Basic Skills of Dance Arts Test

The beauty of dance lies in the pursuit of instant perfection, and instant perfection lies in unremitting and repeated practice. Therefore, the basic skills of dance are very important in the dance art examination. Below are the basic dance skills that I have compiled for the dance art test. You are welcome to share them.

Basic Skills in Dance 1

Basic dance skills are divided into two concepts: basic skills in a broad sense and basic skills in a narrow sense.

Basic skills in a broad sense refer to: basic standing and sitting postures of dancers; muscle lines and muscle abilities; soft opening development and joint expansion; rhythm training and musicality training; dexterity training and physical training of the body. Basic dance ability. Basic skills in a narrow sense refer to basic skills that are specific to the characteristics of different styles of dance: such as ballet's open and straight postures; the basic dance postures of Chinese classical dance and the basic steps of standard dance; the rhythm of folk dance; and the ankle joint exercises of tap dance. These are all It belongs to the category of basic skills in a narrow sense. Let’s take a look at it in detail!

Low-level basic skills

The first element of basic skills: standing

Experts will know if they are there as soon as they start. If you don’t have solid basic skills, you don’t need to Take action, where you stand, people with a discerning eye will already know that you are out of luck!

"Stand" is not good, don't talk about other basic skills and movements, so standing is the first element!

Ways to improve : Open your feet, straighten your knees, wrap your hips, stand up your waist, stand up your back, stretch your shoulders, stand up your shoulders, sink your breath, and raise your head. This is standing!

The second element of basic skills: Standing

Standing It is an extension of standing. During the standing process, while retaining all the essentials of standing, it is also necessary to stabilize the center of gravity of the body.

If you stand well, your posture will be accurate, your feet will be steady, your rotation will be stable, and your dance steps will be light.

Improvement methods: Bare half toe, one foot half toe; barre half toe, one foot half toe. Toes;

The third element of basic skills: straightness

"Straight" mainly refers to the two major parts of straight legs and straight back. Straight legs also include the two major joints of the instep and the knee. straight.

"Straight" is practiced well, the lines are beautiful, and it is straight but not stiff

Ways to improve: All movements of the barre run through the requirement of "straight", and the insteps and kneecaps are pressed to the lowest Stretch to the point of depression, and the "straightness" of the legs can be achieved. If the back is straight, it means wrapping the hips, raising the hips, raising the waist, raising the back, raising the shoulders, sinking the air, and lifting the head.

The fourth element of basic skills: rows

Some students asked him to do moves It looks pretty good, but when I move around, my dancing postures and postures are all out of shape. The reason is that the foundation of "walking" is too weak. Because the center of gravity of "walking" moves quickly, the requirements for students' body control ability increase sharply!

< p> Good practice of "Xing" can effectively improve the accuracy of dance postures, and at the same time help improve the ability to control the center of gravity during dance.

Ways to improve: single step practice; combination of footwork; comprehensive combination of footwork and dance postures

Advanced basic skills

The fifth element of basic skills: toughness

"Toughness" refers to the flexibility of the body, which is what everyone calls softness, including the flexibility and expansion of insteps, legs, hips, waist, shoulders, etc., ligaments and joints.

When "toughness" is solved well, the body's spatial expressive power will be strong and the resistance to complete movements will be small.

Ways to improve: pressing, kicking, consuming, throwing

The sixth element of basic skills: fast

"Quick" refers to the speed of the action, fast but not Tight, fast and unremitting

If you practice "fast" well, your dexterity will be high, and your ability to quickly change dance postures will also improve.

Small kicks, flicks, big kicks, waist swings, small jumps and blows under the barre are all effective ways to solve the problem of "fastness"

Basic Skills Seventh Elements: Light

"Light" means that the movement should be completed easily, the air should be light and the landing should be gentle.

"Light" is solved well, the movements are elegant and smooth, the air is light and free, and the landing is silent.

Improvement methods: Squat combinations, control combinations, and jumping combinations can directly improve the light texture.

