What types of dance are there?

1. Classical dance: It is based on national folk dance, refined, sorted, processed and created by professional workers of all ages, and has been passed down through the test of long-term artistic practice. It is considered to have certain Dance with exemplary meaning and classical style characteristics.

2. National folk dance: It is a dance form that is collectively created by the broad masses of the people in the long historical process, continuously accumulated and developed, and is widely spread among the masses. It directly reflects the thoughts, feelings, ideals and aspirations of the people.

3. Modern dance: It is a dance genre that emerged in Europe and the United States at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Its main aesthetic point of view was to oppose the formalist tendency of classical ballet at that time to be conservative, divorced from real life and purely pursuing skills.

4. Contemporary dance (new creative dance): a new style of dance that is different from the above three styles. It is often eclectic based on the needs of expressing content and shaping characters.

5. Ballet: It has dominated the Western theater dance art for more than 300 years and has lasted for more than four centuries. It has been more than 40 years since the Beijing Dance School was established in 1958 and introduced Russian ballet.

6. Street dance: There are various types of street dance, including: Poppin (mechanical dance), Locking (locking dance), Punking (swinging dance), Hiphop (free dance), Raggae (reggae dance), etc.

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Benefits of dancing:

1. Dancing can enhance heart function and make the heart slow and powerful.

2. Dancing can enhance the elasticity of blood vessels and reduce the possibility of blood vessel rupture.

3. Dancing can enhance muscle strength, strengthen legs, feet, muscles and bones, make joints flexible, and promote blood circulation and metabolism of the human body.

4. Dancing can enhance the secretion function of digestive glands, promote regular gastrointestinal peristalsis, increase appetite, and has a good effect on preventing and treating hypertension, diabetes, obesity, habitual constipation and other diseases.

5. Frequently swing your body to the melody of music, and your brain's thinking activities will become clearer and more flexible, which can effectively eliminate mental fatigue and improve learning and work efficiency. According to tests conducted by relevant experts, those who dance three times a week for one hour each time for four consecutive months have sharper reflexes and superior vision and memory than those who do not like exercise.

6. Dancing is a form of fitness that involves movement in stillness and stillness in movement, which can relieve neuromuscular tension. According to experts, when irritability and anxiety come to mind, walking at a brisk pace for about 15 minutes can relieve tension and stabilize the mood.

7. Regular practice will eliminate cardiac ischemic symptoms or lower blood pressure. It can help the body eliminate fatigue, feel happy and relieve palpitations.

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