Wednesday, July 25, 2007

The Parisian waltz

Music: La valse d'Amelie - music to film "Amelie"

Starting position: the Gentleman and lady the person to each other, the gentleman - a back to the center of a circle, lady - the person.

2 steps: bow of the gentleman (to the right)

2 steps: bow of lady (to the left)

4 steps: - balancee. Begins on a line of dance, then against - and repetition.

Executing balancee (the first and second step), the gentleman all over again submits to lady the left hand, lady puts from above the, then - the gentleman submits the right hand.

4 steps: a waltz

2 steps: balancee to the right and to the left. Partners do not concern each other with hands, everyone does balancee to the right and to the left (that is ladies - on a line of dance and against, and gentlemen - against)

2 steps: change of the partner. The gentleman and lady do two waltz a step to the right (lady - on a line of dance, the gentleman - against). Movement as in " the charge backs " - partners the gentleman turn clockwise, on a first step doing turn on 180 degrees from a primary position, on the second step coming in an initial position, only with other partner.

The scheme repeats with the new partner.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Breakdance

Breakdance — the style of the street dance which has developed from hip-hop of movement in Southern Bronx (New York), in the beginning of 70th years. It is the oldest and most known of all styles hip-hop dances.
Breakdance is one of four components hip-hop alongside with a rap, DJ'Ingle and graffiti.

The popular belief is wide, that breakdance in its today's kind originates from a way of intermediary for finding-out of attitudes between competing gangs. However this opinion grows out gamble of mass-media during popularity of dance in 80. Even if dance also was the tool of intermediary productive intermediary was not neither the purpose, nor an outcome battles, often happened, that such battles on the contrary caused a new wave of violence.

Winners in performances became those who could execute as much as possible new and complex movements on execution which contenders could not repeat.
Owing to increase in popularity of a legend fank James Brown and to fast growth of quantity breakdance commands (such as Rock Steady Crew), breakdance from competition between gangs overgrown in a phenomenon the priest-culture. Owing to mass-media, breakdance it became known to general public. After a while any party, a disco or show of talents did not do without performance of dancers breakdance.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

About the Irish dance usually speak so: heels which have shaken the world

Not so long ago I told about the Irish style of dance. And today has decided to write a little about its origin and history.


The Irish culture has joined already more than 6,5 million person which has visited about two thousand of representations of the Irish show.

Time having got on performance, people come again and again, and here already more than 6 years the Irish show «Riverdance» walks on a planet under celtic music in beat step. When on a stage the rank of the dancers smoothly beating about a stage by legs in heavy shoes moves, the hall rises. Explain this phenomenon anybody cannot.


The first data on the Irish dances are dated XI century From now on at us there are first data on dancing parties of the Irish peasants which refer to feis, however the description of dances for the first time has appeared in the middle of XVI century and was vast enough and not clear.

The described Irish dances included group dances which were divided into "long" dances (dancers carried out movements, costing long ranks the friend opposite to the friend), "round" dances (executed figures, costing in pairs on a circle), and also dances with swords. Not absolutely clearly, what of the dances described at that time, were actually Irish and what have obviously appeared in Ireland under influence of the French and Scottish dances.

In any case it there were more likely primogenitors of modern set-dances and kayly dances. However for all ancient Irish dances fast rate and added steps were characteristic. Some Irish dances were so popular, that have crossed the sea and have been borrowed by Englishmen. So, often mentioned English rural dance Trenchmore is Irish Rince mor, that is " long dance " in a line.

The Irish dances can be divided into some directions which are anyhow connected among themselves historically or on structure:

1. Reel initially was the Scottish dance, упрощенно the name can be translated as " a wheel of a distaff ". Legs of dancers as-as if spin an ornament. On an example of the given dance it is possible to result division on a level of complexity: easy reel, advance reel. On style (a software or степ): light reel, teble reel.

