The basic skills of dance are generally divided into two parts. The upward movements are divided into: wiping the floor, squatting, turning in circles, kicking, squatting (squatting with one foot), waist-closing, control, leg press (kicking in the air), forking, kicking and so on. The lower movements are divided into: kicking, wiping the floor, squatting or controlling, turning, bending or turning over, jumping (small, medium and large), hand position or figure, stepping or circling, etc.
Strength: The strength that dancers need is the "speed strength", control and jumping ability of muscles.
Flexibility: As far as the range of human joint activities is concerned. People with good flexibility are not stiff, elegant and beautiful.
Control and stability: control refers to the control of muscle tension and balance in dance and the fixed force to ensure the formation of dance posture; Stability refers to the ability to adjust, control and restore human balance and stable performance.
Coordination and flexibility: coordination means that all muscle groups in the whole body can coordinate with each other; Flexibility refers to the ability to quickly change the position and direction of some parts of the body or limbs.
The origin of jazz dance:
The real origin of jazz is poverty. 1865, the American civil war ended. In the past, black slaves were free, but their lives were still very difficult. Most of them can't read, and they only entertain themselves by the music cultivated in their native land.
Singing labor trumpets and agricultural songs when picking cotton, singing hymns and hymns at church gatherings in apartheid, and improvising with banjo accompaniment by solo singers. In the church, the black priest adopted the English lead singing method to solve the problem of singing without words.
Jazz dance is an extension of African dance, which was brought to the United States by slaves and gradually evolved into a localized popular dance in the United States.