The eighth element of basic skills: stability

"Steady" refers to smooth movements and accurate dance postures

If you practice stability well, your movements will be smooth and flowing, and your dance postures will change accurately

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Ways to improve: weight shifting combinations, breath control combinations and dance postures standing still can effectively improve the quality of dance skills. Basic skills of dance 2

Basic dance skills practice:

Leg press, kick, horizontal fork, vertical fork, lower waist, rear leg. These are all softness practice processes. The practice of soft opening in dance is to practice giving way and using the power of soft opening at the same time.

Afterwards, perform technical movements through good soft opening and soft opening power control ability.

Skills are divided into three categories: jumps, turns, and flips.

Jump: big jump, inverted lift, double-flying swallow, swing-leg jump, etc.

Turns: flat turns, four-position turns or straddle turns, as well as various ballet and classical dance turning techniques.

Turn: mainly refers to the flipping action. Simple: front axle, rear axle, tiger jump. Difficult ones: Manzi, Yunli front bridge, small flip, one-legged small flip, back somersault, etc.

Below are the practice methods for soft opening and instep.

How to practice softness in basic dance skills:

1. Time is everything. Whether it is a horizontal fork or a vertical fork, the most important thing is to keep using it! It can take up to 30 minutes at a time! You just need to start step by step!

2. Psychological effects. What you think about when you press your legs is very important! If you think, ‘It hurts so much, I won’t press anymore! ’ That’s too bad, because thinking this way will make your body work against you, making it more painful the more you press on it! Sometimes it gets harder with more pressure! If you like dancing, think about the sunshine and the method of actively pressing your legs, and don't think about pain.

3. Pay attention to breathing. Don't hold your breath while pressing your legs or waist! Practice with smooth breathing for better results!

4. Kick. After pressing your legs, kick them more! The ratio is: 20 kicks per minute. In this way, both softness and strength are achieved.

5. The correct method is the most important! You must study with a regular teacher with a professional background!

Methods for pressing the instep:

1. Hot compress. Hot compresses can speed up blood circulation. Warm up the body before practicing dance softness or technical movements, such as running. Hot compresses on the instep can be used to scald the feet, heat patches, heat treasures, etc. to prevent strains.

2. Time. Press the back of the presser foot for 30 minutes every day, 3 minutes each time, and finish pressing in ten times. On the second day, do it for 4 minutes each time and finish pressing in eight times. On the third day, each time is 5 minutes, and the pressure is completed in six times. And so on. Press until each time is 15 minutes and finish pressing in two times. It usually takes two weeks to take effect.

3. Action requirements. Props: stools, sofas, beds, etc., with cushions or something to place cushions on.

Facing the bed, stand with your feet and knees together, then kneel down toward the bed, put your knees on the bed, and stretch your feet on the ground. You can place something on the ground, such as a chair cushion, with your heels together. There is a punch distance between the big toe joints of both feet, that is, the insteps are turned away, the upper body is upright, and cannot lie forward, and the center of gravity of the body is on the ankles.

4. After each compression, you will feel soreness, numbness, numbness, pain, swelling, etc. After the compression, stand up slowly to allow the blood to return to normal circulation, then walk around in circles until you reach normal level. until.

5. No matter how many times you press, you should do leg stretching exercises after pressing. It is the standard kind of leg stretching with half toes. Each group performs 30 reps on each foot, 3 or more times. That means hooking each foot and stretching it more than 90 times. Basic Skills of Dance 3 in the Dance Art Test

1. Leg Press

This is the most basic training content in basic dance training, including pressing the front, side and back legs. The practice of leg presses helps open the ligaments in the student's leg joints. When pressing the legs, pay attention to keeping the leg joints upright, opening and straightening the insteps, and keeping the upper body upright. Press down until there is no gap between your upper body and legs. Some students' ligaments are too tight. Don't be strict and must press down during the leg pressing process. Maintain a correct posture. Over time, the ligaments can be stretched to meet the requirements. Special attention should be paid to keeping the crotch straight. When pressing the side and back legs, students are most likely to have their hips protrude and slant, and they need to be corrected in time. When pressing the side leg, hold the bar with the hand on the same side, put the other arm close to the ear, move closer to the leg and stretch as far as possible to lengthen the side waist.

When pressing the back leg, pay attention to the flat shoulders, don't shrink the neck, support the head to prevent it from falling, and stretch back.

