Dance And Education

Dance has its own importance in the future of education because it is a potential medium for both young and the old.Dance education aids for the development of kinesthetic intelligence and personality, creating opportunities for people to express themselves in a broader sense.It increases creativity, skills, and sharpens thinking ability of students.When students get a chance to learn the dances of other cultures, they develop an inner respect towards them.Moreover, dance education help students make choices for their own careers, and enhances their lifelong quality of life.Dancers from all around the world develop physical fitness, and gain health benefits; while many earn fame in their society as well!

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Dance Career Tips

For a beneficial and proper career in dancing you should always move on and keep in mind these few tips:

1. To correct rough and unrefined form of your dance talent, some formal training is very important.
2. Try to increase your exposure by attending dance workshops and institutions.
3. Find an accredited dance school for admissions after you have graduated your high school.
4. For a good portfolio, good head and body shots are essential.So, you will need a good photographer.
5. Now, when you have reached the higher standard after years of experience and hard work, boost up your confidence and apply for more auditions for casting calls.
6. Lastly, Never Stop Learning And Practicing!

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Learning to Dance from DVDs

Many dance professionals have launched their own dance tutorial DVDs including daily routines.These are of great help to people who cannot go to dance schools, and thus nowadays sites like Youtube have become popular.On the other hand, Dance DVDs of famous choreographers cover much ground and lessons as compared to the streaming videos.This helps aspirants to get the best lessons, and practice more and more, to become good dancers.But, basic techniques of a particular type of dance genre can only be achieved by attending few ongoing sessions or workshops.The main motive should be, when you sit with those dance DVDs , you should not just watch the lessons; its important to work them out on your own!

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Hip Hop Dance Costume

Hip Hop fashion comes from Hip Hop culture, influenced by the African American and Latin American culture.The free body movements require comfortable yet trendy clothing, to bring forth a stylish attire.Around early to mid 80's, Hip Hop dancers wore baggy pants, and over-sized jerseys with trendy sneakers.Among the fashion jewelry Bling was one of the most popular one along with huge necklaces.In the late 80's, braided hairstyles and Neon colored clothing became popular.In the 90's -rising period for the gangsta rap, dancers wore low waist pants, and prisoner like clothing, with bandannas and attractive tattoos.

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History in Hip Hop

Hip Hop dance originated in the late 1970's, in the street corners of African-American and Latino neighborhoods.Kids used to bring out beat boxes and battle each other, using any kind of unorthodox moves.The hip hop music specialist Clive Campbell, started playing original beats at parties and the Bronx.As time advanced, simple breaking moves were not enough in hip hop dancing; moves became more aggressive in nature.Battles and showdowns between various gangs were settled by using new hip hop dance techniques.Hats off to Michael Jackson who raised the popularity of this genre, and took hip hop dancing to great heights.Nowadays the real hip hop dance happens in the underground hip hop music centers, present in almost every major city.

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Your Dance Partner?

A Dance partner compliments you being your "other half" on the dance floor.So it is very important for you to keep few things in mind while choosing him/her.

• CONFIDENCE and PASSION for dancing are the most important trait that your partner will need, to bring out the best in you.
• PHYSICAL ATTRACTION matters to exclude the chances of a "mismatch" and add "fizz" to the chemistry of a couple dance.
• COMFORT LEVEL is needed to express the feel, and connect with your partner with a different realm.
• PATIENCE to teach your partner who may be below your standard and knowledge of dancing.
• DEDICATION is required no matter what your level of dancing is.Your partner should be dedicated as you are to becoming a good dancer, to be able to see past the hardships and enjoy every moment on the dance floor.
• CREATIVITY to build upon the basic steps and routines and come up with a new variation or two.
  

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Costume.. for Dance

Dance is a show of our inner feelings, and what better way than to be in a type of clothing that suits your emotions.Costume should be comfortable, so that it can take those dance movements freely, thus making it easy for all body parts of a dancer groove to the music.The essential part of dance clothing is the make of it, the items needed to heighten dance movements.These play an important role in lifting up the optic effect to attract more audience.Dance shoes also affect the observation of the audience and allow dancers to use the floor as they want.For example, men wearing leather shoes allow them to twist, turn, and pivot their partners while their intricate steps indicate the level of their dancing ability.

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