Teaching basic dance skills to young children

Section 1: Preparatory activities

1. Head exercises: lower your head forward, tilt your head back, and tilt your head left and right , practice around your head. Pay attention to standing up straight, shoulders drooping, and toes straight.

2. Shoulder exercises: Hold your shoulders with both hands, and wrap your shoulders forward, downward, backward, and upward. Pay attention to standing your neck up and lifting your waist.

3. Chest exercises: Hold your upper body forward with your chest and lower your head, lift your broad chest and shoulders back, and raise your head. Pay attention to pinching your shoulders back and keeping your legs straight.

4. Waist exercises: Pay attention to breathing, and the waist must be straight. (Front waist, chest waist, side waist, shabu waist)

5. Hold the chest and bend the legs: While the upper body holds the chest, the legs are sucked up. Be careful not to loosen your grip on your breast.

6. Hip pressing exercise: Put your hands on your knees, suck your legs up, bring your legs together, open your knees to the side, and press to the side. Pay attention to pressing your knees down hard and keeping your waist straight.

7. Hook and stretch your feet practice: Hook your feet up and push your heels forward hard. Pay attention to straight legs, erect waist, and long neck.

8. Foot-circling exercise: After hooking the foot, open the foot outward, then stretch the foot, open it, stretch the foot, and then stretch the foot. Pay attention to straight legs, erect waist, and long neck.

9. Arm-flailing exercise: Raise your arms upward and vibrate backwards at the same time, then lower your arms and let them droop. Pay attention to erecting your waist and tightening your abdomen.

10. Lower the front waist (body forward bend): Bend the upper body forward and parallel to the legs, put both hands on the ground, and then stand up. Make sure your legs are straight and your waist is relaxed.

11. Double knee bend: While squatting with both legs, put your hands on your knees and stand up. Pay attention to keeping your legs straight and your waist relaxed.

12. Waist softness exercise: relax the waist and pay attention to the rhythm. (Front waist, side waist, back waist, shabu waist)

13. Hip exercises: Lift the left and right hips upward and drop them, push the hips forward, swing the hips left and right, be careful not to Sit on your hips.

14. Knee exercises: Bend both knees and squat half, then stand up. Make sure your waist is straight and your knees are open.

15. Ankle exercises: Turn the toes inward to form a forward step, then open them into a small eight-step, and stand up and down on the half-toes. Pay attention to standing upright and keeping your legs tight.

16. Wrist exercises: Wrap your hands. Pay attention to keeping your abdominal control arms straight. Lift and press your wrists. (Wrap your hands, lift and press your wrists)

17. Lie on your back, raise your legs, press your hips: Lift your legs up to 90 degrees and open them to the side. Make sure your legs are straight and your hips are straight.

18. Ground kick: Pay attention to explosive power and keep your waist straight. (Lie on your back and kick the front leg, lie on your back and kick your side leg, lie on your back and kick your back leg, lie on your back and kneel down to kick).

19. Moving legs on the ground: Pay attention to your legs being straight and your body upright. (Lie on your back and lift your front legs, lie on your back and lift your side legs, lie on your back and lift your hind legs).

20. Waist ground exercises: Note: the waist must be relaxed (chest, waist, legs, kneel down and control the waist).

21. Sit-ups: Stand up with your upper body forward, and then lie on your back. Note: Keep your legs straight and lift your upper body hard.

22. Back muscle exercises: Lift your upper body and legs upward at the same time. Pay attention to keeping your arms and legs straight.

Section 2: Partial exercises of foot movements

Three forms of feet:

Hooked feet: Toes upward, heels downwards, push outwards with force .

Stretch your feet: Stretch your toes downward with force.

Turn the ankle: Turn the ankle outward and push outward.

Basic position of the feet

Goose: both feet and toes are close together, with the center of gravity on the feet.

(One: small figure eight step, big figure eight step, T-step, step, tap step. Two: lunge, big tuck step, ballet one foot, ballet two foot, ballet five foot)

Section 3: Partial training of hand movements.

Three forms of hands: orchid palm, hollow fist, and single finger.

The basic positions of the hands: shoulder position, palm pressing position, palm supporting position, lapel raising position, and palm raising position.

Ballet hand positions: one hand, two hands, three hands, four hands, five hands, six hands, seven hands, eight hands.

Basic movements of one hand on the handle:

One: lift the hand, cover the palm, cut the palm, lift the palm, and separate the palm. Two: pierce your palms, spread your palms, push them apart and close them flatly, and shake your hands. Three: Little Five Flowers, Shunfeng Flag, Mountain Arm Pressing Palm, Inclined Palm Holding.

Section 4: Training on the upper movements of the barre

Hold the barre with both hands, with the width of both hands equal to the shoulder width.

Hold the handle with one hand and place your hand a little in front of your body.

(One: 1. Wipe the floor 2. Squat 3. Small kick. 2: 4. Cross the leg 5. Waist 6. Press the leg.

Three: 7. Moving kick 8. Lower fork 9. Big kick: kicking the front leg, kicking back, kicking the side leg)

Section 5: Combination training of lower movements

1. 28 beats: Running and jumping step, hands on hips.

Beat 38: Lower the fork and swing your feet in a circle.

Beat 48: Kneel on one leg, raise one foot back, and support the ground with both hands.

2. Back kicking step combination:

1. Back kicking step with 28 beats, hands on hips.

Beat 38: Beat 1-4 Sit down, put your feet together and forward, and place your hands on your sides. 5-8 Shoot your feet together and bend them to one side, and put your hands together as if sleeping.

Beat 48: Kneel up on beats 1-4 and raise your hands sideways. 5-8 Shoot and bend back.

3. Round Step Combination:

Beat 18: Raise both hands sideways and walk in a circle with the Round Step.

Beat 28: Sit down, put your hands on the ground, and lie down.

Beat 38: Support the ground with your head and hands, and arch your chest forward.

Beat 48: Bend the left leg upward and touch the ground at the right knee.

4. Small kick combination:

Beats 1 and 28: Hold hands and alternate side kicks left and right.

Beat 38: Akimbo, broken steps.

Beat 48: Put your hands on the ground, kick one foot back, and kneel on one leg.

5. Combination of holding flowers with handkerchief:

Beat 18: Pull the flowers up and down alternately from left to right.

Beat 28: Hold the flower sideways with both hands, alternating left and right.

Beat 38: Hold the flower on the side with both hands, and hold the flower on the waist, repeat once.

Beat 48: Hold the flower sideways with both hands, alternating left and right.

6. Combination of handkerchief and flower pattern:

Beat 18: Lift obliquely, flower pattern.

Beat 28: Turn in small steps and hold the flower with both hands flat.

The 38th beat: Same as the 18th beat.

Beat 48: Touch the ground later, hold up the flowers with both hands, slowly squat down to the lowest position, and appear.