Basic dance skills in a broad sense refer to a dancer’s basic standing and sitting postures; muscle lines and muscle abilities; soft opening development and joint expansion; rhythm training and musicality training; dexterity training and physical fitness training ...the body’s basic dance ability. Basic skills in a narrow sense refer to basic skills based on the characteristics of different styles of dance. I have compiled general basic dance skills for your reference! What are the basic dance skills? Chapter 1
Low-level basic skills
1. The first element of basic skills: standing
Experts will know if they have basic skills as soon as they start. If you are solid, you don’t need to take action. If you stop there, people with a discerning eye will already know that you are out of luck!
"Standing" 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 lift your head. This is the station!
2. The second element of basic skills: standing
Standing 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 stable, your rotation will be stable, and your dance steps will be light.
Ways to improve: half-toe on the bar, half-toe on one foot; half-toe on the bottom, half-toe on one foot;
3. The third element of basic skills: straight
< p> "Straight" mainly refers to the two major parts of leg straightness and back straightness. Leg straightness also includes the straightness of the two major joints of the instep and the knee."Straight" is practiced well, the lines are beautiful, straight but not stiff.
Ways to improve: All movements of the barre run through the requirement of "straightness". Press the instep to the lowest point and stretch the kneecaps to the point of depression, so that the "straightness" of the legs can be achieved. A straight back means wrapping the hips, erecting the hips, erecting the waist, erecting the back, erecting the shoulders, sinking the Qi, and lifting the top of the head.
4. The fourth element of basic skills: walking
Some students asked him to perform moves that looked pretty good, but when he moved, his dancing posture and posture were all out of shape. The reason was the "walking" The foundation is too weak. "Xing" moves the center of gravity quickly, which requires a sharp increase in students' body control ability!
Properly practicing "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
5. The fifth element of basic skills: toughness
"Toughness" refers to the body's flexibility, which is what everyone calls soft opening. Strength, 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: press, kick, consume, and throw.
6. The sixth element of basic skills: fast
"Quick" refers to the speed of movement, fast but not tight, fast but 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 on the barre, waist swings, small jumps and blows under the barre are all effective ways to solve the "fast" problem.
7. The seventh element of basic skills: lightness
"Lightness" 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.
8. The eighth element of basic skills: stability
"Stable" refers to smooth movements and accurate dancing postures.
Practice well and steadily, with smooth movements and precise transitions in dance postures.
Ways to improve: weight shifting combinations, breath control combinations and standing still in dance postures can effectively improve the quality of stability. What are the basic dance skills? Part 2
Basic dance skills exercises:
Leg press, kick, horizontal fork, vertical fork, lower waist, hind 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.
Jumps: big jump, inverted lift, double fly, 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! 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. What are the basic dance skills? Part 3
1. Leg pressing
This is the most basic training content in basic dance training, which are front, side and rear leg pressing. 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 the fact that the crotch should be 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 handle 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 doing 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 nature 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.
For 1-2 shots, lift the heel of one foot and touch the ground with five toes.
For 3-4 shots, straighten the toes and push into the wall to stretch the entire instep into a crescent shape.
From 5 to 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 give appropriate praise, 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 per group, usually one to two groups is enough. What are the basic skills of dance Chapter 4
Teaching content:
Basic skills training
Teaching objectives:
Dance is an important means of aesthetic education First, it is intuitive, vivid, lively and is an activity that young children love very much. It can cultivate children's temperament, enable them to be influenced by beauty since childhood, and is more conducive to the coordinated development of children's bodies and promote their happy and healthy growth. Compared with finished dance, basic skills training is relatively less interesting and it is difficult to arouse children's interest in training. Therefore, to cultivate dance sensation and music understanding ability, only some simple basic skills training is designed. In the next semester, gymnastics training requires prescribed movements. In order to achieve the teaching goals and increase children's interest in training basic skills, I designed a series of basic skills training measures.
Activity process
Compared with dance performances, the training of basic skills is a relatively boring thing. If the children are not interested in the training of basic skills, then the effect of the practice will be very poor. In order for children to get good training results in a short period of time, we must first arouse their interest and let them "get started". I used games to train them in basic skills.
1. Kick practice
I connected a rubber band between the two pillars. First, I adjusted the height to very low and let the children kick with their feet. Then slowly Raise the height and see which child can kick. They will rush to practice without getting bored. The teacher does not force them to practice vigorously. In a few days, they will stretch the tendons in their legs. , kicking the legs straight and high.
2. Tiger Leap
Tiger Leap is not an easy task for children, because the two feet have to leave the ground and fly through the air, completely using their hands. The strength of the hands supports the whole body, and the requirements are also very strict. The legs must be straight and the body must be upright. The children have no confidence at all. Even if I protect them and ask them to turn over one by one, they still dare not. It turns out that they are afraid, so I Therefore, age is not an issue. I give them demonstrations and tell them that if the teacher can do it, you can do it better than the teacher. Finally, a few bold ones can complete the movements, but it is not very standardized. I still use rubber bands to let the children Feel the legs passing through the air. Now the children in our class can complete the tiger leap independently
3. Front axle
The front axle is something that children like very much but is difficult. It is a very basic skill that the children want to do but are afraid of. I use individual training methods to let each child learn this movement first and know how to protect themselves so that they will not be injured during practice, and then mobilize them. If they are interested in practicing, use rubber bands to let them practice crossing the bridge.
