The naming of ballroom dance types is generally based on the beat of dance music. There are generally three beats of dance music: 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4. The music of the four-step dance is generally in 2/4 or 4/4 beats, and the music of the three-step dance is generally in the 3/4 beat. The dance music of the specially named ballroom dance type is generally in 2/4 and 4/4 beats. However, the music processing of the basic step combination of the dance type is unique, forming a unique and different from other dance types. style. For example: Beijing Pingsi uses four fast steps with an average pace as the basic combination of steps, and Ruyi Rumba uses a structure of two fast and one slow, four steps and three points as the basic combination of steps. These are different from the usual four-step dance's basic combination of two slow and two fast steps. The creation of a dance type requires different music processing in the combination of basic steps. More importantly, this dance type must have a unique dance language style that is different from other dance types. For example: the smoothness of Beijing Pingsi, the cheerfulness of Nanjing Xiaola dance, and the boldness of Dayu Bu dance. These different dance language styles distinguish the different personalities of each dance type.
The names of some types of ballroom dances are different in different places. For example, the fast four-step dance is called "Bumping Four" in some places and "Bumping Four" in other places. The names are different. , but the dance is the same type of dance.
Some ballroom dances have the same name but different dances, such as jitterbug. There is a dance called "Jitterbug" all over the country, but the way it is danced is different and it is actually a different dance. At present, there are: Tianjin Jile, Nanjing Xiaolawu, and Beijing Ruyi Jitterba, which are relatively famous.
Some ballroom dance styles are similar to modern dance styles. For example, the fast three steps of ballroom dance are very similar to the Viennese Waltz of modern dance. The only difference is that the fast three steps can be used as a double. The dance vocabulary (colors), Viennese waltz does not allow two people to do the movements separately. This provision is only limited to competitions.
Chinese Tango, a ballroom dance, and Tango, a modern dance, are different styles of the same dance. Tango was originally an African dance. Later, it was introduced to Latin America with black immigrants. It developed into the national dance of Argentina in Argentina. After being introduced to Europe, it formed many genres, such as Spanish tango, British standard dance tango, and German tango. Sports dance tango. After being introduced to China, a number of successful genres developed, such as Hong Kong tango and Taiwan tango. Today's Chinese tango is a tango developed based on the strengths of various dance schools. It is the same dance type with different styles from modern dance tango. Tango is the king of dances in ballroom dance. A king must naturally have a kingly spirit. Modern dance tango emphasizes the domineering spirit of the king. Chinese tango emphasizes the magnanimity of the king. They both pay attention to the kingly spirit. Eastern and Western cultures Just a little different.
Ballroom dance Ruyi Rumba, the name of the dance type taken from Latin dance in Guangzhou, is actually a different dance type from Latin dance Rumba.
China's modern ballroom dance began to sprout from the New Culture Movement during the "May 4th" period. It is a part of the New Culture Movement. It was almost extinct during the troubled colonial and semi-colonial periods. In the 1980s, with the spring breeze of reform and opening up, China's modern ballroom dance flourished with the care and cultivation of the people. Although the development of modern ballroom dance in China is more than a hundred years later than that of modern ballroom dance in Western countries, the intelligent and studious Chinese people and the treasures of Chinese dance cultural heritage have quickly brought China's modern ballroom dance closer to the world's ballroom dance. Advanced level distance. Beijing Pingsi, Nanjing Xiaola Dance, Hubei Bashan Dance, and Taiwan Wing Dance, these new types of ballroom dances created by the Chinese themselves are not only popular in some areas of China, but also quite famous in the world. China has a very favorable condition. As long as any ballroom dance takes shape, millions or even tens of millions of people will participate. How can a ballroom dance, which is participated by millions of people, not attract the attention of the world?
Chinese modern ballroom dance is the rising sun, and its development will inevitably write a brilliant page in the history of world ballroom dance culture.