ANEWEST HISTORY OF COMPETITIVE BALLROOM DANCE
In our days already nobody will surprise the competition of ballroom dance. The levels of these competitions are also different. All got used to it. For a person, who is in earnest engaged in dances, three competitions on different grounds is normal for days off. But let us remember that only about 15 years ago it was impossible to imagine such amount of competitions. Why? How was business put with ballroom dances before? What was all begun with? Up to death of Stalin, ballroom dances, as well as all western, rejected authorities. But with arrival of the Khruschev's "thaw", development was most active. First official competition, and more precisely, the first international competitions took place within the framework of World Festival of Young People and Students VII in Moscow. It is desirable to mark that in the finale of this competition there were two pairs from Leningrad. And it is a not chance!
Dances of Latin America
Samba
General information:
To 1914 this dance was known under the Brazilian name "Maxixe". First attempts to present Samba in the European ball-rooms behave to 1923-24th, but only after the World War II Samba became popular dance in Europe. Samba has a very characteristic rhythm which is pulled out on a foreground for his best accordance the national Brazilian musical instruments. Originally he was named tamborim, chocalho, reco-reco and cabaca. Rhythmic national Brazilian dance Samba confidently entered in the program of modern Ballroom Dances now. Samba plugs in itself characteristic Latin motions by thighs which are expressed "Samba Bounce" by springy motion. The most developed on complication of rhythms and almost tender separately figure dance in which motions of thighs play a key role - generutings of rhythm.
FOLK DANCES
FOLK DANCES, solo (male and female) and mass, are one of more popular types of art of bashkirs. Arising up in the epoch of pristine order, a dance reflected features labor activity, different ceremonies and beliefs. To most ancient it is necessary to take huntings dances and those, which is related to the cult of nature, animals and birds. Solo dances with their bright visual possess the most developed forms in a bashkir choreography. Male dances are based on huntings motions: archery, espial of booty, trembling of racemes of hands (imitation the wings of huntings birds) and other. Dance was incarnated by appearance of hunter, warrior, excellent horseman, brave Caucasian horseman.