Dancing is one of my favorite hobbies. The dance types that I like to stick to is contemporary and tap. To me those are the most complicated dance genres, but I like to challenge myself. Body paragraph 1: For 9 years I have been in dance, before I started contemporary I did ballet. Some of the contemporary moves in this genre is, straight legs. Straight legs is a move when you are on one foot and you do a plea while you are spinning while the other leg is out. Another move I do is c jumps, c jumps is when you jump in the air, and you curl your legs up and bring your arms back in the air. My favorite move in contemporary is a russian jump. A russian jump is when you jump and you are doing the splits in the air but you are doing this tilted. …show more content…
Tap fits in with fast or slow songs, I mainly like to dance to fast songs in tap because my feet move fast in tap. Some moves in tap is a Ronda Gon. A Ronda Gon is a pretty easy move, all you do is slide your foot from front to back, then you go back together and repeat. Another move that I love to do is the Shirley Temple. A Shirley Temple is when your feet start out together, then either your right foot or your left foot steps out, then the opposite foot turns on its heel, then brushes its toe up, after that bring your feet together. The last move in tap that is my favorite is, drawbacks. How drawbacks go is, your right toe steps back, then your left foot brushes. Starting with your right foot, your right heel goes down, after that you bring your toe down. After your left toe goes down, your right foot would brush back, then your left heel goes down. While your left heel goes down, your right foot is going to stomp, when your right foot stomped, your right foot is once again going to brush back. When your right foot just brushed back, your left heel is going down, your right toe is going down onto the ground. After your toe just went on the ground, your left foot is going to brush back, after your left just brushed back, your left right heel is going down to the ground. Lastly, your left foot is going to stomp on the
Hackey Sac, or Footbag as it is commonly called, has only recently become a sport. Versions of the activity have existed in Chinese, Native American, Thai, and other cultures for hundreds of years; however, a formal structure for the sport was not adopted until 1972 when John Stalberger and Mike Marshall created the format used today. Hackey Sac now falls into one of two categories: freestyle and net footbag. Freestyle, like that of other sports, consists of a routine of difficult tricks completed in succession with a maxiumum number of difficult tricks performed in a minimal time. Net footbag resembles volleyball in its use of a net (although only only raised to a height of 5 feet), except instead of manipulating the "ball" with hands, players use their feet. The topics discussed in these pages will focus on the freestyle elements of footbag rather than net due to the more complex motions involved in freestyle.
The Ukrainian dancers performed a modern-day Hopak where the choreographed dance is made to appear improvised. The improvised parts of Hopak involve solos, duets, trios dancers, performing visually and technically amazing acrobatic feats. These includes spins and jumps. The rest of Hopak includes many movements performed in unison. A successful Hopak requires speed and energy, the dancers, do not stop moving until the end of the
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The movements that comprise the roundhouse kick begin with a fighting stance: both feet on the ground, toes pointing straight ahead, back foot turned outside up to 22 degrees, front foot approximately 1.5 the distance of one step from the back foot, both feet approximately one length of one foot apart, extension of both legs, slight rotation of the torso in the direction of the back leg, fists held in front of the chest, flexion at the shoulders by about 45 degrees, flexion at the elbow by about 60 degrees, and flexion of the fingers.
A standing broad jump is a jump for distance from a standing position. It can be divided into four temporal phases: countermovement, propulsion, flight, and landing. In the countermovement phase, the subject squats to load up and extends the shoulders and the arms. In the propulsion phase, the goal is to generate enough force to propel the body forward. The person must stand erect in full extension of the trunk, hips, and knees. Then, the person flexes at the hip and the knee, which results with the trunk being rotated in a forward direction. Next, the arms become slightly flexed to hyperextension, to full flexion. Prior to the flight phase, the body goes into full extension. The flight phase begins as soon as the feet have left the ground. During this phase, the body stays in full extension or can become hyperextended. Towards the end of the flight phase, the trunk rotates forward in an anterior direction along with minor hip and knee flexion just before landing. During the landing phase, the knees and the hips are in maximum flexion and forward rotation of the trunk. There is also arm movement by moving both arms in the vertical direction to improve jumping distance. At the onset of the jump, the arm swings forward and during landing, they swing back and forth.
