that is, many Samba dance steps have left leaning, middle or forward and backward posture, and imitate palm trees swinging with the wind and swaying posture, which has a distinct style of tropical local wind dance.
Beginners must practice the rebound action in place, first do the average rhythm of the double knees and simultaneously move, then do the one foot exercise with characteristic rhythm of 1A 2, namely, the first step knees (1), the second step straighten (a), and the third step (3).
When many people learn Samba dance with teachers, they just imitate the teacher's actions. Many teachers don't explain the key points of dance steps. Then the students are only mechanical imitation, they don't understand the key knowledge, although they practice hard, they are difficult to make progress, even if many people's dance methods are not correct. Next, take Samba WSK as an example to explain, for the first time to learn Samba friends, study hard, do not miss. \u001E
Samba WSK is a very important action in Samba dance. In the process of practice, we should solve a series of problems such as the accuracy of rebound rhythm, foot and body coordination, so beginners must practice repeatedly and master them skillfully.
There are many rhythm types in Samba dance, the most commonly used one is 1A 2, of which 1 accounts for three-quarters of the beats, a accounts for one quarter of the beats, and two for one beat. The whole basic action is two beats.
When teachers teach students Samba WSK, they usually use the method of 1A 2 (WAN a TU). For beginners, it is better to adopt another method of digital beat, which is 1 & A 2. A number beat is added between the original 1 and A. this further decomposition of the movement is very helpful for beginners to master the key points of dance steps. In this method, 1 accounts for one quarter, and a still accounts for one quarter and two for one. When we have mastered the basic steps, we can omit the method of digital beats, and then change to one-quarter, a for one quarter and two for one shot. The two beat positions of 1 and a are unchanged, just like the original, but an action is added to the original 1 time value. If you don't know if you understand it, it is difficult to understand some things in dance in language. This is also why many Latin dance textbooks just introduce the essentials in a general way. The specific steps only talk about how to go and not to talk about the key points. This is why dance mainly depends on Teachers' teaching.
The following is the key point of the decomposition dance step of samba WSK under the method of 1 & A 2 (pinyin: Wan en a TU).
Preparation action: the left leg is at the Latin cross position behind the right leg, and the foot is pointed to the ground, and it bears part of the center of gravity, and the knee is bent; the right leg knee is relaxed and do not lock. The right leg heel is lifted and the body bounces upward, the body center of gravity moves to the left, and the left leg is crossed one step to the left. (for the action of half beat in advance, the left foot shall land on the first shot in the next section)
Samba WSK to the left:
1. Then, the front foot of the left leg is ground, the knee is bent into a left bow step, the body center of gravity is lowered, the center of gravity is always kept on the front foot, the heel is lowered, and there is no center of gravity. (compression, quarter shot) &, while the heel of the left leg is lifted, the body bounces up (bounces), while the right leg moves toward the Latin cross behind the left leg. (two-quarters) A. the right leg falls at the Latin cross position behind the left leg, the toe points to the ground, and moves the body center of gravity to the right leg toe. (body continues to rise to the highest point, quarter shot)
2. The front foot of the left leg falls to the ground, the body center of gravity begins to drop (and starts to compress again), the left leg knee bends, the right leg toe is at the Latin cross position behind the left leg, and the knee bends (the front half clap). In the second half of 2, the left leg heel is lifted and the body bounces up, the body center of gravity moves to the right, and the right leg is one step to the right. (for the action of half beat in advance, the right foot should land on the first beat in the next section, preparing for the right Samba WSK)
Samba WSK to the right:
1. Next, the front foot of the right leg falls to the ground, the knee bends into a right bow step, the body center of gravity is lowered, the center of gravity is always kept on the front foot, the heel is lowered, and there is no center of gravity. (compression, quarter shot) &, while the right leg heel is lifted, the body bounces up (bounces), while the left leg moves toward the Latin cross behind the right leg. (two-quarters) A. the left leg falls at the Latin cross position behind the right leg, the toe points to the ground, and moves the body center of gravity to the left leg toe. (keep the highest point, quarter shot)
2. The front foot of the right leg falls to the ground, the body center of gravity begins to drop (and starts to compress again), the right leg knee bends, the left leg toe is at the Latin cross position after the right leg, and the knee bends (the front half clap). In the second half of 2, the right leg heel is lifted and the body bounces up, the body center of gravity moves to the left, and the left leg is one step to the left. (for the action of half beat in advance, the left foot shall land on the first shot in the next section)
Practice Samba WSK repeatedly according to the above points, and believe that you will be able to master the skill in the early stage. Once mastered, we don't need to use the method of 1 & A2 to count the beats, but we still have to do the action of the body bouncing upward in the original & position, but we have no number of &, the number of beats can be omitted, and the action can not be omitted. When we jump Samba WSK, most people are always in this position, without the movement of body upward, and the samba jumping out lacks its unique charm.