2. The irish Jig actually is the most ancient Irish dance. Unlike reel it is possible to divide it not only into kinds (a software or step), but also the styles differing among themselves on rate: single jig (68), double jig (128), treble jig (slowed down 128), slip jig (98) Let alone various characters (slip jig - exclusively female dance:)

3. Hornpipe youngest of the Irish dances. We shall not recollect, that earlier there was also a soft variant, and rigid danced only men. Now hornpipe (standard) represents dance on 44 of which one of shares represents a triplet (1 account as time-two-rub:). Exclusively "step" dance so be reserved hardshuse (their review can be found in Archive).

And at last the Irish dance ceili ...

4. Ceili On the business ceili name traditional party with music and dancings... Well we not about that: summarily in narrow-minded understanding, style "ceili" that other, as pair dances, whether it be 4 persons (for example, Four hand reel) or 16. Only in a software - the main difference ceili from other dances in which some dancers can participate, in various footwear.

Today the Irish dances have won all world. Dancing schools involve set of pupils not only in the Ireland, but also in many other things the countries. The Irish dances became popular everywhere.

Four large competitions on the Irish dances - the National championship of America, Irish the championship, Championship Great Britain and the World championship are on a regular basis spent.

On traditions, the World championship passes in Ireland, and on it there arrive thousand dancers for which the worthy result in the championship can become the beginning of star career.

For example, in 1998 the World championship which is passed in Ennis, has collected three thousand participants and seven more thousand trainers, teachers and fans of the Irish dances.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Flamenco

Flamenco (beauty of lines of a body) Improbable dance. Caused its war, religion, sufferings and love, unlike dances of set of other people, have not made its collective. Yes, is in it both eagerness to fight, and love melancholy and passion. But the dancer bears all this in itself. " Without the opponent to whom it is necessary to battle, without a beloved or the lover to whom the love is turned, executor flamenco is capable to express the feelings ". It, baylaor as if battles to itself - from here improbable expressiveness, force and passion of dance. Unlike other European dances where aspire to creation of illusion of freedom from forces of terrestrial gravitation, flamenco, with its wonderful movements by a foot, tries to keep communication of the dancer with the ground, and the most expressive movements of hands and legs always come back to the center of a body.
Until recently between executors flamenco - men and women - existed in dance a considerable difference. In man's - complex work of legs and the fast rhythmic images caused by knock of heels and a foot - sapateado was emphasized. Female remained softer - the main requirement: achievement of grace, beauty of lines of a body and a continuity of movement of hands. But today the difference between female and man's execution has practically disappeared.
This art was born on the ground of Andalusia, and many connect its origin with gipsies, which profits to Spain in the beginning of XV century. They have formed some kind of a musical caste, considered itself as descendants of the Egyptian pharaons, not recognizing the relationship with other gipsies, and is proud named itself «flamencos» … Clothes for employment For participation in this program better to prepare footwear on low (3-5 see) Wide heel, with a thin leather or plastic sole. At women traditionally for flamenco - skirt strongly flared from top to bottom (or a dress of a similar silhouette). It is important, that the skirt fitted a hip, emphasizing their movements during dance, and at the same time was enough wide below that you could "play" freely with it. Long hair or collect in high beautiful unit (the some it helps to experience an image), or leave dismissed (and then they add dynamism to your movements). The clothes of the top part of a body should fit a torso, but not hold down movement of hands. Men can put on jeans lessons, it is simple trousers and a shirt with a long sleeve which refuels in trousers. Footwear - classical boots on a leather or plastic sole or dancing shoes for the Latin American dances.
In what advantage of employment flamenco? Usually reason for employment flamenco seldom become practical reasons. People start to be engaged in this kind of dance because flamenco grasps the staginess, temperament, responds in a shower. Already then, during employment, you start to notice in yourselves pleasant changes. It and a beautiful bearing as during employment gradually necessary muscles become stronger, and graceful statement of the case becomes a habit, which always with you. It and a thin waist as in this dance "twistings" - movements when shoulders are developed rather hips are constantly used that the press which form a waist provides regular loading on slanting muscles. It and coordination as Flamenco combines various movements, from slowed down and smooth up to very fast, sharp. The rhythm varies, character of movements, and, hence, and your emotions varies. For one employment it is possible to test all scale of feelings and experiences: Through movement to splash out the collected pressure and aggression, internally to be cleared and be typed fresh energy, to feel revealing inside, as a flower, tenderness and love.

 
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