Accompaniment band: Choose music with a strong sense of rhythm

2. Shoulder Pressure

This is an exercise to open the shoulder ligaments. When performing shoulder presses, place your arms straight on the bar. The distance between the legs is slightly equal to shoulder width. The head and spine should be relaxed, and you can feel the shoulder ligaments being stretched as you press down.

Accompaniment band: medium speed, slow rhythm 2/4

Three-push instep combination

The quality of the instep varies from person to person, and most of it depends on Innate factors, but acquired training cannot be ignored. Before training, you must move from your toes to the entire instep; during training, hold the barre with both hands, raise your chest and raise your head, draw in your abdomen and raise your hips, stand with your feet together, and start with training on one instep.

1-2: Lift the heel of one foot, and touch the ground with five toes

3-4: Straighten the toes and push into the wall to stretch the entire instep into a crescent shape

5-8 Switch to the other foot, with the same movements

Do the same with the insteps of both feet. Young students cannot concentrate when doing this kind of training, and tend to lower their heads to see their own and other people's movements. When doing instep pushing, their feet are easy to open and the instep cannot be pushed up. They need to be reminded and standardized at all times.

Four pole training combination

There is a big difference between children's dance training and professional dance training. When doing the combination of movements on the barre, it is impossible to achieve the same intensity and difficulty as professional students. Unless you have undergone several years of amateur training and your own conditions have reached a professional level, you will be able to perform combinations of movements that are both difficult and intense. Children are lively and active, and they like fun and interesting movements. This requires teachers to pay attention to the simple and easy-to-learn structure when arranging such combinations of movements on the barre, so that students can do it. Being fun and eager to learn will naturally stimulate students' interest in learning. In addition, students are constantly given appropriate encouragement and praise during teaching, and students will accept it quickly.

Basic barre action combinations:

1 (both hands/one hand) barre, one foot wiping combination

2 (two hands/one hand) ) Barrest, one foot squatting combination

3 (Both/one hand) barre, one foot circling combination

4 Five feet, one-hand barre kicking Leg combination

5 Five-position foot, one-hand handlebar-shifting center-of-weight combination

6 (Both hands/one hand) waist-turning combination

These combinations are suitable for With the continuous improvement of students' physical fitness and receptive ability in all aspects, the difficulty will be increased and the tricks will be changed to meet the requirements of dance training.

5. Kick back

Stand with both hands on the small figure of the bar, straighten your knees, raise your head and look straight ahead. During the kickback process, the upper body should remain still, do not turn sideways, the hips should not be loose, and the insteps and knees should be straight. Don't lean forward. If the student still can't do it despite repeated emphasis, you can first control the back leg with both hands, lift one leg back, correct the student's posture, and then transition to kicking back.

Six Split Jumps

Split jumps are a hand-holding barre jump combination that prepares you for learning the big jump in the middle. When jumping up in this movement, pay attention to opening your feet in front of one another at the same time. During the opening process, straighten your insteps and straighten your knees. The higher you jump, the wider your legs will spread, the better. When landing, quickly close your feet and land with your feet together.

Seven big kicks

Big kicks are training to develop the strength and opening of the legs. Whether it is the front leg or the side leg, keep the upper body upright, clamp the middle part, and look forward. During the kicking process, you should also pay attention to the straightness of the instep and knees. There are many students who, when kicking, try their best to reach forward with their upper body in order to allow their legs to touch their body. In doing so, the neck will be retracted, the head will be forward, and the knees will be bent, which is very ugly. Therefore, before kicking, they should be warned that it does not matter if the kick is not high, the most important thing is to maintain the correct posture. Under this premise, after hard practice, the legs will be kicked higher and higher, and the ligaments will be stretched longer and longer. When students make small progress, they should be praised and encouraged in a timely manner.

Some students often practice by themselves at home. In class, teachers can clearly feel their changes and improvements, and they must praise them appropriately, otherwise they will dampen students' enthusiasm for learning. In addition to paying attention to the body and legs, the two arms cannot be ignored. During the kicking process, be sure to keep your arms flat and not relax.