This type of dancing rose in the 1970's.. Pretty much any tune can be separated to an essential rehashed design. By rehashing this example, DJ's could make a beat that was perfect to move over. This is known as a breakbeat. Since it is performed over a "breakbeat" the reason for the name break dancing ought to be self-evident. Break dancing is altogether different from different sorts of moving as it is performed in the city, while wearing a couple of shoes and on a bit of cardboard. It is a type of articulation by which one artist makes a move, and afterward another artist comprehends that non-verbal communication and does a move accordingly. This move shape progressed toward becoming as very customized and inspected as spray painting; particularly as speed and assurance was the objective. The children and those in road possess in the South Bronx are the ones who started using this move before generally others. The adolescents in road possess were known to have done their "doing combating" thusly: contending through this move as opposed to battling. These rivalries came to be known as "breaking" fights. A portion of the attributes of this kind of move incorporate head turning, reverse-pivoting and muddled leg moves at a quick rate of speed. From here, break moving gatherings (or teams as they were frequently called) were shaped. These gatherings would hone and perform together. Since a significant
1. You will want to start off by keeping your feet about shoulder with apart.
I have always been interested in dance and I find the different techniques that come with each style fascinating. One thing I have learned that amazes me about tap is that artist created their own style and they find a niche that allows them to stand out from the rest. Paul Draper was definitely one of a kind and he thought outside of the box to create a style of his own. His style was unique because usually tap music is jazzy and upbeat, he took two different types of dance and merged them together. Using classical music and ballet techniques he changed the way people viewed tap, he also changed the mood and the sound. By this I mean when you usually watch a tap performance, you listen to the rhythm of the taps and music, but because Draper
“Call and response” is also utilized, which is when the DJ and the dancers will communicate in order to maintain a certain hip hop flow, and to encourage audience enthusiasm. The moves, along with the music works together to emphasize the rapid rhythm breaks. The dancers perform moves that involve flips, upside down movement, and spinning, along with “drops” that were smooth transitions to “front swipes, back swipes, dips, and corkscrews”.” One dancer even performs a “chair freeze” which was originally one of the most popular break dancing moves, and is when the arms and upper body support the body while the legs and lower half of the body are free flowing (Forman & Neal, 2012, pg. 58). These moves require much momentum and balance, which according to popular b-boy Ken Swift, is an essential aspect to this hip hop movement (Forman & Neal, 2012, pg. 59). In both films, b-boying or breakdancing is a way to resolve some type of conflict or competition due to being able to “attack without mercy yet still see their opponents as distinct and valuable human beings” and avoid any unnecessary violence that already occurs in drastic rates within inner city neighborhoods (Chang, 2006, pg.
• Shift the weight forward with the rump, keeping the legs firm and solid. • As the weight moves, the feet ought to fall off the ground. • The body ought to be adjusted on the hands and parallel to the floor. • Rest in this position for 10 seconds and relentlessly build the time to one moment.
The Northern Territory is known for its culturally diverse population and some would say it is the ‘multicultural hub’ of Australia. With all of these cultures comes distinctive customs and traditions. Throughout history dance has been used to help people develop a sense of identity, the younger generations are also taught social patterns and values through the different dances. The significance of these traditional dances was to reinforce and celebrate cultural law and practices including the celebration of the passage from child to adulthood or spiritual worship. The predominantly Western culture in Australia often causes minority groups to struggle for recognition regarding their beliefs and traditions. This is parallel to the Australian dance industry, where many cultural dance groups feel they have to justify who they are and are often
Traditional steps such as one-two-threes and hops are common for movement around stage. These steps compose of most of the footwork in the routine and it is compulsory for each dancer to master these steps while achieving high knees. Next comes the twirling and snapping of the dandiyas, which is extremely important since Dandiya Raas is half of the routine. Dropping a dandiya can be the difference between winning and losing so it is important that dancers are able to balance the necessary handwork while maintaining the correct footwork.
Folk dance is also a popular types of dance. Folk dance is a variety of dances that reflect a certain culture. There are many types of folk dance including aboriginal dance, clogging, irish dance and square dance. Folk dancing started in the 18th century, the steps were then passed through the generations. Many children songs and games today come from folk
...rrow. Each and every individual has their own personal favorite genre of dance weather it is Zumba, ballet, salsa, or hip hop. They all are just to express yourself so go out and enjoy dancing!
Like hip-hop, footwork is not just a genre of music but a tightly affiliated group of cultural practices. hip-hop's four elements were rapping, DJing, B-boying or breakdancing, and graffiti tagging. Footwork's elements are similar: Music production replaces rapping, DJing emerges much the same, and B-boying is transposed into the eponymous "footwork" dance style. As in Hip-Hop, "battles" are popular, here taking place as competitive,