4. Leg press combination
According to the training requirements of basic skills and combined with the characteristics of the children in the class, a complete leg press combination is designed, including front leg press and side leg press. , back leg pressing, kicking and moving legs and other actions. This combination of movements is closely connected and the music is lively. The children take the initiative to move various parts of their bodies, so that they are less likely to hurt themselves during the practice of basic skills.
5. Games
We usually practice arm strength by riding horses, supporting and pushing carts, and jumping frogs to crush. The amount of activity is very large. After each practice The children were sweating profusely, but they were still very happy and did not show any unwillingness to learn. Now the children in the top class regard basic skills training as a very happy thing, and take the initiative to practice basic skills every day. Through these few short Over the past few months, I have obviously felt that the children have become stronger. The children have been trained in fun basic skills and exercised in games, which is very suitable for children. What are the basic dance skills? Chapter 5
1. Warm-up (including leg press) kicking: 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 each, relax for a few minutes between each set, and perform 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. What are the basic skills of dance Chapter 6
The basic training of children’s dance, like everything, has certain laws. If we find out those universal laws and apply them in practice, then It will definitely be of great help to our teaching work.
For example, if the hand has an extended finger shape, the direction of the hand (fingertips facing sideways when doing a cartwheel, fingertips forward on the front bridge), during the skill execution, the force point of each skill Wherever it is, which part of the body exerts force, the muscles must be tightened. You can let the children do more abdominal and back muscle exercises... Single-leg front bridge and single-leg rear bridge
To teach the front bridge, you must first solve the basic problems of handstand and lowering the waist. First, let the students practice handstand, which is required to be light and stable. The legs and toes will collapse, and there will be no sound when they fall on the barre. After you become proficient in handstand, start practicing the front bridge. Keep your hands straight on the ground and your feet straight on the ground. Pay attention to the coordinated circle; relax.
The key is the waist and shoulders, and the hands must have basic support capabilities. When operating, look ahead, not at the ground. Let the child prepare to do handstands. The teacher is next to him. When the child performs the movements, the teacher pushes the child's waist with his hand. , let him know where to use force.
Techniques are mainly reflected through strength, amplitude, and speed. We need to integrate emotion and charm, so that the intensity, amplitude, and speed of the movements change with the feelings and flow with the mood. Strengthen the strength. The leg in the air must be 180 degrees. Then, when the foot is ready to hit the ground, pull the shoulder. When hitting the ground with one foot, pick up the waist and left foot. It is best to lower the waist after lifting it! (This is a single exercise) After you become proficient, you can string them together!
Teachers must protect their children and pay attention to their safety when practicing dance! It would be nice to teach more and gain some experience.
When teaching cartwheels, keep your feet straight. Pay attention to the first thing that comes out to land in the direction of your hands. The whole body should remain upright in the air, buttocks should be retracted and the head should be lowered. Your hands should also be in a straight line. Instead of throwing it out, the hands and feet should be in a line; that is, the feet should be drawn inward, which is the direction of the hands.
Note that students’ legs are bent because of a guilty conscience or habitual leg bending. Let the child do cartwheels well first. Once the hands are straight and smooth, they can gain strength. Just tell them to kick their legs, swing their legs, lift their waist, and stretch their hands.
When teaching classical dance to turn over at midpoint, keep your head still at one point, and support your side and back waist. This cannot be relaxed. In fact, the click turn is an action of drawing a circle from the left side waist and returning to the left side waist. As long as you find the feeling in your waist. It will feel smooth. If the upper part of the body is turned over, the lower part of the body is lowered, so that the pressure on the main leg is heavy and the rotation is uncomfortable. If you don't feel that others are turning smoothly, it is because the right side waist and back chest and waist are not exerting force.
Teach three correct postures when pressing the legs
(1) Positive leg pressing
Facing objects of a certain height, such as high platforms, tables and chairs, legs Stand together, lift your left leg and place your heel on the ribs, lift your toes, bend your ankle joint tightly, and place your hands on the knee of your left leg. Straighten your legs, straighten your waist, and retract your hips at the same time. This is something that many people don't notice. Bend your upper body forward, vibrate your legs forward and downward, gradually increase the strength, and then switch legs. Depending on the degree of flexibility, you can touch your toes with your elbows, forehead, or even your chin.
(2) Side leg pressure
With the body facing the ribs and other supports, support the right leg, with the toes slightly turned out, lift the left leg, place the heel on the ribs, and put the toes Lift up, bend your ankles tightly, raise your right arm, and place your left palm on your right chest. Straighten your legs, stand upright, open your hips, and vibrate your upper body to the left. Your hips and lower back will get a workout in this exercise.
When doing this movement, it is easy for the legs to become uneven and the body to bend forward. Therefore, during the exercise, you should pay attention to abducting the toes of the supporting leg, pushing the hip forward of the pressed leg as much as possible in front of the body, tucking the shoulder inward with the left arm, raising the right arm upward, and stretching behind the head. At the same time, press your legs behind your shoulders. Gradually increase the amplitude until the toes can touch the back of the head.
(3) Press your legs backwards
Stand with your back to the ribs and your legs together, with your hands on your hips or holding an object of a certain height. Support the right leg, lift the left leg, rest the instep on the ribs, and keep the instep straight. Bend your upper body backwards and perform vibration pressing movements. Alternate left and right legs. Hips, waist and neck can be exercised.
This action requires the legs to be straight at the knees, the supporting foot to be on the ground, the toes to grip the ground, the chest to be raised, the hips to be extended, and the waist to be extended. When doing this exercise, your legs are easy to bend, so you can ask your partner to help lift the knee of the pressed leg, and use one hand to press down on the waist and hip to help straighten the waist.