8. Lowering the waist

Younger students have good waist flexibility, but their hands and feet lack strength and cannot support the body. They often press their heads against the ground to lower their waists. Teachers must provide students with appropriate help, protect them, correct their lowering posture, and tell them where to exert force and how to lower their waist.

Open your feet to shoulder width, stretch your arms straight upwards, open your fingers, and palms facing forward. When lowering your waist, lean your upper body back, raise your head and look back for your heels, align your body and hands toward your heels and curl them in. After lowering, keep your arms and knees as straight as possible and look at your heels.

For students who are older and have a certain foundation, let them do waist swing training to increase the intensity of training. After finishing, pay attention to the waist-turning exercise: squat down with your feet together, hug your knees with your hands, and bury your head. The teacher massages the students along the spine to protect their spine from injury.

9. Cheating

It is helpful to stretch students’ leg ligaments. When training, pay attention to the instep not to be loose. We can train in this order:

1 Split the left foot in front, hold the left foot with both hands, hold it for 1-2 minutes, then do not move the legs, and move the body towards Lean back. Students with basic knowledge can support the ground with their right hand and grasp the hind leg with their left hand to control it.

2. The vertical cross with the left foot in front does not move. Turn the body to the right and at the same time change the hips into a horizontal cross. Do not lie on the ground with the insteps of both feet. Stand upright with the upper body and insteps. Then lie with the upper body on the ground. Extend your arms forward and lie on your hips for 1-2 minutes.

3. The horizontal fork does not move, and then turn to the right, turning into a vertical fork with the right foot in front. Repeat action 1.

Ten small jump combinations

Training students’ jumping ability can be developed from simple one-two-five-position small jumps to comprehensive compound small jumps that intersect with each other. During the small jump, keep your knees straight and push the insteps of your feet outward. When landing, the toes should land first, the landing should be light, and the upper body should not rock back and forth. Land in a half-squat, tighten your upper body and lower your buttocks.

11. Dance Teaching

According to the teaching objectives set at the beginning of the semester, which dance repertoire and small dance combinations need to be completed, make reasonable and orderly arrangements. Be aware of everything, proceed step by step, and complete the plan on time and with high quality. When teaching dance movements, because students have limited abilities and are not very capable of accepting and comprehending, teachers must be patient and explain the essentials of movements in detail, telling them where to place their hands and feet and which direction to look in each movement. After the demonstration, help the students get into shape. Ensure 2-3 new movements in each class period and review the movements in the previous class period.

1 Partial combination training

For example, training of hand joints - turning fingers, training to develop limb coordination, etc. The teacher arranges it according to the students' class situation.

　2 Back muscles

Before the end of the course, let the students lie on the ground, stretch their arms forward, lift their hands and feet at the same time, use the waist and abdomen as support points, and do back exercises Muscle training: 10-20 exercises per group, usually one to two groups is enough. Dance Art Test Basic Dance Skills 4

1. Warm-up (including leg press) Kick: main topic, side kick.

Hold the handlebars, relax your hip joints, and try to reach your head with your toes. Kick your toes forward to reach your eyebrows or the tip of your nose, and kick your toes sideways to reach your ears. Do 15 sets of left and right legs, relax for a few minutes between each set, and do 4-5 sets of one kick. This requires strength and speed. After that, try to move your legs in and out. Regardless of whether the barre is used or not, the upper body is required to be upright and the legs are stationary. The supporting legs cannot move at will during the kicking process.

2. Do relaxation movements, then hug your legs, put your knees to your chest, and take turns standing with your left and right legs, each doing a few eight beats.

3. Then there is the leg control exercise. There are several ways to control the legs:

1. Press the legs high, buckle the toes in as much as possible, push the heels out, and then hold the bar with your hands , legs leave the barre, lift the top, inhale and contract the abdomen, try to keep the height of the legs, do not stand upright, and need to fall slowly.

2. Quickly raise your knees as close to your chest as possible, then lift your calves with your toes forward, straighten your feet, and hold your hands outwards. This is mainly about leg splitting. Knee-raising and foot-splitting are two steps that must be clearly distinguished and cannot be completed at one time like kicking.

3. Lift your knees first and then kick your feet: It is also completed in two steps. This is for practicing kicking. ;