Learning How to Dance at Home

Are you bored by the usual routine? Have you had enough of getting those tight-fitting clothes and those smelly sneakers into a bag and heading off down to the gym? Then what about learning how to dance as an alternative? Dancing can really get your heart pumping! When you learn to dance you have variety. You no longer need to do the same repetitive movements over and over again. Your pulse quickens and your heart beat pumps along with the beat of the music as you are energized! Dance alone can provide you with enough entertainment for half an hour or an hour. You don't need to have any other type of stimulation such as headphones, or a TV screen to keep you busy while you do the same boring, repetitive movements over and over again. And you don't need to be stuck in the same place sitting on an exercise bike or rowing machine, you can use the whole room. There are so many different ways of learning to dance. There are many different styles t...

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Tango - The History of Argentina's Dance

In the brothels and slums of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, a fusion of Spanish, Uruguayan, and African dance and music styles created the tango, the famous and sensual dance of Argentina. It was a social dance, based heavily on improvisation and formed around close, almost intimate interaction; the communication between partners must be impeccable, because the dance has no set patterns and no "basic step" from which to build. However, it was not necessarily a sensual or sexual expression; there were men-only tango clubs. European immigrant communities in Argentina in the 1890s picked up on the music, which was initially just one of many styles that went by the name "tango." It swiftly became the fad of the underclass, who danced in crowded halls, leading to a close-contact and casual dance style. The tango music became the most popular in Argentina, comprising more than a third of all the gramophone records and sheet music sold between 1902 and 19...

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The History of Breakdance

Throughout history the art of breakdance did not refer to the actual dancing that was being performed. Instead it was meant to talk about the breaks in the music. Later it began to refer to the movements that were associated with the music; hence we see breakdancing as a genre of dance in addition to a form of music that goes with it. Breakdancing itself first began in the 1970s and was typically performed by the youth in the Bronx. Today breakdacning is referred to as a form of street dancing. Where this form of dance originally came from is unknown. If you were to break this form of dance down into pieces and look at its individual parts you would find that there is a mixture of dance and athleticism that have been combined. When looking at the dance closely you can see areas that look like the Charleston and then there are parts that look like they are coming from a martial arts movie. The art of breakdancing includes moving the feet sideways and onto the...

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History of Hip Hop Dance

Hip Hop Dance has a dynamic history. From Breakdancing to the moonwalk from michael Jackson to Krump dancing to Bboy dancing to plain old head nodding. Everyone had their own way of expressing love
for hip hop dancing. Hip Hop Dance History has people buzzing. Why you ask ? Because they are watching all these crazy Hip Hop dancing music videos on tv and they want to know the history of it. Where did this stuff come from. The history of hip hop dance started with Breakdancing. It started around the late 1970s to early 80s. Breaking started in the south bronx new york. It was a form of Hip Hop dance that was used by street gangs to settle differences without using violence. This was a positive for black and peurtorican youths at the time. People were not losing there lives over bs ya know. One of the first Hip Hop Dance crews in History are the rocksteady crew. They help usher in a new style of breakdancing that included ...

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Ballet: a Beautiful, Graceful History

Ballet is a demanding art. Ballet dancers are trained to move their bodies in unnatural ways and if they are good, they make it look natural. Sometimes it seems as if they are defying gravity with their leaps and they manage to keep a perfect balance as they spin around and around without becoming horribly dizzy and falling down. The history of ballet goes back about 600 years to the Renaissance in Europe. Originally dancers would entertain audiences in the pauses between opera scenes. In 1581, the Ballet Comique de la Reine was performed in France and is usually considered to be the first ballet. With this beginning of ballet, France became the capital and center of the ballet world. In 1661, King Louis XIV of France founded the Royal Academy of Dancing to train dancers to perform for his court. Soon other companies were founded in other countries; the Russian Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg was founded in 1738. The Italians also became well known for the...

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